This week Waterfall Class is reading Sesame Street: We’re Different We’re the Same to help them share what they remembered about their bodies and to help them have an open-minded view of the world around them.  The students enjoyed seeing the beauty in all the people and characters in the story. They said that we cannot make a rainbow without many different colors and then students chose colors to build a rainbow as different as the people in the book. Please, enjoy reading or listening to the story again at home. 

People all look different and they all have different feelings, too. So, everyone looked at the Hungry Caterpillar cards to see how he was feeling and then they chose how they felt. Next they used clay and face mats to make different expressions to show their answers to ‘how are you?’

Everyone in Waterfall likes singing the 5 Little Speckled Frogs to practice numbers 1-5 and gain better fine motor skills by counting with their fingers. They are using their new motor skills to help them become independent. They can open snacks, close buttons, trace lines, circles and develop the ability to write nicely.

In Phonics they are learning the ABC Song and all about Letters A and B.  They know that the letters look and sound different and raced to sort out some pictures that start with A or B. They sang and followed along with their pointer fingers in order to sing each of the letters as they touched them on our ABC Wall, ABC Mats or the screen. Each student got to lead the class in singing and pointing without the music, too. Waterfall had a class race to put the ABCs in order and sang the song themselves to check that it was correct. https://www.starfall.com/h/abcs/song/?mg=k

Waterfall students enjoyed making new discoveries during the nice weather this week. They learned that plants need water and a sunny day to grow.  To illustrate this UOI they looked at a lot of seeds to identify their different shapes, sizes and colors. They planted a variety of seeds, as well as some small tomato plants. Students looked at the leaves to see if they were pointed up or down and said whether the plant was happy or sad.  They watered the plant and left it in a sunny place for a couple of days to see that it is happier with sun and water. From this students will learn that plants are the same as them in many ways; they grow, change and have needs.