Ms. Tori’s Update 1-29-18

Hello Preschool Families!!  

    We hope that you enjoyed your weekend.

A Week in Review:

  •  We started our unit on Nursery Rhymes. We talked about “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, “Star Light, Star Bright”, “Hey Diddle, Diddle”. We also talked about Space and constellations.
  •  We talked about the number nine, 9. How do we write nine, 9? Can we find 8 objects?
  • We worked closely with the letters Rr, Kk, Aa and Vv. We practiced writing these letters with magna-doodles also looked at words that start Rr, Kk, Aa and Vv.
  • Our sight word this week was the. We wrote it with chalk and found the word while reading.
  •  We talked about the color, Brown. We looked who was wearing the color and where we could find it in our classroom and outside.

What to Expect when we get back from Break:

  •  Letters: Mm, Nn, Ww
  • The number: Ten
  • The shape: Sphere
  •    The color:  Grey
  • Sight words: Is
  • STEM Unit: Nursery Rhymes: We will be talking about the nursery rhymes: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” and “Jack Be Nimble.”

Thank you for your support working with your preschooler at home it really makes a difference!

Classroom Donations: We are currently in need of these items below. Thank you for helping!

·      Playdough

·      Dixie Cups (3oz or 5oz)

Important Dates:

  • Jan. 22nd – Feb 23rd: Nursery Rhyme Unit
  • Feb. 5th: Library
  • Feb. 5th – 8th: Parent/ Teacher Conferences
  • Feb. 8th: PBIS Award: Dress like a Super Hero
    • Please no masks
  • Feb. 13th: Makerspace
  • Feb 14th: Valentine’s Day Party
  • More Information to come.
  • Feb. 16th: No School: Teacher Comp Day for Conferences
  • More Information to come.
  • Feb. 19th: No School for President’s Day

School News/District News:

Community Resources:  We have information to connect families with local agencies regarding mental health, child nutrition, physical fitness, food bank, child find, medical and dental resources, in several locations:

1) In a notebook in the front office,

2) In our parent flyer stand at the front entrance

3) On our school website at http://sdpk.svvsd.org/community-resources.

4) The black table at the front of the school also has activity packets for parents to take in English and Spanish (when possible)

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Mrs. Tori & Ms. Shilah

Spark! Discovery Preschool