Monday, May 26, 2014

Rainbow Room Newsletter Wk 4

Rainbow Room Newsletter
May 26th - 30th

I hope you all had a wonderful 3 day weekend!

This week:
This week we are learning about the Rainforest and the animals in the rainforest.
We will be decorating cute parrots, silly monkeys, and red eye tree frogs.  We will also be learning about the layers of the rainforest and listening to the sounds of the rain through rainmakers.  

Sharing:
Letter R or an animal from the rainforest.

Family Fun Night:
This Friday 30th
5:30-7pm
Math and Science Night!
There is a sign up sheet outside the classroom, if you have not yet signed up please do so, so we know how many families are coming!

See you all this week!
T. Alisha 


Sunday, May 18, 2014

Rainbow Room Newsletter May Wk 3

Rainbow Room Newsletter
May 19th - 23rd

THIS WEEK:
We are continuing our Animal Unit and learning about Zoo Animals this week.  
We will be marble painting zebras (a class favorite), adding spots to giraffes, decorating paper plates to look like lions and creating a sticker collage.  
We will be singing songs like "Five Little Monkeys" and "Itsy Bitsy Monkey".
We will be doing some graphing and sorting as well as getting creative by building a zoo with blocks and play dough and moving like the animals.

SHARING:
Zoo animal 

NO SCHOOL:
Monday May 26th - Memorial Day

Progress Reports will be out this week.

FAMILY FUN NIGHT:
Friday May 30th
There is a sign up sheet outside the classroom.
5:30-7pm
Math and Science Night

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL:
June 19th and ALL SCHOOL PICNIC 10am-1pm

HELMETS:
Remember if the weather is nice out, you can bring a helmet with your child to school (labeled) for them to use riding bikes and scooters on the playground!

Have a fantastic week!
T. Alisha 





Sunday, May 11, 2014

Rainbow Room Newsletter May Wk 2

Rainbow Room Newsletter
May 12th - 16th

Happy Mother's Day! Hope you all had a wonderful day with your loved ones!

THIS WEEK:
This week is all about dinosaurs!!  We will be learning the difference between Herbivores and Carnivores and what that means.  We will talk about which dinosaurs fly, walk on 2 legs, 4 legs, etc.  We will get to play with dinosaurs in class and learn dinosaur songs.  As well as creating our own dinosaurs and stories to go with them.

I will be out of the classroom on Thursday.  Teacher Donna will still be there :)

WEATHER:
It looks like this week will be another nice week for weather!  If you would like to bring a helmet for your child to wear so he/she can ride bikes on the play ground please feel free too.  Also if you could label your child's helmet it would be appreciated!  Thanks!

FAMILY FUN NIGHT:
Friday May 30th is Family Fun Night
Theme:  Math and Science
Time:  5:30-7pm

There is a sign-up sheet outside the classroom.  Some of you have already signed it.  Please sign up if you are planning on coming so we know how many to plan for!  Thanks!  

Enjoy the beautiful sun!

T. Alisha 

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Rainbow Room Newsletter May Wk 1

Rainbow Room Newsletter
May 5th - 9th

LAST WEEK:
Last week we learned about Bugs and Butterflies!  We got to explore and learn about caterpillars and watch them grow, this week we will still be watching out caterpillars grown and transform into chrysalis and then beautiful butterflies that we will release in the air!  

THIS WEEK:
This week we are learning about Flowers and Plants.  We will be talking about the lifecycle of a Plant and get a chance to plant some flowers of our own!! We will also be sponge painting flowers, experimenting with color, painting rocks, playing Simon says, and cutting practice. 

Have Have a Great Week!!