Lots of Learning in 5 Day Pre-K!

Hello Everyone,

Our first full week in Pre-K went by very quickly! We continue getting back into the school routine. We have been talking a lot about Jack & Jill's School Rules which are:

We take care of our friends and teachers.

We take care of our things.

We take care of ourselves. 

If you have not done so already, please send in an extra set of clothing to be kept at school for your child. Also, please check out the Giving Tree in the hallway. If you are able to help by picking up an item it would be appreciated!  Our class went through a box of tissues already.

We began our Reading Street Curriculum this week. Our first unit is Building Our Homes. Our Reading Street book was The House in the Meadow by Shutta Crum. “Over in the meadow there's a spring wedding, with the couple's 10 best friends to celebrate. What's next? A house! 9 diggers, 8 masons, 7 carpenters, 6 well diggers, 5 roofers, 4 plumbers, 3 electricians, 2 painters, and 1 inspector show up with all their trucks and tools to build a new house. And when the couple and their friends have a house-warming party, a new baby comes, too!”

Our vocabulary words from our story were build, carpenter, paint, climbed, pipes and roof. There is a song that goes along with our book each week. This week our song was Build A House...the children really liked this song. We sing and come up with movements to go along with the song each week. 

We also learned Time to Rhyme a great introduction to the interactive charts of this curriculum. We talked a lot about words that rhyme. Try asking your child about this song-they know it well!

The other books we read this week were Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas, Best Behavior by Patricia Hegarty and Table Manners For Tigers by Zanna Davidson.  We listened to Llama Llama Time to Share by Anna Dewdney.

Our Centers this week:

Discovery Table:  Magnetic rods and balls

Math Table: Count and link elephants

Art Easel:  This class LOVES to paint. We are using new palettes of paint with many different colors.

Art Table: We continued decorating school shoes (from Pete the Cat)...the children used markers, stickers and gems to decorate their shoes. There were hole punchers and some children made laces for their shoe. My favorite part of the art projects is seeing what the children create with the materials provided.

On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, there were materials to make a house (craft sticks, colored popsicle sticks, cotton balls, markers). Each house has been different and wonderful.

Writing Table: Coloring Sheets and Mat Man Worksheets, along with white paper. We are also working hard at writing our first names.

Blankets went home today. Please launder and send back in on Monday.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Enjoy the sunshine this weekend!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kelley