It's a Zoo in Here!

Well, we officially made it - spring break is finally here!  I hope everyone enjoys a nice, relaxing break from school.  

This past week we had fun finishing up our zoo theme.  We strengthened our fine motor skills by using popsicle sticks and plasticine to build our very own zoo cages!  

You can click here to see more pictures of our zoo cages in action.  

Lions and Tigers and Bears... 

Oh My!

The students were on high alert looking for zoo animals when we took a zoo safari hunt around the school.  This pre-literacy activity focused on hearing sounds in words, expanding vocabulary, and visual recognition.  You can click here to see more pictures of the safari hunt.  

Little Bakers

We made elephant bread on Wednesday.  The students were very excited for this project.  Some of them were quite shocked to find out that our school has an oven!  You can click here to see more pictures of our baking. 

Zones of Regulation

This week we continued to talk about expected and unexpected behaviours.  We reviewed how behaving in an expected way makes the people around you feel safe and happy.  The students had fun posing for pictures of expected circle time behaviour.  These behaviours include sitting on your bottom, eyes looking, ears listening, and mouth quiet:

They also enjoyed posing for some pictures of unexpected circle time behaviour:

 (Yikes!!)

I plan to hang these pictures in our classroom.  This will give the students a visual reference and reminder of what expected and unexpected behaviour looks like during circle time.  

Coming Up

• March 27 - 31st - spring break, no school
• April 3rd - classes resume
• April 5th and 6th - early dismissal
• the morning class will dismiss at 10:25 am
• the afternoon class will dismiss at 2:15 pm
• April 14th - no school - Good Friday
• April 17th - no school - Easter Monday/Semester Break
• April 18th - PD Day - no school