THE GOOFY GAZETTE
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 26 - 30:
We had a busy week learning all about apples! We filled the letter A with apple seeds (fingerprints!). We practiced writing the letter Aa on paper and in applesauce. We read through our Letter A book and circled all the letter Aas in red. We practiced tracing different lines, helping the worm get to the apple. We made some a-peeling apples by tearing pieces of red construction paper and gluing them onto our apple shape. We learned a new song, Apple, Apples (words below) and created hand motions (including sign language!) to go along with our song. We made pattern apple crowns. We put apples on trees-each tree had a number 1-5. We had to draw the correct number of apples on the tree. We practiced counting apples as we read through our weekly Scholastic magazine. We took turns driving the ambulance around. Whiling driving the ambulance to pick up the hurt animal and take him to the hospital we called out, Aa-aa, aa-aa, aa-aa for the sound of the siren. Once at the hospital we placed a bandage on the animal and returned the ambulance to the station! This activity was very helpful in reinforcing the letter a sound. We made apples and apple pie with green and red play dough, sticks, pie pans and accessories. We read Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss. We tried to balance one apple on our head! We then made our own class book, How Many Apples Up on Top? We took our apple fun outside and made an apple roll painting. We LOVED this activity! We read a book and sequenced the growth of an apple tree. We played Apple Concentration. We cut some apples in half and looked at the two different types of seed patterns, star and oval. We then used the apples to make apple prints. We taste tested 3 different types of apples. We then graphed our favorite type. We had 5 friends that chose McIntosh as their favorite, 1 friend that chose Granny Smith as his favorite and 2 friends that chose Golden Delicious as their favorite! We sorted our apples by color and used the balance scale to see which apple was the heaviest, lightest and how many small apples it took to balance the scale with one large.
We learned about Johnny Appleseed and made our own pot to wear on our head. We then imitated Johnny Appleseeds seed-planting travels by going on a Johnny Appleseed Walk. We tossed apple seeds (grass seed) as we walked. We learned 4 new Sing & Spell sight word songs! (words below) Ask your child to teach you the songs and motions. During Storybook Caf, we read From Apple Seed to Applesauce and made homemade applesauce! Delicious!
Cherie Carter-Scott
WORDS OF WISDOM...LEARN TO BE FLEXIBLE; IT MAKES THE CURVES IN YOUR LIFE PATH
MUCH EASIER TO MANEUVER.
COMIN G UP NEXT WEEK...,shapes, our five senses, Letter Tt (dont forget to have your child bring a small item or draw/cut a picture of an item that begins with the letter ) INFO & REMINDERS
Thank you Nicole for filling our Extra Special Person basket with the items you love and sharing them with us! LILY will be our Star of the Week for next week! The concept activity bags are sent home on Mondays and do not need to be returned until the following Monday. If you chose to send your bag back early, a new bag will not be sent home until the next Monday. Children will not receive a new bag until the previous bag is returned. Our interactive class book is making its rounds! Please take about 2 days to read/interact with the book and send it back so another friend can take a turn. We make lots of class books throughout our year and we love to share them. Enjoy! They are calling for sunny
MARK YOUR CALENDARWindmill Farm Market, Thursday October 6th.
skies and a high of 68*! Apple, Apples
(sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star) Apples juicy, apples round; On the tree or on the ground. Apples yellow, apples red, Apple pie and juice and bread! Apples crunchy, apples sweet; Apples are so good to eat!
GO
G-O, G-O, G-O, G-O, I can spell a go, go, go, go. G-O, G-O, G-O, G-O, G-O, G-O, Go, go, go, go, go, to school! (repeat)
HAVE
Have you got a froggy Singing in a pond? H-A-V-E, have! H-A-V-E, have! (repeat)
HE
He is just a word with an H and then an E. If you spell it quickly It sounds just like a sneeze! H-E! H-E! (act like sneezing)
HERE
Here is spelled, here is spelled, H-E-R-E here! Heres a swell jingle bell, H-E-R-E here!
H-E! H-E! H-E! (repeat)
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