Tsukuba International Preschool

We will have another very busy week preparing for the Winter Performance and are looking forward to performing on Thursday. We will not have a lot of time to work on an artist of the week but will continue using dot art, looking at some of Seurat’s work and make use of our knowledge on combining primary colours.

In language arts we will be concentrating on the letter Yy and the older students will begin to focus more on writing words and sentences.

In Maths we will continue to look at shapes as well as focusing on position and directions.

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Monday
Today we will meet Yo-Yo Man and do some drawings of things that are yellow. We will also make Christmas decorations for the TIS IIAS Christmas tree.

Tuesday
Today we will review our sign language alphabet, work on some writing activities and do small group work for maths.

Wednesday
In language arts this morning we will do a reading comprehension activity. In the afternoon we will have a school wide dress rehearsal.

Thursday
We will continue to work with Yy words today.

Friday
This morning we will write in our journals then we will have a relaxing afternoon with a movie.

We have a short and busy week planned at TIP this week. We will meet Noisy Nick in Language Arts and continue to develop our phonetic awareness and writing skills with journal writing. In Maths we will move towards 3D shapes.

This week we will also focus on Australian Aboriginal Art. Aboriginals were the first known inhabitants of Australia and used resources from the environment to draw symbols, usually on rocks or tree bark. They were often in dot form. These symbols tell stories that have been passed on from one generation to the next.

The Winter Performance is also just around the corner, so we will be spending a lot of time practicing our song “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer”.

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Monday
No school today

Tuesday
We will read an Aboriginal storybook today, talk about the pictures and what they mean, and do our own dot painting.

Wednesday
In language arts this morning we will work in small groups to practice our writing, build vocabulary as well as make necklaces. For Maths we will work with 2D and 3D shapes.

Thursday
This morning we will write in our journals. In the afternoon we will watch a short video on Aboriginal Australians playing the didgeridoo (a traditional Aboriginal instrument), then design our own.

Friday
Today we will practice writing uppercase N and review learning from the week. We will also use a variety of materials to paint our reindeer ears for the upcoming winter performance.

We had a great start to our new unit of study last week as we learned about Eric Carle’s collage techniques. This week’s focus artist will be Pablo Picasso, a Spanish artist who simplified the things he was painting into simple shapes. This will also complement our continued work on shapes in maths this week. Picasso also went through a happy stage where he painted things red, and a sad stage when he painted things blue. We will experiment with each of these in our own art creations.

This week in language arts we will continue with our letter and phonics routines, focusing on the letter “Pp”.

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Monday
Today we will be introduced to Picasso and make a mini book about him. We will also talk about the winter performance.

Tuesday
This morning we will work in small groups for Pp (language arts) and shape (maths) activities. In the afternoon we will review the primary colours and once again mix them to make different shades of colours.

Wednesday
For our Picasso studies today we will look at some of his portraits and try our own self-portrait in the Picasso style.

Thursday
In language arts we will write in our journal. In the afternoon we will talk about Picasso’s blue stage and what things make us sad. We will then try our own ‘blue’ pictures.

Friday
Today we review our Pp writing and vocabulary and paint a picture of something that makes us happy as Picasso did during his ‘rose’ stage.

This week at TIP we will by starting a new unit of work titled “Let’s Do Art!”. We will talk about why people create art and the processes of art (rather than product). Each week we will also focus on a different artist and will have the opportunity to experiment with different artistic techniques.

Our first famous artist study will be Eric Carle, the author and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We will read several of his books, talk about how he creates his pictures, and try it out ourselves. Colours, numbers, sequencing, time, days of the week, shapes and science concepts will also be explored through his books.

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Monday
Today we will be introduced to the letter ‘o’ and ask questions about art and artists.

Tuesday
In Maths today we will begin looking at shapes, drawing them and making pictures with them. In the afternoon we will take a look at the colour wheel in art.

Wednesday
This morning we will watch a short video on how Eric Carle uses tissue paper in his pictures and try and make our own caterpillar this way.

Thursday
We will continue to learn about Eric Carle’s painting and collage techniques this morning. In language arts we will concentrate on another sound that ‘o’ makes.

Friday
We will review our Oo vocabulary and activities from the week as well as make our own animal collages, Eric Carle style. In the afternoon we will listen to and
make some music as well as sing some songs.

This week at TIP we will by finishing up our “All About Me” Unit and putting our learning together in the form of a book.

In Language Arts we will continue to practice our reading and writing focusing on the letter “Ii”. We will also try some storytelling with felt boards and puppets to practice our speaking skills and imagination.

This Tuesday is Culture Day in Japan so we hope you all have the chance to enjoy some quality time with your family and enjoy something cultural.

Have a great week!

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Monday
Today we will meet Impy Ink in Language Arts and in the afternoon do some musical stories.

Tuesday
No school today

Wednesday
In Language Art learning centres this morning we will practice our letter writing, connect sounds with pictures and words, and make some ink insects. For Maths we
will order things from biggest to smallest, including our class.

Thursday
For language Arts today we will take a look at I (uppercase i) and also write draw a picture and write in our journals. In the afternoon we will focus on balance
and control of movement during PE.

Friday
Today we will finish putting together all the pieces for our “All about me” book as well as review all the letters and sounds we have learned so far, and combine watercolour paints to make secondary colours.