Week 19 - Friday

Circle time:
As described in earlier circle time post
Letter of the week: X
Theme of the week: X Marks the Spot


Arts & crafts:
Today the kids made telescopes using old paper towel tubes, construction paper and skull and cross bone stickers.



Free play at stations:
None.

Story time:
Franklin Says Sorry by Bourgeois/Clark
To the Rescue by Lee
Ahoy, Captain Feathersword by Warren/Nunn

Cooperative game:
Today we played a game which taught the kids the basics of reading a map by using a 6x6 grid with various images in each section. First I called out various coordinates and asked what was in that section and then I asked where specific images were and the kids had to give me the coordinates.

Science experiment:
Today we finished our big review of all of the concepts we covered so far this year. We did this in a quiz show format with the kids yelling "Arrrrrr!" like pirates to buzz in. Each correct answer earned them a "jewel" for the team and with 10 jewels they are able to buy one piece of a treasure map that I made and cut into 5 pieces. Today they earned the last of the treasure map pieces and went go on a hunt for the treasure that was hidden somewhere in the house. Turns out there was a treasure chest filled with Reece's Pieces in the cabinet under the bathroom sink!




Physical activity:
Outdoor play at the park and gymnastics class at Le Petit Gym.





Outing/social time:
Outdoor play at the park and gymnastics class at Le Petit Gym.

Worksheets:
Finding words that begin with X, finding pictures that begin with X, colouring X word pictures, filling in the missing X, pirate maze, tracing pirate theme related words, easy addition.

Hands on math:
None.

Computers:
Pirate related games on the iPad: L'il Pirates, Treasure Story, My First Find the Differences Game: Pirates, Coin Pirates, Jewel Adventures, Pirate Treasure Hunt, Pirate Tales Books.

Music:
Danced and sang along to our X Marks the Spot theme compilation cd.

French:
French is emphasized throughout the entire day; especially theme related words. Today we practiced saying "Arrête, je n'aime pas ça!" to tell someone to stop bothering them (one of the first sentences Nicki's kindergarten teacher taught the class!) and also continued to reinforce all of the notions that we covered in previous weeks. We will continue to practice these sentences all week.