Hello Preschool Families!!  

 

We hope that you are enjoying the beautiful weather. We had a wonderful first week getting to know your students.

 

A Week in Review:

• We explored the different areas in our classroom as well as in our building. We learned about how we can use our STAR power in the classroom and on the playground.
• We played games to get to know one another. We also started social and emotional curriculum and met Twiggle, the turtle. Twiggle comes to talk with the students about how to solve problems as well as identify feelings.
• ­ We talked about the number zero, 0. How do we write 0? Can we find 0 objects?  Is there a poem to remember how to write the numbers 0?
• ­ We did an overview of the letters in the alphabet.  We practiced writing them on white boards and spotting them with bingo dabbers. We also talked about different words that start with each letter.
• ­ We talked about the color Red. We looked who was wearing the color and where we could find it in our classroom and outside. We sang this song about the color red:
  •    RED (Tune: ARE YOU SLEEPING?)

                                   R-E-D, red.

                                   R-E-D, red.

                                 I can spell red

                                 I can spell red.

                            Fire trucks are red,

                        Stop signs are red, too.

                                       R-E-D,

                                      R-E-D.

 What to Expect: 

• ­Letters: All Letter Review
•   The number: One, 1
• The color: Orange
• The Shape:  Circles
• STEM Unit: Mat Man Design Challenge. Mat Man is apart of our handwriting curriculum. This week we will be reading Mat Man: Hats and designing a hat for Mat Man to wear while playing in dramatic play.

 

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

 

Important Dates:

• ­ Aug. 29^th: Georgia Boys Spirit Night sponsored by Spark! PTO
  • 5pm – 9pm
• Sept. 4^th: Labor Day- No School
• Sept. 5^th– Oct. 12^th: STEM Unit 1 Starts: Pets
• Sept. 7^th:  Spark! PTO Meeting
• 6-8pm
• Sept. 7^th: PBIS Reward: Parachute Party
•   6:30pm – 7:45pm
• Sept. 14^th: Parenting Class (flyer attached) – Free for all Parents with Cheryl Hamilton, the Family Whisperer

 

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)

 

Use of Interpreters for Families Speaking a language other than English

Spark! Discovery Preschool takes reasonable steps to ensure families with limited English proficiency have meaningful access and an equal opportunity to participate in their child’s education, activities, and programs. Our district uses district-approved language translation services for translation of written communications, such as newsletters, Individual Education Plans, and so on.

Interpreters at Spark! Discovery Preschool will provide support for parents who may need this.  An interpreter is available daily in our school’s front office.  Additional interpreters are available for:

●      Ice Cream Social

●      Child Development parent classes (when requested)

●      Parenting classes (when requested)

●      Special Education meetings

●      Child-Find Meetings

●      Parent-Teacher Conferences

 

Referral Processes:  If families would like to make a referral to a specialist, please discuss this with the School Special Education Facilitator. We host a Child Find satellite office at Spark! Discovery Preschool, to handle questions or concerns about child development, behavior, or mental health.  If you have questions about your child’s health, you should call our health clerk.  She will answer your questions or forward you to a SVVSD nurse.

 

Child Find at Spark! Discovery Preschool:  For children ages birth to five (who are not attending a district preschool already), developmental screenings and evaluations are provided by a District Child Find Assessment Team at Spark! Discovery Preschool (555 8th St., Frederick).  This Child Find Assessment Team may be comprised of School Psychologists, Speech and Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, a School Nurse, and Early Childhood Special Education Teachers. Autism and Culturally/Linguistically Diverse Specialists consult as needed.

Other Plans for Academic or Behavioral Assistance:  A Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a systemic, continuous improvement framework in which data-based problem-solving and decision making is practiced across all levels of the educational system for supporting students. A Multi-Tiered System of Supports helps our school to organize resources through alignment of academic standards and behavioral expectations, implemented with fidelity and sustained over time, in order to accelerate the performance of every student to achieve.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mrs. Tori & Ms. Shilah