This week we transformed the classroom into Ancient Egypt. We got a bunch of books on Ancient Egypt, pyramids, and mummies. The children enjoyed playing Jack and Annie (the two characters in The Magic Treehouse Series) over in the pyramid at the dramatic play area. They pretend that they are solving mysteries while the other children play the other characters in the story such as the ghost queen and the black cat. The children learned about the Nile River and the how mummies are made. They also learned that Ancient Egyptians wrote using Hieroglyphics. They each got a chance to write their names in hieroglyphics using the different symbols. They did a nice job replicating the picture they saw in front of them to the sentence strips. 
This week we talked about the letter J. Last week the letter of the week was G. When we were reviewing the sound the letter G made, the children often said the J sound. In order for them to practice more with both sounds and be able to differentiate between the two they each got a picture at meeting with something that started either with a G or a J. On the big poster board with the large letters, they needed to figure out where their picture went and taped it on. After meeting we left out magazines on the rug that the children were able to go through and find their own words that start with either J or G and place them on the right poster. They did a nice job independently finding their own pictures, cutting them out, and pasting them.
On Thursday we celebrated Groundhogs Day in our class. At meeting time we discussed what Groundhogs Day was and the meaning of it. We took a prediction toll to see who thought the groundhog saw his shadow and who didn’t. Two people predicted that he did not see his shadow, while the rest of the class guessed that he did. When we were done discussing it at meeting the children did a fun craft. They made construction paper groundhogs coming out of the grass (cups). They really enjoyed making them and were showing them off to all their friends.
Here are some other things that went on this week in our class:
*Dot dot art
*Making maps to buried treasures
*Making computers by writing numbers and letters
*Playing dinosaurs in the block area
*Weekend Report
*Making a list of commonly used words
Here are videos of Peter and Ethan performing their recital piece to the whole and half notes.
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