MARVELOUS MONDAY 2-9-15

ASK ME ABOUT...

...the 3 new "have-tos" to do during Free Choice time.

...what I did in Spanish.

...the new password.

...the book, Great Day For Up.

...what things I drew beginning with the /U/ sound.
...our new "Star of the Week"!

...the "movie" we watched on the SMARTBoard about Outer Space.

...my new "Book In A Bag"!

LETTER SOUNDS~

To review the letter sound /U/, we read the story, Great Day For Up.  Then, we brainstormed words beginning with the /U/ sound.  Following our brainstorming, children drew two pictures of things beginning with /U/.

FREE CHOICE~

The following photos are of "have-to" activities that children must complete some time this week during Free Choice.

At Math Magic, children are reading the tally marks and then matching the corresponding number.

 At the Writing Station, children are "window writing".  Using erasable markers and words from the word wall, children copy words on to the window.

 At the Creation Station, children are designing a bag for collecting their Valentines from classmates later this week.

Other activities going on during Free choice include:

A new chart with numbers 1 through 200!  Children had hearts to count on this chart from the counting basket.


 
 Lianna exercises her fine motor muscles and skills screwing nuts on to bolts at the Fine Motor Station.

Rubina feeds pipe cleaners through the holes of a salt shaker and adds beads to the pipe cleaners at the Fine Motor Station.

 Avery and Graham work on an Outer Space puzzle from the Discovery Station.

 STAR OF THE WEEK~

Our new "Star of the Week" is Gabriel!  Today we learned that Gabriel's favorite things include:  chocolate (favorite dessert); Rusty Bucket (favorite restaurant); and transformers (favorite toy).  Thank you for sharing your photos and your favorite things with us, Gabriel!

EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~

Today we had swimming with Mr. Yakscoe.  The children did a new activity today--used a kickboard and kicked the width of the pool in the shallow end.  Some children thought they couldn't do it, but after accomplishing this task said, "I did it."  and  "This is fun."

Following some Rest after swimming, children ate the frozen fruit and yogurt pops we made last Friday.  These were a big hit!

FANTASTIC FRIDAY 2-6-15

ASK ME ABOUT...

...the question on the Morning Message.

...what I did in P.E.

...what letters we learned and practice writing today.

...what letter sound we did.

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

the 100-link paper chain we put together.

...the story, What Makes Day and Night.

...how many hours it takes for the Earth to turn around one time.

...what we learned about gravity.

HANDWRITING~ 

 LETTER SOUNDS~

After reviewing the sounds we have done so far, we discussed the /R/ sound today.  We decorated out letter "R" with red rubber bands, held in the photo below by 2 of our classmates whose first names begin with "R"--Remy and Rubina!

 FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

There are now pipe pieces in the Discovery Station which can be used for building.

Graham, Margo and Avery build an interesting structure with magnatiles.

 

100th Day~

Today we put together our ten 10-link paper chains to make one 100-link paper chain.

 OUTER SPACE~

Today we discussed and learned about what makes day and night.

 EXTENDED DAY~

Today was a cooking day!  The children made their own yogurt pop.  They sliced fruit and added vanilla yogurt into a cup.  These healthy treats will be ready to enjoy on Monday!

 

THRILLING THURSDAY 2-5-15

ASK ME ABOUT...

...what I did in Spanish.

 ...which jar (from yesterday) had 100 objects!

...what I did in Music.

...any "have-tos" I did during Free Choice.

...whose birthday we celebrated.

...the last "100" activity I did today.

100th DAY JARS~

 Today we wanted to find out which of the 3 jars from yesterday had the 100 objects.

In jar #2, there were 80 Legos.

Jar #1 had 78 unifix cubes.

 In jar #1 there were 100 pennies!

Our bags of 100 items!

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY~

Today we helped Lianna celebrate her February birthday!  Lianna's mom read The Festive Dress and we enjoyed sugar cookies for Lianna's birthday treat.  Happy Birthday, Lianna!

EXTENDED DAY~

The children had Art today with Mr. Cicetti!