1/7 Classroom Update

Important Dates/Reminders:

Preschool Progress Reports/Conferences: Preschool progress notes will be sent home in your child's weekly folder on Thursday, February 3rd or Friday, February 4th. If after reviewing your child's progress reports you have any questions or concerns, please contact me to schedule a virtual conference for the week of February 14th. I will send out an email at a later date to schedule conferences with my availability to meet via Google Meet.

MLK Day: There are no preschool classes on Monday, January 17th for MLK Day. All day childcare is available for families enrolled in the childcare program. 

Mid-Winter Break: WECC will be closed on Friday, February 18th and Monday, February 21st for Mid-Winter Break. 

Spring Break: There will be no preschool classes Friday, April 1st through Friday, April 8th for Spring Break. Childcare will be available the week of April 4th for families enrolled in the childcare program. 

MWF 3's Class:

This week, we read the story The Mitten and had lots of fun acting out the story while reading and through song. We also learned that adjectives are describing words and practiced using them to describe a real mitten. Our preschoolers designed their own mittens and came up with their own words to describe them. We practiced sequencing story events by singing "The Mitten in the Snow" and acting out the story. We also wrote a class book together where each child was able to write/draw about what animal would climb in their mitten. We loved hearing everyone's ideas while reading it during circle time! During centers, we practiced one-to-one counting by counting mittens and recalling story characters by sorting animals that were in the story versus not in the story. We also read Jan Brett's book The Hat and used picture clues in the book to make predictions about what would happen next. Here are some picture highlights from our week in 3's:

PM 5's Class:

This week in 5's, we read Jan Brett's The Mitten and worked on retelling/sequencing the story. We acted out the story in the snow table and through song. We also made retelling bags to share the story with our families at home. We learned that adjectives are describing words and practiced describing both a real mitten and our own mitten designs. We reviewed story elements like the author, setting, characters, problem and solution of The Mitten. We also went on word hunts for the sight word "was" and practiced reading with a pattern in our own mini versions of The Mitten. We also learned about the letter P and turned the letter p into a penguin for our letter books. Here are some picture highlights from our week in 5's: 

Have a great weekend!