This week in Preschool we are looking forward to wrapping up our Unit of Transportation with a trip to the Kobe Airport on Monday! We will also finish the train station dramatic play area we have been designing as part of our summative.
In Readers Workshop we will review pointer power and reread power as well as introduce snap word power! We learn the /ar/ sound and continue reviewing all of the letter and letter combination sounds we have learned.
In Writers Workshop we publish and share our transportation books.
In maths we will explore 3D shapes.
Please note a mistake in the Parent Handbook I shared in August - the PE schedule will change December 9th to Thursdays and Fridays. Here is the correct schedule:
PE schedule
August 26th to December 6th: Wednesdays and Thursdays
December 9th to March 18th: Thursdays and Fridays
March 30th to June 16th: Mondays (swimming) and Thursdays
Have a great week!
Upcoming
December 3rd Tulip Planting
December 6th St. Nicholas
December 18th Christmas Market
Saturday, 23 November 2019
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Week 11
Last week was an exciting week in Preschool! We celebrated St. Martin's with the lanterns we made and the treats care of the PTA (thank you!), took part in the island-wide emergency drill and training, and all of the teachers/assistants (Ms. Shirai, Peter, and Ms. Mami) celebrated another trip around the sun!
This week we will continue writing our All About Books for a mode of transportation of our choice. We will also discuss the features of particular transportation systems to prepare for our trip to the Kobe Airport on Monday.
In Readers Workshop, the students will be inducted as "Super Readers"! In this unit they will learn to use reading super powers to help them read.
We will learn the sounds for /ou/, /oi/, /ue/, and /er/ and begin learning sight words. This week's words are I, a, the, is, and has.
In maths, we will talk about patterns.
We are so excited for our trip to Kobe Airport on Monday. As mentioned in a previous email, preschool students will experience the features of transportation systems and how those systems meet the needs of all people first-hand on a field trip to the Kobe Airport. We will need 1-2 parent volunteers for this trip, please advise if you are available. The train fare for each child is 380 yen one way to experience the transportation system and we will return on the school bus. Adult chaperones would be responsible for their 770 yen in train fares.
If you haven't had a chance yet, please remember to fill out the form as to if your child will attend and if you are available to chaperone.
Have a great week!
Upcoming
DSKI Tree Lighting Ceremony
Wednesday 20th 3pm
No School (Teacher Training 22nd-23rd)
Friday 22nd
Field Trip - Kobe Airport
This week we will continue writing our All About Books for a mode of transportation of our choice. We will also discuss the features of particular transportation systems to prepare for our trip to the Kobe Airport on Monday.
In Readers Workshop, the students will be inducted as "Super Readers"! In this unit they will learn to use reading super powers to help them read.
We will learn the sounds for /ou/, /oi/, /ue/, and /er/ and begin learning sight words. This week's words are I, a, the, is, and has.
In maths, we will talk about patterns.
We are so excited for our trip to Kobe Airport on Monday. As mentioned in a previous email, preschool students will experience the features of transportation systems and how those systems meet the needs of all people first-hand on a field trip to the Kobe Airport. We will need 1-2 parent volunteers for this trip, please advise if you are available. The train fare for each child is 380 yen one way to experience the transportation system and we will return on the school bus. Adult chaperones would be responsible for their 770 yen in train fares.
If you haven't had a chance yet, please remember to fill out the form as to if your child will attend and if you are available to chaperone.
Have a great week!
Upcoming
DSKI Tree Lighting Ceremony
Wednesday 20th 3pm
No School (Teacher Training 22nd-23rd)
Friday 22nd
Field Trip - Kobe Airport
Monday 25th
Sunday, 10 November 2019
Week 10
Greetings!
I hope everyone had a rejuvenating fall break.
Last week in Preschool we looked at the different kinds of transportation and signs on Rokko Island and talked about how we got to different places over the break. We began writing All About Books about a mode of transportation we are interested in. We learned the letters and sounds for w, ng, v, oo, and y. We reviewed and grew our understandings of 2-dimensional shapes and numbers.
We also began learning about the Zones of Regulation. These are ways to think about our feelings so we can find appropriate strategies to self-regulate. Whether that is energizing our bodies and minds when we are in the blue zone, or calming our bodies when we are in the red zone - it is important to know when we are good to go, we need to slow down and be careful, and when we need to stop. Some helpful vocabulary can be found here. Please ask your child about this at home and utilize the vocabulary as much as possible to reinforce what is happening in the classroom.
