Tsukuba International Preschool

This is our last week at TIP before our spring break.

In language arts this week we will be focusing on the letter Vv. We will talk about different vegetables and make some from origami. On Friday, we will have a “Vegetable soup sharing party”, when we will each bring a vegetable to share, then make a big pot of soup for snack time.

Preschool children have been spending a lot of time thinking, drawing and sharing ideas on what kind friends and good students do. We have drawn pictures and read some books together. One of our favourites is “David goes to School”. This week, we will make our own version of this book. We will also continue our number and writing learning centres and independent learning activities. Have a great week!

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Monday
This morning we will meet Vicky Violet and practice our letter writing. In the afternoon we will re-read “David goes to School” and do a book review.

Tuesday
Today we will continue our writing practice and phonics activities and spend some time on number stories.

Wednesday
Today we will make a class book.

Thursday
Today we will review our jobs as TIP students and make a set of class rules together.

Friday
Today we will make vegetable soup and share it for afternoon snack. We will also draw and write in our journals.

This week at TIP we have lots of Rr activities planned, involving rainbows and robots. We will also try some new independent language arts activities and reflect on progress as independent learners. Preschool will also join Grade 1 at TIS this week for an interactive language arts lesson.

In maths this week we will take some different shaped and sized objects outside, guess which ones will be faster, then roll them down the hill.

This week we will also brainstorm what our ‘jobs’ are as students at TIP, have students think about why rules are needed, and together make a set of class rules.

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Monday
This morning we will meet Red Robot, practice our letter writing and design our own 3D robots. In the afternoon we will do some robot dancing.

Tuesday
Today we will learn some new ways to practice our letters and word writing.

Wednesday
Today we will share a story about being kind friends and brainstorm ways we can do this.

Thursday
This morning we will write in our journals. We will also talk about rules, and students will make a set of class rules for TIP.

Friday
Today we will review Rr writing and vocabulary and make a class rainbow.

What an exciting week we had with the snow last week!

This week at TIP we will continue asking questions about our school and looking for answers. We will also be celebrating Valentine’s Day with some writing, number & shape, craft and cooking activities.

Our focus letter of the week is Bb. We will do many activities such as a science experiment with bubbles, blue bubble art and balloon activities in PE.

Have a great week!

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Monday
This morning we will meet Bouncy Ben and practice our letter writing. We will also do a science experiment with bubbles and make some blue bubble pictures.

Tuesday
In language Arts this morning we will work in small independent and teacher-led learning groups. We will also do some Valentine’s maths activities. For PE we will do some balloon activities.

Wednesday
Today we will read a Valentine’s day story and make a special Valentine’s gift.

Thursday
No School today.

Friday
Today we will write in our journals and do a special Valentine’s Day activity.

How fast the months are passing by! We will begin a new Unit of Inquiry this week, titled “Faces and Places of our School”. We will explore how schools are organized to help us live and learn together. This week we will begin by finding out what students know about our school, who works here, and what is their job.

Children have gained a lot of confidence in their story telling journals recently, and are trying very hard to label pictures with letters and words, and attempt to write an accompanying sentence, almost independently.

In Japanese class this week, children will celebrate Setsubun no hi (節分の日) with some bean throwing.

We look forward to seeing you all at the Student-Parent-Teacher conferences this week. Have a good week!

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Monday
This morning we will meet Jumping Jim and practice our letter writing. We will also brainstorm what we all know about our school. In the afternoon we will go outside for some PE activities.

Tuesday
We will review our sign language this morning and work in small independent and teacher-led learning groups for language activities. In Maths, P1 will do some place activities while P2 & P3 work with numbers and addition.

Wednesday
Today we will write in our journals and look at who works in our school.

Thursday
This morning we will read a story and do a listening comprehension activity. In the afternoon we will do a jungle art activity.

Friday
Today we will visit TIS and observe what kind of jobs people are doing over there. We will also review our independent reading and writing activities and make some jigsaws.