Mrs. Schuit's Early Childhood Special Education

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• THURS. APRIL 18TH – I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WILL NOT BE IN SCHOOL BECAUSE OF A DR. APPT. I NEED TO TAKE MY TWO SON’S TO. THERE WILL BE A SUB FOR ME AND AFRAH AND ALI WILL BE THERE.  IF YOU TEXT ME I WILL RESPOND IF I CAN.  ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DAY IF I DON’T TEXT YOU BACK CALL THE CLASSROOM 313-827-6964.
• FRI. APRIL 19TH NO SCHOOL
• WED. APRIL 24TH LATE START FOR THE A.M. CLASS ONLY

THEME:  ZOO ANIMALS

LETTER Z:  ZOO, ZEBRA AND ZIPPER

WE WILL BE PRACTICING TO ZIP UP OUR COATS SO WE CAN JOIN THE ZIPPER CLUB!

SONGS:  GOING TO THE ZOO – MOM IS TAKING US TO THE ZOO, ABC ANIMAL SONG AND FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED

MATH:  NUMBER IDENTIFICATION, COUNTING 1-100, COUNTING BY 10’S, ONE TO ONE CORRESPONDENCE 

WELCOME BACK!  HOPE EVERYONE HAD A HAPPY AND HEALTHY WEEK OFF.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• WED. APRIL 10TH IS PICTURE DAY.  JUST NEED TO BRING YOUR SMILE.  MONEY IS ONLY NEEDED IF YOU WANT TO BUY THE PICTURES AFTER THEY SEND THEM HOME AND YOU SEE THEM.
• WED. APRIL 10TH IS EVENING CONFERENCES  FROM 4:00 TO 6:30.  IF YOU WISH TO HAVE A PHONE CONFERENCE OR IN PERSON CONFERENCE PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  I JUST HAVE A FEW SPOTS OPEN.  PLEASE DO NOT WORRY ABOUT A CONFERENCE IF WE JUST HAD AN IEP MEETING.  I WILL ALSO BE CONTACTING YOU VERY SOON IF AN ANNUAL IEP IS NEEDED.
• FRI. APRIL 19TH – NO SCHOOL – GOOD FRIDAY
• WED. APRIL 24TH IS A LATE START FOR THE A.M. CLASS ONLY

THEME FOR THIS WEEK IS ALL ABOUT FROGS

SONG:  FIVE GREEN SPECKLED FROGS ON YOU TUBE BY KIBOOMERS

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE COLOR GREEN AND READING BOOKS ABOUT FROGS

IN MATH WE WILL BE COUNTING, MATCHING, SORTING AND IDENTIFYING NUMERALS

Dates to remember:

• Mon. April 1 – Fri. April 5 there is NO SCHOOL – Spring Break
• Mon. April 8th – School re-opens
• Fri. April 19th – No School – Good Friday
• Turn in the Student Reading Minutes log before Fri. March 29 to enter into the drawing for a new bike

Theme of the week:

Book:  Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown

The students have been requesting Pete the Cat Books and they just love Pete!

Theme:  Farm Animals

Poem:  Continue with the Spring poem and the song Spring is Here

Songs:  Old MacDonald and Five Little Ducks

Letter: Xx  – Last week we learned the letter W not N.  That was the week before.

Math:  Counting to 100, sizes big and small, long and short, Number ID

DATES TO REMEMBER

• MON APRIL 1 – FRI. APRIL 5, 2019 IS SPRING BREAK – NO SCHOOL FOR THE WEEK
• WED. APRIL 10 – PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES – PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CONFERENCE.
• FRI. APRIL 19 – NO SCHOOL – GOOD FRIDAY
• WED. APRIL 24 – LATE START FOR THE A.M. CLASS

THEME :  SIGNS OF SPRING – BIRDS, FLOWERS, GREEN GRASS, WARM WEATHER, SUNSHINE

SONG:  SPRING IS HERE – YOU TUBE – THE LEARNING STATION – BLUEBIRD, BEE, LADYBUG, BUTTERFLY, FROG

BOOK:  GOODNIGHT MOON BY MARGARET WISE BROWN – YOU TUBE – BEDTIME STORY – BABIES & KIDS CHANNEL

POEM:  SPRING – I WILL SEND HOME THE WORDS

MATH:  COUNTING TO 100

LETTER:  LETTER N – NEST, NOSE

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

Sorry for the late notice but tomorrow the A.M. class will have a late start.  The students will be picked up one hour later.

