Friday, April 24, 2009
Letter of the Week: I
On Monday, the children were very excited to come back to school after
the Passover holiday. This week, they are preparing for our Spring
Shabbat Dinner. For our table centerpieces, the boys and girls began
making spring flowers. They painted coffee filters with bright
colored paint, and later in the week, they will add the pipe cleaner
stems. Lucia was our kid of the day and her grandfather played his
cello for the children. He taught them the names of the parts of the
cello and the children listened to the sounds that the cello makes.
He played, "Do, Re, Mi" and "Happy Birthday" as the boys and girls
sang along. Each child had the opportunity to try playing the cello
by moving its bow back and forth over the strings. All of the
children enjoyed the sounds of the cello and we thank him for sharing
his musical talent with us.
On Tuesday, we read ish by Peter H. Reynolds. In this book, Ramon
loves to draw. He tries to make his drawings "right", but they never
come out that way. Ramon's sister, Marisol, tells Ramon that she
likes his art because it looks ish, vase-ish, tree-ish, and house-ish.
For our art project for the letter I, the boys and girls put an
iguana and an ice cream cone on their letters. We asked the children
to name their favorite flavor of ice cream, too.
On Wednesday, one group put spring flowers on their journal page and
the other group read Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse by Lindsay Barrett
George. In this book, one mouse lives inside a house and the other
mouse lives outside of the house. They follow similar paths, inside
and outside, to meet each other in the middle. Once they meet, a new
friendship begins. In yoga, Miss Kim asked the children to name their
favorite vegetable as they practiced yoga breathing. She read Growing
Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert. As she read the story about planting
and caring for vegetable seeds, the children followed the story with
yoga poses.
On Thursday, we read Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni. Inch by inch, an
inchworm uses its body to measure the living things that it encounters
in the field. For our art project, the boys and girls made a scene
from the book, Inch by Inch, showing an inchworm lost in a field of
tall grass. We played "I Spy". Each child took a turn to find
something in the room that is a certain color or shape.
On Friday, we read The Littlest Candlesticks by Sylvia Rouss. In this
book, Abby makes her very own Shabbat candlesticks. On her
candlesticks, she has painted a golden sun, the colors of a rainbow,
yellow daisies, and a small heart to show how much she loves
celebrating Shabbat. For our project, the children made candlesticks
to decorate our classroom for Shabbat Dinner this evening.
*Thank you to Lucia, Thomas, Cole, Harry, and Anya for being our super
"kids of the day" this week.
*Thank you to everyone who helped to make our Spring Shabbat Dinner a
wonderful celebration.
*A class picture will be taken on Monday. All children in the class
should attend so that they are in the group picture.
*Parent Teacher Conferences will be held next week on Wednesday, April
29 and Thursday, April 30. There will be no classes. Our teachers
will be available to watch the children while you are having your
conference. Please sign-up.
*Our fourth trip to the Art Museum will take place on Tuesday, May 5.
Please let us know if your child will be attending.
*Please sign-up for summer camp as soon as possible. Our enrollment
works on a first come - first served basis until we have a full
enrollment. Camp begins on Monday, June 8 and runs through Wednesday,
July 29.
*We hope to see all of the children in attendance on Monday for
Picture Day! Next week, we will learn letter O.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Lily and Miss Mindy
Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Miss. Ali's News, Week of April 20th
We were all very excited to be back at school after our long Spring Break!
This week, our unit was Spring!
On Monday, We made some beautiful floral centerpieces for our Shabbat Dinner this Friday! We also are coming very close to finishing our Handwriting Without Tears workbooks! Our letter of the week this week is the letter "Y."
On Tuesday, we practiced our letter "Y" some more and did some language arts worksheets to review it. We talked about Earth Day, and did some planting to help make the Earth beautiful!
Wednesday, we finger painted a spring scene and described what we were doing in our picture. We also identified how people were feeling in some pictures during Language Arts!
On Thursday, we were so excited to see Mr. Michael in drama class! The children did some great miming activities about what they did during their Spring Break! They also did a fun listening pattern activity. We read a Spring Poem and illustrated what the poem talked about!
On Friday, we had our 1st Shabbat since our Spring Break. The children were very excited to be coming back for their Shabbat dinner Friday night too!! We also finished our Spring Unit by making some beautiful kites!!
