Week of Dec 5-9
We had a multicultural and tasty week. We had two cooking classes for Japan and Turkey. Letter of the week was Tt.
Language and Art Exploration
The Letter was Tt. This week we identified sounds and words that starts with Tt. We also sang letter of the week Tt song. We read letter Tt book. We did letter Tt worksheet and whiteboard tracings. We also made "ten in the bed" craft which students colored ten teddy bears and sang song. We made turtle craft, we decorated shell of turtle with triangles. We made ten steps tree craft with papers.
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| Tt is for Tutu, we like to dance with our tutu |
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| Let's make our ten step tree |
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| We put all steps perfectly. |
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| We seem so busy. |
Words: Turtle, telephone, tiger, table, truck, teddy bear, ten, toys, Tuesday, tree, television, triangle.
Letter T song 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5gUg06rock
Letter T song 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yl9p--gElU
Letter T song 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlN7w90utho
Letter T - Olive and the Rhyme Rescue Crew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWbL6m7kVII
Starfall Tt
http://more.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-t/load.htm?filter=abc
Inquiry
Links that we loved to use:
Letter T song 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5gUg06rock
Letter T song 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yl9p--gElU
Letter T song 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlN7w90utho
Letter T - Olive and the Rhyme Rescue Crew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWbL6m7kVII
Starfall Tt
http://more.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-t/load.htm?filter=abc
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| We like to use starfall website |
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| Tt is for turtle and triangle |
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Using triangles to decorate our turtle |
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| Triangle has three sides and three corners... Lots of Tt words |
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| Turtle!! |
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| Painting body of turtle with bubble wrapping |
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| While one group was painting, other group was watching letter Tt story. |
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| We were putting cover and body parts together. |
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| This is our complete turtle! |
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| There were ten in the bed, the little one said "Roll over" |
We continued our inquiry unit, Where We Are in Place and Time.This week, we focused on foods from various countries and we discussed preparation and ingredients of them. We cooked Japanese onigiri and Turkish waffle.
We checked cooking ways of rice in India, Turkey and Japan, they cook rice different than each other.
Japanese rice is sticky and it is cooked with steam only but Indian and Turkish rice is cooked with water, oil and salt. Therefore chopstick, hand and fork are used respectively.Our aim was to see difference of approaches of countries for same food.
We also cooked Turkish waffle and observed decoration difference than Japan. It was decorated with whip cream, chocolate sauce, strawberry, kiwi and banana, then it was wrapped.
Difference brings rich perspective and empathy, observing differences of food cultures was a solid example for us.
Phrases of the week: "Do you like..."
Example: Do you like broccoli? Yes, I do / No, I don't
We checked cooking ways of rice in India, Turkey and Japan, they cook rice different than each other.
Japanese rice is sticky and it is cooked with steam only but Indian and Turkish rice is cooked with water, oil and salt. Therefore chopstick, hand and fork are used respectively.Our aim was to see difference of approaches of countries for same food.
We also cooked Turkish waffle and observed decoration difference than Japan. It was decorated with whip cream, chocolate sauce, strawberry, kiwi and banana, then it was wrapped.
Difference brings rich perspective and empathy, observing differences of food cultures was a solid example for us.
Phrases of the week: "Do you like..."
Example: Do you like broccoli? Yes, I do / No, I don't
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| First stage of Turkish waffle |
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| Everybody was excited to eat! |
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| Mmm! So yummy! |
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I like waffle |
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| It is tasty |
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| Finished soon! Okawari? |
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| Ingredients: Rice, nori, fish, topping |
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| This is how we do |
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| First Onigiries are ready! |
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| I did it! |
Links we love to use:
Do you like broccoli ice cream song:
Do you like spaghetti yogurt:
Books of the week:
An amazing snowman
The book with no pictures
We love reading books...
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| We are busy at reading |
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| I like the very hungry caterpillar |
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| Cordory goes to doctor. "This is a nice book" |
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| A is for airplane |
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| Row row row your boats |
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| I love books |
Playtime
Sunny days... If day is shiny, even it is cold, we love to play at outside.
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| Have a warm weekend! |
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| Lets dance |
Homework
* Name tracing worksheet and missing letter in my name worksheet
* Letter Tt book, please read weekly books with your child and listen them.
* Please send all these homeworks on Monday.
Next Week
* Our letter will be Uu
* Inquiry "Where we are place and time - Celebrating our differences - Different celebrations of countries"
* We will continue to learn about ABC pattern.
Notes From the Teacher
On Wednesday, December 21st we will have a small end-of-term and holiday celebration. If your child would like to bring something to give to his/her friends (such as holiday cards, a small gift or treat, etc.) please feel free to send it to school on the last day. We kindly ask you to make sure that there are enough items for all the students in the class. This is completely optional, so please do not feel obligated to provide something.
Important Dates
12/1 Evacuation drill (Earthquake)
12/21 End of Fall term
12/22 - 1/6 Winter break
12/29 - 1/4 School closed
大切な日
12/1 地震の避難訓練
12/21 秋学期終了
12/22-1/6 冬休み
12/29-1/4 閉校
大切な日
12/1 地震の避難訓練
12/21 秋学期終了
12/22-1/6 冬休み
12/29-1/4 閉校
