Oak Room News
May 17, 2013
Ask your child about.......
Liam's birthday Silent Meeting. Who was there? What did they say about Liam?
What's happening in the Studio? Have any of them turned yet? Are they all in their cocoons?
Who brought in a special snack today? What was it? Have a safe trip Charlotte! See you at the picnic!
Who did you play with today? Did you play with any Ginkgo kids that came to visit?
What kind of animals were in the story we read?
What happened at gym?
Did you go on a picnic in pretend or use your iPads in the block corner?
Have a great weekend!
May 16, 2013
Did you take a ride in our convertible jeep today? What did we add to it?
Were you a driver?
Who did you draw for their birthday book?
Did you paint?
Did you help bake? What did we bake? What did you do to help? What does the timer we use look like?
Who was our special reader? What did she read?
Who sent us an email? What did it say?
Did the boa constrictor eat you?
Did you find an inch worm outside? Where? What color was it?
Did you sort by color?
May 15, 2013
May 14, 2013
Thank you all for coming to our Studio Breakfast this morning!
What did you take home from the studio?
Who was are special reader today? Where does she live? What mode of transportation is she using to get home?
Did you go to studio? What did you work on?
What is new in our pretend corner vehicle? Did you drive it today?
What were the stories about in library? Can you recite the poem from library?
Do you know our new classroom poem?
May 13, 2013
Ask your child about...
The robin's nest outside in our playground. Did you see her in the nest this morning?
Carding wool in studio.
Building our new car for pretend out of a cardboard box! Did you help color one of the tires? What does a car need? What do we still need to add to ours?Why do they need license plates?
The fourth graders surveying us. What questions did they ask you? Did you answer yes or no?
The meander. What beautiful things did you see/hear/smell? Did you see different kinds of license plates?
Playing outside on the playground.
Lunch with senora.
May 10, 2013
Today in the Oak Room..
Some parents joined us for a traditional silent meeting celebration.
Sam R. was the meeting helper.
Liam built a hotel out of snap cubes.
Rory and Teeden played animals and cars in blocks.
Sam R. and James played family in pretend.
Ilana and Eleanor dressed wooden dolls.
Emma and Arianna built ships for their animals with wooden blocks.
At story time, we read One is a Feast for a Mouse.
We played outside on this gorgeous day.
We went to gym.
The family dance is tonight at 6:30. Come get your groove on!
May 9, 2013
PICTURES
Ask your child about..
Dr. Justin the Dentist! Who's daddy is he? How long should you brush your teeth for? How many times a day? What will happen if you don't brush and eat too much candy? How many baby teeth do we have? What surprise did he bring for us?
Making paper airplanes. Did yours fly?
Cooking the apple spice cake.
The Wizard, the Fairy and the Magic Cake. What special powers did they have?
Lunch with Madame.
Save the Date! Studio Breakfast May 14th 8:30-9:30
May 8, 2013
Senora and helicoptero.
Painting the Meander.
Letters at the easel.
Paper towel rolls.
Building.
Puzzles & magnatiles.
Triangle magnets.
Robbing the bus stop!!
Talking about kind words and rules.
Yoga and breathing.
Library.
Tracing shells.
May 7, 2013
Ask your child about...
Morning meeting with Madame. The song we sang, Coucou Hibou. Did you sing along? Words we practiced: ciseaux, regle, gomme. Do you remember what they mean? (hint: they are all tools for the writing center)
Carding wool in studio with Ms. Calenda.
The storyteller, Norah Dooley that told us stories in the library. Which was your favorite story?
Did you chant: Talk, talk did you hear that talk? What talked in the first story?
Grammy Lamby. What was the secret handshake?
Little Rabbit and the Nightmare. What was his nightmare about?
Playing on the playground on this beautiful day.
May 6, 2013
Teeden was the meeting helper today.
Ilana was the snack helper.
Rory and Victory were the first studio group.
James, Emma and Arianna were the second.
We worked on inviatations to our upcoming Studio Breakfast on May 14th.
Eleanor played at the dollhouse.
Charlotte, Spencer, Teeden, James and Ilana played in the suds.
Victory, Teeden, James, Sam S. & Sam R. played in blocks.
Victory and Charlotte visited the bus stop.
Ilana painted.
Emma, Charlotte, Sam S. & Ilana visited the writing center.
We went on our Monday Meander.
We went to gym.
We played outside.
May 3, 2013
Who did we celebrate at Silent Meeting today?
What day is it today? Where did we go for our special?
What kind of transportation story did we her today? Have you been on one?
Did you play at the water table?
Where did our bus go?
What did Arianna and Emma make a heart out of?
What question did you answer for the ticket to snack? Were you the snack helper?
What did you have to water today? Did you?
REMINDER-Suncreen may be needed soon and please replenish your child's extra clothes box with summer clothes.
May 2, 2013
The Zoomobile came today! Nathan and Kelly came from the Zoo to talk to us about nocturnal animals and brought a few with them for us to meet!
There was a Madagascar hissing cockroach, an East African Hedgehog named Buster and a Ferret named Snuggles. Did you touch them? Which was your favorite?
What signal did we use to show whether or not we wanted to touch them?
Did you give a thumbs up or thumbs down?
What different adaptations do Nocturnal animals have that help them survive in the wild?
Nathan and Kelly also brought with them different touch boxes, smell jars and sound boxes so we could test out our senses. What was in the touch boxes? The smell jars?
After the excitement of the Zoomobile, we counted the number of food items we collected these past few weeks on our Monday Meanders. How many did we count?
We read a story called, In the Dark.
We practiced a special song. Do you remember the words?
Kindergarten and Ginko joined us for another picnic out on the front lawn!
Another beautiful day, how lucky are we!
May 1, 2013
What a beautiful May day! We had a
PICNIC!
It was a fun-filled day in the Oak room...
Senora joined us for morning circle and brought airplane coloring sheets for the writing center. How do you say airplane in Spanish?
We read many books, The Gruffalo, Dream Friends and a book about a sneezing elephant!
James brought in transportation puzzles from home. Did you do one?
Liam and Sam R. built train tracks in blocks.
Emma, Victory and James were busy traveling on our bus in pretend.
Ilana, Charlotte and Teeden used clay to build bird nests and eggs.
Spencer and Eleanor worked hard on coloring pictures of el avion.
We drew James for his Birthday book.
Friends went to music and library.
We played a yoga guessing game. What pose did you do?
Kindergarten joined us for a picnic lunch on the front lawn.
Tomorrow the Zoomobile is coming to our classroom with some animals!
April 30, 2013
Goodbye April, Hello May!
Ask your child about...
The new song we learned with Madame at meeting, Coucou Hibou
Shapes and colors bingo, did you get bingo?
Building a hotel in blocks
The different places our bus stops at. What towns and cities do our friends live in?
Using koolaid to dye wool in studio. Did you visit the birds' nest outside?
Freight Train. Have you been on a train before? Who is the conductor? What is the locomotive?
Music or library?
April 29, 2013
Happy Monday!
Our Monday Meander was full of bright colors and sounds. This time of year is always exciting as trees start to flower, birds sing loudly and our coats can be left back in our cubbies! This was our final collection day for food. The grand total...27 items collected for the food bank!
We welcomed Emma, Eleanor and Sam back from their vacations.
We wrapped up our transportation talk on cars, buses and bikes. Trains are next.
Studio friends dyed wool with Miss Calenda today. What did they use? What colors did they make?
We planted more seeds.
We painted with watercolors.
Built a zoo.
Visited the gym.
Enjoyed a snack made by Teeden:) thank you!
April 26, 2013
We had a great day with our Grandparents and special friends.
Enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend! :)
April 25, 2013
Transportation! Where did you add your name today on our poster? What kind of transportation did Jen read about? Have you been on one?
Did you play tic-tac-toe? How do you win?
Who was the meeting helper? Did she trick you? How?
How's the poem sounding? Do you know it?
What special snack did we have today? Thank you Charlotte.
Did you draw a sign? Use stencils? Paint your self-portrait?
Shark vs. Train??? What is that book about?
How did the bunnies get from place to place in Bunnies on the Go?
April 24, 2013
Happy Birthday James! Thanks for the cupcakes.
Ask your child about.....
The bus stop! Who did we meet? What did we see?
Signs. Did you see or draw any?
Bingo. Who did you play with? What song do you sing when you get bingo?
Special reader. Who was it and why were they here? What book did she read?
Pretend. What happened at our bus stop? Were you one of the robbers?
Music or library?
What did Senora read to us? What song do we sing with her?
