December 13, 2013
SICK
CHILDREN
We have had a lot of
students out this week, all over the ECC, mostly with fevers, green noses, sore
throats, coughing and HFMD. Please help us keep our class healthy by reminding your
child to wash hands regularly, cough into the shoulder or
elbow and keep fingers out of mouths. Please be sure
to keep your cutie home if they are not feeling well/don’t seem like themselves
or are exhausted—that seems to be the first sign. So many families are heading on long plane
journeys for the winter break and we want it to be an easy trip! J
Dear Parents,
We are in the holiday
countdown stretch!!! This week we…
*learned the sound, letter
formation and hand motion for the letter Mm.
(and have been practicing the “mmmmmm” sound instead of “muh.”
*added macaroni to our
feely letter Mm.
*wrote words/cut out
pictures of things that begin with and contain Mm in our journals.
*have been making snowmen,
Santa, reindeer, snowflakes and tree crafts.
Lots of sparkles, cutting practice and gluing! Tons of fun!
*learned about Hanukah,
played the dreidel game, and colored a “magic” dreidel.
*Read “If you take a mouse
to the movies,” “If you give a moose a muffin” (m books J) and many holiday favorites such as Bear Snores On and The
Gingerbread Man.
*continued to read fiction and
non-fiction books on reindeer. We
learned quite a few interesting facts about reindeer—our favorite is that they
make clicking noises!
*we made Christmas light
patterns with Zoey, our Tuesday VIP, and counted and graphed M&M’s with
Jonas, our Wednesday VIP (the most fun part was eating them of course!)
*used marbles and paint to
decorate mittens—so much fun!!!!!
*made snowman Christmas
ornaments with our handprints.
*used our great oral
language skills in the North Pole dramatic play area.
*had a visit/lesson from
Mr. Pearson, the primary school counselor. He taught the children about responsibility.
NEXT
WEEK
Next week we will review
all of the letters introduced this semester. We will make gingerbread
cookies and do lots of other activities with gingerbread to make the room smell
festive!
THE
WEEK OF 14 JANUARY 2013
We will introduce the
letter Dd and begin a unit on Nursery Rhymes and on Chinese New Year. The
children will be writing about their holiday in their journals so please send a
photo that shows something about your holiday/winter break.
REMINDERS
*Please return library
books on Monday.
*VIP sign-ups for the rest
of the school year will be available again at the party on Friday. Bring
your calendars so you can mark the dates!
*Thursday,
December 19: Santa
Visit, Prek Holiday Party and Sing A Long J HOLIDAY FREE DRESS!!!!!
-This
is a big day, and we hope you can all make it for the Sing-A-Long. Please let me know if you cannot come so I
can have someone ready to sit with your child and snuggle. J
Santa Visit: 9:20 (Please remember to send in book donation for Santa)
Early Lunch: 11:30-12
Class Party: 12:00-12:45
Sing-A-Long:
12:45-1:15
*Friday,
December 20 : Have your child wear cozy clothes to school—we are going to watch a
short movie with popcorn and hot chocolate in the middle of our day. J
-----LOOKING AHEAD TO JANUARY!!!!!!-----
*Monday,
January 13 (FIRST DAY BACK) : Late
Start Day for students (10:00am) Buses
will pick up like last late start day
*Please send a photo to
school on Monday, 14 January, of something your child did over the
holiday. We will use this as an inspiration for writing about our
holidays in our journals.
*Report cards will go home
on Friday, 17 January 2014.
Hope
to see you all next week at the party and Sing-A-Long!! J
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