Crowning of Mary
The Rosary Apostolate, together with St. Andrew students, presented a play celebrating the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima. In 1917, the blessed Virgin appeared to three children, Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco, in Fatima, Portugual. Our Lady asked the children to devote themselves to the Holy Trinity and to pray the Rosary every day, to bring peace to the world and an end to the war. The play featured actors from each class. Alex represented Room 103 on stage and did a great job. Well done, Alex!
Catholic Education Week - Walking Forward Together
Thank you to all parents who attended our art show on Thursday morning. Even with the unexpected fire drill, the event was a huge success! We hope you enjoyed viewing our children's impressionist tree paintings. We are so proud of our artists!!!
Literacy
For our Flashlight Friday, we read aloud The Beauty and the Beast. As a response, we invited children to compare the storybook to the movie. By citing differences between the two forms, children are developing a critical awareness of different media texts.
May PAT Schedule
Week of May 1 - th
Week of May 8 - ch - items may begin or end with "ch"
Week of May 15 - sh- items may begin or end with "sh"
Week of May 23 - Students may bring any item of their choosing.
Week of May 30 - Students may bring any item of their choosing.
As we wind down the school year, students at the end of May and through June will have an opportunity to bring a PAT item of their own choosing. We encourage you to have your child rehearse their presentation the night before. For example, "My name is (blank) and I brought in a boat. Boat begins with the letter B and it makes the 'bu' sound. Boat ... B, O, T. Boat! Three sounds."
Tips for Reading and Writing
* Keep a writing journal (where students can practice printing letters/numbers, drawing pictures and writing simple sentences).
* Practice rhyming. This can be done by playing games or by having your child identify rhymes in stories.
Numeracy
This week, we formally introduced "number talks" in our classroom. As a class, students think of ways to represent a specific number in a variety of ways: fingers, pictures, dots (subitizing), tallies, ten frames and math sentences (equations).
We have also been exploring symmetry by creating spring butterflies.
Inquiry
We are transforming our dramatic play area into a hospital! We are sharing our ideas and learning about what can be found in the hospital. Today, it was a maternity ward, and a place to check for lice!
To further our inquiry, we watched Sesame Street Visits the Hospital and Sid the Science Kid's Vaccination.
Chime-In
What a Wonderful World
by George David Weiss and Bob Thiele
"For all people who call Louis Armstrong 'brother' OH YEAH!"
I see trees of green,
red roses too,
I see them bloom
for me and you,
and I think to myself,
"What a wonderful world!"
I see skies of blue
and clouds of white,
the bright blessed day,
the dark, sacred night,
and I think to myself,
"What a wonderful world!"
The colours of the rainbow,
so pretty in the sky
are also on the faces
of people going by.
I see friends shaking hands,
saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying,
"I love you."
I hear babies cry,
I watch them grow.
They'll learn much more
than I'll ever know,
and I think to myself,
"What a wonderful world!"
Yes, I think to myself,
"What a wonderful world!"
