Hello, Orca Class families!
Morning & Afternoon Meeting
This Monday, we had our Morning Assembly again headed by Seahorse Teachers. We had watched a mini presentation about Our day started having a guessing game of our classroom rules wherein the teacher shared an example of a misbehavior and what classroom rule should we use to correct our behavior. Everyone were so good at telling which rule should be used. Our morning meetings this week were truly meaningful! Then, we started singing good morning song wherein we formed a circle and danced together as we say hello to everyone. It was such a joy seeing them laughing and holding each others' hands to begin our day. It was followed by checking our calendar time, assigning class jobs, doing a movement song and sharing about our whereabouts through our Class Dojo photos.
In the afternoon, we continued our Term 2 Show and Tell this week. It was wonderful that our friends' different objects and photos about something that keeps them healthy from Red group. It was engaging and meaningful as we tried to guess what our friends brought/showed. Our friends even asked a lot of question such as the shape, color, size, and if it can be eaten or not. Next week , it will be Blue group's turn. We ended our day through reading a storybook and singing a goodbye song.
Language & Literacy
These are the activities we did from last week to this week. To jumpstart our Literacy time , we started talking about our Raz-Kids book entitled, "The New Forest Path". We described the pictures and read aloud the words with everyone. Then, we did our Jolly Phonics classroom and talked about phonics ``Yy`` this week through activities like singing a song, beginning ``Yy`` for animal yak craft, and a phonics worksheet. In addition, we did a related Raz-Kids worksheet. We aimed to enhance not only their literacy facet but also to lengthen their attention span and enhanced their focus and concentration which is essential to develop their skills and bodies holistically.
Kinder
These are the activities we did for this week. To jumpstart our Literacy time , we started talking about our Raz-Kids book entitled, "At Fall Fair". We described the pictures and read aloud the sentences. It was such a delight how Kinder students learn ask more questions as they began to expand their vocabulary words through reading. Then, we reviewed about the past digraphs using Jolly Phonics, talked about Phonics PH through a song and made a phone craft to enhance our understanding , and did some related Raz-Kids worksheets. Last, we had a CVC reading comprehension to practice reading fluency and some alphabet writing practice too. In addition, they also had a Japanese Lesson.
Maths
Pre-K
For math this week we focused on measuring with nonstandard units and identifying varying lengths. To accomplish this we played a variety of games, engaged in numerous activities, and completed many fun crafts. We also focused on working with numbers up to 20. We played a new game which entailed long jumping and measuring the distance traveled with triangle blocks. We also used many different shapes as measuring units to measure many objects and toys found within the classroom, recording the lengths of them and familiarizing ourselves with numbers up to 10. We also did some worksheets with addition up to 20, using visual aids through pictures to help the students recognize numbers easier.
Kinder
For math this week we focused on measuring with nonstandard units, identifying varying lengths, and working on addition up to 40. To accomplish this we made many crafts, engaged in some physical activities and even incorporated science experiments. We made our own rulers and then used them to measure many objects found within the classroom, recording the lengths of said objects, We also discussed the sizes of the objects and organized them according to sight, taste, and sound. We then played a new game which entailed drawing a random number from 20-40 and using that number as a basis of how many block we could use to build the longest object amongst our peers. Towards the end of the week we made rocket ships and launched them into the air with a custom launch pad, measuring the height the rocket traveled with nonstandard units up to 40.
Topic Exploration
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100th Day Celebration
This Friday, we also celebrated our 100th Day in School with all our friends and teachers. Together with Dolphin friends,
we had three different stations: 100th day flag decorating using 100 stickers, Find the 100 things in Sand Play and Blow
the Shinkansen Cup Race. It was so fun and they were so excited to do every station with their friends. Watching them
trying their best to blow the cups and coming up with their strategies to keep the cup moving, building different sculptures
out of sand and imagination, and patiently decorating and counting 100 stickers were the highlights of this event!
In the afternoon, after packing our weekend bags and having our Show and Tell, we had a movie time, “Peter Pan” in the room.
We ended our day through giving each one of them a 100th Day medal of being smarter and kinder in Orca class, and of course, their favorite origami stars!
Watching them grow and become the best that they can be since Day 1 was truly a moment to cherish!
May each one of you be filled with love and joy for learning in school!
Free Play
Here are some more pictures of friends playing together in the classroom, in the Big Room, at the park, and enjoying other topics, events and activities at school including some from Japanese lesson.
Books of the Week
Kinder
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Pre-Kinder
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Song of the Week
Important Dates
October 13th - No School
October 22nd - Parents' Day for Kinder
October 23rd - Parents' Day for Pre-K
November 1st - International Culture Festival at Izumi Campus
November 3rd - Make- Up Holiday
- The Orca Class Team
