Tuesday, March 2, 2010


Theme: King, Queens, Royalty, Pretend
Dates: March 1-12
From: Tanya

Language Experiences:

  • Special guest: My stepdad "The Magician!" He will put on a magic show for our whole school. Be on the lookout for pictures to come home!


  • Make Castles with colored sand and learn about "Who" lives in the castle.


  • Make crowns complete with jewels and other fun materials.


  • Make magic wands and practice saying "Abracadabra" while doing some fun magic tricks.

  • Make "Royal" punch and wear our crowns while pretending to drink it in a castle just like kings and queens.


  • Read and act out the story of Cinderella.


  • Read and act out the story of Snow White.


  • We will watch clips from the movie Rapunzel while sequencing the story and working on verb tenses (past and present).


  • We will have a Royal Ball at the Castle! This will be on Friday, March 12. Feel free to have your child come dressed as a queen, princess, or prince.

Vocabulary: prince, princess, king, queen, Cinderella, Snowwhite, castle, magic wand, crown, gem, treasure chest, chores, Feelings: frustrated, afraid/frightened, angry, Chores: wipe, sweep, clean, mean, nice, dragon, glass slipper

Notes: REMINDER: No School on Monday, March 8th (teacher inservice day). Spring progress review conferences are approaching! Please sign up for a date and time on the sign up sheet outside of my door. My student's conferences will take place April 19-23 from 2:30-3:30 and 3:30-4:30. The only time taken so far is April 19th from 2:30-3:30. Please let me know if you need an alternate date and/or time. Thanks!

Show and Tell Dates: Monday: Kennedy and Ben D. Wednesday: Isiah and Frank Friday: Sooah and Rilee

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