Friday, April 24, 2015

Oceans

This has been our first week of oceans and the kids have had a lot of fun making jellyfish, crabs, starfish, and fish. I also wanted to share a photo of the pretty flowers we made last week and of the wonderful name projects that are on display-so much creativity!

I also wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU to the families in our school. The PreK students were able to raise $181.52 for the Taylor County Humane Society. This week we had a plastic bag collection by County Market in support of Earth Day. Our class was able to collect 257 plastic bags. The school as a whole collected 21,501 bags!!! Thank you for being so generous and supportive to the community. 

This week I will be doing our PALS testing on Wed. and Thurs. This is the test that checks their progress in naming letters and sounds, rhyming, concepts of print, and name writing. Please try to ensure that your student is here those days. 





Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Pets and Seeds/Flowers

This past week was Pets week. We focused on the letter Xx and number 9. We had a field trip to the Medford Veterinary Clinic and had the chance to see their exam rooms, surgery room, X-ray machine and sample X-ray pictures, a few cats and dogs that were getting better, and some interesting worms and critters in jars. 

Report cards went home last week, if you had any questions about them please contact me to discuss them. The neat names family project also went home last week, they are due back this week. If you need to take some extra time to make it special, send it in when you get the chance. We love seeing how creative our families can be. 

This week is flowers and seeds and we are focusing on how things grow. We are also reviewing the number 10 and the letter Uu. This is the last week of a direct focus on letters and numbers, we will continue to review them through the end of the year.

This week is Week of the Young child. So far we have had a special Tombstone pizza snack donated by Nestle and we had a book donated to each child in our PreK classes by the Taylor County Literacy council. Over the next few days there will be special presentations by Hairy and Co. as well as Skip Jones. Broadway Theatre will also be hosting a special family movie "Home" on Saturday with discounts on popcorn and soda. Be sure to celebrate your special young child at home too! They can do amazing things!!!


Reminders:
--This Thursday is the Beach Party and Potluck dinner 5-6. We look forward to seeing all of the families that RSVP'd and can't wait to see what yummy dish to share with us. We will be providing the hot dogs and burgers!
--This Thursday is also PreK registration for those entering PreK next year. This will be from 3:30-5:00.