January 31, 2014

Kung hei fat choy! Happy Chinese New Years! Welcome to the year of the horse. In honor of Chinese New Years we learned about China during social studies. Did you know that China is home to more than one billion of the worlds population? We learned where China was on world map, how to say "hello" and "good bye", and even how to write in Chinese! We decorated our class with the Chinese symbol "Fu" which in English means "good luck" or "good fortune". In China, people put these symbols on the top of their door way to help bring good fortune and luck into their household.

This week we also learned about Sea Turtles. Did you know that even though there are 300 different types of turtles, there are only 8 species of sea turtles? We've been learning about all eight of them: the Kemp's Ridley, the Olive Ridley, the Hawksbill, the Flatback, the Black seat turtle, the Loggerhead, the Green Sea Turtle, and the Leatherback. We are now starting to make another informational book all about sea turtles! Here are some samples of what we are working on:

"A leatherback is a sea turtle. It has no shell."

We hope everyone has a fun-filled weekend. Also as a reminder, if you haven't already done so, please don't forget to turn in your child's permission form, along with $4.50, before February 7th. See you on Monday!

PS - we would like to congratulate Mahealani and Doris for winning CARE kids this week for Kindergarten. Great job girls!