SAVE THE DATE-Studio Breakfast on May 14th. Come see all studio creations from this year! Invitations arriving soon.
April 23, 2013
Pancakes! Yum... we visited the dining hall for pancakes with the whole lower school! Some older friends were dressed as disney characters and superheroes! Who did you see?
Madame joined us for circle and we learned some new words: ciseaux, regle, gomme. Do you remember what they mean? (hint: they are all tools for the writing center)
Some friends went to studio and made felt out of wool.
Our bus stop was busy with travelers going to many different places. Were you the driver or a passenger?
Friends in blocks built an airport.
Did you make a message or picture for a friend at the writing center? Did you use stencils? Stamps?
We talked about rules when traveling on a bus. What are they?
What types of transportation have you been on? Bus/taxi/trolley?
Music or library?
April 22, 2013
Happy Earth Day! We went all day without turning on the lights!
Third collection day! How many food items did we collect?
We saw lots of blooming flowers today...what colors were they?
Did you go to studio?
What happened at gym?
What are we turning the pretend corner into?
How does our poem sound?
April 19, 2013
Happy Friday!
We were a skeleton crew here today. How many kids were here? Who was at home? Who did we make a card for?
Did you use wire with playdough?
What is new at the writing center? Did you use the name draws?
Where did you tape your name on our transportation poster?
What signs did you learn about?
Did you play with the dollhouse?
What did you do at gym?
Did you practice our new poem?
Did you sort?
April 18, 2013
Today was a busy and exciting day in the Oak room!
Coconut visited our classroom and ate some of our grass! Who's Coconut?
We made daffodil collages out of paper.
We found a new dollhouse in the hallway and had tons of fun playing with it.
Rory's Dad, Peter was our special reader and read two stories about dogs. Thank You!
Since we are starting a new unit on Transportation we talked about different vehicles that travel on the road. Have you been on a bus? In a taxi? On a trolley?
We visited Ms. Boulay's car and even took turns holding the steering wheel (it was in park of course! : )
We also visited a Lincoln School bus and took turns opening and closing the door.
How is a bus different from a car?
What other vehicles did we see? What signs did we see that tell cars on the road?
April 17, 2013
Rory, Teeden & James played in the grocery store.
Emma, Eleanor, Victory, Ilana & Spencer visited the writing center.
Sam, Spencer, Emma dug at the sand table.
Sam, Spencer, Ilana, Rory & Teeden built at the light table.
Senora played bingo and talked about transportation vehicles.
Ilana, Eleanor, Victory, Sam, Emma & Spencer painted daffodils.
Teeden painted his self-portrait.
We all enjoyed listening to Liam's grandmother read Basket Full of Kittens.
We all enjoyed the brownies they baked for snack! Thank you.
Ilana, Eleanor, Emma & Sam played in blocks together.
Outside we played police officers and used some hula-hoops we found.
We went to music and library.
April 16, 2013
Talking points......
Madame...number, size, shape and color.
Letters...stamps and banangrams.
Self-portraits....what did you use to create it?
Music or library?
The Ok Book
Daffodils...did you draw them? What colors did you use?
What type of books did we get from the library?
What are we going to study next?
Do you know the top secret poem?
April 15, 2013
How many cans did we collect today?
Who was new on the Meander?
Who wasn't here today?
Did you go to studio? What did you collect?
How was gym?
What stories did you hear today?
What peace present did Marie bring us? Who is Marie?
Did you use stamps to write words? What words did you write?
April 12, 2013
Happy Birthday Victory & Violetta! Silent Meeting was bursting with birthday wishes, songs and pictures.
Our classroom was bursting with the painting, building, stencils, sorting, stringing, shopping and squishing (playdough)!
We drew Victory for her birthday book.
Did you play the "army game"?
What does curious mean? What was The Curious Garden about?
What is happening in our classroom garden?
Who is coming to feast on our grass next week?
Did you recite the new poem? Who is it for?
Have a great weekend!
April 11, 2013
Today in the Oak room...
We had loads of time to play in our classroom because Thursdays we don't have any specials.
Many friends helped bake yummy carrot cake muffins and ate them for snack.
Rory, James, Teeden and Emma were on a special mission in their army fort.
Charlotte and Arianna played grocery store in pretend.
Eleanor and Victory played with zoo animals in the block corner.
Sam, Liam, Ilana and Spencer had fun with the new playdough Ms. Boulay made
We practiced a new poem for our grandparents because Grandparents Day is coming up this month on the 26th.
We read a book called, Actual Size. Were the pictures scary? Who is the largest land animal?
Madame joined us for lunch. Did you get to sit next to her? Who did you sit next to?
April 10, 2013
Another Beautiful Day! How lucky are we?
Ask your child about...
Circle time with senora...el nino o la nina?
Beading with wire, buttons, straws and star beads
Stamps at the writing center
Making army gear with connectors on the rug
The puzzle madame brought for us. Did you work on it with a friend? Was is tricky?
Ticket to snack: Which is your favorite season and why? What are the four seasons? Which season is it now?
Yoga outside. What poses did we do? Why do we do yoga? How does it help us?
The monkey bars! So many friends are conquering them at this time of year.
Music and library. It was blues day in music...what did you sing/play?
GRANDPARENT'S DAY is April 26th. Please let us know if any family members are coming that day. We will be having a half-day of school that Friday.
April 9, 2013
The Oak Room was full of sunshine today! We are so thankful for our room full of windows!
Eleanor and Sam helped me plant seeds....tomato, cucumber and sugar snap peas.
Victory, Emma, Arianna and Eleanor shopped in the grocery store.
James, Sam S. & Sam R. built and raced cars in the block corner.
Spencer, Liam, Teeden, Rory, Sam R. & Emma drew grass.
Emma & Arianna dug at sand.
Tuesday studio groups worked on their nests:)
Blue group went to music. Yellow group to library.
Extra outside time!!!!!!!!!
Madame was at circle time and sang some songs.
Charlotte and Ilana worked on a puzzle Madame brought.
Victory drew her lips.
My Name is Elizabeth
Lots of friends played on the rug building with magnatiles, bunnies, connectors and magnetic trains!
April 8, 2012
Wow! We were so excited to find bags of food waiting for us at three houses!! How many items did we collect? On top of collecting food it was the first NO-COAT meander of the spring! Daffodils had bloomed and the sun was beaming down. Happy Meander:)
What did you do at Studio today?
What did you do at gym?
Were you a helper?
Did you write a grocery list?
Did you draw our beautiful grass? Did you feel it?
Did you paint with a color you made?
Did you smell something familiar for the ticket to snack?
What was the llama book about?
Did you plant seeds? What kind? What did you plant them in? Where are they now?
April 5th, 2013
Charty is three-and-a-half...What a wonderful silent meeting celebration!
Thank you to Jen, Michael, Cousin Kat and baby Hazel for the song and the zucchini chocolate muffins!
Sweet or sour? We had a taste test of chocolate, lemon, jelly beans, pretzels, salt. What was sweet/sour/salty?
Friends had fun painting at the easel with the new paints we mixed yesterday
We drew pictures of the growing grass in our classroom.
The writing center was buzzing with stencils, treasure boxes, and stickers!
We read a story called, The Perfect Nest. Who laid eggs in the nest?
Eleanor brought in a shark sticker book.We were all curious about the different kinds of sharks and their names.
We went to gym and played outside.
Happy Friday! Have a great weekend
April 4, 2013
Thank you.. thank you to John, James's dad, for visiting our class and teaching us how to make gaucamole!! What ingredients did we use? Did you taste it? What did we use to eat it? What food tools did we use?
What else did we mix today? What color did you make?
Did you go on the camping trip? Who went with you? Where did you sleep?
What did you build in the block corner?
Did you join the magnatile craze? What did you build?
Did you draw your lips?
Where did Tacky go? What kind of fish did we read about?
April 3, 2013
Today in the Oak Room we.....
Shopped in the grocery store.
Did a sequencing puzzle.
Drew our lips!
Used stencils from Rory.
Listened to Are You My Mother?
Did yoga (downward dog, upside down gorilla, child, cat & cow, sunrise/sunset)!
Built a tower.
Went to music (guitar day) and library (frog book).
Painted with watercolors.
Had a fire drill.
April 2, 2013
Today in the Oak room...
Madame joined us for circle and read a story in about senses called,
Tom et le gateau
Some friends went to studio and worked on their nests.
We worked on our taste boxes. What are your favorite tastes?
The grocery store was busy busy busy!
