Friday Update February 27

February 27, 2015

                                             

Dear Parents,

It was another fun week of learning in the yellow starfish preK class!!!  We celebrated TWO birthdays!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIDDHARTH AND LUCAS! We continued with learning about Fairy Tales, and really worked with The Three Billy Goats Gruff!! Our classroom was filled with laughter and awesome storytelling as the cuties retold their versions of The Three Little Pigs, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Little Red Hen, The Ugly Duckling, and many more. The fairytale Unit is all about language, vocabulary, details and sequencing, so we wanted to show the kiddos how it works.  We have been making puppets and props, acting out the stories, and using materials to retell.  Ask your child to retell one of our fairy tales to you—Remind him/her to add lots of details to make the story more interesting!  Good oral language, vocabulary, complete sentences, details and sequencing makes for great writers and readers later on! (And don’t forget to ask them what 3 things fairy tales have! J)

Some details from this week- We…

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

*wrote Gg words, drew Gg pictures and cut out Gg pictures in our journals.

*added green glitter to our feely letter Gg.  Please add it to your ring and have your child review all of the letters.

*made Grilled Cheese sandwiches

*read many versions of the Three Billy Goats Gruff

*reviewed that fairy tales need Once Upon a Time, a good guy/”bad” guy, and a happy ending

*were introduced to other fairy tales such as The Ugly Duckling, The Three Little Kittens and The Little Red Hen, among others J

*practiced sequencing pictures (we put them in order)

*organized some very fun items into small, medium and large

*made a TROLL and described parts of its body

*participated in Garden math

*made troll and billy goat puppets and a river, hill and bridge for them so we could act out the fairy tale

*Made a pattern of small, medium, and large goats

*tallied how many Guys and Girls there are in our class compared to the other PreK classes

*painted a Three Billy Goats Gruff watercolor

*represented fairy tales in the block room

*we sorted things in our classroom to help clean up.  We remembered that we are BIG boys and girls and clean up the things we play with (this is what they are supposed to tell you at home, and encourage them to pick up their own toys J)

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will be learning the letter Ww and learning about Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

REMINDERS/INFORMATION

*Return library books and blue bags on Monday.

*Check the blog for pictures from this week!

Upcoming Dates and Things to Remember:

*Thursday, March 19^th/Friday, March 20^th:  Parent Teacher Conferences  (the office of learning will be sending e-mails to inform you of these.)

*Monday, March 23^rd to Friday March 27^th: SPRING BREAK—No School for Students

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