Greetings and Salutations Gan Ramat Gan Families!! Last week on the English side of things the children continued to focus on alphabet and sound recognition through Fundations. As usual I try and change up the way I do Fundations in order to make it fresh and exciting for the class. One new way is to have them close their eyes, randomly pick a letter from the bag, and shout...”Surprise!”, and then tell me what letter they picked, along with the sound and a word that began with that letter. We have also continued to work on our Space unit, which they are really enjoying. I’m quite sure our Saturday field trip to the Air and Space museum helped your child grasp the concept a little better, and the planetarium show...”The stars Tonight”, was an awesome learning experience as well. It wasn’t the Sesame Street show that we thought we would see...but generally they still enjoyed it! Also during the week, we finished up our moon dioramas, and started on our jar nebulas. We are making these using small jars with lids, fine glitter, cotton balls, acrylic paint, and water. They are having a blast with this project. I have six more students to finish up next week, and then we will start on our next activity revolving around our solar system. During center time they are playing with my space and astronaut table toys, and during math we used the astronauts with the counting strips. During small group(math and center) time we have used the paper rocket letter/sound, and counting matching sets. They have only used them once, since we’ve had to finish up and then begin time consuming activities. Next week however, we will utilize these rocket sets a lot more(Thanks Ms. Sam!). So far during this unit, your children have: made and played with moon sand, created their own constellations, made a moon diorama, made a tube rocket, and started on their jar nebulas. Let’s see what’s next shall we? Until next time... Ms. Cindy Shalom!שלום This week we continued to practice the words and sentences of the Clothing Unit.. As part of our celebration of Women's History Month, Mr. Townsend invited us to create a project featuring women who have made contributions to society. We chose Datia Ben Dor, who is an Israeli writer, we read many of her books and listened to her songs this year. We were working on our own books by editing Datia's rhymes and stories. In case you missed the Saturday Air and Space event and the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden picnic, here is the link for a short Hebrew Treasure Hunt in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden. Find the sculptures and answer the questions in Hebrew.
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