We had music and library. What book did Mrs Lenihan read? What songs did you sing in music?
We played outside...was it warm like yesterday?
April 1, 2013
Welcome to April!
This is our only month this year with five Monday Meanders! What are we hoping to collect this month on the meander? Did you leave a flier? Where did you leave it? How was the weather for the meander?
Where did we stop before gym? Was anything growing?
What is the next sense we are studying? Did you make a box about it today? What did you put in your box?
Did you go to studio? What project did you start?
Gym?
Did you play at the water table, make a shaker, color a plate, go grocery shopping?
What did Miss Boulay take a picture of today? Why? Did you draw it yet?
PICTURES
March 28, 2013
Oh my! What happened with our baking project today? Who saved the day?
The Oak Room Grocer was busy today...did you play there?
Did you water the grass? Is it growing yet?
What was the crazy story we heard today about? A cow? giraffe?
Did you help put our food bank fliers together?
Did you go to the easel? blocks? legos? touch table?
SAVE THE DATE May 14th Oak Room Studio Breakfast!
March 27, 2013
Ask your child about...
Bingo, Bingo, Bingo!
The touch and feel book we read with Senora. How did the gatito feel? Smooth/lisa?
The grocery store in pretend. What did we add to it today?
Soft or hard? We touched feathers, sandpaper, carpet, rope, cotton, shells etc. and compared the way they felt.
Drawing their hands.
Ticket to snack. What yoga pose did you do?
The new poem, A Tooty Ta. Can you do the dance? Was it silly?
The fliers for our food drive. Where are we going to hang them?
The Oak Room garden. Did you sprinkle grass seed? Do you have a garden at home?
March 26, 2013
What does it feel like?! We touched different objects/surfaces today and used many words to describe how they felt: warm, cold, bumpy, squishy, soft, smooth, rough, sharp etc.
What did you like touching? What didn't you like?
Madame joined us for circle and taught us a new song.
Sam R. was the meeting helper. Did you greet him with, "Bonjour!"
Some friends went to studio and worked on their wire tires.
We had music and library.
We were very busy in our new grocery store in the pretend corner. Did you help put price tags on the items?
Liam told us about his exciting trip to Israel. Where did he go that is really hot? What lives there?
We talked about our food drive that we are starting April 1st. Where are we collecting food from?
March 25, 2013
Welcome Back!
Wow! It sounds like everyone had a fun and relaxing break! Congrats to Arianna on her new baby brother, James!! And thank you for all the recycled stuff that was collected..we can't wait to sort through it with the kids.
Teeden was the meeting helper today as he counted and greeted the kids at school.
We went to studio and used an old treasure given to Miss Calenda by Rory's dad. What was it? What did you add to it?
We meandered!! No snow! What colors did we see? What happened to a tree? Did we see any animals? Hear any?
We went to gym. What muscles did you use? Did you use any senses?
What story did you hear today? What was all mixed up about it?
What is our next sense? What did Miss Boulay take a picture of today? Did you draw them yet?
March 8, 2013
Happy Birthday Emma!
Today in the Oak Room we.....
Celebrated Emma's 4th birthday at Silent Meeting.
Played carwash in the block corner.
Pretended to be a "bad guy family" in the pretend corner.
Listened to The Quiet Noisy Book.
Answerd the ticket to snack.
Sorted circles by color.
Made a collage with Mrs. Kennedy (Who is Mrs. Kennedy?)
Went to gym.
Played Candyland.
Solved some letter puzzles.
HAVE A WONDERFUL BREAK! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE RECYCLED TREASURES YOU FIND FOR YOUR BAG! SEE YOU ON MARCH 25TH!
March 7, 2013
Today in the Oak room we...
Played in our classroom and enjoyed the beautiful view of the winter storm.
Baked lemon cookies. Did you help? Did the lemon smell good?
Tested different odors rom our smell jars. Which one did you smell?
Were a great audience for the third graders performing readers theater. Did you remember the story, Sheila the Brave from Library?
Listened to a story called, Blackout. What's a blackout? Have you ever had one during a storm?
We learned new words that have to do with our sense of smell, odor and nostril.
Played in the snow!
March 6, 2013
We were treated to a rock concert today! Thank you Paul, Sam's dad. We loved it.
Did you enjoy the rock concert?
Did you dance?
Did you sing?
Who did we draw for her birthday book?
Were you a helper today?
Did you go to music and library?
Did you perform the poem?
What project did you take home in your backpack? (Please check backpacks for March break project.)
March 5, 2013
Did you use your nose today? What did you smell? Could you guess the smells?
Who helped us count the kids at home and school today?
Did you sort colors or make shapes with our new puzzle today?
Did you play the letter match game?
What did the sand table look like today? Do you like it like that?
Did you play "beach" in the pretend corner?
What story did you hear today?
Studio?
Music or library?
Did you share your vacation plans at circle? How are you getting there? Plane? Train? Car?
March 4, 2013
Welcome to March!
We went on our first Monday Meander in March! It was cold but the sidewalks were clear and we marched forth! What did we see today? Did we get to pet her? Did you collect anything? Did it smell good? What other senses did you use?
Did you draw your nose today? What shape is your nose?
How did we do with the poem?
Did you play with playdough or paint?
Did you visit the studio and work on your tree? What kind of tree are you making?
Did you go to gym?
Did you hear a story about smelling? What smells do you like? Not like?
February 28, 2013
Happy Book Character Day!
There is a book fair in the library today and tomorrow!
What book characters did you see today in school?
How did you like being in a parade?
Who did your teachers dress up as? Who could have been Thing 3? Why?
What did we cook today? Did we eat it? What color did we make it?
What stories did you hear today?
Who was our special reader? What else did she share besides a story?
Did you dance?
Do you know the donut poem yet? How much money does the donut cost?
Did we have a special today?
Today in the Oak room we...
Had circle time with Senora. What song did we sing?
Went on an adventure to the big school and heard middle school musicians play. What state were they from? (hint: Aloha!) What kind of noises did the instruments make? Were they loud or soft for your ears? Did you get wet on the way over?
Recited our new donut poem. Do you know it?
Had a special reader. Who was it? Who is Mr. Mcgee? What happened in the story? What treat did our special reader bring for snack?
Went to music and library. What did you do there?
Read James' book from home...Cars and Trucks and Things that Go
Played the yoga game. What pose did you do?
*Book Character Day is tomorrow...can't wait to see the outfits!
February 26, 2013
Investigated new sounds in different containers.
Listened to a slinky!?
Worked with wire in the studio.
Thought of noises we DON'T like to hear.
Made jet rockets, fire shooters and fighter jets at the writing center.
Sang a song using bells with Madame.
Used wiki stix!?
Went to music and library.
February 25, 2013
Ask your child about...
The Monday Meander. What looked different from last time we meandered? Why did we not take our normal route? What was blocking us?
Studio. What did you work on there?
Making their sound jars. What was your favorite sound?
Chamelia the Chameleon
Gym and the obstacle course
Their noses! What sense do we use our noses for?
Important Reminders:
- Parent/Teacher conferences are coming up on Friday, March 1st. Please sign up for one with Mrs. Donnelly if you haven't already. Remember there is no school for kids that day. Child care is provided.
- The book fair is being held February 28th and March 1st.
- February 28th is also Book Character Day and children are welcome to dress as their favorite book character. The Lower School is having a book character day parade at 8:15...feel free to join us!
February 22, 2013
PICTURES
Ask your child about......
Silent Meeting
Morning meeting
Choice basket
Watercolors
Making their sound jar
Musical instruments
The new cash register
Gym class
The Big Hungry Bear....
Who's That Tripping Over My Bridge?
The donut poem
February 21, 2013
PICTURES
Please join us for a traditional Silent Meeting tomorrow morning @ 8:30.
Parent/Teacher conferences are coming up on Friday, March 1st. Please sign up for one with Mrs. Donnelly and remember there is no school for kids that day. Child care is provided.
The Oak Room is looking for special readers!!! If you would like to come and read a story or share a song please sign up with Miss Boulay. Thursdays @ 10:30 is the time but we can be flexible.
February 20, 2013
PICTURES
We were farmers, artists, musicians, yogis and illustrators in the Oak Room today.
We harvested the potatoes! Did you help dig? How many did we find? Who guessed the right number?
Senora came and played bingo with us. She read us a book...what was it about?
Music to our ears! We played many different instruments: tambourine, drums, morracas and more!
We practiced yoga...what poses did we do?
We felt the vibration of our voices...what sound did you make?
What was the ticket to snack? Could you put the pictures in order?
