Friday, November 20, 2009 Letter of the Week: P
On Monday, we read Sometimes it's TURKEY - Sometimes it's FEATHERS by Lorna Balian. When Mrs. Gumm finds a turkey egg, she decides to hatch it, care for the turkey, and have the turkey come to her house for Thanksgiving dinner. For our art project, the boys and girls made hand and foot turkeys. We traced the children's hands and feet to make the turkey, added feathers and eyes, a beak, a wattle, and sparkles. We began to learn Thanksgiving songs, such as "A Turkey is a Funny Bird", "Turkey Dinner", and "The Pumpkin Ran Away". Please ask your children to sing these songs for you.
On Tuesday, we read Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert. This colorfully illustrated book tells about the growth of a cherry tree. Once the cherries are ripe, then they can be eaten in a pie. Our letter P art project was to paint the P using pink and purple paint, and adding to that, purple glitter. On the letter P, the children placed a pie. We asked the children to name their favorite type of pie. They responded with blackberry, cherry, apple, vanilla, and strawberry.
On Wednesday, we read If You Give A Pig A Party by Laura Numeroff. In this book, you can find out what will happen if you give a pig a party. In yoga, Miss Kim asked the children to name what they like to eat for dessert. The boys and girls played "Yoga Simon Says" and took an imaginary yoga trip to a farm.
On Thursday, we read One Terrific Thanksgiving by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. This book is about a bear who learns that Thanksgiving is not only about eating a big dinner, but it is more importantly, about being with friends. For our art project, the boys and girls painted ceramic gifts to give to their families for Hanukkah. We also asked the children to tell us what they are thankful for.
On Friday, we read The Pizza That We Made by Joan Holub. This rhyming book tells the excitement of three children as they make a pizza pie. For our art project, the boys and girls made salt and dough beads.
*Thank you to Jack, Jonah L., Tommy, Avery, and Jake M. for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
* If you would like to purchase your child's tile and/or matching note cards, please let us know.
*Please call, 215-922-6590 x28, or email, gparris@societyhillsynagogue.org, if your child is sick and will not be attending school. We are trying to be careful to prevent the spread of the flu and we want to make sure that children who are sick are not coming back to school too soon.
*Please sign-up for Afterschool Arts Clubs. It's a great way for children to extend their day in the Playschool. Each day, we focus on a featured activity.
* On Wednesday, November 25, the Playschool will close at 12:30 PM. There will be no Afterschool Arts. We will be closed on Thursday and Friday, the 26th and 27th, for Thanksgiving.
*Our Hanukkah Happening and Playschool Open House will take place on Sunday, December 6 from 11 AM to 1 PM. For the celebration of Hanukkah, we will have dreidel games, arts and crafts, music, and homemade latkes for all. We hope to see all of our Playschool families there!
*Applications for the September 2010-May 2011 school year have been distributed to all of our Playschool families. Please return them as soon as possible if you would like to enroll your child in any of our classes. Spots get filled quickly and you do not want to miss this early opportunity for priority enrollment before the Open House on December 6.
*Also, please let us know if there are any days that you cannot be "Parent of the Day" between January and May. The new schedule will be out before the winter break.
*Parent Teacher Conferences will take place on Wednesday, December 9 and Thursday, December 10.
* Next week, we will continue to learn letter P and sing songs, read books, and make art projects for Thanksgiving.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Mindy and Mr. Noah
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
News From Pre-K 11/16/09
This week in Pre-K our unit was Thanksgiving!! We spent a great deal of time making wonderful turkey projects, that are displayed in our classroom! Be sure to come in and take a look!
We also painted some beautiful kiddish cups Hanukkah.!
We reviewed the numbers "3," "4," and "5" again and practiced writing each one.
We always have such a great time when Miss. Vanda, our drama teacher is here! We did some great warm-up songs, and acted out some books. We pretended we were fancy people and got all dressed up!
Next week we will continue our unit on Thanksgiving, in preparation for the holiday coming up.
Books We Read This Week:
"Today Is Thanksgiving" Pk Hallinan
"The Thanksgiving Beast Feast" Karen Gray Ruelle
"Thanksgiving Is...." Gail Gibbons
"T is For Turkey" Tanya Lee Stone
"Sometimes its Turkey, Sometimes its Feathers" Lorna Bailon
A BIG THANKS to our Royal Reader this week, Ava Marcus' grandma "Beama"!
***Reminders***
School will close at 12:30pm on Wednesday, November 25th. There will be NO AFTERSCHOOL ARTS CLUB.
Playschool will also be closed on Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November, 27th for Thanksgiving.