THANK YOU TO OUR ROYAL READER THIS WEEK, GLORIA STEFEL!!
Please don't forget about the Playschool Shabbat Dinner, TONIGHT!! 4-24 starting at 5:45pm until 7:15pm
Coming Up....
Pajama week in the Pre-K week of April 27th. Please send your child/children to school in their pajamas on Friday, May 1st. Make sure they have on appropriate footwear. Please no flip-flops or slippers!
Parent Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, April 29th and Thursday, April 30th. Please review your time outside of our classroom!
Class Pictures are Tuesday, April 28th. Please have your children in to school no later than 9:00am!
LAST CLASS TRIP to the INSECTARIUM on Monday, May 11th! If you have not already, please send your child/children in with their permission slips, along with 12.00 in cash or a check. Parents and siblings, are welcome to attend!!
Have a Nice Weekend!!
Miss. Ali and Miss. C
This week, our unit was Spring!
On Monday, We made some beautiful floral centerpieces for our Shabbat Dinner this Friday! We also are coming very close to finishing our Handwriting Without Tears workbooks! Our letter of the week this week is the letter "Y."
On Tuesday, we practiced our letter "Y" some more and did some language arts worksheets to review it. We talked about Earth Day, and did some planting to help make the Earth beautiful!
Wednesday, we finger painted a spring scene and described what we were doing in our picture. We also identified how people were feeling in some pictures during Language Arts!
On Thursday, we were so excited to see Mr. Michael in drama class! The children did some great miming activities about what they did during their Spring Break! They also did a fun listening pattern activity. We read a Spring Poem and illustrated what the poem talked about!
On Friday, we had our 1st Shabbat since our Spring Break. The children were very excited to be coming back for their Shabbat dinner Friday night too!! We also finished our Spring Unit by making some beautiful kites!!
THANK YOU TO OUR ROYAL READER THIS WEEK, GLORIA STEFEL!!
Please don't forget about the Playschool Shabbat Dinner, TONIGHT!! 4-24 starting at 5:45pm until 7:15pm
Coming Up....
Pajama week in the Pre-K week of April 27th. Please send your child/children to school in their pajamas on Friday, May 1st. Make sure they have on appropriate footwear. Please no flip-flops or slippers!
Parent Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, April 29th and Thursday, April 30th. Please review your time outside of our classroom!
Class Pictures are Tuesday, April 28th. Please have your children in to school no later than 9:00am!
LAST CLASS TRIP to the INSECTARIUM on Monday, May 11th! If you have not already, please send your child/children in with their permission slips, along with 12.00 in cash or a check. Parents and siblings, are welcome to attend!!
Have a Nice Weekend!!
Miss. Ali and Miss. C
Friday, April 3, 2009
News from Miss Gloria's Class, 4/03/09
Friday, April 3, 2009 Letter of the Week: E
On Monday, we read An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni. In this book, Jessica, the frog, believes that she has found a huge pebble. Her frog friend, Marilyn, tells her that what she has found is not a huge pebble, but a chicken egg. Shortly thereafter, the egg cracks open. The frogs soon learn that an alligator, and not a chicken, has been hatched. For our letter E art project, the boys and girls made the planet Earth. First, they took a coffee filter and flattened it out. Then, they were given two eyedroppers. One eyedropper was for blue paint to represent the oceans and the other eyedropper was for green paint to represent the land. They dripped the colored paints from the eyedroppers onto the coffee filter to make an illustration of the Earth.
On Tuesday, we read The Matzah Man by Naomi Howland. In this adaptation of The Gingerbread Boy, a matzah man runs away from Mr. Cohen, the baker. He runs all through the town until he ends up at a family seder. For the letter of the week art project, the boys and girls painted the E blue and added green collage paper for the land.
On Wednesday, one group of children put frogs on their journal page and the other children read Passover! by Roni Schotter. This rhyming book tells how Passover is celebrated in the home beginning with cleaning the house, cooking the Passover meal, reading from the Haggadah, hiding the afikomen, and then, finding the afikomen. In yoga class, Miss Kim asked the children to wish someone well as they practiced yoga breathing. The boys and girls played "Yoga Simon Says", too. They are really getting good at this game as it is getting harder for Miss Kim to trick them! Miss Kim told a story about a bird and the children acted out the story with yoga poses.
