Week of January 23rd Bauer Drive Pre-K

This week in the Pre-k we will be reviewing, reviewing, reviewing!! We will start our week off with celebrating the Chinese New Year! We will learn what the Chinese new year is all about and that this year is the year of the dragon and read some books all about how people celebrate. We will also be making Chinese lanterns and we will also be having a special snack of Lo Mein Noddles!! Then on Tuesday we will review people in our community and pick out some of our favorite books to read like Annie the Apple Farmer, Farmer John, Firefighters, and The Little Red Hen! We will also continue to work on our concept words ans amazing words! We will also we reviewing the letters in the alphabet! Then we will practice take away problems in math and review geometric solids. We will also be reviewing addition stories! In science we will review the parts of a plant and how seeds grow. We will also start our mid year evaluations. Finally we will be finger painting, finishing up our farm murals and we have a creative art project at the end of the week. Our cooking project this week is Energy Mix, Please look for the sign up sheet this week!!! We have a great week ahead of us!!

Week of January 23rd Bauer Drive Three’s

This week in the three’s room we will introduce the children to the opposites: high/low, narrow/wide, up/down and right/left! As well as some others. We will create an obstacle course this week that will invite the children to perform different movements. We will also look at things that sink and float! We will find out what sinks and what floats when the children choose different items from the classroom to see what happens! We will also celebrate the Chinese New Year on Monday!!!

Week of January 23rd Bauer Drive Two’s

This week we will be focusing on our ABC’s ! We will also be celebrating the Chinese New Year; the year of the dragon, by tasting yummy lomein noodles ! We will be reading a variety of ABC books like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and ABC animal Jamboree. The children will also be singing songs, do matching activities, and a variety of art projects. We will also get to decorate cookies on Wednesday when we focus on the letter “C.” I also want to make an announcement, due to a change in my class schedule at William Paterson I will not be working at all on Tuesday’s. Miss Jenny will be in charge of lessons Tuesday and Thursday mornings. I will be at K2K Monday, Wednesday, Thursday Afternoon, and Friday! If there are any questions or concerns please feel free to speak with me ! It’s going to be another great week in the Two’s room !

Week of January 23rd Bauer Drive Toddler’s

This week in the toddler room is all about the alphabet. We will be learning about the different letters in the alphabet. We will also practice matching our letters. Some of the letters we will be learning are C, F, S, P and B. Its going to be a great week to learn all about our ABC’s!

Week of January 23rd Ringwood Kindergarten

We have an exciting and busy week ahead of us in Kindergarten.  First, we have received two more Flat Stanley’s back from their travels.  The first returned from Japan and the second from several different places.  We are excited to look through the pictures and read about Stanley’s time away!  Also, Monday is the Chinese New Year!  We will be learning all about this spectacular holiday and creating our very own Dragons!

Our focus topic for this week is ‘What happens when animals change?”  Throughout the week, we will listen, talk, sing, read, and write about animals and how they change.  Some stories we will hear and read are For Me!, In the Kit!, Red Fans, Can Melvin Scoot?, and our ‘Big Book’ Farfallina and Marcel.  In these stories we will hear and become familiar with our new Amazing Words: goose, gosling, caterpillar, butterfly, reflection, and cocoon; and our four new Sight Words: boy, girl, cat, and which.  Please remember to review all of our sight words everyday with your child.

Some of the stories will be read with the whole class and others we’ll be reading in small groups.  In our reading groups we will be reviewing characters and focusing on plot.  We will also practice sounding out unfamiliar words, recognizing new sight words and reading with fluency.  In our writing groups we will review persuasive statements and focus on how to write a caption.  We will also practice how to correctly write our letter Ff.

Additionally, we will be continuing to learn phonetical skills such as syllables, initial sounds, blending and decoding words and rhyme.  We will review the sounds /d/, spelled Dd and /k/, spelled Kk and focus on the sound /f/, spelled Ff.  Help your child find items around the house that begin or end with the sound /f/.  In grammar, we will be reviewing verbs for now and the future and focusing on verbs that add -s.

In math, this week we will be continuing on in Chapter 4.  We will spend the next week counting to 10 an adding one more.  Basic addition and word problems will be the focus, but we will continue to review counting, money, patterning, size order, telling time, and writing our numbers properly.  Most of us are still writing some numbers backwards!  Please be aware of this at home and correct us if you see it!

Finally, in Science we have been learning about the Age of the Dinosaurs.  Every day, we will spend time on the smart board observing the size, shape, movements and teeth of dinosaurs.  We have learned all about paleontologists and will become one on Monday by digging away at our dinosaur site!  We will carefully work to safely remove the dinosaur bones from the fossils!  Last week we will learn all about the Stegosaurus!  This week, we will be learning about the Pterandon.  We will measure out the size of its wingspan right in the classroom and then create wings for ourselves.  Next, we will be learning about the Apatosaurus.  We will measure out the length of his neck, create a life size neck, and measure how many of our bodies make up the length of the neck.    Then we will learn about the Triceratops.  We will measure out the size of its horns and then create a set to try on!  Lastly, we will learn about the king of the dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus Rex and create a Q-tip model of its skeleton.

