As much as I enjoyed my week off, something was missing and I was really looking forward to coming back, luckily it seemed that the Preschoolers were pretty happy to be back as well! :)
They had a fantastic week at school, fully refreshed and reenergised!
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| Happy to be back! |
Unit of Inquiry
Transdisciplinary Theme: Where we are in Place and Time
Central Idea: People are connected through the different roles they play in the communities.
This week in Unit, Preschool started their new Unit of Inquiry, focussing on Community Helpers. They did an excellent job in recognising some of the important members in our community. We prepared different stations, with each station representing a different Community Helper. Students were given flashcards with different names and pictures representing a variety of community helpers that they had to try and match with the correct station. Not only did they do a fantastic job of working independently, recognising and matching the flashcards with the correct helpers, they led an interesting inquiry based discussion explaining their choices. Some of the discussion points about the various Community Helpers included:
- Builder- "makes a house, school, or school, or mansion."
- Vet- "a pet doctor."
- Chef- "makes vegetables and pizza."
- Farmer-"takes care of animals. Grows vegetables."
- Police-"catch bad guys or robbers. Have a gun."
- Ticket conductor-"punches tickets and gives them back."
- Shop assistant-"scans food: beep, beep, beep."
- Hairdresser-"cuts hair, combs hair and washes hair."
Our discussion then brought us to roles that were not represented in the classroom and what roles different people have in our families. It was a great start to the unit!
Maths
In maths, Preschool was busy inquiring what the plus sign could mean, with one great guess being "the Swiss flag." They were extremely quick to grasp the concepts of addition and we practised adding numbers up to 10 (but all were able to go beyond that already!).
Reading"If I you were a Plus Sign," by Trisha Speed Shaskan, introduced the class to addition sentences and got them creating their own. Preschool practised adding by counting with blocks as well as challenging themselves with complex maths tiles!
Next week we will continue to focus on addition before starting with subtraction.
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| Reading "If you were a Plus Sign" |
Language
Preschool has really picked up the pace regarding their language skills, although there are still reminders to speak in English at school, they are really beginning to join in during class discussions. They practised spelling CVC words, were able to read to their Grade 5 reading buddies, worked on writing sentences and presented during Show&Tell.
Spelling
This week due to the bad weather on Monday, we postponed our planned Autumn Nature Walk to Wednesday, instead of cooking. Preschool got to spend some time observing their surroundings and how Rokko Island is changing, ready for the colder months.
Preschool walked a nature trail and collected leaves, acorns and sticks!
Back at school, they used their findings to create their own Autumn Trees, which are displayed alongside their Autumn Wreaths (which they made earlier in the week) in the classroom. The Preschool windows are a display of Autumn colours and wonders!
Before I sign off and wish you a great weekend, here a few reminders for next week:
- Show&Tell on Tuesday- as we were looking at the different roles in the family, I'd appreciate it if you could help your child create a simple Family Tree, or send in a few pictures of the members in their families.
- Swimming on Monday-as it is getting colder, please send in a warm hat for your child to wear after swimming.
- We will be creating our own model city as part of the Unit, so if you could send in empty milk cartons and kitchen rolls, that'd be most helpful (one or two are enough).
- We will be cooking again as normal on Wednesday, so please send in containers.
- Saint Martin will be on Friday, the 13th of November.
Thank you and please contact me, in case of any questions.
Sabina Michelotti
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