All About Japan

Last week we kicked off our new theme unit Japan. 

We have been learning all about a new and exiting culture by practicing counting in Japanese, learning about Japanese holidays and creating traditional Japanese art. This week we will continue to explore the country and culture of Japan.

Our classroom is starting to look really festive:

Cat in the Hat dressed up as a Geisha with our handmade fans.

Japanese flags and maps

Cherry blossom paintings and fish kites.

For the academic portions of the day we are working on the following:

Language Arts:

Letter C

Sight words:

go 

up

I

my

cat

Math:

Number recognition

Writing numbers 0-2

Patterns

Technology:

Letter C book from Raz Kids

Science:

Does it sink or float?

Focusing on vocabulary words: Hypothesis, experiment, result

P.E.

Team work

Playing together to win!

Art:

Traditional Japanese crafts

We have been trying hard to get homework packets sent home every Wednesday, but unfortunately that is not always the case. Last week I sent home a big packet for review of what we talked about in September. Please review the sight words with your kiddos as we are continuing to add more from the list I sent home every week. They are doing amazing with them, and I have been surprised at how fast they have taken to reading!