Oceans

This week our theme continued to be “Oceans”.  We made a starfish, ocean photo album, giant fish book and a classroom book about our favorite ocean animals.  We continued to work on fine motor skills, number identification, sorting, name printing and rhyming.  We completed PALS (state) testing on Monday & Tuesday.  On Wednesday and Thursday we had a special visit from office Chad Liske as we learned a bit about community helps and the role of a police officer.  Be sure to check out our photos from his visit at the top of the page under the link "Police Officer Visit".

Next week our theme will be “Transportation & Mother’s Day”.  The children will make a traffic light and learn what each colored light means.  They will sort transportation pictures, place them on a graph and discuss the results.  We will create a helicopter, cargo train and use our sense of hearing to play transportation BINGO as we listen to the different sounds vehicles make.  On Monday and Tuesday of this week we will be making something special for Mother’s Day!  On Wednesday & Thursday I will be taking the children to the Taylor County Highway Department to explore the various forms of transportation they have!  

Reminders & Updates:

*Transportation Field Trip: May 4th & 5th - WEAR OLD CLOTHES!

*Early Release Day:  Tuesday, May 17th (please send a note if your child should go somewhere other than their normal destination).

*Transitional Visit: The children will be visiting one of the

kindergarten classrooms on May 16th or 17th in preparation

for next year.

*No school: Monday, May 30th.

*Additional Field Trips: School Forest May 25th & 26th

  City Park: June 1st & 2nd

*Last day of Pre-K: Wed., June 1st OR Thurs., June 2nd

*Summer Birthdays: If your child has a birthday in the summer I will be

assigning them a day to celebrate before school is out.

Ocean

This week our theme was “Oceans”.  We made a scuba diver, octopus & jellyfish.  We continued to work on placing the numbers 1-10 in order, rhyming, colors & shapes.  We also worked to retest any necessary skills before the end of the school year.

Next week our theme will continue to be “Oceans”.  We will make a starfish, ocean photo album, giant fish book and a classroom book about our favorite ocean animal.  We will continue to work on sorting, letter/sound recognition, number identification and 1:1 correspondence when counting.  The children will also have a substitute teacher in the classroom on Monday & Tuesday, as I will be proctoring the PALS test to each student.

Reminders & Updates:

*PALS state testing: Monday, April 25th & Tuesday,

May 26th  

*Transportation Field Trip: May 4th & 5th - WEAR OLD CLOTHES!

*Look for more information about upcoming field trips coming soon.  I will also be taking the children to the school forest and Medford City Park!

*Kindergarten Transition:  The children will be visiting one of the kindergarten classrooms on Monday, May 16th or Tuesday, May 17th.  This will give the children an opportunity to ask any questions they may have and to view the classrooms before next year.

*No school: Monday, May 30th.

*Last days of Pre-K: Wednesday, June 1st OR Thursday, June 2nd.