We have had another amazing
week of learning! We celebrated Shaan’s
birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAAN!!!) and continued with our investigations of
insects. We have beetles and
caterpillars in our class, and the cuties have really been into our outside
centers and legos this week. J
Just a reminder that this
Monday, May 18th is a LATE START DAY for students. Students start school at 10:00am. Please still send in normal snacks and a
lunch (if your child has a home lunch.)
This week we also…
*learned the sound, hand
motion and letter formation for the letter Vv.
*added velcro to our feely letter Vv.
*brainstormed words that
began with Vv and added them to our alphabet journals.
*thought about our favorite
things about Pre-K and drew them for the last page in our portfolio.
*drew our May self
portraits—it is so amazing to see the difference from August for many of our
cuties!
*read books about
caterpillars and butterflies and their life cycle.
*revisited the concept of
symmetry by making butterflies with paint and smushing the sides together so
the wings are symmetrical. The cuties made EVERYTHING symmetrical for the rest
of the week! It was pretty funny!
*finished off our fun ant
picnics J
*read a lot of Eric Carle
books
*measured our heights and
painted our hands—man have we grown since the beginning of the year!!!!
*did number math and
pattern blocks
*worked on our insect books
PRE-K
CELEBRATION AND PORTFOLIO SHARING
The children have been working hard on their creative writing
books, alphabet books and song books throughout the year, and have a short
insect book to read to you.
We will be celebrating these things, along with sharing
portfolios at our end of the year celebration.
Please join us to help celebrate our accomplishments while
we
*go through our creative writing, alphabet and song books with
you and read a small insect book to you,
*reflect on your child’s Pre-K year as we share our portfolios
with you
*watch a slide show of our Pre-K learning experiences
Friday, May 22, 2015
11:15 am
E115 (our classroom)
*Please let me know if you CANNOT make it to the Celebration and
Portfolio Share so that I can make arrangements for someone to be with your
child. You are welcome to join your
child for lunch right after our portfolio share and then the whole ECC will
participate in a Sing A Long in the ABC hall.
INTEGRATING INTO THE PRIMARY SCHOOL
During the last month of Pre-K we try to give
the children plenty of opportunities to visit different areas of the Primary
School and interact with many of the PS faculty. In May we will also have a
magic show in the kindergarten group room, visit the kindergarten classes, go
to the library to have a story with Mrs. Cuthbert and eat snack in the Primary
School cafeteria. By June your children will be Kindergarten experts!
Please see list of dates below….more details will be provided as the dates get
closer.
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK
Next week we will continue
with insects, as well as our end of the year activities, and get ready for our
portfolio share and sing a long! J
Upcoming Dates and Things
to Remember:
*Return library books and blue bags on Monday. (Please return
all library books—there will be no more checkouts.)
*Check the blog for
pictures from this week!
*SUMMER BIRTHDAYS: if your child's birthday is in the
summer and you'd like to celebrate it during snack time (9:15) or lunch time
(12:40), please send a note and we will celebrate! J We don’t want to miss anyone! Let me know
what day works for you.
*IF you are leaving early,
withdrawing from SAS or will be missing certain days over the next few weeks,
send me a note. This will help me manage those last-minute details regarding
report cards, work sent home, portfolios etc.
*Monday, May 18th: LATE START—School starts at 10:00am
*Friday, May 22nd: PORTFOLIO SHARE and Parent/Child Sing a Long--Starting at 11:15am
(Parents are highly encouraged
to attend this day J)
*Tuesday, May 26th: Wet Day (Students only) Details and
information about clothing and swimsuits to follow. We will put out the pool,
play with shaving cream and get messy!
*Thursday, May 28th: Magic Show (Students
only) We will walk to the primary
school, have an opportunity to play on the kindergarten playground, watch a
magic show and enjoy a popsicle.
*Friday, May 29th: Pre K
Visits KINDERGARTEN! (Students only) We will walk to the primary and visit kindergarten rooms, play
on the k playground, listen to a story read by Mrs. Cuthbert (PS Librarian) and
have a snack in the primary school cafeteria.
*Monday, June 1st: Vesak Day—NO SCHOOL
*Friday, June 5th: Last Day
of School!—11:30am dismissal
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