Tsukuba International Preschool

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.