Hello Preschool Families!!  

We hope that you are enjoying your weekend.  We are excited to see what February will bring!  So much to learn with the various holidays throughout the month:  Groundhog Day, Valentines Day, Presidents Day, Susan B Anthony’s birthday, even February 28^th which is Tell a Fairy-tale Day.   Look for two new faces this week as we welcome our new students.

A Week in Review::

·      We started our new unit on Simple Machines. We talked about Inclined Planes and Wheels and Axles. We looked at how these simple machines can make work easier to do. We used an inclined plane as a ramp to measure the distance that a car, cylinder and pom-pom could roll.

·      We did a review of the colors, Brown. We looked for the Brown in our classroom and outside.

·      Talked about the number nine. How do we write 9? Can we find 9 objects?  Is there a poem to remember how to write the number 9?

·      We talked about the shape Rhombus. How do we draw a rhombus? How many sides and points does a rhombus have? We looked for things that were of a rhombus in our classroom, gym and outside.

·        We worked on the Letters, Oo, Qq, Gg, Ss. We practiced writing them, building them with wood and creating them with play dough. We also talked about different words that start with those letters.

What to Expect:

•  Monday, Feb. 6^th: Makerspace
•  ­Letters: Jj, Dd, Pp, Bb
•  The number: Ten 10
• The color: Black
• ­  The Shape: Hexagon
• ­  Sight word: To
•  New STEM Unit: Simple Machine: Lever and Pulleys.

Thank you for your support! Working with your preschooler at home really makes a difference.

Important Dates:

·      Feb. 6^th: All School Movement

·      Feb. 7^th, 8^th & 9^th: Parent-Teacher Conference Nights

·      Feb. 9^th: PJ Day- sponsored by PTO

·      Feb. 14^th: Valentine’s Day Celebrations, 10:20-11:10am

·      Feb. 20^th: No School: President’s Day

·      Feb 28^th – Mar 1^st: Spring Class Picture Days

Please remember that the weather is changing for the colder side to make sure that your child is properly dressed for being outside and that all items are labeled with their name. Please also check the spare clothes in your child’s backpack to make sure that they are for the right weather. Your child will need to have winter boots to be able to play on the playground if there is snow. We will be going outside unless it is below 20°F or unsafe weather conditions.

School News:

ANNOUNCING A SCHOOL-WIDE ATTENDANCE REWARD!

The second trimester for the school year is from Nov 10, 2016 – Feb 24, 2017. If our school meets the goal of 96% attendance rate during the second trimester, we will schedule an early evening Magic Show, with Lee Curtis, Magical Wizard in early March in the evening for families to attend for free! Help us meet our school-wide goal. Date: TBD based on successful completion of our goal.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mrs. Tori & Ms. Tessa