Spring & Easter (Week 1)

This week our theme was ‘Spring & Easter’.  The children made chick windsocks, pussy willow vases & used watercolor paint to make an Easter egg. Our letter for the week was Bb and we reviewed the number 7.

Next week our theme will continue to be ‘Spring & Easter’.  The children will be making bunny headbands, spring flowers, a chick hatching from an egg and a classroom book about their Easter baskets.  We will practice placing the numbers in order 1-10, our letter for the week will be Ee and we will review the number 8.

 Reminders & Updates:                                

*Third quarter ends on Friday, March 27^th.

*No School/Easter Vacation: Thursday, April 2^nd through Monday, April 6^th.

*Field Trip: Medford Vet Clinic on April 8^th & 9^th.

*The “Pennies For Pets” Collection will continue through Thursday, April 9^th.  Any money you would like to donate will go to the Taylor County Humane Society and will be used to buy food, supplies and medicine for pets waiting to be adopted.

*Taylor County will celebrate the Week of the Young Child, April 12^th–18^th.  We have special activities and dress-up days planned in school for that week.  More information will be sent home in the coming days.

*Spring Picture Day: Wed., April 22^nd (if your child does not

attend school that day and you wish to have their picture taken you will need to bring them to school that morning).

St. Patrick's Day

This week our theme was “St. Patrick’s Day”.  The children made leprechauns, pots of gold & rainbows.  We also worked on number identification, same vs. different, rhyming and name printing.  Our letter for the week was Qq and we reviewed the number 6.

 

Next week our theme will be the ‘Spring & Easter’.  The children will be making chick windsocks, pussy willow vases & using watercolor paint to make an Easter egg.  Our letter for the week will be Bb and we will review the number 7.

Reminders & Updates:                                 

*Third quarter ends on Friday, March 27^th.

*No School/Easter Vacation: Thursday, April 2^nd thru Monday, April 6^th.

*Field Trip: Medford Vet Clinic on April 8^th & 9^th.  We will be collecting “Pennies For Pets” up until the date of our trip.  Any money you would like to donate will go to the Taylor County Humane Society.

*Spring Picture Day: Wed., April 22^nd (if your child does not

attend school that day and you wish to have their picture taken you will need to bring them to school that morning).

*As spring weather continues to approach (hopefully) remember to watch the weather and have your child bring the appropriate outside clothing.  Continue to send water boots, hats, mittens (uninsulated are fine) and jackets to school each day.  If it would happen to snow again then your child will also need snow pants.

Zoo

This week our theme was “Zoo”.  We learned about a variety of zoo animals and the children made a giraffe, monkey and a zebra.  The children also created a classroom book about what animals they might see at the zoo.  We worked on putting the numbers in order 1-10 and we used our sense of hearing to play an animal sounds game.  Our letter of the week was Zz and we reviewed the number 5.

Next week our theme will be “St. Patrick’s Day”.  The children will make leprechauns, pots of gold & rainbows.  We will also work on number identification, same vs. different, rhyming and name printing.  Our letter for the week will be Qq and we will review the number 6.

 Reminders & Updates:                 

*Early Release Day: Tuesday, March 17^th.  Please send a note if your child should go somewhere other than their normal destination.    

FBI Swimming Event: Friday, March 20^th (for those that have signed up).

*Early Release Day: Thursday, April 17^th.  Please send a note if your child should go somewhere other than their normal destination.

*The SES food drive will be going on until March 26^th.

Dr. Seuss and Rhyming

This week our theme was “Dr. Seuss & Rhyming”.  We continued to work with rhyming words as we read some Dr. Seuss books.  The children made the Cat in the Hat, painted a One-Fish Two-Fish bowl, made the Cat in the Hat hats and played a variety of rhyming games.  Our letter for the week was Rr and we reviewed the number 4.

 

Next week our theme will be the “Zoo”.  We will be learning about a variety of zoo animals and the children will be making a giraffe, monkey, tiger and a zebra.  The children will also create a classroom book about what animals they might see at the zoo.  We will work on putting the numbers 1-10 in order and will use our sense of hearing to play an animal sounds game.  Our letter for the week will be Zz and we will review the number 5.

  

 Reminders & Updates:                 

*Family Project: Rhyming Charts due back to school by March 10^th.

*FBI Swimming Event:  Friday, March 20^th at the MASH pool for those that have signed up.

*Early Release: Tuesday, March 17th.  Please send a note if your child should go somewhere different from their regular schedule.

*Please remember that taking time to help your child complete homework reinforces what they are learning at school and gives them additional practice on skills they may be struggling with.