Don’t forget tomorrow, Wednesday, March 15th is a late start morning. 

Don’t forget tomorrow starts spirit week. Wear your pajamas or comfy clothes.

See you in the morning! 😊

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• This month we are learning all about weather and the four seasons. This week we focused on fall.
• We read interactive books about what people wear, do, and see during the fall months.
• Joe and Mrs. Gallery set up an obstacle course in the hallway for us on Monday morning. We had to walk on a balance beam, walk up a ramp and jump off, roll across a mat, spin on a sit n’ spin, roll a large ball in a square, walk a line and put rings on a post, ride scooters on our bellies and ended by crawling through a tunnel!
• We practiced our core vocabulary by talking about the words “like” and “don’t”. We listened to a silly song about liking and not liking foods and then told the class if we like or don’t like certain foods.
• The children practiced their counting and number recognition skills with touch math and the book “Five Little Monkeys.”
• We read “There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Frog” and made frogs out of paper plate.
• We painted at the easel with green paint to make shamrock decorations for our classroom bulletin board.
• The children practiced their fine motor skills with pegs, button jars, puzzles, lacing beads, and lock and keys.

REMINDERS

• Wednesday, March 15^th is a late start day.
• Don’t forget to keep sending in your book slips for our train in the hallway.
• Miss Ashley will be out on Thursday March 16^th for district related training.
• Next week is spirit week:
  • 3/13 Monday – “Sleep Book” – Wear appropriate pajamas or comfy clothes
  • 3/14 Tuesday – “Fox in Socks” – Wear silly or mismatched socks
  • 3/15 Wednesday – “Wacky Wednesday” – Let’s get silly! Wear your clothes backwards, inside out, or mismatched
  • 3/16 Thursday – “The Cat in the Hat” – Wear your favorite hat
  • 3/17 Friday – “Green Eggs and Ham’ – Wear the color GREEN

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Reading Month Spirit Week at Snow is March 13th – 17th

3/13 Monday – “Sleep Book” – Wear appropriate pajamas or comfy clothes

3/14 Tuesday – “Fox in Socks” – Wear silly or mismatched socks

3/15 Wednesday – “Wacky Wednesday” – Let’s get silly! Wear your clothes backwards, inside out, or mismatched

3/16 Thursday – “The Cat in the Hat” – Wear your favorite hat

3/17 Friday – “Green Eggs and Ham’ – Wear the color GREEN

I will also send home a reminder note on Friday 🙂

Don’t forget to send in your reading squares every time you read a book at home!

Our reading train in the hallway is looking empty.

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• This month we are learning all about weather and the four seasons. This week we focused on winter.
• We read interactive books about what people wear, do, and see during the winter months.
• The children drew in their journals and practiced their handwriting skills by tracing lines and the letter of the week – “T.”
• We were able to have outdoor recess and enjoy the beautiful weather on Monday! It was so fun to be able to go on the swings and slides. The playground has been very muddy the past few weeks so we have been stuck inside.
• We practiced our core vocabulary by talking about what the word “same” means. We read a book about things that are the same and talked about how things that are the same look alike or match.  Then we found objects around the room that are the same.
• The children and Ms. Kim practiced their counting and number recognition skills with touch math and the book “Eight Silly Monkeys.”
• We celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday by reading several of his books. After reading, we worked on our fine motor skills by tearing up red and white paper to make Cat in the Hat hats.
• The children continued working on their alphabet books by gluing triangles all over their “T” page.
• We practiced fine motor skills and one to one correspondence by placing pom poms in muffin tins and butterfly shaped erasers in ice cube trays. The students are practicing putting one object into each of the sections in the divided containers.  Some children worked on their pincer grasp while others used tongs and tweezers to pick up the objects.
• The children started their four seasons tree collages by painting snow all over their winter tree with a q-tip.

DONATIONS NEEDED

We are in need of Kleenex for the classroom.

 If you could make a donation it would be greatly appreciated. 

Thank you in advance!

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• On Monday, we had group therapy with Mrs. Gallery and Mr. Joe. We made a vanilla wafer and banana sandwiches, picked up candy hearts with tongs, sorted them by color, and put them in different types of containers while working on our pincer grasps.
• We wrote about our favorite foods.
• Practiced counting with valentine themed objects.
• We made delicious strawberry banana smoothies and had pink frosted cookies for our special Valentine’s Day snack.
• The students worked on the letter of the week: “S” by completing their book page with stickers and a handwriting worksheet.
• We played in the sensory bin filled with oatmeal.
• The children listened to a story about how we keep our teeth healthy and then sorted food items by healthy and unhealthy.
• We painted sparkling white teeth with tooth brushes.
• The children drew in their journals.
• We practiced our fine motor skills with all sorts of tasks including peg and button jars, puzzles, lacing, and putting together nuts and bolts.

