Bonjour chers parents,
In the next week to come we will be getting ready to host all you to our end of the year Learning Celebration. We will be singing a few songs and present a story based on a Eric Carl book called "The very hungry caterpillar". The celebration will be held on June 22rd. A message will be sent soon to give you more information.
We are also very excited to go to our first field trip to Safety City. Please make sure that your child's bike helmet is well adjusted before you send it to school. I will be sending a picture next week that will show you the safe way to adjust your child's helmet. Thank you for the parents who will be our volunteer that day.
Starting next week, we will be going outside during recess with the big kids. We will also start visiting the Grade one class to help them with the transition.
We are also very excited to go to our first field trip to Safety City. Please make sure that your child's bike helmet is well adjusted before you send it to school. I will be sending a picture next week that will show you the safe way to adjust your child's helmet. Thank you for the parents who will be our volunteer that day.
Starting next week, we will be going outside during recess with the big kids. We will also start visiting the Grade one class to help them with the transition.
Living things
This last month, our focus revolved around the living things that are visiting our classroom. Our caterpillars formed their chrysalis (no, it’s not at cocoon) and have come out as beautiful butterflies! We had a lot of questions about the chrysalis vs a cocoon and noticed ways in which they are they same and different. We will let out butterflies free on Monday in the courtyard being very careful not to hurt them as they spread their wings for the first time outside. We will take the opportunity to observe them further as a scientist do. This will support out thinking through the scientific process, gathering data, and discovering more questions to investigate. In our science logbooks, we did several observational drawings and put to use our skill as writers to write sentences. We were also able to see math in our study of the caterpillars, chrysalis, and butterflies – we counted the wings, legs, antennae, etc. We learned what is an insect and it’s different body parts. We noticed patterns and symmetry – leading to a design and art project to represent this learning.
Overall, we are building a strong conceptualization of living things, life cycles, comparing and noticing change, stages, similarities and differences. This is deeply connected to curriculum as well as an interest in animals and insects. The children, in their free play time, are often representing animals in different habitats which invites amazing questions and discussion which springboards our inquiry and thinking.
Overall, we are building a strong conceptualization of living things, life cycles, comparing and noticing change, stages, similarities and differences. This is deeply connected to curriculum as well as an interest in animals and insects. The children, in their free play time, are often representing animals in different habitats which invites amazing questions and discussion which springboards our inquiry and thinking.
