Buildings

This week we started our investigation of buildings. This unit has five investigations that we will explore. The investigations offer the children an opportunity to learn more about the characteristics and features of buildings, the people who build them and the tools they use, and the role buildings play in our community. This week we talked about what we know about buildings and what we want to find out. Most of the children were very interested in what it takes to make a building. We also talked about what buildings in our city look like.

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The first book we read in the building unit was The Three Little Pigs. Before reading, we had a discussion on what materials are used to make buildings and the children got to use tallies to show what type of material they thought was best to make a house and explain why.

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J Is for jump

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inside obstacle course

Who takes care of trees and what are their characteristics?

This week our focus question was: Who takes care of trees? We had a guest speaker from H&N Landscaping and he talked to us about who an arborist is and what they do. We also discussed what was good and bad for trees, types of trees, and how they grow.

S Is For Snow

Letter S Show and Tell

For the letter S show and tell we had a snake, snow bunny, snowflake, sea shells, Santa, a snowman, and suckers!

🎅It'sBeginningToLookALotLikeChristmas🎄

This week we had a fun start to celebrating Christmas by making ornaments and playing in Mrs. Clause's Cookie Cottage.

Christmas Estimation Game

High In The Tree

Objective 15 Demonstrates Phonological Awareness

Our question for the week was, "What food comes from trees"? This activity has you draw a picture of a fruit tree and the children get to practice math skills by erasing some fruit and counting how many is left.

NatureWalk

We took a nature walk around campus and talked about evergreen and deciduous and their characteristics.

Fall Fashion Show

What a great performance! Some benefits of the show are building self -confidence , overcoming fear of public speaking, develop skills in memory, promotes self-expression.

The Pumpkin Patch

We are very thankful for our 7th and 8th grade students. They wrote , illustrated and read a book to each primary student. St. James students learn at an early age to care for others. They also grew a pumpkin patch for our primary students.

C is for candy corn

What special clothes do people wear to work?

Our question for the clothing unit this week was,"What special clothing do people wear to work"? Each child got to pick a costume of what some people might wear to for a job and had a blast with pretend play!

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

We had such wonderful visitors this week! Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother came to tell us their story and passed out some delicious treats.

THE LITTLE OLD LADY WHO WAS NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING

This week we did an interactive read aloud with The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything. As the students participated in the read aloud their memory was enhanced. Interactive read alouds help children understand the book being read and participating in a large group gives your child confidence.

NAME RECOGNITION

The children worked on recognizing their name this week by decorating them with halloween sticks which is also a great fine motor exercise.

CLOTHESLINE COUNTING

This is a fun activity goes along with our clothing study and integrates counting and fine motor skills.