News and Information

Reminder:  No school for Kindergarten and Young Fives on Friday, February 2nd.

Valentine’s Day

We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on February 14th, 9:00-10:00 a.m.  A sign up for food and materials will be posted soon.  Yes, we are handing out Valentine cards (for your purchasing planning).  More details to come!

What We Did This Week

We introduced our Alpha Friend, Vinnie Volcano, Letter V

We colored the letters , colored letter pictures, and worked in our poem books.

We introduced the sight word: up

We had an introduction to informational writing.  We wrote to tell about Giant Pandas!

We read stories about Bears, and answered questions about key details in the story.

We reviewed in our Handwriting books using our “three finger squeeze” and introducing the “magic C” – “big curve.”  We learned and practiced capital G.

We are counting to 100 using songs and our math grid.

We also practiced counting by 10’s to 100.

We learned a new math game called “Top It”

We continue our number talks and building numbers on the “ten frame.”

We also continue to practice our number formation.

In Science we are tracking the daily weather.  We also talked about Storms.

We visited our special classes, Gym, Art, Music and Media

We practice Habit 4 – “Think Win Win” during free choice when we listen to other’s ideas and work with them to have a positive play experience.

In Second Steps we continue to practice reading emotions and having empathy.

We rotated through our Daily 5 Literacy Centers.

If you have any questions please let me know.