11/30 Classroom Update

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving break! It was quite the surprise to wake up to a snow day on Monday, but all of the snow made for lots fun during outside time this week. This week, we really enjoyed learning about dinosaurs! We learned about many different types of dinosaurs, how paleontologists study dinosaurs, about dinosaur eggs, and why scientists think dinosaurs are extinct. During center time, we worked on matching dinosaur beginning sounds, came up with our own theories about what happened to the dinosaurs, dug for dinosaurs in the sand table, acted as paleontologists by putting together the puzzle of dinosaur bones, and more! Here are some picture highlights from the week:

Building dinosaurs with pattern blocks!

Painting our Jellyfish for our letter books!

Digging for dinosaurs in the sand table!

Putting together dinosaur skeletons!

Music with Ms. Janet!

We made a playdough volcano erupt!

Watching the volcano erupt!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Parent Teacher Conferences:  Preschool conferences will be held in the Woodcliff Board Room from 3:30-6:30 pm on Tuesday, December 11th. To sign up, change or check your conference time, please visit the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4DACA62AA2FE3-pm5s.

Winter Party: Save the date for a fun winter party from 2:15-3:00 pm in our classroom on Thursday, December 20th! More details to follow!

Winter Break: The last day of preschool classes before Winter Break is Thursday, December 20th. School resumes Monday, January 7th!

Have a great weekend!

11/16 Classroom Update

This week, we learned all about turkeys! We learned about the parts of a turkey, where turkeys live, what they eat, the life cycle of a turkey, and much more! In preparation for Thanksgiving, we also began to discuss things we are grateful for. Here are some picture highlights from the week:

We played in our new grocery store dramatic play area! In the grocery store, we wrote grocery lists, hunted for the items on our lists, checked out with the cashier, and used coupons for extra savings! :)

We also made Indian corn - a symbol of the fall harvest!

After reading the story Run Turkey Run, we used "turkey feet" to paint turkey tracks as the turkey ran away from the farmer!

We made striped snakes for our letter books!

We learned about the life cycle of a turkey! They grow from an egg to a poult to a Jake or Jenny (young adult turkey) and finally into a full grown Tom or Hen!

We had so much making music and dancing with Ms. Janet on Wednesday!

This week, we also discussed things we are thankful for. Our thankful turkeys are on display in the hallway!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Scholastic Book Orders: Last week, I sent home Scholastic Book orders in your child's folder. November book orders are due by this coming Tuesday, November 20th. You can order books online by completing the steps below. You may also turn in your paper order and payment to me and I will input and send in your order for you. This will be the last Scholastic book order until January, so if you are ordering books as a gift, please let me know so I can get them to you discreetly!

1. Go to the Scholastic Reading Club Website here.
2. Click Connect to your Teacher and enter our class activation code: PJFBX.
3. Then click to order from this month's flyer. Our default flyer is the "Early Childhood" flyer; however, you may order from any of the flyers. You can view more details about each book and add them to your cart by clicking on them in the flyer. 
4. After selecting your items, click on the cart to create an account or sign-in to your existing account in order to check-out.  
5. October orders need to be placed by Tuesday, November 20.

Thanksgiving Break: There is no school November 21-23 for Thanksgiving break. Classes will resume on Monday, November 26th.

Parent Teacher Conferences: Save the date for preschool conferences on Tuesday, December 11th. Please sign up for a conference using the following link:
 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4DACA62AA2FE3-pm5s.

Winter Party: Save the date for a fun winter party from 2:15-3:00 pm in our classroom on Thursday, December 20th! More details to follow!

Winter Break: The last day of preschool classes before Winter Break is Thursday, December 20th. School resumes Monday, January 7th!

Have a great weekend!

11/9 Classroom Update

This week, we explored ocean life! We learned about lots of different animals living in the ocean, including the difference between mammals and fish. We also learned about the parts of a shark and especially enjoyed looking at a bull shark's jaw and all of it's teeth! Thank you for sharing it with us Mrs. Hakopian! At center time, we worked on identifying the beginning sound of many ocean words, as well as counting the syllables we hear in ocean words. Here are some more pictures from our week in preschool:

We learned about ocean animals and sorted animals that do and do not live in the ocean. 

We practiced writing our letters in sand. 

We played with ocean animals in the water table!

We learned about the letter O and made an orange octopus for our letter books!

We read the story Mr. Seahorse and painted our own seahorses!

We also made hand print crabs after reading the story A House for Hermit Crab!

Important Dates/Reminders:

School Picture Retakes: If you would like your child's photo retaken, please let us know and return the proof to school. Picture retakes will be on Wednesday, November 14th.

Scholastic Book Orders:This week, I sent home Scholastic Book orders in your child's folder. November book orders are due by Tuesday, November 20th. You can order books online by completing the steps below. You may also turn in your paper order and payment to me and I will input and send in your order for you. This will be the last Scholastic book order until January, so if you are ordering books as a gift, please let me know so I can get them to you discreetly!

1. Go to the Scholastic Reading Club Website here.
2. Click Connect to your Teacher and enter our class activation code: PJFBX.
3. Then click to order from this month's flyer. Our default flyer is the "Early Childhood" flyer; however, you may order from any of the flyers. You can view more details about each book and add them to your cart by clicking on them in the flyer. 
4. After selecting your items, click on the cart to create an account or sign-in to your existing account in order to check-out.  
5. October orders need to be placed by Tuesday, November 20.

Thanksgiving Break: There is no school November 21-23 for Thanksgiving break. Classes will resume on Monday, November 26th.

Parent Teacher Conferences: Save the date for preschool conferences on Tuesday, December 11th. Please sign up for a conference using the following link:
 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4DACA62AA2FE3-pm5s.

Winter Party: Save the date for a fun winter party in our classroom on Thursday, December 20th!

Winter Break: The last day of preschool classes before Winter Break is Thursday, December 20th. School resumes Monday, January 7th!

Have a great weekend!

11/2 Classroom Update!

This week, we had so much fun celebrating Halloween! Thank you to all of the parents who helped out with our party - we had a blast! Here are lots of pictures from Halloween week at preschool:

Completing Halloween patterns!

Cutting out our pattern pieces!

Creating 5 little pumpkins to go with the "5 Little Pumpkins" rhyme!

We made black cats for our letter books!

We learned all about spiders and made spider headbands!

Playing in our Halloween sensory table!

Clapping and building the syllables in Halloween words!

Playing Halloween bingo!

Building letters out of pumpkin pie playdough!

Ready for the Halloween Parade!

Making masks at our Halloween party!

 

Following recipes to make witches brew!

Practicing writing the letter C!

 Playing Race to Fill the Pumpkin!

Playing instruments along with Ms. Janet's Halloween story!

Important Dates/Reminders:

School Pictures/Retakes: If you would like to order pictures, you can order online at orders.geskusphoto.com. The deadline to order photos is TODAY (November 2nd). If you would like your child's photo retaken, please let us know and return the proof to school. Picture retakes will be on Wednesday, November 14th.

Thanksgiving Break: There is no school November 21-23 for Thanksgiving break. Classes will resume on Monday, November 26th.

Parent Teacher Conferences: Save the date for preschool conferences on Tuesday, December 11th. A link to sign up will be sent at a later date!

Winter Break: The last day of preschool classes before Winter Break is Thursday, December 20th. School resumes Monday, January 7th!

Have a great weekend!