This week we will be revisiting the Grouchy Ladybug and read Henny Penny. Remembering the story of Henny Penny, an acorn falls on the chicken’s head and she thinks the sky is falling. When in actuality it is an acorn that falls. Who lives in trees that might eat or hide acorns? We will discuss this with the children and perhaps get some interesting answers? The letter M and N are our letters for the week and we will be measuring for Math.
We did not get to apple tasting last week as it was a super busy week with Fire Safety and the afternoon field trip. This week we will revisit apple tasting and graph how many children like each flavor. Yum!
This week we will be focusing on the question: What are the characteristics of the trees in our community? We will be using our senses to discover this answer. We will be tasting different apples and comparing tastes and preferences. One of our books this week is “The Grouchy Ladybug”. For math we will be working on solidifying our counting to 5 skills. Our letters of the week are K and L. We will be painting our K with keys and decorating our L with leaves. The kids always seem to love this unit and their attention to details and conversations about the trees is always fun to hear. They get very excited!
REMINDERS: Picture day for DAP is October 19th!
PM CLASS ONLY: Our first filed trip is this Thursday October 5th. We will start out our week with a visit from Mrs. Debi Abela from the ELI program. She will be coming every Monday of our field trip week to go over what we will see when we get there. She also sends/brings in some great hands on items that we use in our centers. (we use the centers in both AM and PM classes just because she brings really cool stuff!!)
This week will begin our first week of our Tree study. The Questions for the week are “What do we know about trees?”and “What do we want to find out?” The Question of the day is “Did you see a tree on the way to school today?” To help answer all of these questions we will take a nature walk on the school grounds and explore the trees. We will gather items from the trees that we find and fill the sensory table. For art we will use a tree item to paint with at the table. Feel free to send in any items you and your child may find on a walk in your neighborhood.
We have also created a tree in the classroom that the students will name along with adding their own ideas of what we can do with a tree.
Our letters for the week are I and J and Math will be patterning.
This week we will be working on our family trees using the family pictures you have sent in and creating a book for our classroom library. If you have not sent in a family picture please send one in or email the picture to my email address, mfrenz@fairview.k12.oh.us
One of our stories of the week is Our Tree Named Steve which is a sweet story about the things in life we hold dear to us, anther story this week is a favorite Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
I will be out Monday and Mrs. Mary Maruna will be subbing. She is very familiar with substituting for our DAP program.
September 26 is Literacy Night from 6:30-7:30 Pm along with conferences to sign Step Up to Quality (SUTQ) paperwork. If you have not signed up for conferences please do so. The conference will only take 15-30 minutes. We need to go over results of the ASQ questionnaires that you did online and sign off on it. This is a requirement for our rating for SUTQ.
Here is the link to sign up for a conference if you haven’t already
This week is our last week of our beginning of the year study. Our focus questions of the week are “how do we make and keep friends?” and “how can we be part of the group?”. We are going to focus on “group activities”. One of our art projects this week will be called circle of friends in which a group of friends will make a circle with hand prints. This is a great cooperative activity as the children need to decide on colors together and how many hands they need etc. Our letters of the week are G and H and our math will focus on counting 0-5.
One of our books this week is the Gingerbread man. We will be using Gingerbread Playdough (it always smells so good in the room) and making Goo together as a class.
A few house keeping items:
***please make sure you have completed all paperwork and BOTH questionnaires online***
EEC Open House is this Thursday from 6-7:30 (I also have conferences scheduled for this day); I also have Sept 26th, and October 3rd available for conferences so that I/we can get all Step Up to Quality paperwork completed. (please make sure you sign up for a slot or email me with issues)
Scholastic Book Fair is all week 18-22
School pictures are October 19th forms will be going home soon
This week we will be learning about who works at our school and their jobs. We will also begin our look at our families. We have all different kind of families as we will learn in the story Charlie Anderson. It is a sweet story about a cat who lives in two different homes.
