TERRIFIC TUESDAY 3-7-16

ASK ME ABOUT...

...what I did in my letter group.

...where I went and what I did for Work Stations.

...what I learned today about the Moon.

...watching astronauts walk on the Moon.

...how many days it takes to get from the Earth to the the Moon.

...what I want to wear tomorrow for Wacky Wednesday!

~FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

Ruth works with the rocket puzzle.

 Andrew works with tangrams.

 Ahaní, Calvin and Olivia build with straws and connectors.

 Robert builds a spaceship.

 

~OUTER SPACE~

Today we read a story about the Moon.  We discussed the different shapes of the Moon and watched a video of astronauts walking on the Moon.

 ~AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES~

A brochure/registration form for Spring After School Activities came home in your child's backpack.

 ~WACKY WEDNESDAY~

Tomorrow is Wacky Wednesday!!!!!!

~EDP~

Today was a swimming day!

MARVELOUS MONDAY 3-6-17

ASK  ME ABOUT...

...whose birthday we celebrated last Friday.

...what we did with our buddies this morning.

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

...what we did to celebrate Zero the Hero Day.

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

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

 ~BIRTHDAY~
Last Friday we helped Josie celebrate her March birthday.  Josie's dad read the story, Rosie Revere, Engineer.  We then enjoyed eating Josie's birthday treat--smiley face sugar cookies!  Happy Birthday, Josie!

~BUDDIES~

This morning our buddies joined us in our classroom for some reading of Dr. Seuss stories.

 ~STAR OF THE WEEK~

Carter is our new "Star of the Week".  We learned that Carter's favorite food is pizza and he wants to be a policeman when he grows up.  Carter shared his photos, his basketball medal and a new book he just received.  We enjoyed getting to know you better, Carter!

~ZERO THE HERO~

Today was our 110th day of school!  Andrew and his mom helped us celebrate with making bird feeders.  Thank you for a fun activity!

 

~EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~

Today was a Discovery Day and we made crystals!

THRILLING THURSDAY 3-2-17

ASK ME ABOUT...

...our new Work Stations.

...the Dr. Seuss story we read--There's A Wocket In My Pocket.

...the "cat in the hat" snack I made and ate.

...the video we watched about the planets.

...the story, Poor Pluto. 

~FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

We added new materials to our Construction Zone--straws and connectors.  The children are really engrossed in discovering how to build with these materials.

Carter works on isolating and identifying the beginning sounds he hears in various objects.  He then places the object into the correct letter pocket.

~NEW WORK STATIONS~

On Thursday, we started a new set of work stations.  Check out in the photos below what we are doing!

At the Writing Station, children are practicing their number writing.

At the Discovery Station, children are creating a model of the sun, the moon and the Earth to represent how each travels.

At the Listening Station, children listen to the story, Giggle, Giggle, Quack, and then report on their favorite part of the story.

At the Alphabet Station, children draw 2 pictures of things that begin with the /J/ sound and label the pictures using their sight word knowledge and/or inventive spelling.

At the Fine Motor Station, children practice their cutting skills.

At Math Magic, children create a planet pattern.

At the Sensory Tub, children find 10 "outer space" objects and then graph them.

~DR. SEUSS~
In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday today, we made a "cat in the hat" snack with red jell-o and whipped topping and ate it for snack.  We also read the story, There's A Wocket In My Pocket, by Dr. Seuss.  

~OUTER SPACE~
We read a story about Pluto written by 3rd grade students in California which included information on why Pluto is not longer considered a planet.