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Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News

January 28, 2010 Morning Edition

A Peek at the Week

This week we learned about dinosaurs. Some dinosaurs walked on two feet, some on four, some could swim, others could fly, and some were herbivores, some carnivores, and some omnivores.     

Vocabulary words: herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, fossil, skeleton, bones, extinct.

 

During circle, we had three new buddies join us-Shellie the Shape Snail, Albert the Alphabet Ant, and Nellie the Number Nematode.  These critters show up during our rapid naming exercises, and we talk about our letter, number and shape of the day, which we post on the board. 

 

We continue our Second Steps lessons with Impulsive Puppy and Slow Down Snail.  The students are really responding to these lessons on emotions and empathy.

 

Centers this week:  

Science- hunting for dinosaur “fossils” in the classroom, then piecing them back together to make a dinosaur; Projects-making a dinosaur mural with shaving cream and glue, making a dinosaur hat, coloring and cutting out dinosaur feet; Blocks-legos with dinosaurs; coloring-dinosaur pictures; puzzles-table and floor dinosaur puzzles; listening-listening to Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp.

Books we read: How Do Dinosaurs go to School? The Dinosaur in My Back Yard, Dinosaur Bones, Be a Dinosaur Detective.

Physical Therapy Group                                       

This week in PT group the students played basketball outside on the blacktop.  Everyone had a great time getting outside!  Please remember sneakers and no dresses on Wednesdays.

Extra Extra!

+ Please remember to check your child’s folder every day.

 

+ We look forward to future readers!

 

+If you send your child in to school wearing boots, please be sure to send in a change of shoes for your child to wear during the school day.  It is difficult to play in boots, especially on PT group day. 

 

Important Info

 

+ In the event of inclement weather, if there is a late opening, the morning class does not meet.  The morning class does meet on single session days and early dismissal days.

 

A Look Ahead…

~ In January we will be learning about manners, feelings, winter, action words and dinosaurs.   

   

+ Thank you to those of you who had your child participate in the “Hats for Hope”. 

 

+ Mrs. Mishou, our Speech/Language Pathologist, has been at home recovering from her back surgery.  She is expected to return to work on February 8^th. 

 

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

 

 

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Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News

January 14 + 21, 2010 Morning Edition

A Peek at the Weeks

Last week we learned about emotions/feelings. We sang “the feelings song” and learned that it’s ok to have feelings, even negative ones such as sad and angry. This week we talked about winter, including signs of winter, activities we do in the winter, and appropriate clothing to wear in cold weather.

Vocabulary words: sad, happy, mad/angry, surprised, scared, disgusted, excited, winter, cold, snow, sledding, skiing, ice skating, coat, mittens, hat, boots, scarf.

Centers this week:

Projects-handwriting workbooks, sequencing the steps to making a snowman, sequencing stories in order; Blocks-building with two types of wooden blocks; games-matching snowmen to the correct hat and other matching/memory snow games ; coloring-various winter pictures; dramatic/pretend play-kitchen play; shelf toys.

Books we read: Why Should I listen?, When I’m Feeling Happy, When I’m Feeling Scared, When I’m feeling Sad, The Story of My Feelings, The First Day of Winter, and All You Need for a Snowman.

Physical Therapy Group

No PT Group this week. Please remember sneakers and no dresses on Wednesdays.

Extra Extra!

+ Please remember to check your child’s folder every day.

+ It was nice seeing Mrs. Rivera during her visit to read to the class. We look forward to future readers as well!

Reminder:

+If you send your child in to school wearing boots, please be sure to send in a change of shoes for your child to wear during the school day. It is difficult to play in boots, especially on PT group day.

Important Info

+Please let me know if you would prefer a paper copy of e-alerts sent home.

+ In the event of inclement weather, if there is a late opening, the morning class does not meet. The morning class does meet on single session days and early dismissal days.

A Look Ahead…

~ In January we will be learning about manners, feelings, winter, action words and dinosaurs.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

Home-school connection: it is important to let children express their emotions, even “negative” ones such as sad, angry, disappointed, and bored. Help your child to understand his/her emotions and work through appropriate ways to express these emotions. It’s important to allow your child to feel and express his/her feelings, not discourage them. By modeling your emotional behavior, your child can learn valuable lessons about managing his/her own behavior.

NO NEWS ONLINE

Sorry folks, but for the 2009-2010 school year I have been unable to post the class newsletters online. Hopefully I'll be able to continue this next year.