It is still so hard to
believe that it is this close to the end of the year!!!
I wish all of our amazing moms a HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!! I hope your family
spoils you this weekend as they celebrate the amazingness that moms are!!!!! J Your cutie has a couple of things to give you so please remind
them if they forget!!! J One is laminated on black
and one is in the white paper bag.
We had a busy learning
week. This week we…
*learned the sound, hand
motion and letter formation for the letter Xx.
*added small x-rays
to our feely letter Xx.
*brainstormed words that
began with or ENDED with Xx (x is a
hard letter!) and added them to our alphabet journals.
* observed real x-rays by
placing them on a light box.
*concentrated on making
some things for a VERY important and special person in our lives…MOM! Your cutie has some things to give you to
celebrate how amazing you are!
*had a guidance lesson with
Ms. Sarah on kindness and compassion.
*interacted with some
amazing new clay!
*made insect structures in
the block room.
*continued with insect
investigations of all kinds. J
*played Buggy Bingo and
various beginning sound and phonemic awareness games.
*pretended we were insects
of ALL kinds in our dramatic play center!
*saw a kindergarten
production of the musical BUGZ! It was
really neat to see kinder perform and walk all the way to the Elementary School
again. J
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 introduce
the letter Vv and continue with insects, focusing on butterflies, dragonflies
and more.
Upcoming Dates and Things
to Remember:
*Return library books and blue bags on Monday.
*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.
*Friday, May 1st: Labor
Day—NO SCHOOL
*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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