MRS. ANDREA H. DAVIS
Weekly Newsletter
November 6, 2015
THEME: All About Me
UNIT: Personal Safety
EXTENSIONS: Fire Prevention
Key Measure: I know how to keep myself safe from fire.
Dear Parents,
Learning about FIRE SAFETY this week has been a hot topic! I hope your
Kindergartner has urged you to get serious about making a fire escape plan in your
home. We worked with several math and language games to increase awareness of
fire safety. We learned that a good time to change the battery in your household
smoke alarm is on your birthday each year. For some highlights from our week,
read on...
LANGUAGE ARTS
LISTENING: At the Listening center, we listened to the rhyming book on tape,
FIRE! FIRE! said Mrs. McGuire. There were several sight words in this book that
we could recognize. Ask your child what was funny about this book (there was a
MRS DAVIS in it!)
SPEAKING: At work time the students played a board game involving the kids
saying a word that began with the letter the fire fighter landed on. Your partner
could help you think of a word, if needed.
PHONEMIC AWARENESS AND PHONICS: In another table game, a fire fighter
saved a cat from a tree by moving up a ladder with letters on it. A plus or minus
die was used to help the fire fighter move toward the cat. The students thought
up and said a word ending with the letter s/he landed on.
WRITING: The students went on a word search. They wrote the sentences they
found by searching around the room. We are trying to remember to use a finger
space between words and copying the letters just as they are printed.
READING: We read these books: Clifford the Firehouse Dog, I’m going to be a Fire
Fighter, Smokey the Bear, TheTrue Story of Smokey the Bear, The Little Fireman,
New York’s Bravest, Fire Truck, Firehouse Dog, My Fire Engine, and Dot the Fire
Dog.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We watched a great video called “Smoke Detectives” that taught us to practice
E.D.I.T.H. or Exit Drills in the Home. The children learned helpful facts such as:
staying low in a smoke filled room and checking the door for heat before opening it.
If the door is hot, put a cloth under it to keep smoke out. Exit thru a window if
possible. Do not hide! You must escape! Join the family at a planned meeting
place. Do not go back into the house for any reason. Don’t be afraid of fire
fighters even though they can look kind of scary. The class loved the video!
MATH
The students matched numerals this week when they counted the number of spots
on the fire dogs.
SCIENCE
We talked about the fact that smoke rises to the ceiling, so the safest way to get
out of a room during a fire is to be close to the ground. We practiced crawling as
quickly and as safely as we could across the floor. This was funny!
ART
VISUAL: We made Smokey the Bear sack puppets.
MUSICAL: We played a racing game while wearing fire hats. There were several
numerals written on the chalkboard. When a numeral was called, sa a group of kids
raced to the chalkboard to put the fire out (they erased the correct numeral)
while the whole class chanted, “Put the fire out! Put the fire out! Cheer, cheer for
number __?__ and put the fire out!”
MOVEMENT: We discussed and acted out STOP, DROP & ROLL. Have your child
show you this important skill.
DRAMATIC PLAY: We pretended to be Fire Fighters, fighting a downtown Tulsa
fire. When our fire station # (large numeral recognition) was called over the
dispatch we put on our fire hats, raced to the burning buildings, and sprayed the
flames with our pretend fire hoses.
TECHNOLOGY
We worked a Jigzone.com puzzle of something burning. Ask what the puzzle was (a
burning match). We are getting faster on the smart board.
FYI
Please label all coats, jackets, gloves and hats that are worn to school.
Please
don’t send gloves and hats until they are really needed.
Please let me know if you have a Veteran in the family who can attend our
Veteran’s Day Assembly on Wednesday, Nov 11th at 9:15 a.m.
Thursday Reader is Miki Ranta. Come at 8:30, bring 3-4 books from home.
The next late start morning is Thursday, Dec 3rd. School starts at 10:40.
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Have a great weekend!
Andrea Davis