Parent/Teacher Conference Sign Up Sheets are now hanging outside of our classroom. Please be sure to sign up for a date and time if you have not done so already.
Conferences will be held on Wednesday, December 9th and Thursday, December 10th. There will be NO SCHOOL for children on these days, BUT child care is provided, if need be, in Miss. Gloria's room during your scheduled time/date.
Also, Dont forget the Hanukkah Happening Party, on Sunday, December 6th from 11am until 1pm. It's a great time to come out and have some holiday fun!!
Enjoy your weekend!
Miss. Ali
Monday, November 16, 2009
Pre-K News, November 9th, 2009
This week our unit was Native Americans! We spent a lot of time learning about different Native American tribes and cultures! We made some beautiful tee-pee's, a native American boy and girl and even created some original Hopi Pottery Paintings!
We started to write the letter "H" in our Handwriting Without Tears Books, and have begun to sequence, count and write the number "5"
Books We Read This Week:
D is For Drum- A Native American Alphabet- Debbie and Michael Shoulders
Dancing With The Indians-Angela Medaris
Navajo Indians- Caryn Yacowitz
The Hello, Goodbye Window
The Rain Came Down
A BIG THANK YOU to the entire Layden Family for being our terrific Royal Readers and for spending Shabbat with us on Friday!
* Dates to Remember*
School will be closed on Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th for Thanksgiving.
Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday, December 9th and Thursday, December 10th. Sign Up Sheets will be posted outside of the classroom shortly.
There will be no school for children on these days, although child care will be available during your scheduled conference time in Miss. Gloria's classroom.
Royal Reader schedules will be sent home soon for the remainder of the school year. If you cannot make your scheduled date, please find someone that can switch with you, and let me know! Thanks!!
**Just another note~ Snack DOES NOT need to be packed on Friday's!
Shabbat Shalom!
Miss. Ali
Friday, November 13, 2009
News from Miss Gloria's Class: 11/13/09
Friday, November 13, 2009
Letter of the Week: N
On Monday, we read Little Cloud by Eric Carle. In this book, Little Cloud drifts across the sky behind the other clouds. He changes shapes from a sheep, to an airplane, and to a clown wearing a funny hat. Little Cloud joins the other clouds to form a larger cloud that brings the rain. We asked the children to tell us what shapes they would like to see in the clouds. Some of them said, "princesses", "Thomas", a "pussy cat", and "Spiderman". For our art project, the boys and girls painted a cloudy day in the city. To make the clouds, they used a cotton ball to apply the paint.
The theme of our trip to the Art Museum was Exploring Shapes and Sculpture. In each of the galleries, the children looked for shapes and colors in the paintings and sculptures that they viewed. For our art project, they used clay to make a sculpture. The children were able mold the clay into many shapes and they used wooden sticks to give the clay texture. Thank you to all of the parents who accompanied us on the trip. Our next Art Museum trip is scheduled for Tuesday, January 12.
On Wednesday, one group read One Dark Night by Lisa Wheeler. Mouse and Mole are in fear of the dark night until they find Bear who shows them kindness by sharing his dinner with them. The other group of children made a letter N entry in their journal. They used newspapers to trace the letter N. In yoga, Miss Kim asked the children to name what they would like to see if they went to outer space. The children played a woodcutter's yoga game where they posed as a chair or a table. Their imaginary trip was to explore space.
On Thursday, we read The Napping House by Audrey Wood. In this book, everyone is sleeping. The snoring granny, the dreaming child, the dozing dog, the snoozing cat, and a slumbering mouse are all asleep. When a flea bites the mouse, a chain reaction begins and, within a short time, everyone awakens. For our art project, the children made a bird in a nest.
On Friday, we read Something for Nothing by Phoebe Gilman. This old folktale begins with a baby's blanket, that gets made into a jacket, and as time progresses, then a vest, then a tie, then a handkerchief, until there is nothing left of the old blanket. For our art project, we made a picture of the beginning of Shabbat. Shabbat begins at night when the stars are in the sky.
*Thank you to Jake S., Lane, Maya, and Lily for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
* If you would like to purchase your child's tile and/or matching note cards, please let us know as soon as possible.
*Please call, 215-922-6590 x28, or email, gparris@societyhillsynagogue.org, if your child is sick and will not be attending school. We are trying to be careful to prevent the spread of the flu and we want to make sure that children who are sick are not coming back to school too soon.
*Please sign-up for Afterschool Arts Clubs. It's a great way for children to extend their day in the Playschool. Each day, we focus on a featured activity.
