THRILLING THURSDAY 4-28 AND FANTASTIC FRIDAY 4-29

ASK ME ABOUT...
...my favorite song from our Music program yesterday.
...the quilt story we read.
...what we did at the library.
...what book I checked out from the library.
...where I went and what I did for Work Stations (yesterday and today).
...having "Quiet Time on Quilts".
...what I did in P.E. today.
...what happened in Charlotte's Web.
 ...the letters we learned and practiced writing.

~FREE CHOICE LEARNING~
 Students continue to practice what they have learned about symmetry.

 
 

Children also continue to enjoy building with various materials in the Construction Zone.


 ~HANDWRITING~
We learned and practiced writing letters "V" and "W" today.

~EXTENDED DAY~
Thursday~  This was a "teacher's choice" day and we spent it using the I-pads.

Friday~This was an art day with Mr. Cicetti.
 

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY 4-27-16

ASK ME ABOUT...

...our new Work Stations.

...where I went and what I did at my Work Station.

...what I did in Music.

...where I did Music class today.
...the story, Hurry and the Monarch.

...whose birthday we celebrated.

...what happened in Charlotte's Web. 

~NEW WORK STATIONS~
Today we introduced a new set of Work Stations--this will be our final round!

At Games Galore, children review our passwords with a bean bag toss game.

 
At the Discovery Station, children create the life cycle of a butterfly using beans and pasta noodles.

At Math Magic, children measure items using a "caterpillar" ruler.

 
 At the Alphabet Station, children drew pictures beginning with the /K/ sound.

 At the Writing Station, children write their numbers from 1 to 20.  This copy will go in their Alphabet Memory Book.

 In the Book Nook, children choose what activity they would like to do.

At the Creation Station, children create symmetrical butterfly wings.

~BIRTHDAY~
Today we helped Mrs. "B" celebrate her April birthday!  We had donuts for her birthday treat and presented her with a book of helpful hints for Kindergarten next year.  Happy Birthday, Mrs. "B"!

~LIFE CYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY~
Today we read another book about the migration of butterflies in the Winter.

~EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~

 Today was a Swimming Day!

TERRIFIC TUESDAY 4-26-16

ASK ME ABOUT...

...what I did during Free Choice time.

...our guest visitor from Mexico, Senor Armando Hernandez.

...our new "Star of the Week".

 
~FREE CHOICE LEARNING~
Today we introduced a few new activities for Free Choice time.
In the picture below, Bella has constructed a caterpillar by putting the parts in numerical order, counting by 5's to 100.

 Alex built all 3 caterpillars--counting by 1's to 30; counting by 5's to 100; and counting by 10's to 100.

The Construction Zone was very busy today with builders using various materials to construct.

 At the Creation Station, children follow a guide for coloring in certain numbers on a 100 chart.  Can you tell what the finished picture is?

 ~SPANISH~
Today we met Senor Armando Hernandez who is visiting our school from Mexico.  Senor Hernandez shared with us and answered our questions about the butterfly sanctuaries in his hometown, where butterflies migrate during the Winter.  Senor Rentel helped translate.

 Sydney is our new Star of the Week!  Her favorite things include:  Piada (favorite restaurant); the beach (favorite place to visit); and rainbow (favorite colors).  We enjoyed seeing and hearing about your photos, Sydney!  Thank you for helping us get to know you better.

 ~EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~
Today was a Discovery Day!  We started an experiment that we will revisit in the next few days.
We put tiny water marbles into different amounts of water.  Before adding the marbles to the water, children made predictions.  We will check back tomorrow to see if anything happened.

MARVELOUS MONDAY 4-25-16

ASK ME ABOUT....

...the new activities at Free Choice time.
...the new password.
...the story, Gotta Go!  Gotta Go!
...where butterflies go in the Winter and what it is called.
...what I did in P.E.
...what happened in Charlotte's Web.
...Quiet Quilt Day.

~QUIET QUILT DAY~
A note came home in your child's folder today about our Pre-K Quiet Quilt Day this Thursday.

~LIFE CYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY~
Today we read the book, Gotta Go!  Gotta Go! about a caterpillar instinctively knowing that she needs to go to Mexico but she doesn't know why or how she will get there.  The story continues as she progresses through the stages of her life until she becomes a butterfly.  She then flies to Mexico;  stays there for the Winter; and returns to the North to lay eggs on milkweed plants.   This led us into the discussion of migration.  We will continue to discuss the butterflies' migration to Mexico tomorrow in Spanish class when we will have a visitor from Mexico join us. 

~EARTH DAY~
Today we continued our Earth Day lesson and asked each child what he/she can to help the Earth.  We will display the Earths that the children created last Friday with their ideas on how to help on the bulletin board outside of our classroom.

~FREE CHOICE LEARNING~
Children retell the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar on the flannel board.

Bella and Chi-Chi play with our new butterfly dominoes.

At the Alphabet Station, children can choose to create a small flip book about the butterfly life cycle.

 Tej builds with new blocks we added to the Construction Zone.

Children wrapped their caterpillars into a chrysalis today and hung them in the classroom.  We are eagerly waiting to see what happens!

~SPECIAL FRIENDS DAY~
Today we assigned parts and began practicing for a special presentation we are doing for our guests on Special Friends Day.

~EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~
Today was a cooking day and we made matzo ball soup!