On Thursday, we read Elmer by David McKee. Elmer, the elephant, stands out amongst the other elephants with his brightly-colored patchwork body. Our art project was to make Elmer elephants. On Friday, we read Kippi and the Missing Matzah by Louise Gikow. This Sesame Street story has Elmo and Kippi in search of the matzah that was taken from their Passover seder table. The boys and girls made matzah men for their arts and crafts project.
*Thank you to Kethan, Ciampone, Annalise, Lucas, and Brooke for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
*The children have been learning songs for Passover. Please ask them to sing the songs for you.
*Please sign-up for summer camp as soon as possible. Our enrollment works on a first come - first served basis until we have a full enrollment. Camp begins on Monday, June 8 and runs through Wednesday, July 29. We have flexible options for camp scheduling.
*The Playschool will be closed from Monday, April 6 through Friday, April 17 for Passover. The Playschool will resume on Monday, April 20.
*Our Spring Shabbat Dinner will be held on Friday, April 24. Please let us know what you will be bringing to the Shabbat Dinner.
*A class picture will be taken on Monday, April 27. All children in the class should attend so that they are in the group picture.
*Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday, April 29 and Thursday, April 30. Sign-up sheets for conferences will be on our classroom door when we return to school after Passover. Our teachers will be available to watch the children while you are having your conference.
*Our fourth trip to the Art Museum will take place on Tuesday, May 5. Please let us know if your child will be attending.
*Have a great Passover! We will see you on Monday, April 20.
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Lily, Miss Mindy and Miss Sophie
On Monday, we read An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni. In this book, Jessica, the frog, believes that she has found a huge pebble. Her frog friend, Marilyn, tells her that what she has found is not a huge pebble, but a chicken egg. Shortly thereafter, the egg cracks open. The frogs soon learn that an alligator, and not a chicken, has been hatched. For our letter E art project, the boys and girls made the planet Earth. First, they took a coffee filter and flattened it out. Then, they were given two eyedroppers. One eyedropper was for blue paint to represent the oceans and the other eyedropper was for green paint to represent the land. They dripped the colored paints from the eyedroppers onto the coffee filter to make an illustration of the Earth.
On Tuesday, we read The Matzah Man by Naomi Howland. In this adaptation of The Gingerbread Boy, a matzah man runs away from Mr. Cohen, the baker. He runs all through the town until he ends up at a family seder. For the letter of the week art project, the boys and girls painted the E blue and added green collage paper for the land.
On Wednesday, one group of children put frogs on their journal page and the other children read Passover! by Roni Schotter. This rhyming book tells how Passover is celebrated in the home beginning with cleaning the house, cooking the Passover meal, reading from the Haggadah, hiding the afikomen, and then, finding the afikomen. In yoga class, Miss Kim asked the children to wish someone well as they practiced yoga breathing. The boys and girls played "Yoga Simon Says", too. They are really getting good at this game as it is getting harder for Miss Kim to trick them! Miss Kim told a story about a bird and the children acted out the story with yoga poses.
On Thursday, we read Elmer by David McKee. Elmer, the elephant, stands out amongst the other elephants with his brightly-colored patchwork body. Our art project was to make Elmer elephants. On Friday, we read Kippi and the Missing Matzah by Louise Gikow. This Sesame Street story has Elmo and Kippi in search of the matzah that was taken from their Passover seder table. The boys and girls made matzah men for their arts and crafts project.
*Thank you to Kethan, Ciampone, Annalise, Lucas, and Brooke for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
*The children have been learning songs for Passover. Please ask them to sing the songs for you.
*Please sign-up for summer camp as soon as possible. Our enrollment works on a first come - first served basis until we have a full enrollment. Camp begins on Monday, June 8 and runs through Wednesday, July 29. We have flexible options for camp scheduling.
*The Playschool will be closed from Monday, April 6 through Friday, April 17 for Passover. The Playschool will resume on Monday, April 20.
*Our Spring Shabbat Dinner will be held on Friday, April 24. Please let us know what you will be bringing to the Shabbat Dinner.
*A class picture will be taken on Monday, April 27. All children in the class should attend so that they are in the group picture.
*Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday, April 29 and Thursday, April 30. Sign-up sheets for conferences will be on our classroom door when we return to school after Passover. Our teachers will be available to watch the children while you are having your conference.
