Hi Parents!
Our letter this week was Ee and it was Dr. Suess’ birthday!
Monday the kids started the day with a Cat in the Hat coloring sheet. They spent extra time outside of our classroom in the foyer doing a Suess Write the Room. Cat in the Hat pictures with words are placed all over the room and the kids need to find the corresponding picture on their worksheet and then write the word on their paper. The kids did awesome! Another activity they did was an Ee rhyming riddle game. Pictures of items that start with the letter E where taped on a board. Then kids pick a card with a rhyming riddle on it that matches with one of the pictures. The kids try to figure out the answer and pick the correct picture. Its a fun way to teach beginning sounds and rhyming all at the same time. They had fun and did great! Then it was back to the room. Mrs. Michelle read the Cat in the Hat by Dr. Suess. There was a little time left so they got to pick out some toys to play with at the end of the day.
On Tuesday our theme was Dr Suess. In centers the kids worked on a Cat in the Hat themed rhyming worksheet where they match picture of items that rhyme. We also created a Cat in the Hat craft to practice patterning with the red and white stripes. This center also put those fine motor muscles to work with tons of cutting with scissors. As a fun fine motor and pattern activity the kids got to stack red cups with white cardstock in between. They made some very cool towers. At the end of the day the kids did their Zoo Phonics video for letter sounds. We also read the Dr. Suess book, Fox in Socks.
Wednesday’s theme was E is for Elephant and was Art day! After our dancing time in big room, we went to the art room. Today the kids painted with forks. Although slightly messy, the kids had fun creating Thing One’s hair with blue paint the forks. Back in the classroom they cut out Thing One’s head which will be glued to the painting once dry. The kids tried a dot-to-dot for the first time today. They drew lines between the numbers to make a picture of an elephant and colored it. They also worked on their The Ee Says write, cut and paste worksheet. We also talked about the Egg-speriment Mrs. Leslie was going to do the next day and made our predictions on what would happen to the eggs. At the end of the day we watched Captain Seasalt Letter Ee and read the Dr. Suess book, What Pet Should I Get?
On Thursday we had so much fun with our Egg-speriment! After big room dancing, we stayed in the foyer for the egg-speriment. Mrs. Leslie wrapped raw eggs separately in cotton balls, paper clips, rocks, paper towels, shaving cream and tin foil. We watched as she dropped each egg to see if it would break and then documented the results on our paper. Unfortunately every single egg broke! But the kids loved this activity! Back in the classroom we cut out an egg puzzle and tried to glue it back together on construction paper. And of course, it needed bandaids! Another center was making and counting eggs out of Play-Doh and putting them in a nest. We also worked on writing the tricky Ee on our dry erase quick kits.
Such a fun week! I hope we have more of the kids in class next week and everyone feeling better! Next week’s letter is Uu
Kim