MARVELOUS MONDAY 10-24 AND TERRIFIC TUESDAY 10-25

MARVELOUS MONDAY 
10-24-16

ASK ME ABOUT...
...the books we saw from the Book Fair.

...the new password.

...what we used to decorate the letter D and d.

...what we did in P.E.
...the story, the game of Red, yellow and Blue.
...the new Free Choice activities. 
...what I did in my Math Group.

~BOOK FAIR~
On Monday, Ruth's mom shared with us some of the books that are available to buy at the Book Fair.  She even read us 2 of the stories!

~FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

Ella counted the jack-o-lanterns in the counting basket.  There were 70!

Children pictured below are working on an activity that uses and strengthens their fine motor muscles.  For this activity, children stretch colored bands over a cup.

   

In the activity pictured below, children use a dry erase marker to move through the letter maze.

Josie completes a color copy challenge activity.

We decorated our letter D with dots!

~COLORS~

We read a simple book called the game of Red, yellow and Blue, which described what primary colors create a secondary color.  Later, we will do some of our own color mixing to see what happens when mixing colors together.

~MATH GROUPS~

On Monday, we started Math Groups.  Half of the class met with Mrs. Spolter to work on spatial reasoning tasks using pattern blocks.  The other half of the class met with Ms. Penney to work on counting tasks and one-to-one correspondence.  We will switch groups next week. 

~EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~

Monday was a cooking day.  After reading the story, Too Many Lollipops, we made our own lollipops using jolly rancher candies.

TERRIFIC TUESDAY 

10-25-16

ASK ME ABOUT...

....the new greeting we learned (Jump In. Jump Out.).

 ...what I did in Spanish.

...the author who visited our classroom 

~AUTHOR VISIT~

Since we are becoming authors in Pre-K, we asked a self- published author to visit our classroom today to share her experience as an author.  Mrs. Faciana is a teacher in the Middle School.  She wrote the story, Snickers' Day Out which is a fiction story starring Mrs. Faciana's dog, Snickers.   

~EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~

Today was a Teacher's Choice day and we played games including...Snail's Pace Race, Roll A Jack-o-Lantern, Classmate Memory and Colorama.

FANTASTIC FRIDAY 10-21-16

ASK ME ABOUT...

...the play the 1st graders did this morning at Assembly.

...what I did in Music.

...whose birthday we celebrated.

 ...my favorite part of Fall Outdoor Week!

~BIRTHDAY~
Today we helped Carter celebrate his October birthday.  Carter read to the class the story, There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat.  Next, we enjoyed eating yummy donuts for Carter's birthday treat.  Happy Birthday, Carter!

 ~EXTENDED DAY~
Even though it rained today, we "hiked" out  
into the woods to eat lunch in the Crane Outdoor Learning Center.  The children enjoyed eating pizza, veggies and fruits.
 

THRILLING THURSDAY 10-20-16

ASK ME ABOUT...

...where I ate snack during Free Choice time.
...what we used to decorate the letter "O".

...what we used to decorate the letter "A".
...the trail mix snack I made.

...the story, Mushroom In The Rain. 

...playing on the Middle School playground.

The rain did not stop us from having some "outdoor" fun inside!  Children enjoyed eating their morning snack inside of a tent set up in our classroom.

Children made a "trail mix" snack that we ate later in the morning.

After Spanish class, we gathered inside of a tent for a story about the rain and to eat our trail mix snack.  Be sure to ask your child the following questions about our story....

...What animals were under the mushroom?

...What animal was not invited to be under the mushroom?

...How did the animals fit under the mushroom?

We headed out to the Middle School playground for some outdoor fun!