* On Wednesday, November 25, the Playschool will close at 12:30 PM. There will be no Afterschool Arts. We will be closed on Thursday and Friday, the 26th and 27th, for Thanksgiving.
*Our Hanukkah Happening and Playschool Open House will take place on Sunday, December 6 from 11 AM to 1 PM. For the celebration of Hanukkah, we will have dreidel games, arts and crafts, music, and homemade latkes for all. We hope to see all of our Playschool families there!
* Next week, we will learn letter P and learn songs, read books, and make art projects for Thanksgiving.
Letter of the Week: N
On Monday, we read Little Cloud by Eric Carle. In this book, Little Cloud drifts across the sky behind the other clouds. He changes shapes from a sheep, to an airplane, and to a clown wearing a funny hat. Little Cloud joins the other clouds to form a larger cloud that brings the rain. We asked the children to tell us what shapes they would like to see in the clouds. Some of them said, "princesses", "Thomas", a "pussy cat", and "Spiderman". For our art project, the boys and girls painted a cloudy day in the city. To make the clouds, they used a cotton ball to apply the paint.
The theme of our trip to the Art Museum was Exploring Shapes and Sculpture. In each of the galleries, the children looked for shapes and colors in the paintings and sculptures that they viewed. For our art project, they used clay to make a sculpture. The children were able mold the clay into many shapes and they used wooden sticks to give the clay texture. Thank you to all of the parents who accompanied us on the trip. Our next Art Museum trip is scheduled for Tuesday, January 12.
On Wednesday, one group read One Dark Night by Lisa Wheeler. Mouse and Mole are in fear of the dark night until they find Bear who shows them kindness by sharing his dinner with them. The other group of children made a letter N entry in their journal. They used newspapers to trace the letter N. In yoga, Miss Kim asked the children to name what they would like to see if they went to outer space. The children played a woodcutter's yoga game where they posed as a chair or a table. Their imaginary trip was to explore space.
On Thursday, we read The Napping House by Audrey Wood. In this book, everyone is sleeping. The snoring granny, the dreaming child, the dozing dog, the snoozing cat, and a slumbering mouse are all asleep. When a flea bites the mouse, a chain reaction begins and, within a short time, everyone awakens. For our art project, the children made a bird in a nest.
On Friday, we read Something for Nothing by Phoebe Gilman. This old folktale begins with a baby's blanket, that gets made into a jacket, and as time progresses, then a vest, then a tie, then a handkerchief, until there is nothing left of the old blanket. For our art project, we made a picture of the beginning of Shabbat. Shabbat begins at night when the stars are in the sky.
*Thank you to Jake S., Lane, Maya, and Lily for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
* If you would like to purchase your child's tile and/or matching note cards, please let us know as soon as possible.
*Please call, 215-922-6590 x28, or email, gparris@societyhillsynagogue.org, if your child is sick and will not be attending school. We are trying to be careful to prevent the spread of the flu and we want to make sure that children who are sick are not coming back to school too soon.
*Please sign-up for Afterschool Arts Clubs. It's a great way for children to extend their day in the Playschool. Each day, we focus on a featured activity.
* On Wednesday, November 25, the Playschool will close at 12:30 PM. There will be no Afterschool Arts. We will be closed on Thursday and Friday, the 26th and 27th, for Thanksgiving.
*Our Hanukkah Happening and Playschool Open House will take place on Sunday, December 6 from 11 AM to 1 PM. For the celebration of Hanukkah, we will have dreidel games, arts and crafts, music, and homemade latkes for all. We hope to see all of our Playschool families there!
* Next week, we will learn letter P and learn songs, read books, and make art projects for Thanksgiving.
Shabbat Shalom!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Mindy and Mr. Noah
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
News from Miss Gloria's Class: 11/06/09
Letter of the Week: N
On Monday, we read My Story A Picture Book by Nora The Piano Cat written by Betsy Alexander and Burnell Yow! This book is about a famous piano-playing cat. Nora has been on the news, TV shows, and youtube. She is an award winning cat who can play the piano. Betsy Alexander, her owner, has sung at SHS during Hanukkah Happenings and Hebrew and Sunday School. In addition to reading her book, Nora has a calendar with sound where the boys and girls were able to listen to her play the piano. For our letter N art project, the children made a collage of uppercase letter N and lowercase letter n, made from newspapers, and the numbers, 0 to 9. We also read Let's Count by Tana Hoban to review counting and number recognition.
On Tuesday, we read In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. In this book, Mickey has a dream where he journeys through a baker's kitchen to assist three bakers in making a Mickey cake. For our letter M art project, the boys and girls decorated the letter M with Mickey in his airplane, a large bottle of milk that was poured into the cake batter, and stars in the nighttime sky.
