Room 15, Ms. Margaret

*Please have your child choose 1 item that begins with the letter of the week and bring it in on Thursday or Friday.  They need to have 2-3 clues and the item brought in a non-see through bag.

This week our focus was on the letter Y, caterpillars and days of the week.    We glue pictures that begin with Y in our journals and also worked on forming upper and lowercase why in our journals.We discussed what we know about caterpillars and read the story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar."  We made a Days of the Week caterpillar that is hanging in the hallway.  The students also worked on a days of the week book where they had to fill in the days of the week according to the story.  To end the week, we made our grassy caterpillars.  These are just like the old Chia pets.  You will need to water it, place it in a sunny spot and then watch it grow!  Enjoy!
We also added six new students to our class!  Our live caterpillars arrived on Tuesday!  We are eagerly watching them grow and waiting for them to transform into beautiful butterflies!

Next week we will finish up the alphabet with the letter Z and learn a little about butterflies.  Please don't forget that we also have our field trip next week.  Your child will need to wear their yellow field trip shirt and bring a disposable lunch & drink.  I have found a parent volunteer for T/TH to bring a cooler, but I am still looking for a M/W/F.  Please let me know if you would be willing to help out.

We will be attending Deanna Rose Farmstead for our spring field trip.  We will be going on Tuesday, April 17 & Wednesday, April 18.  We will be leaving the ECC at 8:30 on Tues. and 9:15 on Wed. and returning between 1 & 1:30.  Please let me know if you are planning on attending the field trip.  This is a field trip where it is very helpful to have extra adults to help out.  

Please continue working on identifying letters and numbers 1-20 at home.

I can't believe it is almost time, but Pre-K Graduation is right around the corner!  Graduation will be on Wednesday, May 16 at 7pm in the Church.  More details to come.

We are starting to run low on glue sticks and clorox wipes.  If you would be willing to send in a couple glue sticks or a container of clorox wipes, it would be greatly appreciated!


As always, if you have questions please feel free to send me an email.

                                                                              God Bless,
                                                                              Ms. Margaret

 Understanding Motor Development in Children: Hand Dominance  http://www.pre-kpages.com/understanding-motor-development-children-hand-dominance/
Does your child W-sit?  PLEASE READ:  http://ilslearningcorner.com/2016-01-primitive-reflexes-the-answer-behind-w-sitting-and-how-to-fix-it/
  Developmental Charts:     http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/ect/behavior_development/dev_charts.htm
  Developmental Stages of Writing:        http://www.education.com/reference/article/developmental-stages-writing/
"Evolution of a Child's Writing" - article. Very interesting & gives examples!
http://scholarlylions.edublogs.org/2012/04/12/evolution-of-a-childs-writing/