THRILLING THURSDAY 11-7-13

ASK ME ABOUT...

...where I went and what I did for Work Stations.

...the story, The Napping House.

...what I did in Music.

...what I did in Spanish.

...what 2 pictures I chose to draw that begin with letter "D".

... what solid color shirt I want to wear tomorrow for "Pre-K Color Day"!

 ...the ice cube experiment we are going to do tomorrow for Color Day.

LETTER SOUNDS~

 Each child thought of and drew pictures of 2 objects beginning with the /D/ sound.  When finished with with their drawings, the students labeled their pictures.

 STORY~

We read the story, The Napping House, in Big Book form.  Following the story, the children shared a place where they would like to take a nap.  We will reread this story and then add it to our Book Nook with props for retelling.

 FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

Harper, Sophia, Kyndal and Walker work together to complete a floor puzzle.

EXPERIMENT~

To get ready for our Color Day tomorrow, we prepared an ice cube tray filled with water and food coloring (using the primary colors) and put it into the freezer. 

 Tomorrow, we will take out the ice cubes and put them into clear cups.  Each cup has stickers representing the colors of ice cubes that will go into that cup.  We will leave the cups of ice out throughout the morning.  At the end of our morning, we will check on our ice cubes to find out what has happened.  Stay tuned!

 

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY 11-6-13

ASK ME ABOUT...

...where I went and what I did for Work Stations.

...what I did in P.E.

...what I did in Spanish.

...the name for our new pizza restaurant.

...what we did to create the menu for our restaurant.

...what peace means.

...the story, The Peace Rose.

...when and how we can use the peace rose. 

...what Pre-K "A" and Pre-K "B" are doing to help a family with a mom, a dad, and a baby boy.

MATH ACTIVITY~

Yesterday Mrs. "B" introduced a hands-on addition activity that is now available in Math Magic.    

 

 PEACE ROSE~

We asked the children to share with us what the word peace means.  After writing down their ideas, we read the book, The Peace Rose.    This story takes place in a classroom where children use a peace rose to resolve conflicts/problems that arise.  After reading the story, we introduced the peace roses that are now available to use in our classroom.  We modeled 2 different situations where the peace rose was used.  When a child is experiencing a problem/conflict with another child, he/she can retrieve the peace rose.  The child brings the peace rose to the child with whom there is a conflict and begins explaining what the problem is and how he/she feels.  The peace rose is then handed to the other child so he/she can have a turn to speak.  Once the conflict is explained and resolved, the 2 children grasp the rose together and say, "Friends".  They then carry the peace rose back to its vase.  

We will be encouraging and supporting our Pre-K children to use the peace rose.  This allows them a way to practice and develop their communication skills and experience in resolving conflict.  It empowers them also--making them feel like they have a voice and how to express their feelings in an appropriate way.  We stressed to the children that if they are hurt by another child physically, they should immediately seek assistance from the teacher  (not use the peace rose).  

WRITER'S WORKSHOP~

We brainstormed the menu for our new pizza place.  The children assisted us in writing the menu.  The children also suggested names for our restaurant.  After writing down all of the suggestions, the Friendly Frog randomly chose one.  The name of our pizza place is..... FIESTA!

TERRIFIC TUESDAY 11-5-13

ASK ME ABOUT...

...where I went and what I did for Work Stations. We did 2 today!

...the story, Pete's A Pizza.

...the letters I practiced in my handwriting book.

...the new math activity Mrs. B showed to us.

...what book Mrs. Arner read to us at the library.

...what book I checked out from the library.

HANDWRITING~

Children worked on the correct formation of letters E and F when writing.

  

PIZZA PLACE~

As we prepare to transform our Dramatic Play Station into a pizza place, we read the story, Pete's A Pizza.  Then, we made a chart, listing what each class member likes on his/her pizza.  We will use this chart in the Book Nook with a poem that the children can put together and read.

Each day this week, a different group of children is helping us get ready to "open" our pizza place. 

 

MARVELOUS MONDAY 11-4-13

ASK ME ABOUT...

...where I went and what I did for Work Stations.

...what I did in Music.

...the story, Pete The Cat Loves His White Shoes.

...the new password.

...about "Color Day".

...what we are going to do in our Dramatic Play Station.

FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

We added a spatial reasoning activity to the project station.

 

 We added a scratch art activity to the Creation Station.

 

 Our Construction Zone now has wooden blocks, colored rods, vehicles, animals, and people.

 COLOR STORY~

Today we read another Pete the Cat story.  Be sure to ask your child about the story and the activity we did following the story.

 COLOR DAY~

Please check your child's folder for the note pictured below.  This Friday, November 8th, we are going to celebrate a "Color Day" in Pre-K!  We would like for the children to wear any solid color shirt (no words, designs, etc.) on this day.  Dress Code should be worn from the waist down.

 DRAMATIC PLAY~

We are transforming our Dramatic Play Station into a pizza restaurant.  The children helped us brainstorm items that we will need to make this happen.  We will spend the rest of this week preparing and getting ready to "open our pizza restaurant" next week!

FANTASTIC FRIDAY 11-1-13

ASK ME ABOUT...

...the greeting we did in French this morning.

...the name of the new month!

...where I went and what I did for Work Stations.

...what I made in Spanish--it's called a calaca.

...how many days we've been in school.

...what we did to celebrate Zero the Hero Day!

...what we did with our 2nd grade buddies.

...our new "Star of the Week"! 

STAR OF THE WEEK~

Our new Star of the Week is Berkeley!   We learned that Berkeley's favorite things include:  chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream (dessert);  Chicago (place to visit); and blue and green (colors).  Thank you for helping us learn more about you Berkeley! 

 

 COLORS~

Today we met with our 2nd grade buddies and did a color book.  The Pre-K children drew the pictures and their buddies wrote the words.  These are displayed on the bulletin board outside of our classroom.  

SPANISH~

In today's Spanish class, children continued learning about the Mexican holiday/celebration, "Day of the Dead".  Children made their own calacas!  

 

 ZERO THE HERO~

Today we celebrated our 50th day of school.  We are half-way to 100!  Sophia's mom and grandmother came in to help us celebrate.  We made door decorations.  Thank you for a fun activity!