On Tuesday, we read In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. In this book, Mickey has a dream where he journeys through a baker's kitchen to assist three bakers in making a Mickey cake. For our letter M art project, the boys and girls decorated the letter M with Mickey in his airplane, a large bottle of milk that was poured into the cake batter, and stars in the nighttime sky.
On Wednesday, one group read Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh. Mouse Count tells the story of a snake who wants to eat ten mice, but before he has the chance to eat them up, they scurry away. The children in the journal group covered the letter N with newspaper squares. In yoga, we practiced yoga breathing and played "Yoga Lights". For our imaginary trip, the children posed as animals living in the zoo.
On Thursday, we read Dog's Noisy Day by Emma Dodd. In this story, Dog meets other animals living on a farm and learns how noisy all of the animals can be. For our art project, we made Navajo blanket patterns.
On Thursday, we read Dog's Noisy Day by Emma Dodd. In this story, Dog meets other animals living on a farm and learns how noisy all of the animals can be. For our art project, we made Navajo blanket patterns.
On Friday, we read Art by Patrick McDonnell. Art loves to make art. He draws zigzags and squiggles, dots and splotches, and curly cues and doodles. Art likes to display his art on the refrigerator, too. His mother loves Art and the art that he creates. Our art project was to make name tags that the children will wear on their trip to the Art Museum next week. We hope that all of the children enjoy the coloring book that was sent from the museum, too.
*Thank you to Katherine, Simon, Leila, Sydney, and Marisol for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
* If you would like to purchase your child's tile and/or matching note cards, please let us know as soon as possible.
*Please call, 215-922-6590 x28, or email, gparris@societyhillsynagogue.org, if your child is sick and will not be attending school. We are trying to be careful to prevent the spread of the flu and we want to make sure that children who are sick are not coming back to school too soon.
*Tuesday is our first trip to the Art Museum. Children and chaperoning parents may come to school at 8:30 AM. The bus will pick us up at 9:30. We will be back at school by 12 noon and the children will eat lunch when we return. We would like to have as many parent chaperones as possible.
*Please sign-up for Afterschool Arts Clubs. It's a great way for children to extend their day in the Playschool. Each day, we focus on a featured activity. Monday is Cooking Club, where this week, the children made pumpkin muffins, on Tuesday for Science Club, the children experimented with polished crayons, on Wednesday during Art Club, the children painted dogs like the one in the book Why is Blue Dog Blue?, on Thursdays in Movement Club, the children play "Duck, Duck, Goose", "Red Light, Green Light", relay games, parachute activities, or ride scooters, and on Fridays, the children enjoy musical activities. Please have your child give it a try!
* On Wednesday, November 25, the Playschool will close at 12:30 PM. There will be no Afterschool Arts. We will be closed on Thursday and Friday, the 26th and 27th, for Thanksgiving.
* On Monday, we will read Little Cloud by Eric Carle in preparation for our trip.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Mindy and Mr. Noah
*Thank you to Katherine, Simon, Leila, Sydney, and Marisol for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
* If you would like to purchase your child's tile and/or matching note cards, please let us know as soon as possible.
*Please call, 215-922-6590 x28, or email, gparris@societyhillsynagogue.org, if your child is sick and will not be attending school. We are trying to be careful to prevent the spread of the flu and we want to make sure that children who are sick are not coming back to school too soon.
*Tuesday is our first trip to the Art Museum. Children and chaperoning parents may come to school at 8:30 AM. The bus will pick us up at 9:30. We will be back at school by 12 noon and the children will eat lunch when we return. We would like to have as many parent chaperones as possible.
*Please sign-up for Afterschool Arts Clubs. It's a great way for children to extend their day in the Playschool. Each day, we focus on a featured activity. Monday is Cooking Club, where this week, the children made pumpkin muffins, on Tuesday for Science Club, the children experimented with polished crayons, on Wednesday during Art Club, the children painted dogs like the one in the book Why is Blue Dog Blue?, on Thursdays in Movement Club, the children play "Duck, Duck, Goose", "Red Light, Green Light", relay games, parachute activities, or ride scooters, and on Fridays, the children enjoy musical activities. Please have your child give it a try!
* On Wednesday, November 25, the Playschool will close at 12:30 PM. There will be no Afterschool Arts. We will be closed on Thursday and Friday, the 26th and 27th, for Thanksgiving.