Music or library? Did you have fun?
February 19, 2013
PICTURES
POTATOES!!! Come in and check out our potato plants. We are ready to harvest them!! How many potatoes will we find? Highest guess..88. Lowest...4.
Did you go to studio? What did you do there?
Madame taught us a new song....what was it about? Grande or petit? Who is the "grandest" person in the Oak Room?
Were you a helper?
Did you draw your ear? Play the sound guessing game? What noises do you hear right now?
Did you fix the plumbing problem in the pretend corner?
Paint with watercolors?
What did you draw/build at the writing center?
Did you go to music or library? Are you in the blue or yellow group?
Did we meander? Why not?
February 14, 2013
PICTURES
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!♥
We were filled with LOVE in the oak room today.
ask your child about...
decorating their cupcake...what did you decorate with?
giving and recieving valentines from their friends...did it make you happy?
finding their friends' mailboxes.
drawing their ears.
playing hearing guessing games. Which ones were hard to guess?
lunch with Madame. Who did you sit next to?
The Valentine Sing...did you sing a long?
*Reminder: NO SCHOOL tomorrow...enjoy the long weekend!
February 13, 2013
Today in the Oak room we...
Baked cupcakes for Valentines day...how will you decorate your cupcake tomorrow?
Played bingo with Senora...bingo, bingo, BING-O!
Practiced some favorite yoga poses...what were they?
Made our loved ones special Valentines and talked about how we show love
Made police belts to "catch the bad guys."
Played a hearing guessing game...what did you guess?
Made animal masks...what animal did you make?
Went to music and library...what did you do there?
Tomorrow is red and pink day...children are welcome to bring in simple Valentines for their friends.
February 12, 2013
PICTURES
Today in the Oak Room we....
Talked about the noises we hear in a storm.
Learned a new song with Madame.
Made animal masks from Madame.
Went to studio and worked on our wire trees and pine needle pillows.
Created Valentine's for the people we love.
Visited music and library.
Played in the snow! Please send snowpants everyday.
February 7, 2013
PICTURES
Ask your child....
Did you make a mask? Gung-Hey-Fat-Choy! Can they tell you what that means? Are they a rat or an ox?
Our morning meeting. Who stayed home today?
Choosing their favorite sound? Music, birds or drums?
Ears. Could you identify yours?
What sounds their bodies can make?
What animals they saw in the story we read?
Were you able to guess who's voice was talking? Were you able to trick a friend with a funny voice?
Which sound jar was the loudest? Was there a silent jar?
What songs did we sing in our sing-a-long?
February 5, 2013
PICTURES
Ask you child about...
Their Eyes! Did you draw your eye today?
Alouette...did you sing along with Madame?
Making wire trees in studio.
Building a pool in blocks
Picnics in Pretend.
Snow!!
Drawing Charlotte for her Birthday celebration.
Library with Mrs. Lenihan.
San Francisco! What should Mrs. Eels do and see there?
MYSTERY BOX!! What item from our classroom did you guess? Was it hard because you couldn't see it and had to use only your sense of TOUCH?
February 4, 2013
PICTURES
What was that loud noise on the Monday Meander? Did we find it? What street was it on?
Did you try to build without sight today? Was it easy? Did you peak?
Did you go to studio? What did you watch? Work on?
Did you tell your weekend news? Was it about a football game? Who claims to be a night owl?
What special did we have today?
Did you work on your binoculars today? Have you ever tried real binoculars?
What was the ticket to snack today?
Who ate lunch with us?
Who were our helpers today?
Did you hear any stories?
February 1, 2013
PICTURES
Questions
Who's birthday did we celebrate today at Silent Meeting? What song did she choose? Were you silent?
Who was the meeting helper? Did you help them count? What did you count?
How was the good morning circle? Was it loud or quiet?
Where did you go at choice time? Who did you play with?
Did you make binoculars today? With what?
Who is Mr. Putter? What kind of pet does he have?
Did you use a microscope today? What did you look at?
Did you play with dominoes? What did you build?
What did you do at sand?
How was gym class? Was there an obstacle course?
Who did you eat lunch with? What teachers eat with us in Fridays?
January 31, 2013
PICTURES
Oak Room Happenings...
YUM! We baked magic squares for snack...Did you like them?
Friends ran around outside and enjoyed the warmer weather.
We were scientists investigating different objects.
Storytime! We read a book about a penguin named Tango.
Ticket to snack- What are your parents' names?
We looked at ourselves in mirrors and drew our self portraits.
We also drew Spencer for his half birthday celebration.
Some friends were helpers...did you have a job today?
Lunch with Madame...did you use any French words?
January 30, 2013
PICTURES
Ask your child about.....
Microscopes, magnifying glasses & safety goggles!
Putting together their favorite color boxes.
Working with wire & styrofoam at the writing center.
Painting at the easel.
Making coffee cake at the sand table.
Sequencing.
Sorting.
Willoughby Wallaby & Cookie Jar.
Big Chickens.
Answering the ticket to snack.
January 29th, 2013
PICTURES
Today in the Oak room...
Madame joined us for circle and sang a favorite song of ours.
We continued working on our color collections for our sight boxes. What colors did you choose?
Some friends worked on wire trees in studio.
We played a senses guessing game and practiced our senses poem.
We examined a model of the eye.
We had music and library.
Friends were busy at the writing center making princess dolls and comets.
We played on the playground...finally!
January 28, 2013
PICTURES
What a lively day in the Oak Room!!
Our pretend corner/vet's office has a new bus in it.
The writing center was bustling with doll makers and planet painters.
We started our color collections for our sight boxes.
Studio day!!!! for some.
Monday Meander was cold and rushed! We are learning about slowing down and looking around!
There was an obstacle course at gym.
Puzzles puzzles puzzles!
We learned about the five senses and the seasons.
Senora had lunch with us.
January 25, 2013
PICTURES
Ask your child about.....
Silent Meeting
The rules of our classroom
Morning meeting
Floating and sinking at the water table
Building an animal factory in blocks
Flubber!
Taking care of animals in our vet's office
THE PEP RALLY!!!
Chrysanthemum
Gym
January 24, 2013
PICTURES
Brrr...what a cold day!
We stayed inside and were very busy in the Oak room...
We baked vanilla cupcakes...did you help? Were they yummy?
Some friends drew their eyes...what colors did you use?
Third grade friends came to our classroom to do reader's theatre. They performed Where the Wild Things Are.
Did you like the show? Did you clap for them at the end?
We practiced yoga today. What poses did we do? Was it hard to balance?
Who joined us for lunch?
Today friends were... builders of car stations and train tracks. Veternarians and family members. Painters. Bakers. Helpers. What were you?
January 23, 2013
PICTURES
Ask your child....
Who did you play bingo with today? What song does she sing when you get bingo?
Who was the meeting helper? Did they have a helper?
Where did you go at choice time? Who did you play with?
What"s new in the pretend corner?
What part of you did you draw today? What colors did you use?
Did you learn anything about your eyes today? How do you protect your eyes? Can you remember the ticket to snack question you answered?
Did you go to music or library? What was different about music?
What is the new poem about?
Did we play outside?
January 22, 2013
Thank you all for joining us on this strange snowy morning for Poems & Planets!! The children were filled with pride as they got on with their day. Victory's Dad, Ian has posted the video on Youtube for all to enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=169cgUL69ys&feature=youtu.be
PICTURES
January 18, 2013
PICTURES
Ask your child about.....
-the cookies we baked.
-the animal we visited in the Ginkgo Room.
-the birthday we celebrated.
-the special reader that came.
-builders and wreckers.
NO SCHOOL MONDAY! SEE YOU ALL TUESDAY!
Have a great weekend.
January 17, 2013
PICTURES
Today in the Oak Room we
- made our dough...tomorrow we will bake rocket ship cookies!
- talked about our sense of smell and the other senses we use
- tried a bird call machine
- made an invitation for Madame
- visited the block corner, pretend corner and easel
- practiced the show
- used pipe cleaners and buttons
- listened to stories read aloud
- played in the snow
- had lunch with Madame
REMINDER! No school on Monday. Tuesday is our Poems & Planets celebration...8-9am! Please remember to dress your child in the color that is listed on the back of your invitation. They have been working so hard to remember their lines.
January 16, 2013
SNOW!!!!!!!!
Today in the Oak Room we......
Talked about snow and how we got to school.
Played bingo with Senora.
Helped James count the friends at home and school.
Built a castle and a car wash in the block corner (in case the carriage gets dirty).
Dug in the sand table.
