Our focus questions this week are When do things happen at school ?(Monday) and

Who works at our school? Tuesday thru Thursday.

Our letter this week is R and the color of the week is Red as well to go along with the letter R.  We will teach it as R, rat, /r/.  Please try to dress your child in something red throughout the week. This will help to reinforce the color along with the letter R.  We will have rice in the sensory table to play with along with making rockets with your child’s name on it.  It will be a gRRRReat week with the letter R.  We will have a visitor to the classroom from the school who keeps our school clean and safe.  The class will be able to ask him questions about his job.  It’s Mr. Bill our custodian!!

This week we will be asking the children “What are our rules at school?”  We will review the rules in the building and with each other while we are in the classroom.

This week is the letter S.  We have started to introduce a Literacy curriculum which is also taught in Kindergarten (Fundations).  It introduces the terms skyline, plane line (middle line) and grass line-bottom. The students will practice writing the letter and getting familiar with the terminology.  The children will see the letter S and picture of something that begins with S and then make the sound ie) S, snake /s/.  This will be how we will teach the children the letter and the corresponding sound.  It is amazing how quickly they will pick up the sound and letter identification.  We will also begin to assess all of our students in the next few weeks as the Ohio Department of Education strongly suggests that all of our students are assessed within the first 30 days of school.  This works as a baseline to see what the students know and what they need to learn, this helps drive our instruction and focus on what needs to be taught.

If you have not filled out your transition from day care to school sheet and or roster I will be sending then to you via email or in back packs.  Please make sure these are filled out and sent back before the end of the week. The Step Up to Quality folks have not come yet but they could any day. Thanks for your help!!

The ASQ link should be open to us soon. When it is up and running we will let you know.  Seesaw is up and running in both AM and PM classes.  If you have not signed up yet follow the instructions that were in the email.  If you have any problems please let me know.  We will try to upload pictures and videos at least twice a week if not more!!

Parent Teacher Conferences will be here before we know it.  We will be sending out sign up sheets via Sign Up Genius if you have not already signed up for a spot.

PM Class ONLY:

In the next week or so we will be sending out our sign up sheet through Sign Up Genius for the first field trip to the University Circle Initiative which will be Dunham Tavern.  More information to come in the next week or so on the museum.  We can allow 5 chaperones per field trip per class along with staff.
       Come and join the fun!

Once a stagecoach stop on Buffalo-Cleveland-Detroit post road, the Dunham Tavern Museum is the oldest building still standing on its original site in the city of Cleveland. The 1824 home of Rufus and Jane Pratt Dunham in midtown is now a designated Cleveland landmark listed on the Register of National Historic Places. In stark contrast to the cityscape that surrounds it, the museum and its gardens offer a glimpse of history and insight into the lifestyles of early Ohio settlers and travelers. – See more at: http://www.universitycircle.org/destinations/dunham-tavern-museum#sthash.Ph2lVdQQ.dpuf

Welcome to school!

Everyone seems to be slowly settling into the routine in the classroom.  Thank you for helping your child adjust to a new routine.

The unit we are working on within the Creative Curriculum is Beginning the Year. This week our Focus question is “What should you do if you get scared or sad at school?”  Thus we will be investigating our feelings and how to deal with them when they occur. The student’s will be playing a feelings memory game , matching feelings pictures and  identifying how they are feeling each day when they come to school.

The students will read Glad Monster, Sad Monster by Ed Emberley and create their own faces of how they are feeling.  I am positive the faces they make will be amazing!

A few notes to families:  If you have not filled out your transitions plans and roster sheets please do so and send them in.  I will be sending out an email with the attachments for you to fill out if needed.  Snack is due.  As the weather begins to change, please dress your child in layers.   We will go outside to play each day and want them to be comfortable.

For the PM class, we have gym with Mr. Nate Kull on Wednesdays.  Please make sure your child wears gym shoes.

The schedule for the field trips for the PM class has just arrived and we will be sharing that information with you all very soon.  We are so excited about this new adventure the afternoon DAP class will participate in and look forward to our first trip!  Can’t wait!

Read about this new exciting opportunity here:

http:/http://www.fairviewparkschools.org/early-education-center-dap-program-awarded-12000-grant-from-martha-holden-jennings-foundation-to-participate-in-university-circle-inc-early-learning-initiative/