Next week we will continue to explore transportation through our All About Book writing. We will also use our knowledge of 2D shapes to create traffic signs we will use when creating our own transportation course in PE. We will learn the sounds for x, ch, sh, th, qu and have daily celebrations of our names to reinforce the letter names and sounds we have learned. We will also practice more with rhyming words.
This week is action-packed so please mark your calendar with the following:
No clubs Tuesday and Friday.
St. Martin Celebration
Tuesday 12th 4~6pm
Send an extra snack with your child!
The schedule will be as follows:
● school children: 3.30 to 3.45 pm: small snack in the classroom
● Early Years children: 3.30 to 4.00 pm: small snack in Early Years
● 3.45 to 4.15 pm: break time on the playground
● 4.15 pm: stage play by the German Grades
● around 4:45 pm: lantern procession on Rokko Island (around 30 minutes)
● around 5:15 pm: getting together with drinks and “Weckmann”
● 6.00 pm: end of event
Rokko Island Disaster Preparedness Drill
Wednesday 13th 2pm
Rokko Island will be having disaster preparation practice on Wednesday afternoon. Our school will be taking part with an earthquake and tsunami drill.
If any parents would like to take part, please goto Sun Hiroba on the 3rd floor of the Kobe Fashion Museum where you can take part in emergency and first aid training.
DSKI Tree Lighting Ceremony
Friday 15th 2:30pm
Osaka Christmas Market
Friday 15th 4.30pm - 5.30pm Grades 1 - 6
We will once again be performing at the Osaka Christmas switching on the tree lights ceremony at the Sky Building in Umeda. Its a huge event and we are very happy to be on stage, it is also the venue of the German Christmas market, so please come along and enjoy!
Our students will be on stage from 4:40 pm for the opening ceremony of the Christmas Market.
Upcoming
22nd No School (Teacher Training 22nd-23rd)
I hope everyone had a rejuvenating fall break.
Last week in Preschool we looked at the different kinds of transportation and signs on Rokko Island and talked about how we got to different places over the break. We began writing All About Books about a mode of transportation we are interested in. We learned the letters and sounds for w, ng, v, oo, and y. We reviewed and grew our understandings of 2-dimensional shapes and numbers.
We also began learning about the Zones of Regulation. These are ways to think about our feelings so we can find appropriate strategies to self-regulate. Whether that is energizing our bodies and minds when we are in the blue zone, or calming our bodies when we are in the red zone - it is important to know when we are good to go, we need to slow down and be careful, and when we need to stop. Some helpful vocabulary can be found here. Please ask your child about this at home and utilize the vocabulary as much as possible to reinforce what is happening in the classroom.
Next week we will continue to explore transportation through our All About Book writing. We will also use our knowledge of 2D shapes to create traffic signs we will use when creating our own transportation course in PE. We will learn the sounds for x, ch, sh, th, qu and have daily celebrations of our names to reinforce the letter names and sounds we have learned. We will also practice more with rhyming words.
This week is action-packed so please mark your calendar with the following:
No clubs Tuesday and Friday.
St. Martin Celebration
Tuesday 12th 4~6pm
Send an extra snack with your child!
● school children: 3.30 to 3.45 pm: small snack in the classroom
● Early Years children: 3.30 to 4.00 pm: small snack in Early Years
● 3.45 to 4.15 pm: break time on the playground
● 4.15 pm: stage play by the German Grades
● around 4:45 pm: lantern procession on Rokko Island (around 30 minutes)
● around 5:15 pm: getting together with drinks and “Weckmann”
● 6.00 pm: end of event
Rokko Island Disaster Preparedness Drill
Wednesday 13th 2pm
Rokko Island will be having disaster preparation practice on Wednesday afternoon. Our school will be taking part with an earthquake and tsunami drill.
If any parents would like to take part, please goto Sun Hiroba on the 3rd floor of the Kobe Fashion Museum where you can take part in emergency and first aid training.
DSKI Tree Lighting Ceremony
Friday 15th 2:30pm
Osaka Christmas Market
Friday 15th 4.30pm - 5.30pm Grades 1 - 6
We will once again be performing at the Osaka Christmas switching on the tree lights ceremony at the Sky Building in Umeda. Its a huge event and we are very happy to be on stage, it is also the venue of the German Christmas market, so please come along and enjoy!
Our students will be on stage from 4:40 pm for the opening ceremony of the Christmas Market.
Upcoming
22nd No School (Teacher Training 22nd-23rd)
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