Dr Seuss Day

We decorated our classroom doors for Dr. Seuss' birthday.  We also walked around the school to see all the decorated doors.  The favorites were "Go Dog Go" and "The Lorax". 

"Chief" from the Topsfield Fire Department was our Guest Reader for Dr. Seuss Day.  He read the book "Are You My Mother?"  He also gave the children Topsfield Fire Department activity books and crayons.  The children had the opportunity to ask Chief questions about being a Fire Fighter.

Miss Anna, our Endicott Intern was our guest reader for day 2 of Dr. Seuss Day.  She read "The Tooth Book".

Miss Anna generated discussion about the Dentist and taking care of our teeth.  The children participated in "Turn & Talk" with a buddy and discussed their experiences at the Dentist.

The children graphed their rainbow fish at snack.

Miss Carol

Reading Standards:

MA.1.  With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or poem read aloud.

MA.10.  Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate literature rad aloud.

Math Standards:  

MA.3. Understand the relationships between numerals and quantities up to 10

Valentine's Day Fun

 

Buddies - EEKK & Turn and Talk

Miss Sideri and her class taught us about EEKK and Turn & Talk when we did Reading Buddies with them in the Fall.  The children have continued to do very well with theses activities in our class.   
EEKK The Children pointed to and read the title and author of these familiar books and then  "read" the pictures of the book together.

Turn & Talk

We "Turn & Talk" after a story some times and the children will tell each other their favorite parts of the story.  We also may do a "Turn & Talk" after a vacation or weekend and tell each other something special they may have done.  It's a wonderful way for all of the children to express their ideas when we may not have the time to do so in a whole group.  


Reading Standard:  MA.6. With prompting and support, “read” the illustrations in a picture book by describing a character or place depicted, or by telling how a sequence of events unfolds.

Welcome to Miss Anna

A big warm welcome to Miss Anna from Endicott College.  She is going to be helping in our class until May.  We are so happy to have her with us!

Please add Miss Anna to our Valentine's Day list.
Thank you!

Valentine's Day Class List

Just in case you want to get a head start on our class Valentine's.

February Newsletter will be going home next week.

          Emma                   Gabe                     Hannah              Max B

          Mason                  Maeva                   Collin                Benny 

          Cora                     Annie                    Molly                Charley

          Max                      Dylan                   Juliet                  Colin

          Jack                      Zachary                Dustin                Patrick            Alex                     Elena                    Maeve                Abby

                   

Miss Carol, Miss Cathy & Miss Michelle

 Extra Large Tissue Boxes Needed
We will painting our Valentine boxes next week and are in need of more extra large tissue boxes.  Please send in any empty tissue boxes you may have.  Thank you so much!!

Pajama Day Fun

Lots of fun pajama's, nightgowns, bathrobes, slippers, blankets, stuffed animals and a book.

Ninja Turtles

Super Heroes

Frozen/Elsa

Lobster

]football

dinosaur

spiderman

cats

fire engine & animals

owls

girl

elf

polar bear

panda bear

batman

my little pony

reindeer

stars

race cars

 Our Pajama Day Graph

Essential Question:  Why do people wear pajamas?

(respond to this blog with your child's ideas)

Popcorn & Movie

Good Night Gorrilla, Good Night Moon & Sammy.

 

Musical Chairs is a party favorite.

Reading Standards for Literature:  Integration of knowledge and ideas. 

MA.9.   With prompting and support, make connections between a story or poem and one’s own experiences.

Math Standards: PreK Counting and Cardinality   Know number names and the counting sequence.

MA.1. Listen to and say the names of numbers in meaningful contexts. 

Snowballs by Lois Ehlert

Our class read the Lois Ehlert book Snowballs.  She used a lot of different "stuff" to illustrate so many of her snow creations in this book.  She has a page of "good stuff" at the end of the book.  She also has snow information and different snowmen at the end of this book. Our class used a variety of "stuff" to make a big Snowman creation and each student made made the their own. The following are some of the different things that the children made:

Snow Dad

Snow Mama

Snow Baby

Snow Ninja

Snow Boy

Snow Girl

Snow Monster

Read snowballs by Lois Ehlert with your child at home/Library and let us know what their favorite part of this story was.  

MA.10.  Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate informational texts read aloud.

Happy New Year! 2016

Our class had a discussion about the year 2015 and all of the children's favorite things that they did last year.

We also discussed the new year of 2016 that started on January 1st and whether any one knew what making a New Years Resolution meant.  We did get quite a few adorable ideas that I didn't write down at the time.  The following are the resolutions that the children chose for 2016.

Essential Question:  Why do people make New Years Resolutions?  

Lois Ehlert Books

Our class has been reading quite a few Lois Ehlert books this Fall and Winter.   Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf The Leaf Man Nuts to You Boo to You  & Snowballs Some of the children said that they have Lois Ehlert books at home.  We would love to have as many different books by this author as we can and would appreciate if you could have your child bring in to school next week (only if you have one).  I borrowed some extras from our school Library and Miss Judy.  
We will be doing some shared reading with buddies to look at books together and discuss their favorite parts of the books.  We will also be reinforcing 1:1 correspondence when "reading" the titles of books as well as the author.  We will be sure to take many pictures and post next week.  
Thanks so much!

Holiday Party and The Polar Express

Snack Time

We made gingerbread houses and/or people for our special snack. We added raisin features and then baked them in our kitchen oven.

  

The Polar Express

The children were mesmerized by the older students and many of our siblings performances.  So much fun!

Big white or brown paper bags with handles Needed

Hi Everyone!  Our class is in need of large white or brown paper bags with handles that do not have anything on them.  I would like to have our preschoolers decorate and carry our many special projects home in these bags.  If you do have any, we would appreciate you sending in as soon as possible.  
Thank you so much!!

REMINDER: Delayed Opening Does Not Affect Preschool