SPIRIT DAY!

TOMORROW IS SPIRIT DAY AT THE COLUMBUS ACADEMY!  THIS MEANS YOUR CHILD CAN WEAR CLOTHING WITH SOME TYPE OF AN "ACADEMY" LOGO FROM THE WAIST UP.  PLEASE DRESS YOUR CHILD IN DRESS CODE FROM THE WAIST DOWN.  GO VIKES!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RYAN!

Yesterday, we celebrated Ryan's birthday.  His first-grade brother, Connor, read us his birthday story and then we ate cookies for snack.  Happy Birthday, Ryan!

ACTIVITY SHELF

Check out the work of these children when doing tasks from Activity Shelf.

 ~Beckett, Tommy, and Henry work together to put together a Space puzzle.

 ~Genevieve and Shaia create a magnetic mosaic picture.

~Michael uses the pattern blocks to fill in the triangle tray.

STAR OF THE WEEK~EMMA!

Today we learned more about our friend, Emma!  Her favorite color is pink and her favorite food is yogurt.  In the bottom photo, Emma is pointing to her favorite photo...one of her with her face painted at Disney World.  Thanks for sharing today, Emma!

HAPPY HALF-BIRTHDAY, ROBBIE!

Today we celebrated Robbie's half-birthday!  Robbie's mom and dad read the story, "Oh Say Can You Say Dinosaur?".  Then we enjoyed yummy caramel corn for snack!  Happy Half-Birthday, 

Robbie! 

 

STATION ROTATIONS

 This week's Rotation Stations include......

~Number-writing practice~

 ~Inch-worm measuring~

~Dramatic Play Space Station~

 ~Name-writing practice~

NEWSPAPER NAMES

Please check your child's folder for a special homework assignment ("Newspaper Names") we would like for him/her to complete this week!

HAPPY ZERO THE HERO DAY!

Today we celebrated our 90th day of school!  Will's mom and Beckett's mom provided us with a wonderful activity--styrofoam snowmen!  Thank you for a great project!

STAY TUNED....We're 10 school days away from celebrating our 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL!!

NAME BOOKS

Today we introduced a name-writing practice book to help the children with writing their names with the first letter upper case, and the rest of the letters lower case.     On each page of the book, a child traces his/her name four times.  On the bottom of each page is a blank line for the child to practice writing his/her name on his/her own.  Children will work on their name-writing books this week during station rotations. 

 

FREE CHOICE FUN!

Evan, Eleanor, and Genevieve retelling the story of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" on the flannel board.

 Paige and Alaina reading the story of "The Little Gingerbread Boy".

Ryan and Dorian GLUING GREEN AND GOLD GLITTER to decorate our "G"!

SNOWMAN GLYPHS WITH BUDDIES

Today we did a snowman glyph with our second grade buddies.  Be sure to ask your child to explain his/ her snowman to you!

COUNTING GUMDROPS

We counted our gumdrops in the jar today and discovered there were 84 gumdrops!

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Today, we did an "experiment" during snack time.  Initially, the children were told if they are in the "yellow group", they could choose water or milk to drink.  Children in the "green group" could only have water.  The reason we did this "experiment" was to create an environment/situation of unfairness to see the children's reactions.  When we sat down for snack, many children (both from the yellow group and the green group) commented to the teachers that it wasn't fair that some children could choose milk or water to drink while other children could only have water.  We discussed the children's comments and feelings and then announced that the green group could also choose if they wanted milk or water to drink.   This situation led us into our story and discussion about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his work to change unfair laws.  Children also brought home a Weekly Reader magazine about Martin Luther King, Jr. to share and discuss with you at home.

STAR OF THE WEEK--WILL!

Today we learned more about our friend, Will.  His favorite color is black and his favorite animal is a jellyfish.  Will shared some great photos, including ones of him fishing and also skiing.  Thanks for helping us get to know you better, Will!

MAKING SNOWFLAKES

At the discovery center, we have added a new activity....creating a snowflake using foam pieces and following a model.

ESTIMATING GUMDROPS

Today we estimated how many gumdrops were in a jar.  The children had 3 choices...were there 10, 50, or 84 gumdrops in the jar?  Stay Tuned!  We are going to count the gumdrops in the jar tomorrow!

SPANISH SHAPE PATTERNS

The children have been learning the names of shapes in Spanish.  To reinforce their learning, Senora had them create their own shape patterns using different types of foods!

SNOW!

 Today we made our own "indoor" snow to use in our sensory tub! 

STATION ROTATIONS

This week's station rotations include...

...activities in the classroom library, including retelling and/ or acting out the nursery rhyme, "Three Little Kittens"; listening to  a story on tape; looking at/reading a book; or doing the pocket chart story.

... building gumdrop structures.

 ...building with panels in the construction zone.  This was a POPULAR activity today!

 

 ...our fourth activity is working at the writing center, where you can choose to do a snowman story.