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Sept-Oct 2015
Educational Overview
Literacy
Knows Information can be relayed in the form of print.
Holds books the correct way up and turns pages.
Knows that print carries meaning and, in English, is read from left to right and
top to bottom.
Beginning to be aware of the way stories are structured.
Suggest how the story might end.
Describes main story settings, events and principal characters.
Sometimes gives meaning to marks as they draw and paint.
Mathematics
Uses some number names and number language spontaneously.
Shows curiosity about numbers by offering comments and asking questions.
Beginning to represent numbers using fingers, marks on paper or pictures.
Uses shapes appropriately for tasks.
STEM
Students will use the class camera to take pictures of each others facial expressions.
They will learn how to turn on/off the camera, take pictures and learn how to review
the picture.
Students will make mini volcanoes and record their observations.
Students will make frames for their facial expression pictures.
Spanish
Use gestures, actions and body language when responding to simple directions.
Listen respectfully and respond expressively to picture books, and demonstrate
their understanding through gestures and expressions.
Mandarin
Use gestures, actions and body language when responding to simple directions.
Listen respectfully and respond expressively to picture books, and demonstrate
their understanding through gestures and expressions.
Physical Development
Draws lines and circles using gross motor movements.
Holds pencil between thumb and two fingers, no longer using whole-hand grasp.
Can copy some letters, e.g. letters from their name.
Observes the effects of activity on their bodies.
Music
Moving in rhythm to songs.
Playing simple beats on percussion instruments.
Drama
Exploring mimicking and mirroring techniques using animals, vehicles, and
people in the community as a template.
Using story structure to explore cause and effect and peer relationships.
Exploring costumes and props as a visual cue for a specific kind of character.