Preschool Newsletter

Welcome to another super short week! There is no school on Monday OR Friday, so we will have 3 wonderful days to have some fun. The kiddos at Eisenhower has Hearing and Vision screening on Tuesday!

With the three day week, we will pause Frog Street and pick it back up next week when we have a full week.

So next week, when we start back with Frog Street, our second week in our Family and Friends Theme focuses on My Relatives, or their extended families. We will be talking about our grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.

Our Vocabulary this week: siblings, father, mother, brother, sister

Photo discussion cards: reading, family, family #2

For this week we will stick with last week's letters: C, c, E, and e.

For math we are starting to talk about the size and sound of different things; using words like gigantic, large, loud, medium, small, and soft.

The kiddos have loved our new calm down strategy, Balloon breathing. They like making the sound the balloons make when you let the air out.

To do Balloon breathing we place our hands on top of our head and lock our fingers together. Breathe in deeply as we raise our hands over our heads like we are filling a balloon. Breathing in a few times, before letting the air out and lowering their arms. Repeat as many times as needed to help calm down.

October 10 - Columbus Day - NO SCHOOL

October 11 - At Eisenhower - Hearing and Vision Screening

October 14 - PD - NO SCHOOL **End of Quarter 1**

October 19th - Picture Retake Day For Both Schools

October 21 - Early Release

October 25 - At Bradley - Hearing and Vision Screening

November 4 - Early Release

November 11 - NO SCHOOL Veteran's Day

November 18 - Early Release

November 23-25 - NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break

*This week is the end of Quarter 1, I have added the learning goals for Quarter 2 to the Quarter 1 goals.

• Uses drawing, scribbling, letter like forms, random letter strings and/or dictation to express thought and ideas.
  
• Understands and uses some question words (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
• Recognizes letters in their name,.
• Correctly names shapes. (Squares, circles, triangles, rectangles.)
  
• Uses number words to indicate the quantity in small sets of objects (e.g., 2, 3).
• Places objects in one to one correspondence.
• With support, follows classroom routines and manages transitions.
  
• Begins to display socially competent behavior with peers.
• Follows basic health practices (e.g., puts dirty tissues in trash, washes hands, covers mouth when sneezing) with occasional reminders.

Since is starting to finally get colder, we are working on putting on our own coats. I put the video below on how we will work on putting our coats on independently in class. Some kiddos have already had some practice with our dress up clothes, but it is great practice at home too.

This is Dana Floetke or Mrs. Floetke. She is our wonderful and irreplaceable classroom aide and does so much for us. I had some questions at conferences about who my aide was, so I thought I would include her name and picture in the newsletter. If the kiddos talk about her, her name is pronounced Mrs. Flakey. I know, not how it is spelt, but easier for them to say than my name sometimes.

Bradley - 913-651-6915, 1 Bradley Circle

Ike - 913-651-6663, 1 Eisenhower Circle

Email: jgerecke@usd207.org
Website: https://eisenhower.usd207.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=517799&type=u&pREC_ID=770691
Location: 1 Eisenhower Circle, Fort Leavenworth, KS, USA
Phone: 9136516663