Week of 11.15.21

Hi everyone!

This will most likely be my last blog post at Cotter. I am so grateful that I have been able to be your child’s teacher! I have truly enjoyed every minute here. This isn’t goodbye and I expect to see pictures of your child growing up and doing great things!

Because of the transition you still get my lesson plans next week ๐Ÿ˜‰

Theme: Turkeys

Books: Turkey Trouble, 10 Fat Turkeys, Plump and Perky Turkey, Too Many Turkeys

ELA: Letter T, First and Last Names, word family -at

Math: Color Brown, Circle, Counting 1-30, Number 11, and patterns

Fine Motor: Handwriting Without Tears, stringing beads, tearing paper, cutting simple shapes

Social Skills: Cleaning Up, Taking turns, Manners, Rules

Family Project – Disguise a Turkey

Have a wonderful weekend ๐Ÿ™‚

Ms. Barbeau

Week of November 8th

Good morning! Happy Monday!

Just a reminder we will have conferences on November 11th. Please arrive on time at the scheduled time you were given.

Here is our plan for the week!

Theme: Turkeys

Books:ย Turkey Trouble, 10 Fat Turkeys

ELA: Letter T, First and Last Names, rhyming, and beginning sounds

Math: Color Brown, Rectangle, Counting 1-30, Number 10 , 10โ€™s frame, and patterns

Fine Motor: Handwriting Without Tears, stacking blocks, tearing paper, cutting curved lines

Social Skills: Cleaning Up, Taking turns, Manners, Rules

Have a great week!

Ms. Barbeau

Week of October 22nd

Good afternoon!!!

This week on Thursday we will have a small Halloween Party. We are not allowed to have visitors in the building just yet. But hopefully soon we will be able to have families in for our parties!

On Thursday, students can wear orange/black and pack their Halloween costumes. We will put them on for our party! We will be decorating cookies and pumpkins and doing some fun Halloween crafts. If you would like you can bring in a take home treat for all the students. We have 5 kids our class.

Here is our plan for next week

Theme: Pumpkins

Books: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything; 5 Little pumpkins; Too Many Pumkins; The Runaway Pumpkin

ELA: Letter H, First and Last Names, rhyming, and beginning sounds

Math: Color Orange , Oval , Counting, Number 8, 5’s frame, and patterns

Fine Motor: Handwriting Without Tears, stacking blocks, tearing paper, cutting zig zag lines

Social Skills: Cleaning Up, Taking turns, Manners, Rules

Have a great weekend! ๐Ÿ™‚

Week of 10.18.2021

Good afternoon!! ๐Ÿ™‚

I am so glad to be back. My whole family is healthy and we are so thankful for that ๐Ÿ™‚

Next week we will start our pumpkin unit!

I will be sending home conference times on Monday.

Here is our plan for next week!

Theme: Pumpkins

Books:ย The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything; 5 Little pumpkins; Too Many Pumkins; The Runaway Pumpkin

ELA: Letter H, First and Last Names, rhyming, and letter games

Math: Color Orange , Oval , Number 7, writing numbers, big/medium/small, patterns, counting

Fine Motor: Handwriting Without Tears, playdoh, tearing paper, scissor skills, stacking blocks, and stringing beads

Social Skills: Cleaning Up, Taking turns, Manners, Rules

Enjoy your weekend! ๐Ÿ™‚

Ms. Barbeau

Peek at next week (10.4.21)

Good Afternoon!

We had a great week this week. We have sicknesses going around, but hopefully by Monday everyone will feel better!

Here is our plan for next week!

Theme: Fire Safety

Books:ย Pete The Cat: Firefighter Pete; Clifford the Firehouse Dog; Fire Fighters; Stop, Drop and Roll

ELA: Letter E, Names, Letters in our names, rhyming, word families, and letter games

Math: Color Yellow, Rectangle, Number 6, writing numbers, big/medium/small, patterns, counting

Fine Motor: Handwriting Without Tears, playdoh, tearing paper, scissor skills, stacking blocks, and stringing beads

Social Skills: Cleaning Up, Taking turns, Manners, Rules

I will be sending home times for conferences on Monday, so please be sure to check your child’s backpack for the time!

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Barbeau

Peek at Next Week (9.27.21)

We had so much fun with our apple exploration. We tasted yellow, red, and green apples. We used our 5 senses to explore the apples as well. We also tasted apple butter, which was a huge hit!

If you have not returned the conference sign up sheet, please do so on Monday. I will be assigning times on Tuesday, so look for that note in your child’s backpack this week!

Thursday we will have our first show and tell day! We will be working on the color blue this week. Please wear the color BLUE on Thursday AND bring something that is blue from your house to show your friends!

Here is our plan for next week!

Theme: Pets

Books:ย Cookies Week, A Cat and a Dog, They All Saw a Cat, Not Norman: A Goldfish Story

ELA: Letter F, Names, Letters in our names, rhyming, beginning sounds, and letter games

Math: Numbers 1-5, writing numbers, big/medium/small, patterns, counting

Fine Motor: Handwriting Without Tears, playdoh, tearing paper, scissor skills, stacking blocks, and stringing beads

Journal: Pets

Social Skills: Cleaning Up, Taking turns, manners

Have a great weekend everyone!

Peek at Next Week!

Hello Everyone!

We had a really fun week learning about apples and the letter L. We will continue with our apple theme next week, too!

I know it is allergy season, and lots of kids have allergies, but, we need to keep everyone safe in the classroom. I do not like sending kids home, but with Covid cases on the rise (especially in children) I will be sending students home when symptoms of covid are present. I will send home a check list stating the symptoms we saw and you will have 3 options – take your child to the doctor and bring a note back stating they are not contagious, providing a negative PCR covid test, or staying home for 10 school days. Some of our students have weakened immune systems and we need to be mindful of that and take precautions. We will always err on the side of caution. Wearing masks indoors is expected. Please work on this at home if your child is having some trouble keeping their mask on! We all want to be in school learning and having fun. So let’s work together and keep each other healthy!

I will be sending home a note next week for conferences. Conferences will be from 4pm-7pm on November 11th. Please select your top 3 times and I will do my best to accommodate all families.

Please know I am always available for discussions or questions. Fridays would be ideal for these meetings/phone calls. ๐Ÿ™‚ My classroom phone number is 313.827.7295

I am still missing emergency cards. It is a law that your child needs to have an updated emergency card every year. I will be sending them home on Monday if you have not returned yours. Please fill this out or call me and we can fill it out together!

Here is our plan for next week…..

Theme: Apples

Books: 10 Apples Up On Top; The Apple Pie Tree; Ten Red Apples; Apples, Apples, Apples

ELA: Letter F, Names, Letters in our names, Ending Sounds, -at word family

Math: Numbers 1-5, Graphing, Counting 1-20, Patterns

Fine Motor: Handwriting Without Tears, playdoh, tearing paper, scissor skills, stacking blocks, and stringing beads

Journal: Apples

Science: 5 senses and apple discovery

Social Skills: Cleaning Up, Taking turns, manners

I am looking forward to an exciting week!