Played an "eye" guessing game.
Made Pluto for our play.
Built on mirrors.
Listened to Our Granny.
Went to music and library.
Practice, practice, practice!!!!
Played in the snow! Snowpants are great to have on snowdays:)
January 15, 2013
Ask your child....
What song did you sing with Madame today?
Who was the meeting helper and what did he share with us? Do you remember how many kids were at home today?
Did you build a car wash in the block corner?
Did you share the easel with a friend?
Did you use playdough? puzzles? legos?
What poems did you practice today? Did you practice the planet play?
Are you a planet or something else from space? Do you know your line(s)?
Did you make a moon for the play?
Who was our special reader today?
What was the special snack and who made it?
Did you draw someone for their birthday book?
Music or library?
Helper?
Did you play the "raise your hand" lunch game?
January 14, 2013
We went on a balmy Monday Meander today. What a treat for January to not have to bundle up and walk fast! We talked about our five senses and which ones we might use as we walk around our neighborhood. Which one did you use? Which one will we never use on the meander?
Blocks-Ilana, Victory, Emma, Rory, Spencer, Sam R., Eleanor
Writing center_Charlotte, Ilana, Rory, Sam S.
Helpers-Spencer, Charlotte
Sand-Teeden, Spencer
Playdough-Liam, Charlotte, Rory, Ilana, James, Emma, Arianna, Victory
Legos-James, Sam S., Eleanor, Rory, Sam R., Charlotte
Studio-Arianna, Sam R., Rory & James, Victory and Emma
Gym class for all!
January 10, 2013
What did we bake today? Were you a baker? What tools did you use? Did you like it?
Who is NEVILLE?
What new yoga poses did you learn?
Who did you play with? What did we practice?
Did you have a job today?
What was happening on the playground today?
Did you make an invitation? To what?
January 9th, 2013
Today in the Oak room...
Senora joined us for morning circle. Did you play a game with her?
Victory was our meeting helper. Did you help count the friends at school in Spanish?
We made invitations for our poems & planets breakfast. How did you decorate yours?
We practiced our poems. Which one is your favorite?
We practiced our lines for our space play. What's your line?
We had music and library. What did you do there?
We read a book about our five senses. Do you remember what they are?
January 8, 2013
Ask your child.....
What song did you sing with Madame?
Who was absent from school today?
Did you go to studio? What are you building there? How are the frogs? Do you know their names?
Who did you play with today? Did you build something or get your hands dirty?
Were you in a space suit?
Did you help clean up?
What was your color in the ticket to snack? What shape did you draw?
Did you go with Ms. Taylor or Mrs. Lenihan?
What are you going to be in our space play? Do you remember your line?
January 7, 2013
Happy New Year!
We had a lot to share today at our morning meeting. Everyone eager to tell stories about vacation adventures and what they did in the snow! Eleanor was our meeting helper today.
Monday studio kids started a new project. What material did you use? What are you making with it? Was it hard to shape?
We went on our first snowy Monday Meander. What did we see in the snow? How many animals did we see?
We meandered all the way to gym class. What did you do there?
What did our playground look like today?
PARENTS:
January 15th is a looking ahead day for the Ginkgo Room. If you would like to visit the Ginkgo Room and see what its all about you may do so from 7:30-8:15am. Childcare available in the Oak Room.
January 22nd! Save the date for a morning filled with planets, poems and pastries. Invitations to arrive soon.
Please send your child in with winter boots everyday! Snowpants are also necessary on really snowy days.
December 20, 2012
Happy Holidays! Here are some
PICTURES of us delivering holiday pins to teachers and staff.
Thanks to Liam's grandmother for being our special reader, what a great story!
Have a safe break and we will see you when you get back.
December 19, 2012
Today in the Oak Room.....
We finished a handprint project with Senora. What animal did you make?
Charlotte was the meeting helper, Eleanor was the snack helper, Victory was the lunchboxer and James was the nap helper. Thank you! You are all doing such a great job as our classroom helpers.
We love legos! Did you build and save a structure?
Planet or Not a Planet? Did you play this game with Miss Harrington today?
We read a book called Our Nest. What is your nest?
Thank you Rory for the delicious snack!
We drew our December self-portraits.
We went to music and library.
Tomorrow is a regular day in the Oak Room. We do not attend Lumina as a class but you are welcome to pick up your child and take him or her. Lumina is at 1:00pm and usually lasts for about 25 minutes. There is no extended day tomorrow. All full day children will be dismissed at 2:45.
December 18,2012
Today in the Oak Room...
Madame joined us for morning circle and sang a song with us. Did you get to ring the bell?
Who was the meeting helper? Did you have a job?
We were elves and wrapped the holiday pins we made. Did you help?
We played in pretend. What's new about it?
We added the last planet to our space journals. Which one is it?
We built with legos and blocks. What did you build?
We played at the sand table.
Some friends went to studio and worked with wire.
We read a book called, Bark, George. What was wrong with George?
We had music and library. What did you do there?
December 14, 2012
Who's birthday did we celebrate at Silent Meeting? What song did he pick?
What two planets did we add to our night sky? Did you add them to your space journal?
Were you a helper today?
Did you build or hammer in the block corner? Did you help clean up?
What was the ticket to snack? What was your answer?
What did Teeden bring in for snack?
Did you recite the new poem?
What game did you play outside? at gym?
Did you draw on our table mural?
Have a great weekend.
..made windmills and periscopes.
..painted Uranus and Neptune.
..learned a new poem....Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam....
..played with flubber
..made mud in our sand table.
..drew Teeden for his birthday book.
..listened to two stories, one about some goslings the other about a sleepy bear.
..baked chocolate chip muffins.
..played family in the spaceship.
..built a castle.
December 12, 2012
Ask your child about.....
-flubber & stones!
-printing their hand with Senora.
-acting out our meatball poem.
-their new seat at circle.
-pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks and paper towel rolls.
-True Love
-music or library
-our new outside swords, telescopes, bullhorns???
Thank you for all your donations. Lucas has a full box of stuff!
December 11, 2012
Today in the Oak room...
We were artists, jewelry makers, builders, astronomers, rockstars and garbagemen.
Spencer, Ilana, Charlotte and Emma helped make holiday pins with beads, bells etc.
Rory, James and Sam R. were garbagemen and built a dump in blocks.
Liam and Sam S. helped me construct a model of Saturn to hang in our window.
Emma, Victory, Eleanor and Arianna were rockstars in the pretend corner.
We had music and library.
We read a book called, "Dream Snow" by Eric Carle
Some friends had studio and made pine needle pillows.
Who should get a pin in our lower school?
Today in the Oak Room....
Our helpers were Arianna and Spencer. What jobs did they have?
We started the 15 year Oak Room tradition of making our holiday pins. We will pass them out to everyone who helps us learn, takes our temperatures, reads us stories and anyone else who enjoys beautiful jewelry!!
Some of us went to studio and worked on our pine needle pillows. What materials did you use?
We went to gym.
We missed the Monday Meander due to the rain.
We heard a story about The Mitten.
We experimented with different paper shapes at the easel.
We added Saturn to our space journals.
We built a car station in the block corner.
Angels Among Us donations are due Friday. Thank you.
December 7, 2012
Happy Birthday Ilana! Thanks for the delicious brownies!
Today in the Oak Room we....
..worked our fine motor muscles using clay.
..helped Ilana count the kids at home and school.
..played in the spaceship.
..pretended to be a police mom, dad, sister and "kid"!
..built with blocks.
..played bug dominoes.
..went to gym.
..learned about Saturn.
..added Saturn to our night sky.
..built magnatile tents for the bunnies.
..added Saturn to our space journals.
..played outside.
..answered the ticket to snack.
December 6, 2012
Ask your child about...
A Visitor for Bear by Bonnie Becker. Who came to visit? Where did bear find him?
What did we bake today? Did you help?
What's new in our night sky? What planet did we paint today?
New yoga poses- half moon and dancer. Was it hard to balance?
Who joined us for lunch?
What did you play outside?
*Note to parents: We are sponsoring a four-year-old boy named Lucas for Angels Among Us. Take a post-it in the classroom if you want to help out! Please don't wrap the gifts. We are collecting presents for him until December 14th. Thank you!
December 5, 2012
We're better together! We worked on lots of things with friends today.
Today in the Oak Room....
Charlotte and Victory beaded necklaces!
Emma, Ilana & Sam made soup and chicken pot pies at the sand table.
James and Eleanor flew to "the hottest planet" together in the spaceship.