*Our fourth trip to the Art Museum will take place on Tuesday, May 5. Please let us know if your child will be attending.
*Have a great Passover! We will see you on Monday, April 20.
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Lily, Miss Mindy and Miss Sophie
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Pre-K News for the week of March 30th
During school this week, we talked about Passover!
We also learned how to write the letter "X"
On Monday, we made a fancy Seder plate and began to practice the letter "X" in our Handwriting Without Tears workbooks.
On Tuesday, we went on a great field trip to the Arden Theatre to see "A Year With Frog and Toad" The children, parents and teachers had an excellent time on this field trip!!
Wednesday, we painted our afikomen covers for Passover! We used fabric paint to write the word "matzah" in Hebrew on our cover, then decorated the cover with paints! We practiced doing a writing sample as well.
Thursday, we colored baby Moses in his basket, and drew a water scene for him swimming. We had a great drama class with Mr. Michael where the children got to share their favorite parts of "A Year With Frog and Toad." The children also discussed the feelings of each character and how they acted.
Friday, we talked about the 4 Questions of Passover and did a matching activity! We also had a Shabbat celebration with Cantor Carl and the rest of our Playschool Friends.
Books We Read This Week:
Monday- Sammy Spider's First Passover
Wednesday- April Fool! -Harriet Ziefret
Thursday- My Very Own Haggadah
Friday- Dinosaur on Passover
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPER ROYAL READER THIS WEEK, Madeline and Amelia's "Mom Mom" Lori!
School will be closed for Passover starting Monday, April 6th- Friday, April 17th. Playschool will resume on MONDAY, APRIL 20th!
Parent/Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, April 29th and Thursday, April 30th
If you haven't already signed up, please do so outside of our classroom!
Playschool Shabbat Dinner will be held on Friday, April 24th from 5:45-7:15pm. All families are asked to bring a Kosher dish that will feed at least 5 people. Sign up sheets for this dinner, are also posted outside of our classroom!
*** Insectarium Pre-K Field Trip will be on Monday, May 11th. Parents and siblings are welcome to attend, and tickets are 12.00 per person.
Please do not forget to send back the permission slips, along with a check or cash!
HAVE A WONDERFUL SPRING BREAK!
Miss. Ali and Miss. C =-)
We also learned how to write the letter "X"
On Monday, we made a fancy Seder plate and began to practice the letter "X" in our Handwriting Without Tears workbooks.
On Tuesday, we went on a great field trip to the Arden Theatre to see "A Year With Frog and Toad" The children, parents and teachers had an excellent time on this field trip!!
Wednesday, we painted our afikomen covers for Passover! We used fabric paint to write the word "matzah" in Hebrew on our cover, then decorated the cover with paints! We practiced doing a writing sample as well.
Thursday, we colored baby Moses in his basket, and drew a water scene for him swimming. We had a great drama class with Mr. Michael where the children got to share their favorite parts of "A Year With Frog and Toad." The children also discussed the feelings of each character and how they acted.
Friday, we talked about the 4 Questions of Passover and did a matching activity! We also had a Shabbat celebration with Cantor Carl and the rest of our Playschool Friends.
Books We Read This Week:
Monday- Sammy Spider's First Passover
Wednesday- April Fool! -Harriet Ziefret
Thursday- My Very Own Haggadah
Friday- Dinosaur on Passover
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPER ROYAL READER THIS WEEK, Madeline and Amelia's "Mom Mom" Lori!
School will be closed for Passover starting Monday, April 6th- Friday, April 17th. Playschool will resume on MONDAY, APRIL 20th!
Parent/Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, April 29th and Thursday, April 30th
If you haven't already signed up, please do so outside of our classroom!
Playschool Shabbat Dinner will be held on Friday, April 24th from 5:45-7:15pm. All families are asked to bring a Kosher dish that will feed at least 5 people. Sign up sheets for this dinner, are also posted outside of our classroom!
*** Insectarium Pre-K Field Trip will be on Monday, May 11th. Parents and siblings are welcome to attend, and tickets are 12.00 per person.
Please do not forget to send back the permission slips, along with a check or cash!
HAVE A WONDERFUL SPRING BREAK!
Miss. Ali and Miss. C =-)
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