A Message From the Teacher
Last week we worked on shapes. The hexagon was a new shape for most of the students. See if you can find any around your house! Also, some students mix up triangle and rectangle (they both end in angle).
This week we are working on colors! Talk about colors with your child this week! Ask them what they learned.
Also, this week we began talking about our brains. A worksheet went home on Monday 9/17 about the 3 main parts: The prefrontal cortex (PFC for short) is the part of the brain that helps us make good decisions, it is our Wise Leader. The Amygdala is the part of the brain that keeps us safe, it is our Security Guard, but sometimes it gets a little crazy and the PFC needs to calm it down. Finally, the Hippocampus is our memory saver, it stores all the things we've learned for the PFC to open up and retrieve it. Ask your child what they learned. We will be coming back to this throughout the year to help the students become more "Mindful" of their actions. We also watched a Dojo movie that I shared on Class Dojo about how our brains are like a muscle and they just need exercise to make them stronger. Ask your child about it!
More books went home last week and this week! Please have your child read the books to you. After they have read the book to you, please sign the back. Once your child has read it to at least 3 people (of course they may read to more people!) return the book to school. They will go in their book tubs. When the students return a book they will get a sticker on their chart and then get a Dojo point. Thank you for helping your child became "Super Readers"!
This week we are working on colors! Talk about colors with your child this week! Ask them what they learned.
Also, this week we began talking about our brains. A worksheet went home on Monday 9/17 about the 3 main parts: The prefrontal cortex (PFC for short) is the part of the brain that helps us make good decisions, it is our Wise Leader. The Amygdala is the part of the brain that keeps us safe, it is our Security Guard, but sometimes it gets a little crazy and the PFC needs to calm it down. Finally, the Hippocampus is our memory saver, it stores all the things we've learned for the PFC to open up and retrieve it. Ask your child what they learned. We will be coming back to this throughout the year to help the students become more "Mindful" of their actions. We also watched a Dojo movie that I shared on Class Dojo about how our brains are like a muscle and they just need exercise to make them stronger. Ask your child about it!
More books went home last week and this week! Please have your child read the books to you. After they have read the book to you, please sign the back. Once your child has read it to at least 3 people (of course they may read to more people!) return the book to school. They will go in their book tubs. When the students return a book they will get a sticker on their chart and then get a Dojo point. Thank you for helping your child became "Super Readers"!
Ms. Asano's Pets
Cody the Horse
Nikki the Cat
Emily The Dog
