Good Afternoon!
Our MACK focus this week is:
Children will learn about kindness and the power of positive words.
In K/PREK1, we read ‘Down the Road’ which focuses on the main character, Hetty, as well as her two parents. Before we started reading the book, we looked at the front cover and came up with different ideas on what the book could be about since no one had read it before!
After several friends shared their theories, we dove into the book.
Hetty, the main character, was never able to do chores by herself until one day, she was told she could go buy eggs by herself for scrambled eggs the next morning. Once she purchased a dozen eggs, she was walking home. She wasn’t paying attention to where she was walking and the author mentioned a big rock coming up on the path.
Children observed the picture and shared their predictions on what could happen to Hetty and the eggs that were in her basket. Hetty ended up falling and the eggs fell to the ground but there were zero cracks on the eggs!
When she was almost home, Hetty noticed a big, red apple tree so she stopped to pick a few apples. As you can see in the picture, the egg basket started to tip so again, we used the picture as well as our knowledge of Hetty to determine what may happen next.
This time, the eggs weren’t so lucky!
Children predicted several events within the story and once we found out what actually happened, we heard, “That’s what I thought would happen!” several times. We loved the anticipation of not knowing what was going to happen until we turned the page.
K.RL.2.4: Make predictions about what will happen in a story.
Friends came to the art table to explore painting with a different utensil. Today’s focus was manipulating and moving paint with gift cards! We saw different strategies for how to move the paint around the paper.
“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, or a duty. It should be offered as a gift.”
-Kate DiCamillo
Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh pears.
Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh apples, and fresh carrots.
PM snack– Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with butter and cheddar cheese slices.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.
Have a wonderful evening.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/25
