Monday, August 20, 2018

The week of Aug. 20-24.

Wow!  I was amazed today when the class lined up quietly in a nice, straight line, without me needing to remind them!  We have improved so much since last week!  I think they must've had dreams about kindergarten over the weekend!  :)

What's new this week?
Imagination Station!  What is it?  It's a play-based learning room, where the kids get to be social, learn to cooperate, investigate, and explore through learning!  Our stations are:
1.  Vet Clinic   2.  House   3.  Sensory   4.  School   5.  Art   6.  Dramatic Play   7. Construction 
8.  CCE Grocery   9.  Calming Station
We will go there each day from 3:00-3:30. Each station can have 3 students.  After we learn what to do at each station, the kids will get to pick where they want to go each day! 

Today we will listen to Mrs. Scott explain what we do in Station 1-the Vet Clinic and Station 2- The House.  We will continue to learn about the stations each day of this week and draw a picture about the station after learning about them.  It is the highlight of their day usually! 

I would love for all of the parents to check it out after I have visited with you at Parent Info. Night on Thursday!

Color snack each week!
All but one color snack was filled up at our Open House last week!  I only have black left for anyone who is interested that didn't get to choose a color snack.  Our color days will be on Thursdays, so we will wear red this Thursday.  You may still send in a snack that day, but we will eat the color snack brought in first.  If your child doesn't care for it, then they can eat their own snack.

Please try to send in a healthy color snack and if you want to add a special little treat with it, that's fine.  I would love for the snack to be put in 18 individual baggies to make it easy to pass out please. 
If you have any questions, please let me know.  Grace has our red snack for Thursday!  Thank you Grace! 

Parent Information Night 
is this Thursday, at 6:30.  I am usually done in 45 min. or sooner, and then we'll walk to the Imagination Station to see what your child will be telling you about at home!  Only parents please as we will be packed and it won't be interesting for any kiddos!  If only one of you can come, that's fine!  Please let me know if you aren't able to make it.  I will keep a packet for you!

This week in Reading!
We will be reading books about school and building our "schema" finding correlations between the book and what we have experienced.  Today we listened for rhyming words in our story, Miss Bindergarten gets ready for Kindergarten! 
 The first 20 days I will introduce a letter and sound a day.  Today was letter Aa, and B-E will be introduced the rest of the week!  Then we will go to a letter a week to dive in more!

Handwriting without Tears--We are learning to make the numbers and letters with foam long lines, little lines, big curves and little curves.  Friday, we used little chalkboards to write 1 and 2.  Today we will be writing 1 and 2 in our handwriting book!  There will be homework sent home on Friday to review writing the numbers 1-4.  

Math--We just began our first math sheet today!  Look for it in your child's folder!

Homework!  Please return any homework packets on the due date listed on the packet.  Or if it's one sheet, please return it completed the next school day.  I try to put due dates at the top.

I'll talk about more info. this Thursday!  I hope you can all make it!

Coming Up!
Aug. 23      Wear red today!
Aug. 28       Practice books come home from the library!
Aug. 30     Wear yellow today!
Sept. 3       Labor Day!  No School
Sept. 6       Wear blue today!    Apple Day Planning meeting at 4:00 in Maker Space


Here are some pictures from our first week of school!
















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