In our learning centers this week we will continue to explore and discover all of the important concepts we have been learning about thus far.  In our math center we will be practicing our addition on the iPad; in our listening center we will be listening to the story Bumpasaurs on cassette and completing the plot sheet; in our writing center complete the journal entry ‘If I were a dinosaur I would be …’; and finally, in fine motor skills we will be making our very own dinosaur mold.

Please be sure to check the “Kindergarten Times” daily for updates, sign-up sheets, and important classroom information.  Also, please be sure to bring the blue ‘Take Home Folders’, found in the green cubbies, home and back to school everyday.

Miss Trish

Week of January 23rd Ringwood Pre-K

This week in Miss Rachel’s class the theme is “From the Farm to You.” We will talk about what farmers grow and how we get the foods. Our words are: apple, buy, pick, sell, tree, truck, load, stand, ripe, sort, deliver, and refrigerate.  The story of the week is Apple Farmer Annie, which will reinforce our words. We will continue to review what words rhyme. Our letters to focus on are Zz, Qq, Ee, Dd, Nn, Rr,  Kk, Oo.  The class has been doing a great job with their handwriting! I am really impressed with their progress! In Math, we will take away from 5 and review more, fewer, and equal. In Social Studies, we will discuss planes, trains, & automobiles and the best way to deliver farm crops (which will tie into our story Apple Farmer Annie). Also, we will discuss supply and demand.  In Science, we will track the sun throughout the day and draw it. We will learn about soil, sand, and mud. We will determine which one is the best to use for growing trees!  We will continue to do winter projects!

Week of January 23rd Ringwood Three’s

This week we will learn the letter O and about opposites. We will learn about its sound and write down words that start with O. To practice opposites we will use our flash cards and learn a few a day. On Monday, we will talk about the Chinese New Year and make a mask of a dragon. For a project we will make hot coco using hot coco mix and mini marshmallows.

Week of January 23rd Ringwood Two’s

This week we will be learning about the letter of the Alphabet. We will be singing the alphabet song and trying to clap on the letter our name starts with. We will use flash cards that have pictures that start with the letters. For our projects we will have to glue feathers on the letter F and cheerios on the letter C. This is a very exciting and fun week!

***Book Fair***

JUST A REMINDER THAT THE BOOK FAIR IS GOING ON THIS WEEK AT BAUER DRIVE. THE BOOK FAIR WILL BE GOING ON MONDAY 1/16/12 TO FRIDAY 1/20/12!!!

Week of January 16th Ringwood Kindergarten

We have an exciting and busy next couple weeks ahead of us in Kindergarten.  First, we are excited to hear how Adam’s weekend was with George!  Also, we have received two Flat Stanley’s back from their travels.  The first returned from Hungary and the second from Ohio.

Our focus topic for this week is ‘How is life today different from life hundreds of years ago?”  Throughout the week, we will listen, talk, sing, read, and write about ways people lived long ago.  Some stories we will hear and read are Pit Di!, Dad Did, Pam at Bat, The Dip, and our ‘Big Book’ George Washington Visits.  In these stories we will hear and become familiar with our new Amazing Words: celebration, sprinted, barn, blacksmith, arch, soldier; and our four new Sight Words: look, see, them, and did.  Please remember to review all of our sight words everyday with your child.

Some of the stories will be read with the whole class and others we’ll be reading in small groups.  In our reading groups we will be working on cause and effect.  We will also practice sounding out unfamiliar words, recognizing new sight words and reading with fluency.  In our writing groups we will review invitations and focus on how to write a persuasive statement.  We will also practice how to correctly write our letters Dd and Kk.

Additionally, we will be continuing to learn phonetical skills such as syllables, initial sounds, blending and decoding words and rhyme.  We will review the sound /r/, spelled Rr and focus on the sounds /d/, spelled Dd, and /k/, spelled Kk.  Help your child find create a collage of pictures that begin with the sound /d/ or /k/.  In grammar, we will be reviewing verbs for now and the past and focusing on verbs that add -s.

In math, this week we will be beginning Chapter 4 .  We will spend the next week counting to 10 an adding one more.  Basic addition and word problems will be the focus, but we will continue to review counting, money, patterning, size order and writing our numbers properly.  Most of us are still writing some numbers backwards!  Please be aware of this at home and correct us if you see it!

Finally, in Science we will be traveling way back in time to the age of DINOSAURS!!!! Every day, we will spend time on the smart board observing the size, shape, movements and teeth of dinosaurs.  We will first learn all about Paleontologists!  We will begin the unit by actually becoming paleontologists! We will carefully work to safely remove the dinosaur bones from the fossils!  As the week goes on, we will learn all about the Stegosaurus!  We will measure out how big it was right in our classroom!  Then we will put together a skeleton and make a pattering project.  Next, we will learn about Triceratops, Iguanodon and, of course, the king of the dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus Rex!!!!

In our learning centers this week we will continue to explore and discover all of the important concepts we have been learning about thus far.  In our computer center we will be creating our very own dinosaur; in our listening center we will be using the iPad to learn about several different types of dinosaurs and pick our favorite; in our writing center we will completing our MLK ‘I have a dream’ poster; and finally in fine motor skills we will be putting together one of the dinosaur puzzles together.

Please be sure to check the “Kindergarten Times” daily for updates, sign-up sheets, and important classroom information.  Also, please be sure to bring the blue ‘Take Home Folders’, found in the green cubbies, home and back to school everyday.

Miss Trish

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