2/3 Classroom Update

Important Dates/Reminders

Preschool Conferences/Progress Reports: Preschool conferences will be held next Tuesday, February 7th and Thursday February 9th from 3:30-6:30 pm in the WECC gym. Please visit here to sign up for a ten minute conference or to view your conference time. During the conference, we will review and send home progress reports, and I can also answer questions regarding placement for next year. If you are in need of childcare during the conference, children are welcome to play in a designated area in the gym. I am looking forward to sharing in your child's successes with you!

Valentine's Day Heart Project: The week of Valentine's Day, we will be participating in lots of fun Valentine’s Day activities in preschool and discussing friendship. In lieu of a party, we are asking for students and their families to create one big valentine for the class using a construction paper heart that I sent home in your child's folder this week. You can use glitter, stickers, paint, yarn, pasta, crayons, or any other materials around your house to decorate your heart. Upon completion, please return your “Class Valentine” to school so that we may share it with the class and display it for our school community in our classroom windows.

Valentines: Sending in individual valentines for the class is optional. Although we will not have an official time to pass out valentines, students may bring them in to pass out during free choice time if they'd like. We have 20 students in our morning class and 13 students in our afternoon class. 

Kindergarten Enrollment: The EGRPS website regarding kindergarten registration information has been updated. Intent to enroll forms are now available. The link to the page can be found here. Please let me know if you plan on enrolling your child and I will fill out a Preschool Teacher form for you!

Mid-Winter Break: There are no preschool classes on Friday, February 17 and Monday, February 20 for Mid-Winter Break. 

Spring Break: There will be no preschool classes from Friday, March 31 through Friday, April 7. Classes will resume on Monday, April 10. 

MWF 3's Class:

This week, we kicked off our Community Helpers unit by learning about health helpers, with a focus on dentists! February is National Children's Dental Health Month so we learned many ways we can keep our mouths healthy, including brushing our teeth, flossing, visiting the dentist, and eating healthy foods! We sequenced the steps to brushing our teeth and sorted foods and drinks that are good/bad for our teeth. We also discussed what to expect when visiting the dentist and the important job dentists have in keeping us healthy. During center time, we read about community helpers, practiced using scissors, played in our classroom dentist office, explored dentist tools with playdough, and painted teeth with toothbrushes! We learned about the letter O this week and turned our handprints into an Octopus for our letter books. Next week, we will continue our exploration of community helpers by learning about safety helpers. Here are some picture highlights from our week in 3's: 

PM 5's Class:

February is Children's Dental Health Month, so this week we learned all about how to take care of our teeth! We discussed healthy habits like brushing two times a day, flossing, eating healthy foods and visiting the dentist. We simulated brushing our teeth for two minutes and realized how long it takes to really clean our teeth well. We compared eggs and teeth (they both have a hard "shell" to protect the insides), then soaked an egg in both water and soda. We discovered that we were unable to fully clean the egg soaked in soda and that the soda started to break down the hard shell! We sorted foods that are healthy and unhealthy for our teeth, and learned the parts of a tooth. We learned that kids have twenty primary teeth, and we've been working on recognizing numbers 1-20. We played a fun roll and dot game to help practice recognizing different quantities and numerals. Our focus letter for the week is the letter A, and we painted the letter A to look like an alligator for our letter books. Next week, we will begin our transportation unit! Here are some picture highlights of our week in 5's:

Have a great weekend!