Teeden and Rory worked on Jupiter together.
James and Charlotte painted together.
Ilana and Sam painted together.
Rory, Teeden & Ilana played in blocks together.
Emma and Victory had a picnic in pretend.
We went to music and library.
Played bingo with Senora!
Helped Victory count.
Welcomed Mrs. Palmieri as our special reader. What book did she read?
December 4, 2012
What planet did we make today? What materials did we use? Did you help?
Who was the meeting helper? Who else was at our meeting this morning? Did she sing a song or play a game?
Here is where we played today:
Pretend: Sam R., Victory, Charlotte, James, Rory, Emma
Writing center: Emma, Ilana, Arianna, Rory, Sam R.
Sand: Sam R., Sam S., Spencer, Teeden, Emma
Blocks: Teeden, Spencer, Sam R., Victory, Charlotte, Arianna, Emma
Easel: Emma, Arianna, James, Ilana
Beading: Emma, Ilana, Arianna
Jupiter: Emma, Arianna, Sam R., Eleanor, Victory, Charlotte, James, Spencer, Liam, Sam S.
Studio A: Liam, Eleanor, Sam. S
Studio B: Charlotte, Teeden, Ilana, Spencer
Music: Spencer, Teeden, Liam, Eleanor, Arianna, Ilana, Sam R.
Library: Victory, Charlotte, Rory, James, Emma, Sam S.
Welcome December!!
December 3, 2012
Who helped us count the kids at home and school today?
Who's birthday was it today? Who else in our class has a birthday in December?
What planet did we talk about today? Did you add it to your space journal?
Did you use watercolors, play color/shape bingo or visit the block corner today?
What day is it today? Did you meander? What did we see today? Hear? Smell?
Did you go to studio? What did Sam R. find today?
What happened at gym? Games? Dancing? Feeding the Lynx?
Angels Among Us donations will be picked up on December 14th. If you would like to contribute please grab a post-it off of our classroom door. For more info just ask Miss Harrington or myself at drop-off.
November 30, 2012
PICTURES
We flew to Mars today! Where else did the spaceship stop? What did you see? Did you have a job? What did you wear?
Did you go visit the Ginkgo Room's new friend? What is it? Does it have a name?
Did you add a planet to your space journal? Which one?
Who's birthday did we celebrate at Silent Meeting? What song did she pick to sing?
Were you a helper?
We had a surprise special reader....who was it? What book did she read?
November 29, 2012
PICTURES
Ask your child....
Who was the meeting helper? Do you remember how many kids were at school today? What month is it? What month is it going to be soon? Who's birthday is in that month?
What did we bake today? Did you smell it? Did you choose butter, jam, honey or cinnamon? Did you like it?
Did you play a game today? Was it about space or shapes?
Did you make a vest for our trip to Mars tomorrow? What did you put on it? Did you try it on?
Was there a fire drill today? Where do we go for a fire drill?
Did you go to the computer room? What did you watch there?
Who was the special reader? Mrs. BRRRRRRRR______? What was the book about? What did she share with us?
November 28, 2012
PICTURES
Today in the Oak room...
Senora joined us for morning cirlce. Did you play bingo with her?
We started making no knead bread. Did you help?
Some friends added a planet to their space journals. Which one?
We had library. Did Mrs. Lenihan read a story? What was it about?
We practiced yoga. What poses did we do?
Victory, Ilana and Charlotte went to the Moon and Saturn in our spaceship.
Eleanor, James and Liam visited the writing center and worked with stamps.
Sam, Rory and Teeden played racecars in blocks.
*Note to parents: If you didn't get a copy of the class picture, we have extras so ask Christine and I for one!
November 27, 2012
PICTURES
Madame joined us for morning circle. What colors can you say in French?
Who was the meeting helper? Snack helper?
Did you go to studio? What did you work on there?
Did you go to music or library?
Did you make mars in your space journal?
We drew our self portraits for November. What did you notice about yourself?
Where did you play at choice time? Who did you play with?
*Note to parents: our classroom is sponsoring a four-year-old boy for Angels Among Us. If you are interested in helping out, please ask Christine and I for details.
November 26, 2012
PICTURES
We had lots to talk about today after our five days off. It sounds like everyone had a lovely and fun Thanksgiving! You would think that our discussion at circle would have been filled with stories of turkey and visiting relatives, however, today we talked about toothbrushes. Motor or no motor?
Do you remember what planet we learned about today? Did you help paint it?
Did you go to studio? With who? What did you work on there?
Did you meander? What did we see? Who was in the window of a house on kitty cat lane? What did we put in the basket?
What happened at gym?
November 19, 2012
PICTURES
Today in the Oak room...
Ilana, Arianna, Emma and Spencer played restaurant.
Rory, James and Eleanor were construction builders in blocks.
Sam, Teeden and Sam took a tour of the solar system in the rocketship.
Some friends had studio. What did you do there?
We went on our Monday meander and saw something new. What was it?
We learned a new game in gym. What did we pretend to be?
November 16, 2012
PICTURES
November 15, 2012
PICTURES
What did we make for snack today? Did you eat it? What did you add to it?
Who helped us count today? Who was not here today? Did we go to a special?
Did you get to play in the spaceship? With who? Did you wear the suit?
Why did we go to the computer lab? What did we watch?
What did we learn about space today? Can you look out your window and see it?
What did we act out today? Were you the earth or the moon? What happened in the play?
What stories did you hear today?
What did we decorate today? What are you thankful for?
What did you play outside?
November 14, 2012
PICTURES
Today was a busy day in the Oak room!
Senora joined us for morning circle. Did you play bingo with her?
Did you make Earth in your space journal?
'Big girl' friends from RIC visited and read a story to us. What was it about?
Did you help make a bear poem?
Did you visit the rocketship in the pretend corner?
Did you go to music or library? What did you do there?
Did you learn a new yoga pose today?
November 13, 2012
PICTURES
Today in the Oak room...
Madame joined us for morning meeting. Can you say a color in French?
We explored something new in the pretend corner. What is it?
We mixed paints. Did you help?
We used tissue paper and styrofoam to make a model of Earth.
We read a book called, On Earth. Did you learn anything new?
Did you help build an aquarium in the block corner.
Did you go to music or library?
We recited our astronaut poem. Do you know the words?
Were you a helper? What was your job?
November 9, 2012
PICTURES
Today in the Oak Room we...
celebrated Eleanor's 4th birthday at Silent Meeting.
wore space suits and experimented with space vests.
read an odd story about Goldilocks.
went to gym.
watered our growing potato plants!
Have a great weekend!
November 8, 2012
PICTURES
Yumm....we baked blondies today in the Oak room. Did you help make them?
Where did you play today at choice time?
Did you make a galaxy for your space journal?
What was our space word of the day? What did you learn about gravity?
Who was our special reader? What did she read about? What is her special job in the school?
*Reminders for parents:
- We are collecting canned goods for our food drive until November 16th.
- Please check your child's extra clothes box to see if they need winter clothes
Thank you!
November 7, 2012
PICTURES
Ommmm! It was a yoga day today and the children practiced some yoga poses they had already learned...downward dog, warrior & sunrise, sunset. We ended in silence and chanted a long ommmmm!
Our "big friends" from RIC came and talked about scarecrows! What game did you play? What did you get to hold during the story? What do you know about scarecrows?
We became veterinarians today in our pretend corner.
Did you play at the water table?
What was the space word of the day? What was the ticket to snack? What do you want to know about space?
Who was with us at circle time? Who was the meeting helper? What was special about the meeting helper today? Who did we draw for her birthday book?
Did you go to music or library?
November 6, 2012
PICTURES
What did our pretend corner change into today? Did you play there today? With who?
What was in the water table today? Did they float or sink? What else can you find in the water table?
Were you a helper today? Have you been the nap helper or lunchboxer yet?
What was the new color Madame talked about? How does Madame say this color? Were you wearing this color today?
Did you go to Studio today? What did you work on? What do you hold when it is your turn to talk? What shape is it?
What was Max's Words about? Once there was a big, brown bear.... (how did you answer this ticket to snack?)
Did you go to music or library?
What is our new poem about?
Did you make something new for your space journal?
What are the potatoes doing?
November 5, 2012
PICTURES
What a beautiful day for our Monday Meander! Cold and crisp out, some of the children wore hats and mittens for the first time. Our treasure basket is now filled with bright reds and yellows and we saw lots of yard bags waiting by the curb!
We also...
went to gym.
went to Studio.
talked about the vet's office in pretend.
added Veus to our space journals.
measured our room with ropes.
