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The months of January
and February were very busy and full months. We started the month of
January by learning all about Jesus' Baptism. How He was baptized by
his cousin John the Baptist and He was baptized in the Jordan River.
We then learned how today we are Baptized in the Church with just a
little water over our heads. The children did some role playing and
lots of projects to get ready for a special baptism of our baby dolls
and stuffed animals.
The children continue
to add more letters and sounds and words. They are really reading up
a storm. we have begun a program called DEAR time. This is Drop
Everything And Read and we do. We try to do this at least 2 or 3 times
during the week. We are adding more Letter Lights (vowels) to our list
of Letter People so we are able to make and read more words. What fun!
In math we are
learning to add and subtract as well as estimate our answers. We play
all kinds of math games to reinforce all the things we are learning. We
work on calculators and count and play bank with real money. We are
learning to tell time by the hour and learning how long that is. The
children made a class graph of their pets and we discovered more
children had dogs as a pet than anything else. We reached our 100th day
of school in February and we had a big celebration. We made a snack
using 100 items. Then we ate it. Counting is something we do
everyday. We count by 2's, 5's and 10's. we count forward and
backward. Our shoes made great patterns.
Mrs. Pelletier came
and taught us about Hermie the Germie. How keeping our hand washed and
sneezing into our sleeves will help to keep us from getting sick.
Then we had a special visit from Mrs. Wishy Washy who also taught us
about keeping ourselves clean as well as washing foods and things in
our house to keep the germies away. Dental Health month also taught
us about having healthy teeth and eating healthy foods. We had a
healthy snack valentine's party.
During the month of
January we learned to make beautiful snowflakes. In February we made
valentines. We studied about Martin Luther King Jr., George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Catholic Schools Week
was fun and very busy. we started the week with a bowling adventure
with our 8th grade buddies. What fun that was!!! On Tuesday we had
our special baptism in Church with Father Walter. Our 8th grade
buddies were the god-parents to our babies and stuffed animals. Our
buddies helped us find our houses on the computer with the help of Mr.
Taylor. They then took us to lunch with them. On Thursday we attended
the Honors Assembly and had a great time listening to the band. Friday
we took the mittens, hats, and scarves we collected to the Mid Coast
Hunger Center. We finished off the week with an awesome slide show of
all the children and things we have done in the school.
March will bring
Lent, St. Patrick's day and parent - teacher conferences. |
