November 12, 2019

Today, we continued talking about the letter Ee and the color green. We read "Be Kind" and "I Am Love" and continued our discussion on ways we can show kindness and have good manners. We also talked about Veterans Day and the children made paper poppy flowers. The children also had a chance to use bingo dotters to fill in the letter E.

A couple of important papers went home in your child's folder. First was their school picture. If you would like your child to have their picture retaken, please be sure to return the form attached to the pictures on Thursday, November 15th. There was also another note regarding the class picture. We will be retaking our class picture next Thursday, November 21st. We are scheduled for 8:45 so please try to arrive at school by 8:30 so we have time to get the children settled and over to the cafeteria by 8:45. 

See you all on Thursday! 

November 7, 2019

It's hard to believe we're already through the first week of November! The children are all doing so well in school!

We had a very busy and exciting week in Pre-K! We started class jobs this week. The children were all very excited to find out which job they had and are very eager to help! Also, we have started sending our class pet, Dilly, home for the weekend. Thank you, Julian, for taking Dilly home for the weekend. I can't wait to read about all the fun things you do together! 

This week, we focused on the letters Dd and Ee and the colors yellow and green. We are identifying things that start with these letters and are practicing making the letter sounds. Please practice this with your child at home also. Our focus for this week and next week is on manners, being grateful and kindness. We are talking about ways we can show kindness to others. We read again about being bucket fillers and talked about ways to fill our buckets as well as other people's buckets. The children all had wonderful ideas on how to fill their buckets! A new bucket and stickers went home with each child. Please continue to have your child add stickers to the bucket as they do acts of kindness at home. We are continuing to fill our bucket in school and are very close to filling it! In your child's folder today were paper hearts with different ways to show kindness. Please talk to your child about this and fill in ways they can (or have) shown kindness in that manner (ex: polite: saying please when asking for something). Please return the hearts to school once you have completed them (preferably by Tuesday, November 12th). We will put the hearts together to make "Kindness Chains" and display them in the room.

Scholastic book order forms also went home today. This will be the last book order before the holidays. If you would like to purchase any books, you may do so online using our class code W6V2B or returning the order form to me. The deadline to order books is Thursday, November 23rd. If your would like to order books for Christmas, please let me know and I will be sure your child doesn't see the books.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. God bless!

October 31, 2019

Happy Halloween! All of the children looked great in their costumes!
Despite the weather, the children had a wonderful morning! We introduced our new letter of the week, Dd, and new color of the week, yellow. During snack time today, we had a Halloween party with lots of yummy snacks and listened to some Halloween music. Some of the children were dancing along with the music! They also enjoyed parading around to all the classrooms! We recited the poem "5 Little Pumpkins" and colored and glued some pumpkins to go along with the poem.

A FEW REMINDERS...

*    The school book fair starts Monday, November 4th. While Pre-K 3 doesn't go over as a class, 
      parents are welcome (and encouraged!) to stop by the book fair during the family hours: Monday,
      Nov. 4th, 2pm-4pm and Wednesday, Nov. 6th, 6pm-8pm.
*    Now that the weather has gotten cooler and jackets are needed, please practice putting coats on
      and zipping them with your child at home. Also, please make sure they are wearing socks and
      appropriate shoes to school every day. This is to ensure their safety both in the classroom and 
      outside on our walks and the playground. 
*    It is time to swap out the extra clothes! If you haven't done so already, please send in a new set of
      extra clothes that are suitable for the cooler weather.             

Enjoy the beautiful fall weather this weekend. I look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday!
God Bless,
Mrs. Botts