Preschool Newsletter

Welcome to another short week. There is no school on Friday to recognize Veteran's day, I want to thank all Veterans current and past for your service.

We are moving on to a new theme this week, Theme 3 is focused on Color, Shape, and Size. Week 1 is on Color, word of the week is Primary Colors. We will be mixing colors and experimenting with different ways to make different colors.

Our Vocabulary this week: Primary colors, secondary colors

Photo discussion cards: red, blue, yellow, green, purple, orange

This week's letters: R, r, U, u

For math we are going to be classifying items by their color. There will be different items that they can sort by color during the week. Words like: attributes, blue, classification, green, orange, purple, red, sets, yellow

For our calm down strategy, we will be working with Balloon breathing as our strategy.

November 11 - NO SCHOOL Veteran's Day

November 18 - Early Release

November 23-25 - NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break

December 2 - Early Release

December 15 - Early Release

December 16 - NO SCHOOL - Teacher Work Day

• 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.

So excited at how well they are doing with the firefighter method of putting their coats on. There are some that are still having trouble remembering the steps, and we will continue to work on them in class. Some of them are standing on the opposite side of the coat and end up putting their coat on upside down.

1. Check the sleeves
2. Put it on the ground
3. Stand by the tag or the hood
4. Hands in the sleeves
5. Up and over their head, as their arms slide into the sleeves

Email: jgerecke@usd207.org
Location: 1 Eisenhower Circle, Fort Leavenworth, KS, USA
Phone: 9136516663