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Upcoming:

May 19, 8-8:30 Donuts for Dads

May 30-No school Memorial Day

Wednesday, June 1, YEAR END PRE-K CELEBRATION:  “Church Garden Lunchtime Pizza Party” AND “Walk to Capital Market-Ellen’s Ice Cream Party” (details to come)

Friday, June 3-Last day half day dismissal

READ ALOUD-Thank you to those who have and plan to read to the class.  It means so much to the children.

Summer Birthdays are more than welcome to send a special treat  Confirm date with me please

Theme/ Letter-Bugs and Summer & Yy and Zz.   Our Pirate Ship will remain in the classroom so that we can travel to various islands and find the many species of bugs throughout the world!  We will learn about bug life cycles and whether they hop, climb or fly.  Hopefully our butterflies will be ready for release by the last week of school!   Our sunflower plants we will grow may be transplanted directly into the ground.  The pot is biodegradable.

ABC Pre-K Memory Book-This special keepsake will come home our last week.  As you page through the book, you will be impressed how printing, cutting, letter recognition and crafting skills have improved.  You will also be amazed as you see the depth of knowledge from the content of our themes revealed in our many projects from this year!  Please continue to read aloud to your child this summer and work on letter sounds and formations.

Religion-God made our wonderful world.  God made me and loves me.

Math-Please continue to count to 100 and practice printing the numerals 1-10 during the summer.

Thanks for a wonderful year!  It’s been a joy.

Muffins for Moms-Thursday, May 5.  Please join us from 8-8:30 am in our classroom for a special celebration of you!  We will sing a song, have a light breakfast, share special gifts, and enjoy your company!❤️❤️❤️

Donuts for Dads-Thursday, May 19, 8-8:30

Theme/Letter-Oceans continued, Plants/Ww & Xx

The oceans theme has been amazing  We need a little extra time to learn about whales, seahorses, & pirates next week.  Then we will move to learning about flowers and vegetables  and even plant  sunflower seeds to take home in a few weeks!  We will be adding caterpillars to our classroom and watch them change into butterflies!

Religion-Mothers bring us God’s gift of life.

Math-Counting to 100, printing numerals 1-10, patterning, 1-1 correspondence

End of Year Party-Pre-K plans  to walk to Ellen’s for ice cream.  Details to come.

Thanks for all you do!

Birthday Lunch is Wednesday, April 20.

Class Group Photo will be Thursday, April 21.

Letter/Theme-Uu & Vv/Oceans

Through songs, dances, books, crafts, and play in centers, we will learn about:  the ocean habitat, sea life, levels of the sea, sea shells, transportation modes, water pollution, and leisure activities.  Our classroom has a full size pirate ship for dramatic play!

Religion-We are thankful for the earth.

Math-counting, recognizing numerals 1-20, printing numbers, 1-1 correspondence, & patterning

This is a 3 day week. No School on Tuesday/Wednesday, April 5 & 6

Spring Break is April 9-18.  School resumes Tuesday, April 19.

Please send 12 candy-filled Easter eggs by Thursday, April 7. Our Easter Egg Hunt will be on the playground at 10:15 on Friday, April 8. You are welcome to meet us outside and watch us gather our eggs. PLEASE help by counting the eggs in the children’s baskets and limiting the kids to 12 eggs. Thank you.
We will use bags we decorate to collect our eggs.

Next week will be a review of letters A-T. No letter bags due back until we return from Spring Break. We will continue with the letter U the week of April 19.

We will continue Easter and Spring activities next week. Next Friday, all our Easter crafts will come home in a ‘Chick’ bag that we have painted. It’s been a fun month!

Math-Counting, printing numbers, patterning, counting by tens, recognizing numbers, 1-1 correspondence

Religion-to love one another through respect, the use of words, and emotional control.
We begin all we really need to know in life long before we even reach kindergarten!!!!!!!

Thank you for my beautiful birthday flowers and party. I am very blessed.
Happy Easter to all!

Religion-Easter is the great celebration of Jesus’ new life.

Theme/Letter-Spring & New Life/Ss & Tt

We will learn about weather changes and the new life we see in the Spring.

Math-Counting to 100, Printing numerals 1-10, Patterns, Puzzles, 1-1 Correspondence & Board Games

Reminders:

Book Fair is Wednesday, March 23, 9:30-10 for our class.  You may join us or send money and we will help your child choose their books.  Thx!

No school Tuesday, April 5 & Wednesday, April 6.  Preschool teachers have a conference.

