Ms. Mikki’s Newsletter
September 1, 2017
We had a great week! During circle time we read “From Head To Toe”, and “ I like Me”. We continued to sing our “name game” song so we can learn each other’s names. This week we didn’t announce our names though, we had to guess each other’s name. We continue to practice how to listen, take turns talking, and following directions in circle time. They are doing a great job in such a short time of being in school. We had fun doing what the animals did in “From Head To Toe”. Our literacy activity was an “I Can” chart. We each shared something special we could do. We will be using the phrase “I Can” throughout the year as we set and achieve learning targets.
This week’s learning targets focused on self- help skills (social/emotional development domain)
- I can wash my hands by myself.
- I can take care of my belongings (put backpack away, clean up snack trash, etc).
Do you want to know something they CAN do all by themselves? They can make their own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches! And we did just that for snack. We had fun singing the Peanut Butter and Jelly song. We made a list of things needed to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I was so proud of them. They came up with everything on the list with no help from me. Ask them if they remember the things we needed: bread, peanut butter, jelly, knife and a plate. Sorry mom and dad….they are getting big and independent. It was a little messy and maybe didn’t turn out the prettiest, but they did it “ALL BY MYSELF”!
Reading Challenge- I place a reading challenge calendar on the backside of their take home folder. I encourage you to read to your child for at least 20 minutes daily. It doesn’t have to be 20 consecutive minutes. I hope this calendar makes reading time more fun!
Reminders:
A paper should have come home about the Seesaw app. This is an online portfolio of your child’s progress through PreK this year. If you need another copy of the SeeSaw access code, please send me an email and I’ll send one home with your child this week. This is an awesome app that I used frequently to upload pictures, notes and reminders, and individual assessments.
Dates to Remember:
September 8th - Grandparents Day Breakfast in FEMA (9-10:00 a.m.)
September 11-12 - No School (Fall Break)
September 19th - Cox Care Mobile - The Care Mobile is a medical office on wheels that provides FREE services to children ages birth to 18 years whether you have insurance or not. You may call the school nurse to inquire about the services provided, to schedule an appointment, and to receive the necessary paperwork. Thank you!
September 20th - Food for America (during class times)
October 6th - TENTATIVE date for field trip to the Pumpkin Patch
**PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO GRANDPARENT’S DAY**
Thank you for RSVPing to Grandparents Day on Friday, September 8th. Due to the large number of attendees, we are making adjustments to the schedule as follows.
PreK and Kindergarten Grandparents: 9-10am
1st-4th Grade Grandparents: 10-11am
Parking: Field West of Bus Lane (Parking attendants will be present)
Things we could use:
Tin cans (clean and no rough edges please)
Stickers and scrapbook supplies- If you’re cleaning out your craft closets, keep us in mind!
Greeting cards- they can be new or used and any occasion. They really enjoy using these in the writing center
Have a great week!
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