November 2, 2012
PICTURES
Ask your child about...
-Silent Meeting
-the re-opening of the sand table (what's gone?)
-the spacesuits in pretend
-making Venus with leaves
-gym class with Gil (who's Gil?)
-opposites
-the ticket to snack (what question did you have to answer?)
-magnets
November 1, 2012
PICTURES
Welcome to November!
Today in the Oak Room we....
shared our Halloween stories.
helped Victory count and greet.
learned how a pipe fish and seahorse get nutrients.
added Venus to our space books.
had a special reader, Miss Anderson.
collected red and orange leaves for our replica of Venus.
visited blocks, pretend, the easel.
drew a pumpkin.
Lincoln School is having a food drive for the Rhode Island Food Bank. We will be talking to the Oak Room kids about this next week and would love to collect as many cans as we can. We need all donations by November 16th. Thank you.
October 31, 2012
Happy Halloween!! PICTURES
Thank you all for the wonderful treats! We enjoyed a decadent Halloween snack!
Today our friends from RIC visited. Do you remember what story Ariel read? She gave us two things to hold, do you remember what they were?
What did you do with Brittany? Did you stick your hand in it? How did it feel?
What happened at Lindsey's table? What art tools did you use?
We listened to a story called Ollie's Halloween. What was Ollie's costume?
Did you answer the ticket to snack? What special Halloween treat did you get?
Who was absent today? Who came for the party?
Where did you go to trick-or-treat?
Did you recite the poem today? For who?
How are the fish?
Did you go to music or library?
October 25, 2012
PICTURES
Happy Thursday! Today the Oak Room kids....
Made pumpkin masks to use while reciting their poem
Helped Spencer count the kids at home and school
Made the planet Mercury and added Mercury to their space journals
Baked lemon cake and used a zester!
Learned about seahorses and stickleback fish
Watched the pufferfish PUFF!
Listened to the story Jeremy's Tail
Visited the edible garden
October 24, 2012
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Who joined us for morning cirlcle?
Who were our special visitors? What activities did you do with them? What story did they read? Do you remember their names?
What new creatures arrived in our tank?
What new yoga poses did you learn?
Did you go to music or library? What did you do there?
Can you recite our new pumpkin poem?
October 23, 2012
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Today in the Oak room...
We met a creature from our tank. Who was it?
We made a planet for our space journals. Which one?
Madame joined us at morning circle. What new color did we learn to say in French?
We planted seeds. What kind?
Some friends went to studio. What did you do there?
We had music and library. What did Mrs. Lenihan read about at library? Did you use any instruments at music?
We took a picture with the rest of the lower school out on the front lawn.
October 22, 2012
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Happy Monday!
We went on a beautiful Monday Meander today. What animal did we see hanging from a tree? In a window? What treasures did we find?
Sam R. helped us count ten friends at school and three friends at home. He also lead a cheerful good morning circle.
Monday studio groups ventured outside for a project. What did you do? What tools did you use? What did you do inside the studio?
We took the mud snail and periwinkles out of the tank today. One of them escaped the bowl....which one? Did you make any of them using sculpy clay?
We heard a story involving some silly sheep. Where did they go? What was the knew word we learned about space? What is the first planet going up on our night sky?
October 19, 2012
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Ask your child....
Who's birthday did we celebrate in Silent Meeting? Did we have a special snack? What songs did we sing?
What did you do at choice time? Who did you play with?
What did you learn about the sun today? What did we hang in our night sky?
What did we act out? Who played the Earth? Who played the sun?
Did you learn a new poem? What was it about?
Did you feed the Lynx at gym?
Did you look at the quohogs? Make shell prints in clay?
October 18, 2012
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Who did we meet from the tank today?
Did you touch the bivave and univalve shells? What did they feel like?
Did you help make the sun collage out of yarn?
Did you make a sun in your space journal?
Who was our special reader? What did she read?
What did we bake for snack? Did you help make them?
October 17, 2012
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Today was a busy day in the Oak Room!
We painted a sun for our night sky and read a story about the sun.
We welcome some RIC students, Lindsay, Ariel and Brittany who will be visiting us on Wednesdays for the next four weeks.
Mollusks arrived in our tank!
We had music and library.
We learned some new yoga poses.
Ask your child about...
What activities did you do with Lindsay, Ariel and Brittany?
What is one thing you learned about the sun?
Did you go to music or library? What did you do there?
What is one new yoga pose you learned?
October 16, 2012
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Today in the Oak Room we......
-counted our friends at home and school
-said good morning to each other
-performed our shark poem
-heard a story about space
-mixed paints to get the color of the sun
-sorted by color
-learned about the striped shore crab
-went to music and library
-drew things we collected from the meander
-cooked up some food in pretend
-painted at the easel
-visited the Studio
October 15, 2012
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Who did we meet from the tank today? Can you remember what it likes to eat? How does it protect itself from bigger fish? Does it use its claws?
Did you go to Studio? What tools did you use?
What did we do during the fire drill?
Were you a helper today? Can you remember how many kids were at school? We had a lot of friends absent...can you remember a friend who wasn't here today?
How was the Monday Meander? What did we see for the first time? Did you find a colored leaf? Did you carry the basket? What color were the chicken-in-the-woods mushrooms we saw?
Did you have fun at gym?
What did you have to do for the ticket to snack?
October 12, 2012
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Who came out of the tank today? How many legs did it have? Where are the crustaceans skeletons?
What songs did we sing at circle? Did you have a favorite?
What stories did you listen to today? Was one about a crustacean?
Did you go to Silent Meeting?
What did you do at gym?
Did you make your star for the night sky? What materials did you use?
Who was the meeting helper?
October 11, 2012
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We had our first special reader today!! Who was it? What did she read?
What crustaceans came out of the tank today? Did you draw it?
What did we bake today? Did you eat one? Did you help bake them?
Did you make a star today? Was it a shooting star? Where are we going to put our stars?
Did you play with someone new today? Hear a story you liked?
Did you answer the ticket to snack? Was your name on the helper board?
What game did you play at recess?
Are you going to the Book Festival this weekend?
October 10, 2012
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Today in the Oak room...
Crustaceans (crabs, shrimp and barnacles) arrived in our tank!
We learned four new yoga poses
James and Ilana were building a house with the tools in pretend.
Charlotte and Eleanor helped paint our night sky mural
Sam and Teeden built a rocket launcher in blocks and launched their rockets
Rory built a flying structure with legos
Emma wrote a message for her friend Ruby at the writing center
Victory worked on some puzzles
Liam built towers with the stackers
Ask your child about...
Can you name one new yoga pose we learned?
What new creatures came to our classroom today?
What is one thing you learned about starfish? sea cucumbers?
October 9, 2012
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We met the sea cucumber today! What kind of feet do they have? Do they have mouths? What do they like to live near?
We painted our night sky today. Did you help? What color did we use and why? What else are we going to add to our night sky?
What colors did Madame have us search for today? What is jaune?
Did you make a fancy box or use stencils today?
Did you go to Studio?
Did we go on our Monday Meander? Why not?
Did you go to music or library? Which color group are you in?
October 5, 2012
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Ask your child about....
Starfish or sea stars (the name is interchangeable)!
What do they eat? How many arms does ours have? What kind of legs do they have? Where are their eyes? Mouth? What did it do when we put in on its back?
What did Victory bring to share? What sea creature does it belong to?
How was Silent Meeting? Did you sing?
Who was the meeting helper?
Who did you play with today? Did you go some place new at choice time?
What did you do at gym?
Did you recite our new shark poem? Do do do do do?
Next week: sea cucumber and brittle sea star come out of the tank!
October 4, 2012
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We met the sea urchin today.
Did you touch it? How did it feel? Did you smell it?
What are the spines? Why do they have them? Does it have legs?
Where is its mouth? Did you see it?
Where does it like to be in the tank?
Does it eat algae or dead fish?
What part of the sea urchin did we pass around?
October 3, 2012
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Today in the Oak Room...
-Senora helped us count at morning meeting and read a book with us
-Eleanor said good morning to everyone in Spanish
-We learned new yoga poses
-We went to music and Library
-Our biomes tank arrived with sea creatures!
Ask your child about...
-Grande y pequeno, what do they mean?
-What sea creatures were in our tank?
-What is one new yoga pose we learned?
-Did you go to music or library today? What did you do there?
-What did you do at choice time?
October 2, 2012
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Ask your child about...
Bleu, rouge, grande and petite? Who taught us these words?
What is happening to our potatoes?
