Hello all,
“Letter W is for Wings Week” was Wonderful, Wondrous, at times Warm, at times Wet, and OF COURSE WaCkY and WiLd! Read on below to learn about the fun that was had and learning that took place! As Was to be expected, the students entered school ready to share some amazing letter W shares. The share box might need to be changed to a share bucket or basket since it seems to always overflow! Some W shares this week included Watches, Wallets, Wings (on a bird), Warrior Weapons, Wonder Woman, Woody from Toy Story, Whistles and more! For their morning work, the students spent Monday and Tuesday completing their letter W tracing/writing identification coloring activities. The W fun continued as they worked in their morning stations around the classroom. Here is the list that they created during the afternoon on Monday.
Can you name any letter W shares in the photograph above?
Answer: Wibble Wobble Book, Winne the Pooh, Whale, Walrus, World, Watermelon, and Whale!
Seeing that it was Letter W Week, the teachers decided that Wednesday Was Way too important of a day to just be an ordinary day- hence, WaCkY WeDnEsDaY! The students were encouraged to arrive at school in the WaCkIeSt outfits they could find! Everything from caped superheroes and winged fairies to mismatched shoes and even an underwear hat came to school on Wednesday. It Was Way WaCkIeR than anyone could have imagined! Here are some of the highlights from WaCkY WeDnEsDaY but be sure to click the link below to see the entire album.
The students spent the entire arrival time scoping out all the WaCkY WaRdRoBe choices their classmates had made. For their morning work on Wednesday, the students were so excited to learn that they would be creating their very own set of wearable wings! They sure were beautiful and of course, FUN!
The teachers decided that the Wednesday students should not be the only ones to have a fun dress-up day! For this reason, Thursday was named WiLd ThUrsDaY and the students were encouraged to dress up as WiLd as possible! Whether they interpreted WiLd to mean WiLd animal, Wild West, or WiLd as in WaCkY, they all came in looking great!
Throughout the week, the students had learned all about wings on animals such as birds and bats as well as wings on insects such as butterflies or ladybugs! The teachers informed the students that their wing activity that day was not an animal nor insect but rather a THING with WINGS! After hearing a few teacher clues, the students figured out exactly which THING with WINGS they were making. Read the clues below, can you guess which thing with wings it was?
THIS THING WITH WINGS GOES HIGH INTO THE SKY.
THIS THING WITH WINGS HELPS PEOPLE GET FROM HERE AND THERE.
THIS THING WITH WINGS HAS A PILOT AND A CREWTHAT OPERATE IT SAFELY.
Do you know which THING with WINGS it is? If you said, “Airplane” then you are correct! Take a look to see the students transform these paper towel tubes into crafty and sparkly Winged airplanes!
On Friday, the students sat down to begin their day with a reading of the Eric Carle’s classic story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The teachers explained that this story was a great story for “Letter W is for Wings Week” because caterpillars have beautiful wings! The students looked puzzled by Miss Jocelyn’s comments. They giggled and informed her that caterpillars do not have wings, butterflies are the ones with wings. A perplexed Miss Jocelyn then asked the students what they meant. How could a caterpillar turn into a butterfly? Perhaps reading the story would help explain just that!
In the story, the students followed along as an egg on a leaf turns into a hungry caterpillar and then becomes a “big caterpillar” who makes a cocoon until he emerges as a beautiful butterfly! Miss Jocelyn was amazed! In order to remember this amazing transformation fact, the children created a beautiful butterfly art project.
Well, that is all for “Letter W is for Wings Week”. What a Wonderous Week it Was! 🙂 As always, thank you for reading and have a Wonderful Weekend!
-PPA
Reminders:
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES CONTINUE NEXT WEEK!
Please check the school calendar board or your email for your designated time slot.
Returning Students:
Re-Enrollment (June 2018) 2nd Deposit is due on Wednesday, April 12th.
Next School Closing:
Spring Recess – SCHOOL CLOSED Friday, April 14th – 21st
School resumes Monday, April 24th
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