Week 7 Sept 22 to 26 (3 day week :-))

Happy USA Day in the Pre K!!!

Reminder:  There is no school for students tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday because of Faculty Inservice Days.  I will see the cuties back at school on Monday, September 29^th.

Dear Parents,

It was a short week, but still a busy one!  With a lockdown and evacuation drill and USA day thrown in the mix, your cuties are going to be coming home exhausted but happy! J This week we… 

*read We Are All The Same, We are All Different (an AMAZING BOOK!) and had a lot of discussion around how we are the same (we are all people, we have families, we eat food, we have homes) and how we are different (we have different colored eyes, different colored skin, we like to eat different things, our homes look different, we have different people in our family….etc).  We know that although some things between us are the same and some are different, we can be friends and appreciate those things about each other.

*had a visit from Ms. Sarah, our counselor, who talked to us about being friends and reaching out to others on the playground.

*celebrated USA Day by having s’mores around the campfire, dancing and pretending to go camping, painted pictures of the American flag, and going on a hunt around the school to find the symbols of the USA (the bald eagle and the American flag.)

*made USA day necklaces.

*worked on our number books

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will learn about the letter Nn.  We will continue learning about our home countries, and continue to talk about families as we look at all of our family banners. We will also be celebrating UN DAY next Friday.

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

I look forward to meeting with all of you to discuss your child’s progress. The pre-K teachers will be holding Parent Teacher Conferences on October 16^th and 17^th. During conferences we will discuss your child’s strengths as well as goals for the year. 

REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES

Thursday/Friday September 25^th/26^th:  Faculty Inservice—NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Friday, October 3^rd:  UN DAY—wear clothes from home country

Monday, October 6:  Hari Raya Haji—NO SCHOOL

Thursday/Friday October 16^th/17^th :  Parent-Teacher Conferences

*Return blue Friday Folder bag and red library bag and book on Monday

*Please return Family Banners—we are going to talk about them on Monday!

*Let me know if you would like to share something about your home country for UN Week, and what date and time your would like to come in.

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

Friday Update Week 6 Sept 15 to 19

Reminder:  Next week the students only have school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  THERE IS NO SCHOOL next Thursday and Friday because of Faculty Inservice Days.

We have had a fun and busy week!!!! J This week we… 

*learned the sound, letter formation, and motion for the letter Tt.

*added triangles to our feely letter Tt.

*cut out pictures of or drew things that start with Tt.

*Made T patterns with pattern blocks

*read fiction and nonfiction books about teeth and practiced brushing teeth with Mr. Mouth (a big model of a mouth.)

*”painted” and brushed teeth pictures/cut outs (with a mixture of white paint and toothpaste) using a toothbrush. We are also making a book about what’s good and bad for your teeth.

*learned the song Little Tommy’s Toothbrush and added to our Poems and Songs Folder. We also made a paper toothbrush to go with the song.  You can hang your child’s toothbrush and song on their bathroom mirror to remind him/her to brush his teeth. Have your cutie sing the song with you (although I warn you that it may be stuck in your head for days!!!!)

*played in the sensory table with “bubber,” and revisited slime! We had some kiddos asking everyday about that slime, so it made a comeback!!!! 

*read Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, Alligator Baby, Elmer (as a review of colors and we talked about how each of us is special,) and many many more!

*visited Mr. Starker in the Middle School Library where he read Tiger Who Came to Tea, and we visited his tiger room and had a chance to bang on his big drum!

*played in the block room and made a structure of Singapore!  Lot of hands on this one!

*played with Tubes!

*finished up some A activities from last week.

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will be doing UN activities and we will celebrate USA day on Wednesday.  Have your child wear red, white and blue!

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

I look forward to meeting with all of you to discuss your child’s progress. The pre-K teachers will be holding Parent Teacher Conferences on October 16^th and 17^th. During conferences we will discuss your child’s strengths as well as goals for the year. 

REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday, September 24:  USA DAY—Wear red, white and blue

Thursday/Friday September 25^th/26^th:  Faculty Inservice—NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Friday, October 3^rd:  UN DAY—wear clothes from home country

Monday, October 6:  Hari Raya Haji—NO SCHOOL

Thursday/Friday October 16^th/17^th :  Parent-Teacher Conferences

*Return blue Friday Folder bag and red library bag and book on Monday

*SONG BOOKS ARE GOING HOME WITH YOUR CUTIES THIS WEEK! Please have them sing with you, and return these on Monday in the blue Friday Folder bag.

*Please return Family Banners when they are finished.

*Let me know if you would like to share something about your home country for UN Week, and what date and time your would like to come in.

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

Friday Update September 8 to 12

September 12, 2014

Dear Parents,

Another exciting week in the yellow starfish classroom!                                                                                      

This last week we… (and wow we have done a lot!)

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

*added apple stickers to our ‘feely letter’ Aa.  Please add it to your feely letter ring and review Ss.

*glued pictures of Aa words in our alphabet journals, and drew pictures of things that start with A.

*learned the Alphabet Song and compared/matched the upper case letters with the lower case letters.  Can your child remember the number of letters in the alphabet?

*learned and decorated the song Apple Bingo for our Poems and Songs folder.

*Read Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss, as well as An Extraordinary Egg, Little Blue and Little Yellow, Feelings, Alphabet Mystery, and many many more! J

*learned the story of The little Red House  (an apple) and made a riddle book to share with you.

*Read books on feelings, played feeling games and practiced different faces for different feelings.

*painted a rainbow.  Can your child tell you the order of the colors in a rainbow?

*made rainbow chains (to practice the word/preposition “through.”)

*Painted ourselves with details for our body parts and clothes.  We are practicing body parts that may not be the easiest like earlobe, elbow, waist, wrist, eyebrow.

*practiced one-to-one correspondence and using a ten frame in math to count apples and then made our own.

*made name bracelets to practice the letters in our names and other students in the class.

*made yummy APPLESAUCE and tried it out! Most of our cuties thought it was delicious!

*participated in an “exploding colors” science experiment!  Have your child tell you what happened to the colors in the milk!

*sang the hokey pokey and danced around J

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will learn the sound for Tt, and we will begin activities about families in preparation for UN Day.

UNITED NATION’S

During the next couple of weeks we will be doing activities pertaining to UN Day and family celebrations. The following 2 days are ones for which you will need to have your child prepared.  Thanks in advance for your help.

On Wednesday, September 24th  the Pre-K classes will celebrate a USA DAY with (indoor) camping, making  s’mores and western dancing. We invite every Pre-K student to join the spirit of the day by wearing red-white-&-blue, whether it is their school uniform, an alternate red-white-&-blue outfit, or full Americana attire with blue jeans, cowboy hats, boots, etc.

On Friday, October 3^rd,  Pre-K students will join the kindergarten-to-2^nd grade for the UN Assembly in the High School Gym.  As part of this celebration, students are invited to dress in the native costume of their home country, a costume representing their heritage or even a costume of a country in which they have lived or visited.

These two days will be an alternate dress days though children may also wear their regular school uniform.

HOMEWORK

In the blue Friday Folder bag is the newest homework, a family banner.  Please read the directions that are attached to the banner and return it. J  Have fun…the entire family can help with this project. J  (After this you are pretty much free from doing things at home for school!)

REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday, September 24:  USA DAY—Wear red, white and blue

Thursday/Friday September 25^th/26^th:  Faculty Inservice—NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Friday, October 3^rd:  UN DAY—wear clothes from home country

Monday, October 6:  Hari Raya Haji—NO SCHOOL

Thursday/Friday October 16^th/17^th :  Parent-Teacher Conferences

*Return blue Friday Folder bag and library book on Monday

*Return Family Banners whenever they are finished.

*Let me know if you would like to share something about your home country for UN Week.

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