Hello families and friends,
We have accomplished a lot in the two weeks since my last entry. To start, last week we practiced the ISM earthquake procedure.(The students thought hiding under tables is super fun.) Mr. Dean’s 5th grade class has begun the “Helpers” program with us, in which two of them come to our class for an hour and assist the preschool teachers. The 5th graders really love spending time with us.
We are also coming to the end of the “All About Me” unit. We’ve been learning to identify and express feelings. We spent two days on a process art project for this month’s character trait- “friendship.” The students understand that friendship means sharing and love. The pandas stuffed a large heart full of newspaper, found images of friends in print media and made a collage on the hearts. They also really enjoyed playing together on the ipad. For math work this week I rented an ipad and downloaded “Shapes” for a classroom activity. To reinforce the character trait of friendship, the students would do the activity together, taking turns and sharing. Finally, this week was Health Week and a dentist and dietician presented to the entire ISM student body. The students were very engaged for the dentist’s presentation in particular.
Many exciting things have been going on in our classroom.
Thank you for your interest,
Ms. Estee