Ms. Mikki's News Jan. 11

News from Ms. Mikki January 11, 2018
What a fun week with our teddy bears and other furry friends.  We did several activities with our animals.  Our furry friends were invited to join us during circle.  They helped reinforce self control behaviors on the carpet.  Our friends had to remain in our laps and weren’t allowed to touch our neighbor.  The students did a wonderful job in modeling acceptable circle time self control behaviors. They each took turns introducing their furry friend to the group.  In turn, we practiced our listening and turn taking skills as our friends introduced their furry friend.  We enjoyed doing several Teddy Bear activities and movements songs that helped us learn position words (up, down, around), listening for a purpose, and body part identification.  We also enjoyed going on our very own Bear Hunt when we returned to the classroom for snack and our furry friends had gone missing from the table!  Some were reading in the library center, some were painting at the easel, and other mischievous activities.
January Learning Targets: Investigates position and locations-  I can identify first, middle, last. Listens for different purposes-  I can carry out 2-3 simple related directions in order. I show understanding of the concepts of same and different	Literacy: Letter identification:  T and B.  We made a chart of words that start with T and B.  Each child was given a word.  We looked at the word on the card and located the FIRST letter of the word and named the letter.  They then placed their word in the appropriate T or B column.   We also read Going on a bear hunt.  We used our imagination about what sounds certain actions might make.  For example:  walking through mud (squelch, squish).
Math: Teddy Graham counting.  We used the Teddy Grahams to count during snack.   Gummy Bear Math:  This was a class pleaser!  They had to practice listening for a purpose so they could complete the activity.  They sorted by color, they counted each color, and placed them on the graph.  We talked about more and less.  We also identified the FIRST color on the game board (red)  and the LAST color on the game board (white).
Inclement Weather Policy:  If the district calls for a “Late Start” preschool will be cancelled for the day.	Dates to remember: Dates to Remember: Jan. 15th - No School district-wide due to MLK day Jan. 18th - Cox Care Mobile February 2nd-  Preschool applications for next year are due February 2nd-  Playgroup 10-11 February 14th & 15th-  Valentine’s Day parties- stay tuned TUITION for January is due