Friday Update April 25

April 25, 2014 

                                                

Dear Parents,

It was another busy week in Pre K! We continued our insect unit (focusing on ants), had a wonderful field trip to see Rapunzel, and celebrated Secretaries Day with Ms. Rosita (she liked our card! J)

This week we…

*learned the sound, hand motion and letter formation for the letter Yy.

*added yellow yarn to our feely letter Yy.

*brainstormed words that began with Yy and added them to our alphabet journals.

*chopped and diced mango, bananas, peaches and pineapple and mixed in yogurt to make “Yummy, Yellow Yogurt”. (Can your child sing the song to you? The tune is “Apples and Bananas”.)

*learned about Vincent van Gogh and painted yellow sunflowers just like his famous painting. 

*caught and counted little yellow ducks in the water table.

*sang “Mr. Sun,” “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” “6 Little Ducks,” and “You are My Sunshine.”

*used great speaking and listening skills as we shared the contents of our “Yellow Day” show and tell. I am VERY proud of how the cuties did on this!

*helped set up and make props for out “Ant Hill” dramatic play area. 

*played Buggy Bingo and practiced writing our numbers to 20.

*reviewed what we know about bees and wrote in our creative writing journals.

*made ant habitats/colonies/hills with many different rooms.

*learned about the life cycle and jobs that ants have, and compared them to what we know about the bee life cycle and their home and jobs.

*cut out bugs and made different patterns with them.

*made a “What is an insect?” book that the cuties can read to you!

*Mr. Pearson came to visit and talk to us about personal safety. (For example not going with or taking anything from someone you don’t know.)

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK

Next week we will introduce the letter Xx and continue with insects, focusing on butterflies.

2 IMPORTANT THINGS COMING HOME TODAY IN ZIPPY POUCHES

1)    SHHHHHHHH!!  The first one is hush hush.  It is a surprise for Ms. Johnson.  Please see the note and follow the directions—we really want to surprise her, since it is the end of her last year as Director of the ECC before she moves to India.

2)   FIELD TRIP FORM!  (Another one!) We are going to Sungei Buloh—please sign and return—we WILL need chaparones on this trip, so please indicate on the form if you can join us to look for insects!

REMINDERS/INFORMATION

*Return library books and blue bags (these are not coming home this week-they will come home next week) on Monday.

*Return field trip forms/forms for Ms. Johnson.

*Check the blog for pictures from this week!

*Tuesday, April 29^th: Teacher Appreciation Day J YAY! J

*Thursday, May 1^st:  Labor Day—NO SCHOOL

*Thursday, May 8^th: FIELD TRIP to Sungei Buloh

*Tuesday, May 13^th: Vesak Day—NO SCHOOL

*Friday, May 16^th: PORTFOLIO SHARE 8:15-9:15 (please put this on your calendars for sure!  Your cutie will share their portfolio and I will have a slide show of our year.)

*Friday, May 23^rd:  Parent Tea and Sing a Long

*Thursday, June 5^th:  Last Day of School!—11:30 dismissal

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!!  Lynsey and Aidah