We will introduce the letters E and F along with our math study of sorting.
Music begins this week with Miss Alicia .
FANTASTIC NEWS ALERT!!!
We received the grant for the University Circle Initiative!! Our first field trip will be Oct 5th to the Music Settlement and their outside classroom. Last year it was amazing to see the children play and learn outside. Of course this is for the afternoon students only.
Permission slips and a sign up genius will be sent out soon for families to sign up to be chaperones. A permission slip has to be signed by a parent for your child to attend.
We look forward to participating in this program again this year and know it will be a worthwhile experience for all the students.
A big thanks to Martha Holden Jennings Foundation for the grant!!!
It appears that the students have adjusted very well returning to school. It was a fast week!
This week we will only have three days, but those three days will be filled with fun things and talking about our emotions.
The question of the week is “What should you do if you get sad or scared at school?” We will discuss ways that we can tell our friends and teachers how we are feeling. The students will be working on the Letters C and D along with counting from 0-5 with the use of manipulatives.
Our story this week is Wemberley Worried by Kevin Henkes
This week our questions of the week are : What names do we need to know at school? and when do things happens at school?
We will be focusing on learning each others names and the names of people in the building. Our letters of the week are A and B. We will be doing a literacy and writing activity using Humpty Dumpty. This weeks math curriculum focuses on shapes.
The kids had a great first week they settled in quite nicely and are all very excited to be at school!!
This short week we will be finishing up our study of balls with playing several sports in the classroom!! Our math lessons will focus around keeping score, writing down with tallies and adding to see who wins.
We will be playing golf, ping pong, pop a shot, and bowling all in the classroom…we may even add some more sports based on the children’s interests.
Also some of the kids recently said they miss doing our cooking lessons. Therefore, this week we will make our own sundaes to celebrate Memorial Day. Next week we will be making grilled cheese, let me know if there are any food allergies other than peanuts and tree nuts please.
It was great seeking so may families at the end of the year party with all the food trucks and activities. Hope you had as much fun as Mrs. Molly and I did!!
PM class only:
Our last field trip has been rescheduled for this Wednesday. We will be visiting Music Settlement again this week and we will be visiting their outdoor classroom. We will have the opportunity to do experiments and play with water. We are asking that your child come dressed for outdoor activity. They will be experimenting with different materials and might get a little wet! So have them be dressed accordingly.
This week we will be exploring what balls are made of. If anyone has any balls that have split or are apart that would be awesome. It will save Mr. Bill our custodian from having to cut them in half!! It will be interesting to hear what the students predict what is inside of the balls.
Our letter this week our letters are review: Q, Z, I, F, M, P, and V. Our math activities will surround addition and subtraction. This week we will attempt to make a bouncy ball with vinegar and an egg. We will compare what happens to an egg that sits in vinegar compared to an egg that sits in water. It will be great fun. Again as the weather gets hotter and we spend time outside, please put sunscreen on your child. Without a doctors script we are not allowed to do so.
PM CLASS: We are in the process of rescheduling our field trip that we missed this last Thursday. We will let you know when it is scheduled.
As we get closer to the end of the year, we will gradually be sending home clothes, notebooks, and headphones.
May 26 at 6:30 is the all building end of the year celebration with food trucks galore. Try to come it will be great fun.
We will continue our ball study by adding water to our centers. Will they sink or float?
We will be investigating whether or not all balls float and if they don’t why not??
Our letter of the week this week is the letter Z. Our math this week will focus on the introduction of ten frame and addition. In the sensory table we will have water toys and build tunnels and channels for the water to travel. We may even watch the balls travel down the channels of water!!!
PM class only:
Our last field trip is this Thursday. We will be visiting Music Settlement again this week and we will be visiting their outdoor classroom. We will have the opportunity to do experiments and play with water. We are asking that your child come dressed for outdoor activity. They will be experimenting with different materials and might get a little wet!
