Friday, May 21, 2010

I can’t believe it is the last week of school!!! Since graduation is this week we will not be attending on Tuesday, June 1st. I hope everyone has a great summer and I am so proud of all of my students!!! Good luck next year!!

Monday: We will be doing finger painting and playing with a number game. The students will also get the chance to use the computers and hopefully play outside.

Tuesday: We will be celebrating the 100th day of school that all of the preschool students have attended! We will also be making ocean bracelets and playing with play dough. The students will be making sun catchers using blank CDs.

Wednesday: We will be making an ocean scene and finding ocean animals in blue shaving cream. The students will get to decorate flower plants and play some ABC games as well.

Thursday: GRADUATION DAY!!! The students will be spending the day getting ready for graduation and celebrating. Those students that will still be attending preschool next year will be having a movie day and will be able to see their friends graduate.

Friday: This will be our last day of class. We will be having a field day! We will hopefully spend the day outside playing different outside games.

Friday, May 14, 2010

School is almost over and it is so strange to think that it is coming to an end! The students have grown so much and I am very proud of them. We are continuing our ocean unit next week. We have a lot of fun things planned for them to do. Here are the plans for next week...

Monday: Ms. Shelly will be in to work with the students. We will be focusing on fine motor activities as well as reviewing our ABC's.

Tuesday: Our theme for the day is fish. We will be threading paper fish to practice some fine motor skills and we also do a fish art project. The students will get to play a seashell matching game as well as beach ball number game.

Wednesday: The students will be making paper plate jellyfish and playing with play dough. They will also get to make a book about the ocean that they can read to you. We will get to make rubbings of our names as well.

Thursday: We will be putting the ocean in a bottle and taking it home to share with you. The students will get to play in the sensory table, paint a seashell, and play a fishing game.

Friday: Ms. Jacki will be in to work with the students. We will work more on the ocean and review our letters and numbers.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

It is a new month and we are ready for a new theme. We are going to be working on an ocean unit. Our transportation unit went well but it is time to move on to something new. This is our last full month before the end of the year! I can't believe how fast this year has gone by! Here are our plans for next week...

Monday: Ms. Shelly will be in to work with the students. The class will get the chance to work on their fine motor skills and play on the computer.

Tuesday: The class will make starfish with oatmeal, and play a starfish letter game. They will get to play in the sensory table and complete a flower activity.

Wednesday: The students will be completing a crab cut and paste, playing a number recognition game, and playing with file folder games.

Thursday: We will be using water colors to paint whales and painting with pudding. The students will be cutting out waves and playing with play dough.

Friday: Ms. Jacki will be in to work with the students. We will be reviewing our letters and numbers as well.

Monday, April 26, 2010

The end of the year is approaching fast! The students are really enjoying the sunny days. This will be our last week of our transportation unit. Here are our plans for the week...

Monday: Ms. Shelly will be in to work with the students. They will get to work on their fine motor skills.

Tuesday: The students will be making a hot air balloon along with reviewing their shapes. They will get to make a butterfly, a transportation collage and work with play dough.

Wednesday: We will make a helicopter cut and paste, play shape BINGO, and also play a transportation game. The students will get to work in the sensory table with water.

Thursday: Students will be making and decorating ice skates. They will also get to play a number hop scotch game, easel paint, and make umbrellas.

Friday: Ms. Jacki will be in to work with the students. They will get to work on the computers and play some ABC games.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Ms. Renata’s last day is today… we are going to miss her a lot. For the rest of the year Ms. Jennifer Krauss will be filling in for her. We are happy to have her with us. Here are our plans for the week…

Monday: We will be working on letter and number recognition. We will also be working with play dough and the computer. Ms. Shelly will be in to work with the students.

Tuesday: The students will be completing a bike cut and paste activity and putting a transportation book together. They will also get to paint with fake flowers and work with shaving cream.

Wednesday: The class will be making bumble bees and also will paint with their feet. They will also play a clue game and will work with play dough.

Thursday: We will be completing a space shuttle connect the dots and an outer space scene using tin foil. The students will also be making trees with popcorn blossoms for Earth Day.

Friday: Ms. Jacki will be in to work with the students. We also will be working on the computers and reviewing the different types of transportation we have talked about.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

I can’t believe we are almost half way through April! We have been having a lot of fun learning about different forms of transportation. The students are really looking forward to going to the fire station. Here are our plans for the week…

Monday: The students will get the chance to paint together on a large piece of paper. They will also get the chance to play a game of categories and work on the computer.

Tuesday: We will be taking our trip to the fire station.

Wednesday: Our class will be making a train cut and paste craft. They will also get to play with magnet games and file folder games. We will be doing a safety activity as a review from the fire station trip. We will also be making rain drop art.

Thursday: We will be making an airplane cut and paste activity and also a sun flower craft. The students will get the chance to work with play dough and do a friendship activity.

Friday: The students will get to make a book on different vehicles and play a game on categories. Ms. Jacki will be in to work with the students and they will also get the chance to work on the computers.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break! I can’t believe it is April! We are going to be learning about all different forms of transportation this month. Please make sure to send in the permission slips for the fire station field trip. Here are the plans for the week…

Monday: Ms. Shelly will be in to work with the students. The students will get the chance to do some sensory activities and will get to use the computer. We will be introducing the new unit to the students as well.

Tuesday: If the weather is nice we will go on a walk to look at different signs that our outside of the school. The students will be making stop signs and yield signs and working with shaving cream. They will get to paint with toy cars and work on the categorizing things into the different seasons.

Wednesday: We will be making a truck cut and paste and making a class book on trucks. The students will get to play with the magnet games or with some file folder games. We will also get the chance to talk about our upcoming trip to the fire station.

Thursday: We are going to take the class in shifts to look at a real car and hopefully a bus up close. The students will make a bus cut and paste project, play in the sensory table and talk about the parts of a car that they saw.

Friday: Ms. Jacki will be in to work with students. The students will work on the computer and we will also review the different things we learned during the week.