What I will learn this month in Ms. Courtney’s class:
Themes of the week | Classroom group lesson time (in addition to individual Montessori Work time)
4/03: International festival
- The children will learn about the geography, culture, and language of North America and South America.
- Friday, April 7th | Dads n Donuts
Afternoon Group Time:
- We will read about Vikings and then learn a game that they used to play.
- We will read about Canada and then play Hockey which is a popular sport in Canada.
- We will read about France and play the French version of Hopscotch which is played on a spiral shaped board.
- Read a book about England, discuss the English tradition of tea time, then have an English tea party with tea and crumpets.
- Discuss letter of the week and its sound, learn letters and letter sounds with sign language through Visual Phonics, and complete a letter X craft.
4/10: International festival
- The children will learn about the geography, culture, and language of Europe and Africa.
- Friday, April 14th | NO SCHOOL | Easter break
Afternoon Group Time:
- We will read about an African nation and then play a board game that originated in Africa.
- We will read about an African nation and play a game of teamwork that originated in Africa.
- Discuss letter of the week and its sound, learn letters and letter sounds with sign language through Visual Phonics, and complete a letter Y craft.
- Learn how to say hello in different languages.
4/17: International festival
- The children will learn about the geography, culture, and language of Asia, Antarctica and Australia.
- Monday, April 17th | NO SCHOOL | Easter break
- Wednesday, April 19th | International Festival Rehearsal
- Friday, April 21st | International Festival
Afternoon Group Time:
- We will read about Rome and learn how to play marbles which was a popular game in Rome.
- We will read about Australia and learn a popular game from Australia played with marbles
- Read about Latin American countries and discuss their culture of music, then make homemade maracas.
- Discuss letter of the week and its sound, learn letters and letter sounds with sign language through Visual Phonics, and complete a letter Z craft.
4/24: Recycle/Reduce/Reuse
- The children will understand the importance of taking care of the environment.
- The children will practice ways to reduce waste in the classroom and at home.
- The children will become more environmentally aware in their daily activities.
- The children will learn the terms recycle, reduce, and reuse.
Afternoon Group Time:
- Talk about how harmful pollution is to the Earth, and complete the “Who Polluted the River” activity.
- Talk about ways to reuse everyday items instead of being wasteful and complete a water bottle fish craft.
Letters of the Week: Try to find objects that begin with each letter wherever you go with your child.
4/03: Xx
4/10: Yy
4/17: Zz
4/24: Vowels
Sight Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.
4/03: That
4/10: Not
4/17: See
4/24: Big
Synonym Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.
4/03: NICE, friendly, courteous, good, pleasant, charming
4/10: SNEAKY, underhanded, dishonest, tricky, secretive, sly
4/17: BRIGHT, shiny, glowing, dazzling, lighted, vivid
4/24: DULL, dark, dreary, somber, boring, tedious
Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:
- Use reusable grocery bags.
- Use a refillable water bottle.
- Use natural light when applicable.