Upcoming Events

No school Monday, February 20^th – Friday, February 24^th – mid-winter break.

I hope you enjoy your break!

See you Monday, February 27^th.

Note From Mrs. Bush:

During Winter Break we are asking families to participate in a Habit 4 Win/Win activity.  Please sort through your books at home.  IF there are any you no longer want please bring them to Snow School and put them in the bin by Mrs. Bush’s room.

These books will then be reused in our Thursday (3/16 and 3/23) Book Share table.   Each book will cost $.50.  This is a win/win because you are reorganizing your books (discovering some you may have forgotten) AND you are helping a friend to buy a new book at a low cost.     The money will be used by the Leader in Me Team to complete the main hallway decorating.

If you have any question please see Mrs. Bush

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• We read about animals that live in the cold and completed a sorting activity.
• The children practiced matching colors with file folder games.
• We decorated our letter “r” book page with rice.
• We read serval Valentine’s books, even one that had our pictures in it!
• The children practiced counting to 10 with touch math and valentines pictures.
• We practiced our fine motor skills by lacing, putting pegs in a jar, putting pegs in peg boards, and putting together nuts and bolts.
• Some of the children painted Valentine hearts.
• We wrote in our journals.
• Kim read a story about going to the dentist and we used tooth brushes to clean teeth.
• The children also played in the sensory table full of oatmeal.

Upcoming Events

• Late start is Wednesday, February 15^th. Miss Ashley will also be out in the morning on this day for district related training.
• No school Monday, February 20^th – Friday, February 24^th for mid-winter break.

Valentine’s Day

On Tuesday, February 14^th, we will be celebrating Valentine’s Day! If you wish to have your child send in Valentines cards for their classmates there is a list of your child’s classmates below.  Valentines cards can be purchased at stores such as CVS, Kroger, Walmart, the Dollar Store, etc. 

Classmates 

Wiam

Jawaher

MohammedAli

AliAlreda

Mohamed

Daniel

Elijah

Lilyane

Cody

On Valentine’s Day we will have a special treat at snack time.

Thank you for helping your child enjoy Valentine’s Day!

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• On Monday we had therapy group with Mr. Joe and Mrs. Gallery. We made all sorts of Valentine crafts.  We mixed vinegar and baking soda to make fizzy paint and we tore paper to decorate hearts.
• We practiced our handwriting with the letter “q” and by drawing in our journals.
• The children worked on their fine motor skills with pegs and fine motor jars.
• On Wednesday, we predicted if the groundhog would see his shadow or not.
• The children made Valentine’s with our kindergarten peer pals.
• We worked on vocabulary words “go”, “like”, and “no.”
• The children marble painted with red and white paint.
• We read a book about going to the dentist and talked about how it’s important to brush and floss our teeth.
• We worked on matching colors with a Valentine color song and colored hearts.

Upcoming Events

• Miss Ashley will be out all day on Monday, February 6^th for district related training.
• Late start is Wednesday, February 15^th. Miss Ashley will also be out in the morning on this day for district related training.
• No school Monday, February 20^th – Friday, February 24^th for mid-winter break.

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• On Monday we had therapy group with Mr. Joe and Mrs. Gallery. Joe helped us make our very own puffy paint which we used to paint all sorts of shapes.  Mrs. Gallery read us “Snowman at Night” and had a snowman craft for us to make.
• We conducted our science experiment for the science fair. We answered the question… “What water temperature dissolves hot chocolate mix the best?”  We each had a turn to help pour, stir, work the timer, and taste our hot chocolate.
• The students practiced counting and number recognition with touch math and the poem “5 Little Snowmen”.
• The children drew in their journals.
• We painted with purple paint on our letter ‘P’ alphabet pages.
• We worked on vocabulary words “go” and “stop” with toy cars.
• The students sorted penguins by size.
• We had a chance to walk around the building and check out the other science experiments that children in the building conducted.
• We practiced matching numbers with the story “The Hungry, Hungry Penguin”.
• The children mix red and white paint at the easel to make pink hearts to decorate our classroom for Valentine’s Day.

Upcoming Events

• Miss Ashley will be out all day on Monday, February 6^th for district related training.
• Late start is Wednesday, February 15^th. Miss Ashley will also be out in the morning on this day for district related training.
• No school Monday, February 20^th – Friday, February 24^th for mid-winter break.

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Don’t forget, tomorrow, Friday, January 27th is a half day.

School is dismissed at 11:45.