Below is a note from Bobby's teacher - he loves her (and so do I)
Hi,
I wanted to send a quick note to let all of you know that we had a great first week of school! Everyone seems to be settling into our routine and our "home away from home" is working out just fine- especially the playground!! We spent our first week of school learning about fish and their special characteristics. Everyone enjoyed dissecting one in class for a real up close and personal look. We started working on simple patterns and enjoyed a couple of stories from the George and Martha anthology. These stories focus on the qualities of a good friend so they are perfect as we establish our classroom of caring individuals.
This week our class will rotate to Ms. Stacey's room to learn about the author Harry Allard and the illustrator James Marshall. We are looking closely at this pair and other works of theirs (George and Martha is written and illustrated by Marshall) in preparation of our field trip to Dallas Children's Theater in October where we will see the production of Miss Nelson is Missing. Rotating teachers is unique to our curriculum and will be continued throughout the month (my class will learn about mammals from Ms. Carrie and birds from Ms. Jenna). We feel this shared curriculum will unify the PreKindergarten in a special way and allow us (the teachers) to get to know all the students so that we can better support one another throughout the year.
Back to School Night is coming up in a week, but please know that you can contact me with any questions or concerns prior to it if necessary. Additionally, I want all of you to know that I have an "open door policy", even if the door is closed:) This means that you are welcome in the classroom at any time. The only exception to this is at the end of the day when lunch is concluding and I want the children to clean up and put things away independently. Thank you for respecting this classroom ritual.
I hope you enjoy the attached photos. Some that may need explanation: The children follow the red line to the playground every day; I've been known to burst into the song "Follow the Red Line" from time to time:) Check-in in the morning is often at a vertical surface to promote good fine motor placement, afterward it's free time. Ms. Janet is our music teacher for the year- she's great! We love this playground!
Smiles,
Andrea
I wanted to send a quick note to let all of you know that we had a great first week of school! Everyone seems to be settling into our routine and our "home away from home" is working out just fine- especially the playground!! We spent our first week of school learning about fish and their special characteristics. Everyone enjoyed dissecting one in class for a real up close and personal look. We started working on simple patterns and enjoyed a couple of stories from the George and Martha anthology. These stories focus on the qualities of a good friend so they are perfect as we establish our classroom of caring individuals.
This week our class will rotate to Ms. Stacey's room to learn about the author Harry Allard and the illustrator James Marshall. We are looking closely at this pair and other works of theirs (George and Martha is written and illustrated by Marshall) in preparation of our field trip to Dallas Children's Theater in October where we will see the production of Miss Nelson is Missing. Rotating teachers is unique to our curriculum and will be continued throughout the month (my class will learn about mammals from Ms. Carrie and birds from Ms. Jenna). We feel this shared curriculum will unify the PreKindergarten in a special way and allow us (the teachers) to get to know all the students so that we can better support one another throughout the year.
Back to School Night is coming up in a week, but please know that you can contact me with any questions or concerns prior to it if necessary. Additionally, I want all of you to know that I have an "open door policy", even if the door is closed:) This means that you are welcome in the classroom at any time. The only exception to this is at the end of the day when lunch is concluding and I want the children to clean up and put things away independently. Thank you for respecting this classroom ritual.
I hope you enjoy the attached photos. Some that may need explanation: The children follow the red line to the playground every day; I've been known to burst into the song "Follow the Red Line" from time to time:) Check-in in the morning is often at a vertical surface to promote good fine motor placement, afterward it's free time. Ms. Janet is our music teacher for the year- she's great! We love this playground!
Smiles,
Andrea
No comments:
Post a Comment