WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY 9-2-15

ASK ME ABOUT...

...who was our first Friendly Frog!

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

...how we celebrated the 10th day of school.

...what I did in Music.

...the story, Will I Have A Friend?

...the activity we did called, "Just Like Me".

FRIENDLY FROG~

Today was the first day for a Pre-K student to be chosen to be the Friendly Frog!  Ethan was the first name chosen!  (Every child's name is on a frog stick contained in a small bucket.  Each day, a new name (stick) is chosen from the bucket.  Once everyone has had a turn to be the Friendly Frog, all the names (sticks) are returned to the bucket to be chosen for another turn!)  The Friendly Frog does the following jobs:

~signs his/her name on the Morning Message and gets to take the message home!

...assists the teacher with calendar activities.

...checks and records the daily weather on the weather graph.

...announces what the snack is for the day.

...plays the clean-up song when Free Choice time is over.

...leads the class in line when walking out of the classroom to another class.   

 

 ZERO THE HERO DAY!~

We made it to the 10th day of school!   We filled up our 10-frame with 10 frogs.  We also traded 10 yellow "single" cubes in for 1 green ten-rod.  The children are learning that number 10 means 1 group of ten (green ten rod) and 0 singles (yellow cubes).  Since no cubes go in the far-right pocket, we place Zero the Hero in there!

 

 We had a special visit from a human "Zero the Hero" today!  He helped us sing our special song and greeted each student!  He even promised to come back in 10 more school days!

 Lauren and her mom planned a special activity for us to do to celebrate Zero the Hero day!  The children made frog headbands.  There is a "0" in the headband part and each frog eye.  Thank you for helping us celebrate!

 

FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

Many children enjoyed retelling the story, Me Too! in the Book Nook today.  

 FRIENDS~

Today we read a story about making new friends.  We also did an activity called, "Just Like Me", to help us learn more about each other.

EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~

After lunch, we went to visit the swimming pool and the locker rooms.  Mrs. Moore and Mr. Yakscoe gave the children a tour of the locker rooms and the pool.  Next Friday, September 11th, will be our first day to get into the pool!  

TERRIFIC TUESDAY 9-1-15

ASK ME ABOUT...

...what I did in Spanish.

...what I learned about my classmates' families.

...what we used and did during the reading of Me Too!

...the story, Families, Families,  Families!

CALENDAR~

Today we started our calendar activities.  We talked about the name of the month, the day of the week, and the year.  We also took time to discuss the various happenings during the month of September.   

 

 Part of our calendar activities was checking and recording today's weather.  We will continue to check and record the weather daily.  We will then interpret our data from the weather graph.

 

 FAMILY~ 

Today we read the story pictured below about how many different ways families are made up.  Following the story, each child decorated a frame for his/her own family photo.  We will post these framed family photos in our classroom for the entire school year.

 FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

 

 STORY~

We reread the big book Me Too! today.  As the story was retold, the children participated with signs that said, "Me Too!".

 LIBRARY BOOKS~

When your child is ready to return his/her library book, he/she can take it out of his/her backpack and then place it in our special bin for library books.

 EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~

Today was Discovery in EDP.  First, the experiment was explained--to add raisins to a clear cup of Sprite-- and observe what happens.  Before we did the experiment, children had the opportunity to make predictions about what would happen.  Be sure to ask your child what he/she observed.