News From The Pre-K "A" Pad

Monday, February 23, 2015

MARVELOUS MONDAY 2-23-15

ASK ME ABOUT...

...whose birthday we celebrated.

...the new password.

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

...what I did in Drama.

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

...the moon journal report.

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!~

Today we celebrated Clare's February birthday. Clare's birthday story was, The Day The Crayons Quit. Then we ate yummy chocolate doughnuts for Clare's birthday snack. Happy Birthday, Clare!

EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~

Today after lunch we went to watch the dress rehearsal for the Kindergarten Winter Music program.

Later, we used one of our picture cards to discuss fairness and how to solve problems when more than one person wants to do the same activity.

Friday, February 20, 2015

FANTASTIC FRIDAY 2-20-15

ASK ME ABOUT...

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

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

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

Our Moon story from Wednesday...

The "G" paper from Wednesday where children drew and labeled two items beginning with /G/.

HANDWRITING~

(from Wednesday's class)

FREE CHOICE LEARNING (from Wednesday and today)~

Spencer and Remy work together to put numbers on astronauts in order from 0 through 20. They then counted stars on rockets to match to the correct number.

Lianna and Luke enjoy the "Outer Space" sensory tub.

Graham, Claire and KJ are busy building in the Construction Zone.

Avery works on his crayon resist Space picture.

Remy does the coloring part of the crayon resist Space picture.

George made a pipe construction at the Discovery Station.

Amara and Anna work together to complete a mosaic.

STAR OF THE WEEK~

Scarlett is our new "Star of the Week"! Some of Scarlett's favorite things include: cats (favorite animal); COSI (favorite place to visit); and chocolate cake (favorite dessert). Scarlett also shared a special doll given to her by her dad when she was born. Thank you for sharing your photos and helping us get to know you better, Scarlett!

ZERO THE HERO DAY!~

Today was our 110th day of school! Anna and Amara's parents helped us celebrate by making our very own frogs! Children were able to decide the color, type of eyes, type of mouth, feet or no feet, and tongue or no tongue for their frog. They could even choose to have their frog eating or not eating insects. Thank you for helping us celebrate!

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY 2-18-15

NOTE: THE PRE-K TEACHERS TOOK MANY PHOTOS OF THE LEARNING GOING ON IN OUR CLASSROOM TODAY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE NOW CANNOT LOCATE THE CAMERA. SO, PHOTOS WILL COME LATER. SORRY!!

ASK ME ABOUT...

...the question on the Morning Message.

...what I did in P.E.

...what letter I learned and practiced how to write.

...the 2 pictures I drew beginning with the /G/ sound.

...any "have-to" activities I did at Free Choice.

...what I learned about the Moon.

...the crater experiment we did.

~EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~

Today was a Cooking Day and we made homemade chocolate chip and butterscotch chip cookies. The children sampled one of the cookies for snack. Then, we put the rest in "treat bags" and delivered them to other adults who help us when we are at school!

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

TERRIFIC TUESDAY 2-17-15

ASK ME ABOUT...

...exchanging Valentines with my 2nd grade buddies.

...what we did in Spanish.

...what new letter sound we discussed.

...what we used to decorate the letter sound we discussed.

...what we did in Music.

...the new password.

...what I learned about the Moon.

...the new "have-to" activities during Free Choice.

...the Moon Journal.

FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

Following are the "have-to" activities children will complete this week during Free Choice time.

At the Word Work Station, children will do an Outer Space word search.

At Math Magic, children will find out how many popsicle sticks are in each bag using tally marks.

First, the child removes the popsicle sticks from the bag and form them into tally marks.

Then, the child records the tally marks on a recording sheet.

At the Fine Motor Station, children will cut out the 4 pictures and use their spatial reasoning skills to glue the pieces together making an astronaut.

At the Creation Station, children will make a crayon resist Outer Space picture.

Check out what we used to decorate the letter "F"--Frog Faces!

OUTER SPACE~

Today we read a story about the Moon.

Today we started a class Moon Journal. Each night a different child will take home the Moon Journal and will observe the Moon and then draw a picture of what it looks like.