Mrs. Schuit's Early Childhood Special Education

We had a GREAT first week back and everyone seems healthly! Yeah!!!!!!

Upcoming Dates to remember:

• Fri. Jan. 17 – NO P.M. Class
• Mon. Jan. 20 – NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther KIng Jr. Day
• Tues. Jan. 21 – NO P.M. Class

Theme: Winter Clothing – Mittens, Hats, Coats, Scarfs and Boots

• Songs: Hurry, Hurry Up! – Super Simple Songs and Winter Mittens – The Kiboomers (both found on YouTube)
• Poem: Three Little Kittens – ChuChu TV
• Letter O – Owl, Octopus and Orange
• Sight Words – a, have, I, is, my, not ( My Things by Alex Chung will be coming home)
• Math – Sizes: Small, Medium and Large, Identifying numbers, counting to 30.
• Colors: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green and Orange (colors used in the Winter Mittens song)

Welcome back everyone! I hope everyone had a restful and healthy break!

I had a healthy break but I can’t say it was restful but at least I spent quality time with my family.

Week of January 6, 2020

Upcoming dates to remember

• Fri. Jan. 17 – No P.M. class
• Mon. Jan. 20 – No School – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Tues. Jan. 21 – No P.M. class

Theme: Snowmen (Really thought we would have snow in January)

• Poem: Chubby Little Snowman (you tube by Little Fox)
• Book: Building a Snowman by Carolyn Kisloski found on Epic Books
• Letter Nn – Nose, Numbers and Noodles
• Math: Sizes – Small, Medium and Large (What you need to make a snowman – three different size snowballs)
• Shapes: Hexagon, Circle, Square, Star

READING LOGS – Starting in January each family will be responsible to fill out a monthly reading log. I will send it home this week and you can start the day you receive it.

Benefits of Reading to Children

• Language Exposure
• Listening skills
• Spelling
• Reading Comprehension
• Building Vocabulary
• Establishing essential foundation literacy skills
• It is a social opportunity between the parent and child to create positive attitudes toward reading

Reading Exposure can be

• Reading books and Nursery Rhymes aloud together
• Talking daily about home and the community
• Singing, drawing and telling stories

PLEASE PUT YOUR CHILD’S NAME ON ALL NEW HATS, COATS AND MITTENS. SO FAR WE HAVE A BLACK PUMA HAT AND SPIDERMAN GLOVES THAT NO ONE IS CLAIMING!

Friday is ugly sweater day for all students and staff. If your student doesn’t have a sweater they can wear something red or green.

Reminder that tomorrow is a late start for the A.M. class. Bus will arrive 1 hour later but your child should be home around their normal drop off time.

I would like to wish every family a happy and healthy winter break!

Happy Holidays!

• Upcoming dates to remember
• Wed. Dec. 18 – Late start for the A.M. class
• Mon. Dec. 23-27 – NO SCHOOL – Winter Break
• Mon. Jan. 6, 2020 – School re-opens

Themes: Gingerbread boys and girls and Holiday Fun!

• Letter – M – Mommy
• Numbers – Counting objects and matching to a number
• Colors and Shapes – Review
• Rhyming Words continue with introduction
• Stories – Pete the Cat Saves Christmas and Pete the Cat School Shoes
• Nursery Rhyme – Baa, Baa Black Sheep

Upcoming dates to remember:

• Wed. Dec. 18, 2019 – Late start for A.M. class
• Mon. Dec. 23-27, 2019 – NO SCHOOL – Winter Break
• Mon. Jan. 6, 2020 – School re-opens

Theme for the month is Gingerbread boy and girls / Holiday Fun

• Letter L – Lion
• Numbers: Counting to 1-30, 10 frames, Number ID, Printing numbers 1-5
• Colors: Red and Green
• Shapes: Review
• Rhyming Words – AN – Dan-van-can-man-pan
• Poem: Gingerbread Man
• Story: The Gingerbread Man and BINGO

Thank you so much for turning in the Family project. The Gingerbread boys and girls are adorable. You can still send them in if you haven’t had the time to finish them.

Thank you so much for the boxes of Kleenex. We are still in need of a few more boxes.

I would just like to let you know that Ms. Timea has taken on a new position at DuVall school and we have a new paraprofessional Ms. Shonte who started today. Ms. Alrah and myself wish Ms. Timea the best and welcome Ms. Shonte to the classroom. Change is hard on the students so we will have to get into a new routine.

Upcoming important dates

• Wed. Dec. 18, 2019 Late Start for the A.M. class
• Mon. Dec. 23-27, 2019 NO SCHOOL – Winter Break
• Mon. Jan. 6, 2020 – School re-opens

Theme for the month is Gingerbread Boys/Girls

• Letter K – Kangaroo
• Numbers- 1-5 printing and rote count 1-30
• Colors- Pink and Purple
• Shapes – Diamond and Octagon
• Poem – Gingerbread Man
• Rhythming Words – AN – Dan-van- man-can-ran – Dan in a Van – phonic song

WE ARE ALL OUT OF KLEENEX IF EVERYONE COULD SEND IN ONE BOX! THANK YOU, MRS. SCHUIT

Family project coming home tomorrow! I would like each family to decorate a Gingerbread Boy or Girl for the classroom. Ms. Afrah has made us the coolest gingerbread house outside our classroom. Please watch for pictures.

Only two days of school this week! Monday and Tuesday. There will be no school on Wed. 11/27, Thurs. 11/28 and Fri. 11/29. Have a great three days with your family.

We are going to continue with Mat Man – Body Parts

-Review letters A-J

Review colors and shapes

Monthly assessments

• Upcoming Important Dates
• Wed. Nov. 27 – NO SCHOOL
• Thurs. Nov. 28 – NO SCHOOL
• Fri. Nov. 29 – NO SCHOOL

WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Theme: MAT MAN – BODY PARTS

MAT MAN is made up of lines and curves, the same shapes we use to write our letters. MAT MAN is from the writing program called Hand Writing Without Tears. I will send home a picture of MAT MAN so your child can practice drawing people at home.

Letter: J for jacket

Shape: Rectangle

Songs: Continue with Thanksgiving songs

Math: Ten Frames – A ten frame is a visual way to develop number sense using a rectangular frame of ten squares arranged in two rows of five or a “ten frame”. I will be sending home an introduction letter and a ten frame home to practice with.

Spirit Week

November 18th-November 22nd

For EACH day: bring $1 or a can of food for our Gleaners Food Drive to participate in each of the following spirit themes:

MONDAY (11/18)- Pajama Day

TUESDAY (11/19)- Crazy Sock Day

WEDNESDAY (11/20)- Wear the colors of   the rainbow!

THURSDAY (11/21)- Mix-matched day

FRIDAY (11/22)- Superhero Shirt Day

Important Dates:

Evening Conferences: Tues. Nov. 12 and Thurs. Nov. 14 from 4:00-7:00

No School: Wed. Nov. 27th, Thurs. Nov. 28th and Fri. Nov. 29th

Theme: Turkey’s

Books: Happy Thanksgiving Day by Kim Mitzo Thompson and Thanksgiving Turkeys by Patick Merrick

Songs: The Thanksgiving Dinner Song and 10 Little Turkeys by The Learning Station

Letter I for Ice Cream

Number 2 – Printing

Colors: Brown and Yellow

Shapes: Oval and Diamond

We are working on drawing pictures and labeling what we draw.

Thank you for putting names on coats, mittens and hats.