Term 3 has started and our focus for this term is expressing ourselves through art. And with that comes preparation for our year-end performance (YEP)
Tuesday we got right into the swing of things, the students didn't miss a beat and got back into the routine without any problems. In the morning we learned and practiced blended phonics sounds, we started off easy and I was really impressed with how much knowledge they retained over the holidays. We also did some group reading where everyone had a turn or two to read passages from Raz-Kids books.
We started off our unit of inquiry learning about the words express and expression and how we express our feelings in different ways. The students learned that "Express yourself means to show people how you feel"
Wednesday we read a book called "The Dot" it is about a girl that feels like she can't draw and be an artist but ends up drawing wonderful pieces of art based off dots. It's a book to show the students that even if they like they are not good artists, that art can be inspired by a simple idea like making a dot. For language focus we practiced sight words, for the rest of the term I will be testing students individually on their ability to read sight words so please encourage them to practice at home! (Red cards and blue cards)
On Thursday the students learned about the basics of color theory. Color theory teaches us that we feel certain feelings based on the colors we see. For example the color red conveys strong feelings like love, or anger, while yellow can convey feelings of happiness, or nervousness. We then took what we learned and created some watercolor paintings of our names.
Friday the students were taught about distance. We learned about centimeters and meters. To make it more fun the students were taught how to make paper airplanes in order to measure the distance of how far the students can throw it. Learning the concept of distance is difficult, and we will be revisiting it several times over the course of term 3. Kids loved throwing airplanes inside the gym though!
Before the students move onto kinder I will be testing the students reading, writing and math comprehension each week. Reinforcing their reading and writing at home will go a long way to help them develop their skills for kinder. When a student gets positive reinforcement at home it definitely shows in the classroom!
Until next week,
- James Barbosa
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