Week 27 2013-141

K2 Weekly Newsletter # 26
Whats been happening?
Week of March 17th, 2014
EC Week 27 UISG EC Division
It has been a very interesting week with finding out how much the children know about living things. We went for a living things hunt and the children picked up flowers, rocks, dead butterflies, leaves, paper and even pits. K2R students had a debate to decide if leaves on the ground were living or nonliving things. The K2Y class saw a small lizard. Some thought it was dead because it was so still. The children wanted to bring it back but it was too hard to catch. In class, the children had an opportunity to guess what things are living and non-living through a cut and paste activity. K2G students found a worm and a spider and observed them carefully in the classroom. The children were concerned that their findings might be hungry and thirsty. They offered their guests some leaves and water. However, our friends didnt show any interest and decision was made to return them back to their home. The students showed that they are caring and thoughtful. Our class libraries are filled with many unit-related books and the children have been looking through them and even started to ask questions about the photos. As we have gained prior knowledge of the childrens understanding of living things, we will now be able to plan more exciting activities for them in the weeks to come. Reminders: Children with no hats have to stay on the veranda at play time, so please help your child send his/her hat back to school. Library books and Home readers need to be returned in order for a new book to be chosen. Thank you for your cooperation!
UOI Information Transdisciplinary Theme: How The World Works Central Idea: All living things go through a process of change. Key concepts: Causation, change, form Related concepts: Animals, plants, growth Lines of inquiry -Living vs Non-living things -Exploring different lifecycles -Basic needs between people, animals and plants
We would like to thank last weeks Classroom Helpers

Helper Line Leader Snack & Lunch Calendar/Weather K2G Ombeline Fei Fei Zi Yue K2R Miri James Yuki K2Y
Florian and Tim Kelvin and Jin Yong Cinley
This Weeks Focus Finding Out stage

Language: Lettersound: Jj , Letterland Character: Jumping Jim / Jack and the Beanstalk story UOI: Lets plant some seeds Class activity Each child will also have an opportunity to plant their own mung beans and observe their growth. What is a living thing? Making conclusions (Living/NonLiving video and song) Putonghua: Living / Non-living things game (vocab: living, animal, plant, people, grow, change, eat, move, breath, air, /animal names) Mathematics: Finding patterns on our clothes/ on the calendar/ events of the day Number focus from 10 -15 (counting/formation/recognition/order to 15) Creative Art: Using water colours for a Spring Garden picture PE: various sport games in preparation for Sports Day in April Music: "Der Gloomf"song and a song-game "Jump Jim Joe"
Calendar of Upcoming Events And Celebrations

Month March 18 Week of 24 27 April 7-11 18 April break Sports Day School closed Come and watch the fun! Event/Celebration Mother-Tongue Storytelling Photo week UPTA meeting Comments Reminder for storytellers More info to come soon Tentative swimming info session for EC parents
Something you should know

If you have not visited the parenting.com website, its worth a try. It has lots of information for parents about children from infancy to teen years. Many articles are quite useful. Enjoy reading! www.parenting.com
Any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us. Ms. Stephanie(K2R)- [email protected] Ms. Chan (K2Y) [email protected] Ms. Daoqiong (K2Y)[email protected] Ms. Rimma (K2G) [email protected] Class Reps: K2R waiting K2Y Antonias mum (Nadine):[email protected] K2Y Elises mum (Ulrike):[email protected] K2G Rachels mum(Gillian): [email protected] K2G Emersons mum (Tiffanee) : [email protected] Learn more about IB: www.ibo.org K2 webpage: k2uisgz.weebly.org (password = k2pl@yground)

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K2 Weekly Newsletter # 26

Whats been happening?

Week of March 17th, 2014

EC Week 27 UISG EC Division

We would like to thank last weeks Classroom Helpers

This Weeks Focus Finding Out stage

Calendar of Upcoming Events And Celebrations

Something you should know

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