Welcome back! We hope you all had a wonderful February vacation. Here is what is happening the Lucky Duck room!
Upcoming Events!
Picture Day - is March 4th. If you would like to order pictures please send in a completed form and payment by this date. We would be happy to hold on to any forms sent in early. Please send them back in the red folder.
Spring Conferences - As many of you know, I am expecting my third child in May. Therefore, I will be holding conferences earlier in the school year, likely in March and April. If your child has an IEP meeting coming up, we will use this time for our conference. If you are interested in a conference please let me know. Report cards will be sent home in June.
Save the Date - We will have an almost end of the year party on
Wednesday, May 6th. More information to follow.
OWL Unit 4 Weeks 1 & 2
This week we will begin our “The World of Color” unit. Children will learn about color: color names, color mixing, staining, fading, camouflage and color patterns. Stories for this unit include, a story about a dog that stains his white coat, a lion who paints pictures, a boy who gets special letters from his grandmother, and a rabbit who wants to buy a special shirt. Children will increase their vocabulary about color and explore colors and patterns directly. We will continue to learn about letters and sounds, including rhyming words. Here are the theme concepts for this unit:
- Color is one thing that makes our world beautiful. Talk about different colors you can see in your child’s environment
- Paints and dyes are used to color other things and are mixed up to make new colors.
- Different substances can cause stains of different colors
- Sun and washing often bleach colors, making them fade
- Color is an identifying feature of many natural things.
Week of February 22-27th
Book Backpacks are due on TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23rd!
Books for the week:
Max’s Dragon Shirt by: Rosemary Wells
Dog’s Colorful Day by: Emma Dodd
Small Groups:
- Patterns: Students will make a picture frame with a pattern and draw an original artwork inside.
- Color fast experiment: we will hang pictures in the window and watch the colors fade over the next few weeks.
- Color Shape Bingo
- Experimenting with water droplets to make new colors.
Choice Time
Art Table: design a dragon shirt
Easel: Color Mixing
Library Area: Books about color/ Dr. Seuss books
Sensory Table: Water
Sensory Table: Water
Writing Table: Stencils and pencils
Dramatic Play: Playing with babies
Rug Toy: trains
Block Area: cardboard blocks
Songs, Word Play and Letters
Color Train
Rainbow of Colors
Week of March 2-6th
Reminders:
If the weather will be 25 degrees or more- we will go out and play in the snow. Please send your child with snow gear.
Book Backpacks are due on TUESDAY MARCH 4th
March 4th is Picture Day!!
Books for the week:
Mouse paint by: Ellen Stoll Walsh
The Lion and The Little Red Bird by: Elisa Kleven
Small Groups:
- Mouse Paint - The students will work together to paint large mice. They will start with primary colors followed by mixing primary colors to make secondary colors.
- Dog Number Game- Students will roll dice and find the matching numeral on a picture of Dog and color it with a dot marker.
- What Rhymes?
Choice time
Art Table: Decorating a Rainbow
Art: Mixing colors to paint small mice
Easel: Large pictures of Dog with Dot Markers
Manipulatives: making patterns with unfix cubes
Library Area: Books about color/ Dr. Seuss books
Sensory Table: bubbles
Sensory Table: bubbles
Dramatic Play: Taking Care of Babies
Block Area: cardboard blocks
Songs, Word Play and Letters
Color Train
Rainbow of Colors
