THRILLING THURSDAY 8-28-14

ASK ME ABOUT...

...the visitor we had read us a story today!

...what I did in Music.

...what I did in Spanish.

...what my "wish" is for learning in Pre-K.

MORNING MESSAGE~

 After reading our morning message, we asked children to find and circle certain words.  They are very excited about being readers! 

FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

Avery, Graham and Anna work cooperatively to put together the puzzle.

 George perseveres to put together this lower case letter puzzle.

 STORYTIME~

We had a special guest visit us today to read us a story!  Mrs. Keeran used her special "duck" voice in the story!

 MUSIC~

Be sure to ask your child what he/she did in Music today with 

Ms. Gray.

 SPANISH~

We also had Spanish today with Senora Rentel!

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY 8-27-14

ASK ME ABOUT...

...what we did during Lower School Assembly in the theater.  

...what we did in P.E. with Mrs. Adams and Mr. Collis.

...what we did in Spanish with Senora Rentel.

...the Listening Station, where we can listen to stories during Free Choice time.

...the story, The Kissing Hand.

...the "roll the ball" game we played to help us learn everyone's name.

...some of the things we are going to learn this year in Pre-K!

...the name of our school, our school colors and our school mascot.

FREE CHOICE~

During Free Choice time, children could color a CA Viking!

 We opened our Listening Station today!  Many children enjoyed listening to a story with a friend!

Margo spells her name with the letter puzzle.

 STORYTIME~

Today we read, The Kissing Hand,  a story about a raccoon who starts school and how he copes with missing his mom while he is at school.  

 

 PRE-K LEARNING~

Today we asked the children to share with us why they think we came to school--"to learn", "to play",  "so we aren't bored".  Then, we shared with the children the kinds of things we would be doing and learning in Pre-K this year.  In the photo below are the objects we used to explain to the children the kinds of learning we would be doing in Pre-K!  These children are very excited to learn!

TERRIFIC TUESDAY 8-26-14

FROG FAMILY~

Each child created a frog today to represent himself/herself in our Pre-K "A" Frog Family.   Using the glyph in the photo below, each child's frog represents whether he/she is a boy or a girl; his/her age; and whether or not he/she likes frogs.  The finished frogs are hanging on the bulletin board outside of our classroom.

 

 

FREE CHOICE~

Today during Free Choice, we opened up the Easel where children can draw with markers.  We had some very busy artists today!

 LIBRARY~

We made our first visit to the library today!  Children listened to a story read by Ms. Oeth, librarian.  Next, the children learned how to choose and check out a book from the library.  After they check out their books, children go to the story room where they can look at their books until it is time to return to the classroom.  The children are very excited about bringing home their library books today.  The books are due back to school next week.  We have a special basket in our classroom where the children can put their library books once they have brought them back to school.  

2014-2015 PRE-K "A"

14-15 PRE-K - Video Maker

MARVELOUS MONDAY 8-25-14

ASK ME ABOUT...

...the Dramatic Play Station.

...what I do when I want to eat snack during Free Choice time.

...what I did in Music with Ms. Gray.

...what I did in Drama with Ms. Schroeder.

...the story, I'm a Frog!. 

...our class name chart.

FREE CHOICE~

Today we opened up the Dramatic Play Station during Free Choice time.  

 Also during Free Choice time, children were introduced to the Snack Station.  During Free Choice, children can visit the snack table if they are hungry and serve themselves a snack.

 DRAMA~

Today was our first Drama class with Ms. Schroeder!

 OUTDOOR PLAY~

Today we opened the sandbox on our Pre-K playground!

 STORYTIME~

We read another book by author Mo Willems today.  I'm a Frog! is an appropriate book for our class since we are the "Friendly Frogs"!

 NAME CHART~

Mrs. "B" unveils our class name chart.  This will become am important resource for the children to use throughout the school year as we learn and practice letter recognition, letter sounds and other phonemic awareness activities.

FIRST DAY OF PRE-K!

We had a GREAT first day of Pre-K!  

 

 

Since today is the first day of school, we "recorded" it the following ways...

...putting up the number 1.

 ...putting one frog on our "ten-frame".

 ...putting the number 1 and 1 cube in the pocket.

Our story, You're Finally Here! was most appropriate for today!

 We ate snack as a group--"picnic style"!