* On Monday, we will read Little Cloud by Eric Carle in preparation for our trip.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Mindy and Mr. Noah
News from Ms. Terri's Class: 11/06/09
Triceratops, by Evan
T-Rex, by Cobrin
Ankylosaurus, by Margot
Stegosaurus, by Brendan
Hi Moms, Dads and Special Grown-ups,
This week we explored our favorite "D" word, DINOSAURS!
We loved our Blue Dogs, but Dinos are so exciting. We sent home four pages of songs and we have had oodles of fun stomping, growling, eating and going down to the river for drinks of water during circle time. The children chose one of four kinds of Dinosaurs to paint. We made Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus-Rex, Ankylosaurus, and Triceratops. We learned that our friend Dante's name starts with letter "D."
Our Dinosaur reading list included:
1. Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton.
2. Dinosaur on Shabbat, by Diane Levin Rauchwerger and illustrated by Jason Wolff.
3. When Dinosaurs Came With Everything, by Elise Broach and illustrated by David Small.
We had great fun changing our names to Dinosaur names...like Brendanosaurus, Gemmasaurus, Ms. Terrasaurus, etc.!
We also talked about Volcanoes this week. Every day during movement time, we rumble our feet like big volcanoes, fill our bellies up with steam and blow out our lava. Sometimes we rumble so loudly that Miss Gloria can hear us! For our volcano project, we colored and painted some crinkly, rocky volcano paper and topped it off with lava paint that was mixed with sand, glue and red glitter. The Dinos are busy hanging around the volcanoes on our classroom walls in our Pre-Historic mural! They'll be coming home soon.
This week we'll start talking about letter "E." We are planning to fill the room with Elmo portraits!
Have a beautiful weekend, Shabbat Shalom.
Ms. Terri and Ms. Julia
News From Miss. Ali and Friends.. week of Nov. 2nd
Our friends in Pre-K had a very exciting week!
This week our unit was Community Jobs/Helpers.
On Tuesday, the Pre-K took a walking trip to Superfresh to see all of the different jobs people have in the supermarket! We got to take a look at all of the delicious food in the bakery, took a trip past the deli counter, and even had a chance to eat some cheese and see a real lobster who joined our tour! We had an excellent time and learned alot!
During this week we also had some parents come in to discuss what jobs they do. We learned about law, owning and managing a restaurant, and what it is like to be a doctor~!
Our friends are also learning some more letters of the alphabet. We have been practicing the letters "L" "F" and "E" in our Handwriting Without Tears workbooks.
We have also learned how to write the number 4 and group and sequence items.
Books We Read This Week:
"I Will Never Not Ever Eat A Tomato"- Lauren Child
"When I Grow Up"- Leonid Gore
"What Do You Want To Be?"- Todd Parr
"Mister Seahorse"- Eric Carle
"I've Lost My Yellow Zebra"- Angela Brooksbank
* Reminder- If children are sick, regardless if they have a fever, please do not send them to school! We are trying to keep SHS Healthy!
**Playschool will be closed Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th for Thanksgiving**
Thank You, Thank You to ALL of our parents who came in this week!!
Mike Carrier, Egle Vasiliauskaite, Anne Ladenson and Pete Gearhart-
We appreciate you taking time out of your day to come visit with us!!
Have a nice weekend,
Miss. Ali
This week our unit was Community Jobs/Helpers.
On Tuesday, the Pre-K took a walking trip to Superfresh to see all of the different jobs people have in the supermarket! We got to take a look at all of the delicious food in the bakery, took a trip past the deli counter, and even had a chance to eat some cheese and see a real lobster who joined our tour! We had an excellent time and learned alot!
During this week we also had some parents come in to discuss what jobs they do. We learned about law, owning and managing a restaurant, and what it is like to be a doctor~!
Our friends are also learning some more letters of the alphabet. We have been practicing the letters "L" "F" and "E" in our Handwriting Without Tears workbooks.
We have also learned how to write the number 4 and group and sequence items.
Books We Read This Week:
"I Will Never Not Ever Eat A Tomato"- Lauren Child
"When I Grow Up"- Leonid Gore
"What Do You Want To Be?"- Todd Parr
"Mister Seahorse"- Eric Carle
"I've Lost My Yellow Zebra"- Angela Brooksbank
* Reminder- If children are sick, regardless if they have a fever, please do not send them to school! We are trying to keep SHS Healthy!
**Playschool will be closed Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th for Thanksgiving**
Thank You, Thank You to ALL of our parents who came in this week!!
Mike Carrier, Egle Vasiliauskaite, Anne Ladenson and Pete Gearhart-
We appreciate you taking time out of your day to come visit with us!!
Have a nice weekend,
Miss. Ali
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