Did you go to studio? What did you do and see? Who did you feed?
Did you go to music or library?
Can you recite the new poem?
What was the name of the dog in the story you heard?
Who was the meeting helper
What was the ticket to snack about?
October 1, 2012
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Ask your child...
What was your weekend news?
Were you a helper today?
Did you go to studio?
What did you see on the Monday Meander? What did you hear?
Did you make a necklace?
What did you play at gym?
September 28, 2012
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Today in the Oak Room we.....
-enjoyed playing with the rockets we made.
-used the tools in the pretend corner to care for our big tiger.
-painted with watercolors.
-enjoyed a snack from Rory's mom.
-went to gym.
-heard a story about a Clay Boy.
-used scissors to cut playdough.
-sewed.
-answered the ticket to snack.
-performed our poem.
-learned two new yoga poses.
September 27, 2012
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Ask your child...
Did you make a rocket today?
What did we watch in the computer room?
Did you help cook today? What did we cook?
Did you visit the toolshed corner? What did you do there?
Were you a helper today?
Who was our morning helper? Snack helper?
How do you become the compost helper?
September 25, 2012
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Ask your child about...
What color did Madame talk about today? What song did we sing?
What's new in the pretend corner?
Who was the meeting helper? Snack helper?
Did you go to studio? What did you do there?
Did you go to music or library? What was different about music today?
Did we recite the poem today?
What animals were in the books we read today?
September 24, 2012
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Today in the Oak Room....
We made playdough....what color was it?
We went to studio...are you in a Monday studio group?
We had a meeting, snack and compost helper...were you one of them? If not, who was?
We went on our Monday Meander...what did you see, hear, touch or see? Did you put anything in the treasure basket?
We used one of our senses for the ticket to snack...which one?
We went to gym....what did you play there?
September 21, 2012
Ask your child about...
Getting our class picture taken...what did the photographer have us say?
Celebrating a Ginkgo friends birthday at Silent Meeting. Who was it?
Morning meeting....who was the meeting helper? Did she do both her jobs?
Choice time...where did you choose to go? Did you go with a friend? Did you stay there long?
Snack...who brought us a special snack? What did she bring? Did you like it?
Storytime...what stories did you listen to today? Did you have a favorite?
Gym class...did you feed the lynx? What other games did you play?
September 20, 2012
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September 19, 2012
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Today in the Oak Room.....
Rory had a zoo emergency in the block corner where he built a "structure."
James played family in pretend.
Emma made magnet popsicles.
Sam R. made a colored animal farm.
Teeden made and elephant necklace and a "huge lasso."
Eleanor made sand popsicles.
Charlotte filled up the entire piece of easel paper.
Liam was a butterfly.
Ilana loved the guessing game with Senora.
Arianna drew sunflowers.
Victory was a princess.
We learned four new yoga poses, tree, guerilla, flying & rock.
What shape did your child have to find for the ticket to snack?
Music or library?
September 18, 2012
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Ask your child about...
-Liam and Madame leading our morning meeting
-ringing the bell to Madame's bell song
-visiting the studio
-drawing sunflowers
-mixing paints for our easel
-our new poem!
-reporting their weekend news
-going to music and library
-building a car station
-serving gummy bear cereal
-cutting with scissors!
-the ticket to snack
REMINDER: PARENT'S NIGHT IS TOMORROW @ 6PM. HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US FOR THE OAK ROOM POWERPOINT PRESENTATION!
September 14, 2012
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What a wonderful first full week we have had in the Oak Room...full of firsts! First Monday meander, music and library class, poem, visit to the studio, PE and today our first Silent Meeting/Birthday celebration.
Ask your child....
Who's birthday did we celebrate today?
What was the story about that we read?
Who was the meeting helper? snack helper?
Where did you play today? with who?
What did you eat for snack? Did you like it?
What happened at gym?
**Stay tuned for a video of our poem.
Have a great long weekend. No school on Monday due to Rosh Hashanah.
September 13, 2012
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Today we took a stroll to the edible garden! PICTURESSpencer was the meeting helper today.
Sam S. was the snack helper.
We baked banana bread today. Ask your child if he or she helped? What ingredient did they add?
We are getting really good at reciting our poem! I hope you are hearing it at home.
We read stories about Elmer and The Big Hungry Bear.....
REMINDER:Tomorrow is our first Silent Meeting, we hope you can join us at 8:30 in the Studio. We will be celebrating Sam's birthday.
September 12, 2012
We had an exciting morning in the Oak Room. Senora joined us at circle this morning and sang a song with us. Ilana helped her count in Spanish. We planted potatoes in our classroom and practiced yoga poses together. We drew pictures of Sam for his Birthday book. We also had music and library today.
Here are some questions you can ask your child:
What was your job when planting the potatoes?
What do our potatoes need to grow?
What yoga poses did you learn today?
Who did we draw today for his birthday book?
Did you go to music or library today? What did you do there?
Who is the music teacher? Who is the library teacher?
September 11, 2012
Madame joined us at our circle this morning. Rory helped her count.
We talked about composting, recycling our paper and planting potatoes.
We're getting pretty good at our poem...ask your child if they can recite it for you. We had music and library for the first time....ask your child where they went?
Sand-Emma, Eleanor, Rory, James, Spencer, Sam R
Dice-Sam S, Sam R, Liam
Blocks-Liam, Sam S, Sam R, James, Teeden
Easel-Ilana, James, Emma, Sam R
Writing center- Eleanor, Spencer, Emma, Charlotte, Ilana
Light table-James, Ilana, Spencer
Studio groups-Charlotte, Teeden, Spencer, Ilana & Liam, Sam S
Color blocks-Liam, Eleanor, Sam R, Sam S, Charlotte
Dollhouse-Rory, James, Sam R, Eleanor
Observational drawings-Spencer, Ilana
Pretend-Emma, Ilana
September 10, 2012
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Today in the Oak Room, the Monday studio groups has their first visit with Miss Calenda. Who did you meet What did you see?
We went on the first Monday Meander today and it could not have been a more beautiful day. Did you collect a treasure? Did you get to hold the treasure basket? What teachers came along?
We went to gym for our first PE class. Who is Ms.Bickford? What did you play at gym? Did you run?
The writing center was a busy place today with children learning about a variety of tools and materials....scissors, glue sticks, paper, colored tape, crayons & markers! Thay made some pretty great stuff and worked their fine motor muscles in the process.
Sam R. was the meeting helper!
Eleanor was the snack helper.
We listened to a story about sharing, practiced our poem and answered the ticket to snack!
**The words to our good morning song and Hello poem can be found on the Poems and Songs page.
REMINDER-PARENT'S NIGHT IS NEXT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 6PM.
WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US.
September 7, 2012
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Today in the Oak Room...
-Teeden and Ilana shared the meeting helper job
-we sang our good morning song
-we learned our new Hello poem
-Victory was the snack helper
-Miss Harrington read us a story called The Invisible String
-we loved puzzles!!!!
-we pretended
-we built with blocks and magnets
-we experimented with floating and sinking at the water table
-we painted at the easel and with watercolors
-we used our fine motor skills to string buttons on wire
-we played and climbed outside
Please check your child's backpack for a handout and schedule about our weekly Silent Meeting and birthday celebrations.
Have a great weekend!
September 6, 2012
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Today at circle two friends shared the meeting helper job, Emma helped us count the kids at home and school and James led the good morning circle! We sang our good morning song, Funga-Alafya. Ask your child to sing it for you! We played outside today!
Water table-James, Charlotte, Victory, Teeden, Ilana, Spencer
Blocks-Rory, Eleanor, Spencer
Light table-Teeden, Liam, Sam
Writing center-Ilana, Charlotte
Pretend-Teeden, Victory, Emma, Ilana, Sam, Arianna
Stringing-Emma, Liam, Spencer, Victory, Charlotte, Ilana, James, Teeden, Eleanor
Puzzles-Sam, Liam, James, Teeden, Charlotte, Spencer, Ilana
September 5, 2012
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What a busy first day we had in the Oak Room!
Ask your child:
Did you move your name from home to school?
What song did you sing at circle?
What was the ticket to snack? What did you eat for snack?
Did you help count the kids at home and school?
Do you know your teachers' names?
Where did you play at choice time? Who did you play with?
Who is Mrs. Lenihan? Ms. Taylor?
Who did you sit next to at lunch?
Did you sleep at naptime?
Do you have a mailbox?
Miss Harrington and I had a great day with your children! We look forward to all the adventures to come! See you tomorrow and please feel free to email me with any questions!
