February, 2017

Courtney Owens

Ms. Courtney’s February 2017 Monthly Overview


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)

 2/06:    Pets/Valentine’s Day

  • The children will learn about a variety of pets
  • The children will learn about caring for a pet
  • We will discuss the differences and similarities between different pets
  • Valentine’s Day Party Friday, February 10th 9AM to 12PM

Afternoon Group Time:

  • Watch Visual Phonics video to learn letters and letter sounds with Sign Language, and complete a letter Q craft.
  • Pretend to be different kids of pets.

2/13:    Presidents

  • The children will learn how Washington was a great man, the father of our country, who led in war and peace
  • The children will discover that Abraham Lincoln is on the penny
  • The children will talk about what life is like for the Obama family in the White House
  • Box Tops Collection Deadline Friday, February 17th
  • Tallmadge Open House Saturday, February 18th 9AM to 12PM

Afternoon Group Time:

  • Watch Visual Phonics video to learn letters and letter sounds with Sign Language, and complete a letter R craft.
  • Learn about the presidents on coins, and then make coin rubbings.

2/20:    Dental Health

  • The children will practice teeth brushing using an egg soaked in tea
  • The children will see how a little hole in your teeth can get pretty unpleasant on the inside by watching how a hole in an apple rots
  • The children will talk about what foods are good and bad for their teeth
  • President’s Day| NO SCHOOL Monday, February 20th

Afternoon Group Time:

  • Watch Visual Phonics video to learn letters and letter sounds with Sign Language, and complete a letter S craft
  • Pass the tooth game where students pass a tooth with a cavity on it, whoever has the tooth when the music stops has to go to the “dentist”.

2/27:    Dr. Seuss/Eric Carle

  • The children become familiar with the similarities in an author’s body of work.
  • The children will gain an appreciation for the word play and rhyme featured in the work of Dr. Seuss.
  • The children will identify, produce and extend patterns.

Afternoon Group Time:

  • Read The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and complete a letter T craft.
  • Read The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle, and paint toilet paper roll owls.

 

Letters of the Week: Try to find objects that begin with each letter wherever you go with your child.

2/06: Qq

2/13: Rr

2/20: Ss

2/27: Tt

Sight Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.

2/06: you

2/13: down

2/20: a

2/27: he

Synonym Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.

2/06: BAD, incorrect, awful, unsatisfactory faulty, defective

2/13: GOOD, pleasant, fine, honorable, wonderful, valuable

2/20: DRY, dehydrated, arid, parched

2/27: WET, damp, moist, soggy, drenched, soaked


Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:

  • Allow your child to help care for your pet
  • Take a trip to McKinley Presidential Library & Museum
  • Take your child to watch you get a dental checkup
  • Find objects around the house that start with the letter of the week
  • Visit your local library for a Dr. Seuss or Eric Carle reading.

 

 

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