Easter Egg Hunt- please send 12 prefilled eggs by Thursday, April 7.  Our egg hunt will be during our recess on April 8-details to come.

Spring Break is April 9 until Tuesday, April 19.

Theme/Letters-Easter/Qq & Rr

Fairy Tales was a wonderful theme!  We will continue this theme into the beginning of next week.

Easter Theme-We will appreciate the Christian celebration of Easter through affirmation of all the family customs that are a part of Easter.  We will hear stories about Easter and about ways living things grow and change.  Our listening vocabularies are growing as we enjoy many stories read aloud. This will make learning to read come easier. We will sing, craft, print, play in centers, and enjoy one another. Our fine motor skills are really improving through crafts, printing, cutting, etc…and we will be so ready for kindergarten!

Religion-We celebrate Jesus’ new life on Easter. We celebrate that Jesus is with us always.

Math-Counting to 100, Recognizing numerals and shapes, Patterning, Puzzles and Games

Looking Ahead:

No Preschool-Tuesday & Wednesday, April 5-6, Celebrating Connections Teacher Conference is these days.  We will have preschool on Monday, Thursday and Friday of this week.

Spring Break-Saturday, April 9 through Monday, April 18. We  Return on Tuesday, April 19.

It was so nice seeing parents walk their children into school. Remember to mask up, sign in your child at the door, and remind him/her to quickly do their morning jobs before entering the room. Thank you!!!

• Letter Review Feb. 22 A-O

Letter P-Feb. 28

Luca will be our Star of the Week Feb. 28!

Theme-Fairy Tales. We will have fun with some classic fairy tales and plant bean seeds, sculpt dragon eggs, decorate magic mirrors, sequence story events, and enjoy playing in a large castle in our classroom. There will be knights/princesses/princes/ dragons and lots more fun toys in our centers!

Math-Counting to 100, Recognizing numbers 1-20, Printing numerals, Board and Card Games, Patterning, and Puzzles

Religion-Thank you God for making me so special.

Looking Ahead:

Donovan Dress Down Day-wear your orange tee Thurs., Feb. 24

Popcorn Day is Friday, Feb. 25

Preschool students may be walked into the building to their classrooms from 7:40-8:15, daily, as of Feb. 28. Parents can sign in their child at the classroom door and say goodbye from there.  We will love showing off our hall artwork and seeing you in the building!
Regular alley drop-off at the gym door is still available from 7:30-8:15, as before!

Lent begins Wed., March 2!

Stay Well!

Star-of-the-Week Feb.7 is Caroline!
Feb.14 Star will be Mia!

Theme-Friendship and Valentine’s Day

Letters-N & O

We will listen to stories about friendship and kindness.  We will practice being good friends to one another during centers, recess and throughout the day.  We hope to create lots of Valentines  and celebrate our friendships.

Valentine’s Party-Monday, February 14.  Please send 12 valentines and we will do the rest! We will decorate special bags at our party and have snacks and deliver our cards to our friends.  A class list will be sent home.  Thank you!

Religion-We will help the children notice their friends’ feelings and develop empathy.
Math-Writing numerals, Counting to 100, Sorting, Patterning, Boardgames

Thanks for such nice conferences. It was wonderful talking to everyone!

No Star-of-the-Week since it’s a partial week.

Wednesday, Feb. 2 is conferences-no school.  Report cards will be shared at your conference.
This is also Catholic Schools Week!  There will be lots of special activities.

Please send donations for the animals at the Kanawha Valley Humane Association during the week  The shelter is so appreciative of the donations from us each year  We are their largest fundraiser!  The Sacred Heart children  really enjoy helping the animals

Monday, Feb. 14 will be our Valentine’s Party.

Monday, Feb. 21 is President’s Day-no school.

Theme/Letter-Arctic Animals/Mm. We will continue this fun theme another week.

Religion-We praise the Lord for God’s gift of animals.

Math-Counting to 100 and by 10, recognizing and printing numerals, puzzles, board games, patterning, 1-1 correspondence

Star-of-the-Week is Maverick!

Theme/Letter-Arctic Animals/M

We will share our “M” bags next week.
We will learn about polar bears, penguins, snowy owls, narwhals and other animals as we play/sing/craft and enjoy stories and rhymes.

We continue learning our alphabet letters, sounds and are writing words in our new journals and in our ABC scrapbooks.

Math-Counting to 100 and by tens, recognizing and printing numerals, patterns

Religion-We are thankful for and appreciate God’s gifts of birds and fish.

Conferences-Wednesday, Feb.2-No school.
Please call the office to schedule.