Unit of Inquiry – ‘Who We Are-Our Senses’

Collection: Thanks to everyone who brought items in, they truly enhanced our unit of inquiry. We are still collecting things, so if you haven’t brought something in, there is still time.

*See the attached paper for inquiry homework.*

French

KGG has learned their first song in French! It is attached in the take home diary. Please have your child teach it to you and practice.

Language Arts

This week we learned about the sounds ‘s’ (as in snake and soda) and ‘a’ (short a, as in ant and apple)

• Please remember to read a range of books with your child.
• Cut out the weekly words (at, sat, a) and stick them to card, try reading them by saying the sounds and blending them together. Keep them with your word collection.
• When reading with your child, play an ‘I Spy’ game. See if they can spot any pictures or words with the ‘s’ or ‘short a’ sound.

Maths

We are continuing to explore numbers. The task is to have your child create an artwork to represent any one number. Be creative with this! Keep in mind there is no correct answer. Students can use paint, crayons, pens, pencils, felt tips, collage materials, play dough or anything else they can think of. Artworks will be displayed in class as part of our ‘Number Art Gallery’.

Please hand in all homework some time during the week after it is assigned.

Unit of Inquiry – ‘Who We Are-Our Senses’

Collection: For this unit, we will explore all of our senses in different ways. Please bring in a variety of objects, which require the use of all five senses (hearing, sight, feeling, smelling, tasting). Look at the attached list for some ideas.

Go on a senses walk in your environment with your child.  

Encourage your child to talk about the senses they use when

they explore on their environment.  Have your child use the

attached tick list to draw a picture of what they explore and

tick the senses they use to explore it(i.e. If they see a bird,

they should draw the bird and tick that they can see, hear,

and feel the feathers.)

Language Arts

Each week we will learn about different sounds.

· We will start our first sounds next week.

· Attached will be words with these sounds for you to make into flash cards.

· Cut out the weekly words and stick them to card.

· Have your child try to read them by saying the sounds and blending them together.

· Keep them with your word collection in a shoebox or tissue box at home.

· Students will bring in the collection at the end of the year.

Please remember to read a range of books with your child.

Maths

Here you will find different practical ways to continue the mathematics we are learning in class. This week, encourage your child to count the things in his/her environment. Ensure they are counting in order and that they are using one number per one object. Comment about what they did in their take home diary.

Please hand in all homework some time during the week after it is assigned.

List of things to bring

*please bring items into the class as soon as possible*

· A Variety of Textured Items (sticky, slimy, soft, wet, hard, dry, rough)

· Fabrics of Different Kind (velvet, silk, cotton, wool, Velcro, etc.)

· Different Textured Paper (sandpaper, corrugated paper, carbon paper, tracing paper, aluminium foil, etc.)

· Various things that smell (cinnamon, cardamom, clove, bay leaf, whole pepper, chocolate, vinegar, hair oil, soap, etc.)

· Anything that makes a sound (rattles, musical instruments, drums, guitars, mouth organ, shakers, noise making toys, etc.)

· Any favourite food to taste (Please let the teacher know before you bring in food. Make sure bring enough for the whole class.)

· Paper towel rolls (the inside cardboard part)

· Empty water bottles

· Empty glass jars