Semester 1 report 2009-2010

Semester 1 report 2009-2010

Language Arts : Throughout the year, Nursery students engage in Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Viewing and Presenting in Language Arts.

Jessie has been consistently improving in her English language skills since the start of the semester. She is a good listener and has the confidence to participate even if she may not always know how to express herself. I would like to see Jessie develop these skills even more in the coming semester. Jessie enjoys listening to stories and likes to look at books by herself.
Jessie is learning to hold a pencil correctly. Her fine motor skills are also developing. Her drawings skills are good for her age.
Jessie enjoys singing songs and repeating English chants. She can recognize her own name and can recognize some letters of the alphabet.

Mathematics : Throughout the year, Nursery students explore the Mathematical strands of Number, Shape and Space, Data Handling and Measurement.

Jessie enjoys participating in a range of Maths activities like puzzles, threading and peg boards. She can recognize and name numerals 1 to 10 and write numerals 0 and 1. She can rote count to 13 and touch count to 15.
She likes to chant the days of the week to learn the names and order in English. Jessie was able to complete a sequencing activity where she chose pictures showing what he does at home in the mornings, at school during the day and at home in the evenings before bed. After pasting the pictures she was able to use them to interpret the sequence of the days events. Jessie has participated in creating graphs, charts and venn diagrams. She also compared her length at birth and her current height.

Music

Jessie is a quiet and pleasant girl. She can participate both individually and in groups very well when encouraged. Jessie can use her voice and simple instruments in the proper way. Jessie loves to play all small instruments and playing a simple accompaniment to a song. It’s a pleasure to have Jessie in music class.

Physical Education

Jessie is a quiet achiever in class. She shows patience when waiting for her turn and also displays sharing skills when using sporting equipment with her peers. Jessie has particularly enjoyed the gymnastic and dance units. In both of the mentioned units Jessie was able to perform sequences of movements with a good level of coordination. Locomotor development has also been promising as we have been building on Jessie’s movement techniques.

Units of Inquiry
Unit 1: Personal journeys Central Idea : Personal journeys can take people around the world
Unit 2 : Who We Are Central Idea : Everyday we learn more about who we are and what we can do

Jessie has been thoroughly engaged in all the planned activities associated with our units of inquiry. She shows interest and enthusiasm to participate in everything offered to him. In our first unit, she enjoyed learning about the world map and the places her classmates came from. She was also able to name some of the countries her classmates are from. In the second UOI, Jessie liked talking about her family and playing “doctor” or “mommy” with the dolls.

Homeroom Teacher General Comments
Transdisciplinary Skills

Jessie adjusted quickly to the school routines. She is cooperative and participates fully in all class activities. She has made sound progress in her communication skills this semester. She is developing friendships and enjoys playing with her classmates. As she gains more vocabulary I’m sure we will see her expressing her own needs, participating more in class discussions and verbalizing social interactions with peers. She is developing friendships and enjoys playing with her classmates. She fully participates in art class activities and is developing her computer skills in the IT class. Jessie dresses herself independently and takes care of her own everyday needs. She know when to seek adult assistance. She has made sound progress in all areas of the curriculum this semester. However, I would like to see her arrive in the mornings before the bell rings in a more consistent manner. This will help her start the day with the other children participating in morning routines.