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November 24 - Family Gathering (11:00am for AM class & 2:45pm for PM class) November 25 - abbreviated day schedule November 26 - no school December 1 - Rishi starts in our class December 3 - Scholastic orders due December 9 & 10 - conference day schedule - December 23 - celebrate Caden's birthday (12/31)
December 24 - January 1 - no school January 4 - return to school
November Theme: Birds Books: 5 Little Ducks, The Little Red Hen, Duck on a Bike, Over the River: A Turkey's Tale, 5 Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie Songs: - Owl in the Barn (spoken): A little boy went into the barn and lay down on some hay. An owl came out and flew about and the little boy ran away.
- Feathered Birds (spoken): 5 feathered birds sitting on the door, one flew away and then there were 4. Four feathered birds singing in a tree, one flew away and then there were 3. Three feathered birds looking at you, one flew away and then there were 2. Two feathered birds sitting in the sun, one flew away and there there was 1. One feathered bird looking like a hero, it flew away and then there were 0.
- Turkey Jerky: (Hokey Pokey): You put your right wing in, you put your right wing out, you put your right wing in and you flap it all about. You do the Turkey Jerky and your turn yourself around, that's what it's all about. (continue with left wing, right/left claws, beak, tail feathers)
Centers: - Sensory: PlayDoh w/alphabet cutters, sorting feathers in rice table using tweezers, foam putty with faces
- Fine Motor: beads, nuts & bolts, popbeads, piggybanks
- Building: making birdhouses with wood blocks
- Writing: beginning sounds, free writing, stencils, sequencing stories, preposition mini-book about turkeys, writing about where we want to fly to
- Math: count & sort, roll dice & feed animals, counting birdseeds on numbered birds
- Dramatic Play: kitchen, dollhouse
- Floor Center: puzzles, balancing various size eggs on different size spoons, toy sets, Lego set
- Special Center:
- Reading Center: books & environmental print
Projects: owl puppets, making feathers to combine into a large class bird, turkey headbands, bluejay handprints, hen sitting on hay Lessons & Activities: learning characteristics, types and categories of birds, sorting beginning sounds, following directions with beanbags, Birdie Birdie Where is Your Egg game Home-School Connection Ideas: - Go bird-watching in your yard. Make a graph of colors to record the colors of birds you see together.
- Make a birdfeeder by spreading peanut butter on a pinecone, then rolling it in birdseeds. Hang it where your child thinks the birds will see it best. An alternative birdfeeder can be made by stringing Cheerios on yarn and attaching a small bell to the bottom.
- Point out when there are geese flying south for the winter. Talk about why they fly south and when they'll come back.
- Play rhyming games. Say a word, such as "cat" that has a common ending sound (-at, -an, -it, -ing). Encourage your child to think of as many rhyming words as possible. This is difficult for young children, however the practice is benefical.
- Hide an item in a room of your home, then give hints to your child about where to find it (ie: "It's behind a type of furniture" or "It's next to something blue"). You could also use "hot/cold/warm" clues.
Wish List: - Kleenex
- Lysol/Clorox wipes
- Family Gathering item (to be assigned)
December Theme: Gingerbread Books: various versions of The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Baby, If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, If You Give a Moose a Muffin Songs: - Yummy Gingerbread: (tune of Frere Jacques) Gingerbread, gingerbread, yum yum yum, yum, yum, yum. I like gingerbread, I like gingerbread. In my tum, in my tum.
- Gingerbread: (spoken & acted out) Stir a bowl of gingerbread, smooth and spicy brown. Roll it with a rolling pin, up and down. Cut it with a cookie cutter, make some little men. Put it in the oven 'til half past ten.
Centers: - Sensory: foam putty with faces, ingredients sensory table w/cinnamon, moon sand
- Fine Motor: gingerbread manipulatives, gingerbread tracers, Playdoh gingerbread decorating
- Building: cardboard blocks to build gingerbread houses, light table blocks
- Writing: gingerbread projects, gingerbread minibooks, writing about where we'd run as gingerbread people, dry erase boards, free writing/creating
- Math: size sequencing gingerbread people, counting buttons on number gingerbreads, sorting buttons, Teapot cookie shape game, balance scales to weigh/balance gingerbread manipulatives and buttons
- Dramatic Play: bakery
- Floor Center: gingerbread feltboards, puzzles, # BINGO
- Special Center: computer
- Reading Center: books and environmental print
Projects: coloring gingerbread people, handprint project, decorating our own gingerbread people, watercolor painting a cookie jar then adding cookies to it by practicing ripping & crinkling fine motor skills Lessons & Activities: prepositions using colored gingerbread people, rhyming, passing gingerbread to music (turn taking), Gingerbread Where Did You Run game, comparing versions of The Gingerbread Man stories, opposites, sequencing stories, categorizing, gingerbread hunt Home-School Connection Ideas: - make gingerbread cookies or a gingerbread house
- play BINGO
- compare objects with describing words: big, bigger, biggest, small, smaller, smallest, same size, heavier, lighter, flatter, etc
- read stories together - have your child retell the story using the pictures in the book as a guide
Wish List: Curriculum: Our preschool curriculum is based on the CT Preschool Curricular Goals and Benchmarks. Through an integrated approach, we focus on all areas of development, including cognitive, language, social, emotional/behavioral, self-help/independence, fine motor, gross motor, creative expression/aesthetic, and sensory processing development.
Classroom Information AM Class: Caden, Jonathan, Quintin, Nicholas, Thomas, Shelby, Jocelyn, Paige, Zach, Will, Rishi (December) PM Class: Kaitlyn, Rilee, Alvin, Ethan, Joshua, Jacob, Kevin, Angelina, Chelsea Teacher: Dana Vitterito Student Teacher: Carly Herchuk (Sept-Dec) Paraprofessionals: Suzette Williams & Norene Kilburn Speech Pathologist: Marianne Goguen Physical Therapist: Mary Smoragiewicz Occupational Therapist: Mary Reilly Daily Schedule: Tabletop, Circle Time, Snack, Books, Centers, Story & Group Lesson, Closing We will also go outside as time permits throughout each week. Specials: The specials schedule is as follows - AM class has Gym every other Monday & Music on different days each week. PM class has Music on Mondays & Gym on Thursdays every week. Sneakers MUST be worn to Gym. More information: Additional information about our classroom will be sent in the mail prior to your child's first day of school, as well as sent home in your child's folder during his/her first week.
Schedule Conference and Abbreviated Days: Please refer to the school calendar for conference and abbreviated schedule dates. The schedules for those days are as follows: | | Regular Day | Conference Day | Abbreviated Day | | AM | 9:05-11:50 | 9:05-11:10 | 9:05-11:05 | | PM | 12:55-3:40 | 11:10-1:15 | 11:05-1:35 |
Weather/Emergency Schedule Changes: It is parents' responsibility to listen or watch for early dismissals, delayed openings, and cancellations. The schedules for those days are as follows: | | Early Dismissal | Delayed Opening | | AM | 9:05-11:05 | Cancelled | | PM | Cancelled | 12:55-3:40 |
Contact Information School Telephone: 648-5020 Classroom Telephone: x1412 Email: Use link at top of webpage or email address sent home first day of school Bus Company: 528-2244
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