January 22, 2019

The Lucky Ducks have been continuing our Wind and Water Unit.  Last week talked about how the wind can move things and the difference between heavy and lite.  We have also been discussing what items are repellent (water rolls off) and absorbent (it soaks water in).

This week we are discussing the forms water can take - liquid, solid and gas.  Today we froze water outside and boiled water to watch the steam.

Stories this week
Snowy Day
The Wind Blew
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Small Groups
Making paper snowglobes
Painting Peter from Snowy Day with epsom salt to make a snowy picture
Sorting what items the wind can blow.
Tell a story using pictures from The Wind Blew

Choice Time
Taking care of animals
Sand in the sensory table
Turn taking riding a rocking horse
Building with Blocks
Mr. Potato Head
Experimenting with snow by adding different colors

Wind and Water Week 1- Jan 2-4

We wish you and your family a wonderful vacation and a happy and healthy new year.   See you on January 2, 2019.  

Wind and Water Week 1- Jan 2-4

When we come back to school

WIND AND WATER THEME

This theme allows children explore wind and water using observations, experiments,

 and books to learn more about topics such as evaporation, weather, temperature, insulation, rain, and snow

Concepts for this unit include:

• Finding water in different forms - as rain (liquid), snow and ice (solid) and as steam (gas).  Temperature affects the form of water.
• Water soaks into, or is absorbed by , some things but is repelled by others.
• Wind - moving air - affects things.  Lighter things are moved a lot by wind. Heavier things are moved less by wind.  The amount of wind changes with the weather.  In storms, wind can blow very hard.
• Plants and animals need water to live.
• Water and wind provide opportunities for recreation.

Books this week

  -Giberto and the Wind by Marie Hall
  -One Dark Night by Hazel Hutchins

Small Groups this week

-Math- Shape Bingo Game

-Memory - Vocabulary pictures from our stories.

Center Activities

              Art: Painting with straws (moving paint on paper blowing into straws)

Easel: Painting with colors from the book Gilberto and the Wind  (black, brown and  white paint)

Writing: blank books with crayons and markers

Sand and Water: playing with sailboats in the water table

Library: Exploring books

Puzzles and Manipulatives: Matching uppercase alphabet arch letters 

Dramatic Play: playing with a clothes line and clothes pins for dramatic play

Blocks: building with blocks


Reminders:  We will be going outside everyday that the weather is above 25 degrees.  Please send your child to school with appropriate clothing to play outside (in the snow - while it lasts).

Stories for week of January 7th

Books this Week:

Gilberto and the Wind
One Dark Night
The Wind Blew

Small Groups
Art - Decorating pinwheels
Writing - What do you like to do on a windy day?
Science - What can air move?
Self Portraits for portfolios
Math - Size Sequencing snowballs to make a snowman

Center Activities -
Art: Painting with straws (moving paint on paper blowing into straws)

Easel: Painting with colors from the book Gilberto and the Wind  (black, brown and white paint)

Writing: blank books with crayons and markers

Sand and Water: playing with sailboats in the water table

Library: Exploring books

Puzzles and Manipulatives: Matching uppercase alphabet arch letters 

Dramatic Play: playing with a clothes line and clothes pins for dramatic play

Blocks: building with blocks

Family Party

Thank you for taking the time to come to our family party.  I posted a video from our previous practice in our picture blog.

Enjoy!

We have been reading about the gingerbread man, next week we will continue with fractured versions of the tale such as the Stinky Cheese Man and the Pancake Man.

Our last day is on Friday the 21st, and school will resume on the 2nd of January 2019.

Have a wonderful vacation.

Thank you!

Thank you!

We collected 74 sets of pajamas this year.  
Our best year yet!
Thank you for supporting
our pajama drive.

Family Party

December 13th, 2018

at 10:15

The Lucky Ducks will perform a few songs, we will make a family craft and watch a slideshow.  Anyone special to your child is welcome, although I do not encourage taking older siblings out of school for our party.  We hope to see you there!

Pajama Drive

The Great Bedtime Story - Pajama Drive

Dear Parents,

It’s time for the annual Scholastic Reading Club Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive
benefiting Pajama Program, a nonprofit organization that provides new pajamas
and books to children in need—especially those living in group homes, shelters,
foster care, and orphanages.  For every pair of pajamas that is donated through
the Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive, Scholastic Book Club will donate a
brand-new book to Pajama Programs to give kids affected by instability a good
night -for a good day.  

Since 2012, the BECC has collected and donated over 300 sets of pajamas.
Each year these pajamas and books are donated to Social Concern in Woburn.  

Our class wants to be a part of this drive so that we can help make a better
bedtime for these children. Together we can help the Great Bedtime Story
Pajama Drive reach even more kids with pj’s and books.

If you and your child are able to participate, please have your child bring in a
new pair of pajamas to school by December 12, 2018   The Lucky Ducks
will be collecting the pajamas to be donated.

Here are some simple guidelines for the pajamas:

• Pajamas must be brand-new.
• Pajamas in all sizes are needed—from newborn to adult.
• Pajamas must be in complete sets or nightgowns.

We are going to kick off this year’s pajama drive with an all school
Pajama day on November 20th.  Your child is welcome to wear his or
her pajamas to school. All children are encouraged to participate but
no one is required.

Thank you for helping us share the gift of a good night’s sleep and a
sweet bedtime story.

The BECC Staff

PS: You can find out more about the drive and the program at:
scholastic.com/pajamadrive

Unit 2

Monday, November 5^th
Professional Development (no students)

Tuesday,  November 6th
Happy Voting - no school

Monday, November 12^th

 Veteran’s Day Observed - no school

Thursday & Friday, November 22 & 23  

Thanksgiving Recess - no school

Thursday, November 29th
Parent Conferences - so school

Unit 2 -Friends

  

In Unit 2, children will be talking about friendship, how to be a good friend, and ways to resolve conflicts with friends. Through the story time books, children hear about the importance of being who you are, helping friends, enjoying special times together, and getting along. In addition to listening to stories, children will learn to identify rhyming works and beginning letters and sounds in words, as they build vocabulary and comprehension skills. They will also participate in a variety of music, poetry, math, science, and art activities.

Theme Concepts:
-A friend is someone we like and want to spend time with. Friends like to do things together. They enjoy each other's company.
-We can have more than one good friend, and we might like to do some things with one friend and other things with other friends.
-Friends usually share with and help one another.
-Friends may have arguments and get mad at one another. Usually, friends work out their problems and continue to be friends.
-We can make new friends and also keep old friends.

Books This Week:
The Little Red Hen, Retold By Philemon Sturges

A Letter to Amy, by Ezra Jack Keats

Small Groups:
Journal Page
Sequencing making pizza visuals

Making bracelets and giving them to a friend

ABC Memory
Math Story problems

Choice Time:

-Sensory Table- washing, rinsing and drying dishes
-Writing- making stationary and sending letters to friends

- Math and manipulatives - stringing large beads
-Library- Books about friendship
-Easel - Painting pictures of pizza and decorating with "pizza toppings"

-Dramatic Play - Pizza party with friends!

-Fine Motor – Feed the dog a bone

Songs, Word Play, and Letters
Diddle Diddle Dumpling

Eentsy weentsy spider

If your name starts with...

Down by the Bay

Ten Little Fingers

Come on and Join into the game

Chiming in with Rhyming words