We finalized our class Brit and the children have been referring to our agreements throughout the day. We overheard a child saying to a peer, “Remember, we have to listen to what others have to say.” We love that they are taking ownership of their own agreements in the classroom and helping each other take care of the room and our surroundings.
We have started our writing process by learning about the lines and curves from our Handwriting Without Tears program. We learned the names big and little lines, and big and little curves. We also formed our basic shapes using our wooden pieces from our Handwriting Without Tears program. Later in the week the children made the big/little lines and big/little curves in the sand trays. When doing so they learned the terms top and bottom and left to right. These terms will be referred to often as we discover how each of our letters are formed. We have begun to study our items that represent the holiday of Rosh Hashanah. We put out a basket of apples, a shofar and some honey. We also put out a wood set of these items too and the children started their own conversations of prior knowledge of the holiday. We enjoyed hearing them talk. This is what we heard some of them saying. “Remember the challah is round for Rosh Hashanah?”“I enjoy apples dipped in honey because it is sweet.” “The shofar has a very loud noise.” While we saw this happening, we set out these items on the table for the children to also look at and draw their own still life of these objects. They enjoyed remembering what they know about the holiday as well as referring back to a story we read in the classroom called, Engineer Ari. The beginning of the Jewish new year is a great time to reflect on the past year and we cannot wait to continue these topics and values with your children. We have an apple tree on the yard that the children have noticed apples growing on. We were able to pick some and bring them back to the classroom. They started a list of all different things we can do with apples. “Can we make applesauce like the book we read this week?” “We can make apple pie or apple cake.” “We can dip apples in honey.” “I like to just take a big juicy bite out of an apple.” “Some are big and some are small.” After a thorough discussion, they have decided they want to make applesauce. The students were excited to see a big table filled with apples and all the ingredients that go into making applesauce. We set out some rulers and measuring tapes a few mornings during center exploration. Last week the children had brought up a lot of talk about why everyone’s water bottles were different sizes. We started a conversation about liquid and ounces. They enjoyed talking about height and size of objects around the room as well. We picked a cucumber off the vines on our patio. The children noticed it looked different than the cucumbers we get at the store. They saw it had spikes on it and was a little bit lighter green. After they tasted it, they decided it still tasted like the ones they get from the store even thought it had a different look to it. A small group of students took the measuring tape and brought it to the cucumber. We overheard them say: “Wow, it is 5 inches.” “No, it looks like it is 8 inches.” “Well it seems longer than that, let me see.” “Maybe it is 5 and 8 inches.” We are beginning to put out centers for them to explore more into measurement and we cannot wait to see what stems from these conversations. Shabbat Shalom, Rachel and Linda Reminders: -Please send in family photo. -Especially on days we have PE (Wednesday and Thursday), please have your child wear close toe shoes. -NO SCHOOL Monday, September 30th, and Tuesday, October 1stfor Rosh Hashanah. -Half day (11:45 pick up, no lunch) Tuesday, October 8thin observance for Yom Kippur. -NO SCHOOL Wednesday, October 9thin observance for Yom Kippur. -Please NO nut products in our lunches. We are a NUT SAFE school. Thank you. Shabbat Shalom, Rachel and Linda .
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