WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY 12-10-14

ASK ME ABOUT...
...what was different about the Morning Message.
 ...what we helped make for a special Color Day snack.
...the story, A Rainbow For Me.
...what I ate and what I drank for snack.
...what I did in Spanish.
...what has the most spaces colored in on our weather graph.
...sharing my Skittles graph with you.
...our new "Star of the Week"!

COLOR DAY~

Check out our colorful morning message!

 The Pre-K teachers mixed together cake batter and added food coloring.  The children mixed in the food coloring and we ended up with 6 different colors of cake batter!

 

Check out our colorful shirts.....

PINK!

 PURPLE!

 BLUE!

 WHITE! AND ORANGE!

 RED!

 We took out our colored ice cubes and watched them melt throughout the morning.  We ran out of time to check on them at the end of the morning.  We will do this tomorrow!

 Our story for Color Day was about a child who imagined what he would do if he had his own rainbow!

 Check out our rainbow cupcakes for Color Day snack!

 
 The water from our water jug was green!

 We had blue milk to drink!

 We graphed Skittles candies to discover how many we had of each color.  Be sure to ask your child to show you his/her graph and share with you which color had the most, which color had the least and if any colors were equal!

STAR OF THE WEEK~

Our new "Star of the Week" is Rubina!  We learned that Rubina's favorite things include:  pink and purple (favorite colors); cake with pink frosting (favorite dessert); and the beach (favorite place to visit).  We enjoyed learning more about you today, Rubina!

CLASS BOOK~

Our class Birthday Book is finished and available to read in the Book Nook.  Ask your child to tell you about the Birthday Book!

REMINDERS

Pre-K Color Day is tomorrow!  Please have your child wear a solid color shirt of his/her choosing.  Dress Code should be followed from the waist down.  

Please have your child bring in a photo of herself/himself involved in a celebration, holiday, etc. with candles or lights in the photo. We would like to have everyone bring one in  by this Friday.  

THANKS!!!

TERRIFIC TUESDAY 12-9-14

ASK ME ABOUT...

...the question on the Morning Message.

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

...what I did in P.E.

...what letters I learned and practiced writing today.

...what letter sound we practiced today.

...what we used to decorate the letter "J".

...the friends who have shared their photos with candles.

...the story, Mix It Up.

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

...what color shirt I want to wear for Color Day.

 MORNING MESSAGE~

Ask your child to tell you an easy way to count the frogs on the ten frames!

 

 LETTER SOUND~

Today we introduced the /J/ sound and reviewed all of the letter sounds we have done so far.

 We decorated the "J" with jingle bells.

 

HANDWRITING~

Children learned and practiced making the letters "B" and "P" today in their handwriting books.

 COLORS~

To help us get ready for Color Day tomorrow, we read a story called, Mix It Up!  Next, we prepared for and discussed an experiment we will do tomorrow on Color Day.  We added food coloring to an ice cube tray filled with water.  We then put the ice cube tray into the freezer.  Tomorrow morning, we will take out the ice cubes and conduct our experiment.  Stay tuned!

 EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~

Today was a cooking day and we made matzoh ball soup!  Children helped fill a large pot with water; add seasoning to the water; mix together the matzoh; and rolled the matzoh into balls.

Since we made soup today, we read a funny story called Duck Soup.

MARVELOUS MONDAY 12-8-14

ASK ME ABOUT...

...what I did in Spanish.

...the class Birthday Book we are making.

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

...what I did in Music.

...the new password.

...the story, Pete The Cat--I Love My White Shoes.

...Pre-K Color Day! 

BIRTHDAY BOOK~  

Today everyone colored in a birthday cake and then glued to to a the page that included their birthday month.

FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

Anna, Graham, K.J. and Clare are detectives looking for their classmates' names hidden in the classroom.

 Lianna, Margo, Anna and Amara work together building a castle in the Construction Zone.

COLORS~

To get ready for our upcoming Color Day, we read the story, Pete the Cat--I Love My White Shoes.  Next, we told the children about Pre-K Color Day which is this Wednesday, December 10th.  Please have your child wear a solid-color shirt  on Wednesday. (Please no writing or pictures on the shirt.)  We are going to make a class book with our shirt colors.