They will return home at their normal time.

Please remember to turn in the book report form by Thursday March 14th.

Theme this week is the book From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Thank you if you sent in wipes.  I believe we are all set for the rest of the school year!

Well we made it to the month of March!

That means spring is right around the corner 🙂

Dates to remember:

• Wed. March 13th is a late start for the A.M. class only.  The students will be home at their normal time.
• Sun. March 10th is daylight Saving Time – Spring clocks ahead one hour
• Wed. March 20th is the First Day of Spring!  WE ARE READY!  BRING IT ON!!!!

Reading Activities for March is reading month

• The first activity was sent home on Thurs/Fri.  Please read a book with your son or daughter fill out the red paper and return it to school.  The school is going to make a giant rainbow with all the papers that is returned.  Each grade level has a different color paper to bring back to school.
• A student minute chart will be sent home on Tues.  Please fill out and return at the end of the month so your child will be entered into the “Bikes for Books” raffle and they will have a chance to win a Bike!!!
• This week I will be sending home a sheet to be filled out about your child’s favorite book. Please answer the questions the best you can.  The questions are a little hard for preschoolers but the sheet is going home with everyone in the whole school.  Just draw a picture with your child about the book.  Return and they will be hung up on the lockers for all to see.

Theme:  Is the book The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle  – We will be decorating your classroom door with a spider web and spiders made by the students to be a part of the school wide – Decorate your classroom door with your favorite book!

Colors:  Brown and purple

Shape:  Shamrock for St. Patrick’s Day

Math:  Counting and number ID.

Opposites:  Empty/Full, Long/Short, Day/NIght

Reading month begins Friday, March 1st!

Let’s kick it off by wearing red and white in honor of Dr. Seuss Day!

The whole school will be participating in this activity!

Date To Remember:

• Wed. March 13th – Late start for A.M. only

Theme for this week and the month of March will be our favorite books to help celebrate March is Reading Month

The first book on the list will be Elmer’s Colors by David McKee.

We will have many projects relating to elephants and different color projects.

Don’t forget to turn in the February reading log.  This is a school wide requirement and preschool is also participating.

Reading Fact:  Reading books aloud to your child stimulates their imagination and expands their understanding of the world they live in.  

This Friday March 1st we will celebrate Dr. Seuss Birthday which is March 2nd. We will be listening to and reading many of his books this week.

We will learn the color songs for Blue and Green.

In Math we will continue to work on different sizes, number ID and counting objects.

LAST WEEK I SENT HOME A LEADERSHIP SPIRIT WEAR ORDER FORM.

LEADERSHIP DAY IS COMING UP SOON AND THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO WEAR THEIR NEW SHIRT THAT DAY AND ANY OTHER DAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO.

ALL ORDERS ARE DUE TOMORROW!  JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER WITH THE SNOW DAY AND DAYS OFF.

THE FRONT OF THE SHIRT SAYS LEADERSHIP IS OUR SUPERPOWERS AND THE BACK SAYS WHAT’S YOURS?

KIDS SIZES ARE YOUTH EXTRA SMALL –  YOUTH SMALL-  YOUTH MEDIUM- YOUNG LARGE

COST IS $10.00

One important date for the next month:

• Wed. March 13th is a late start for the A.M. class

The theme for the rest of this week will be about keeping our teeth healthy.

We will learn a song about brushing our teeth called Brush your teeth @ super simple songs

Letter Aa is the letter of the week:  Apple, alligator, ant

New songs:  Alligator chomp and the Ants go marching

Math we will be talking about long and short and Counting to 50.

We will learn two new color songs:  white and yellow

Last week we learned red and pink for Valentine’s Day.

Thank you for all the wonderful candy that was sent in for Afrah, Ali and myself.

I big THANK YOU for the great treats, cards and gifts you sent in for the students.

WE HAVE THE MOST CARING PARENTS IN THIS CLASS.

In case you were wondering Mr. Ali has been subbing as the second paraprofessional for the last month in the classroom.  I would have introduced you sooner but I had no idea that we would be able to keep Mr. Ali for as long as we have.  The students are enjoying new the faces in the classroom.  I couldn’t even think about doing my job with Ms. Afrah and Mr. Ali.  Thank you!