Friday, January 29, 2010

I can't believe January is almost over!!! This year is flying by. Soon we will be having our Valentines day party and going to the fire station! Here are our plans for next week...

Monday: Ms. Shelly will be in to work with the students. The students will get the chance to work on the computers and create projects in the art area. We will be introducing our monthly unit on shapes and introducing the letter S.

Tuesday: No School... Teacher Institute Day.

Wednesday: We will be painting with shapes and tracing our letter S. We will also work with play dough and make a paper chain.

Thursday: We will be working on ovals. We will also practice for the vision and hearing test. The students will work on words that start with S.

Friday: Ms. Jacki will be in to work with the students. We will review the letter S, circles, and ovals. The students will also get the chance to play on the computers and work in the art area.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Learning about forest animals is a lot of fun! We also got to learn about the letter Q. The students are really loving our unit on animals. I can't believe we are almost done with our alphabet! Next week we will be working on the letter R and talking about house pets. Here are our plans for next week...


Monday: Ms. Shelly will be in to work with the students. We will be working on our fine motor skills. The students will be introduced to the letter R and we will talk about different house pets.

Tuesday: The students will be working on a dog cut and paste activity. They will trace their letter R and practice for vision and hearing. The students will also make play dough snowmen.

Wednesday:The students will do a cat coloring activity and an early Valentines day project. They will learn different R words and practice with the magnet boards.

Thursday: We will be making a tissue paper fish and an underwater scene. We will also be reviewing all the types of animals we talked about and working in the sensory table.

Friday: Ms. Jacki will be here to work with the students. We will review the letter R and work on animals. The students will get the chance to work on the computer as well.

Friday, January 15, 2010

We had another wonderful week at school. The class had a great time learning about zoo animals and the letter P. next week we will working on forest animals and the letter Q. Here are the plans for next week...

Monday: No School

Tuesday: We will be practicing vision and hearing. The students will be making a raccoon mask.. Students will also get the chance to play alphabet BINGO and play with play dough.

Wednesday:We will be doing a bear cut and paste activity. We will also put together a forest scene. The students will go on a bear hunt and trace their letter Q.

Thursday: We will make a class quilt and work on a deer cut and paste activity. The students will also paint with q-tips and work on puzzles.

Friday: Ms. Jacki will be in to work with the students. We will play in the sensory table, the art area, and on the computers. The students will also get the chance to play a color game.

Friday, January 8, 2010


We survived our first week back even with all of the snow! Our animal unit is going well. The students really know their animals. We are busy finishing our alphabet. Next week we will be working on the letter P. Our animal theme will be on zoo animals. Here are the plans for next week.

Monday: We will introduce the letter P and our theme for the week, zoo animals. The students will work on shapes and colors, letter matching, and some fine motor skills. Students will also have the chance to play on the computer. Ms. Shelly will be here to work with the students.

Tuesday: The students will make a cut and paste monkey, trace their letter P, and play a guess the animal game. The students will also make their own zoo on paper.

Wednesday: Students are going to paint stripes on zebras, play an animal sound game, and learn different words that start with P. They will also get to easel paint.

Thursday: The students will make an elephant puppet and review the letters we have learned so far. They will also make pasta letter P's and get to work in the sensory table with snow or water.

Friday: The students will be working on some patterning. They will also get to work in the art area and on the computers. Ms. Jacki will be here to work with the students.