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.