Literacy

Miss Kelly and Miss Jenny’s January Newsletter

by Kelly 01.12.2012 Curriculum

Happy New Year, Everyone! We hope you all had very happy holidays. Thank you to those of you who were able to make it into our classroom to share a special tradition or story last month! THEMES: Throughout the past two weeks, we have been learning a great deal about winter. We’ve talked about hibernation, [...]

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Miss Christy and Miss Sue’s January Newsletter

by Christy 01.12.2012 Curriculum

It’s been a ROARING good time in our classroom this past week! Dinosaurs are all around us and we have been discovering and uncovering incredible facts about many different types of dinosaurs and their habitats! We made a volcano using clay, vinegar, baking soda, and an empty water bottle. We it successfully erupted our volcano [...]

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Miss Sarah and Miss Elena’s January Newsletter

by Sarah 01.12.2012 Curriculum

Hello Everyone! Hope you all had an enjoyable holiday break with your family. We are officially back in the swing of things in the classroom and working on all sorts of skills. We can’t wait to share all of our progress during conferences. We have begun to study nursery rhymes and fairy tales

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Miss Krista’s Newsletter; January 10, 2012

by Krista 01.10.2012 Curriculum

Welcome back to school! I hope that everyone had a great holiday break! As we get back into our rhythm, the students have been working on strengthening their self-help skills. This includes many things in the classroom. During snack and lunch, children are expected to open and close their food containers as well as open [...]

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Miss Theresa and Miss Tiffany’s November Newsletter

by Theresa 11.14.2011 Curriculum

Dinosaurs have been a HUGE hit in our classroom! We have been measuring, patterning, and counting dinosaurs. Dinosaur math can be so much fun! We were also very busy being creative. We have painted dinosaurs and made footprints, bones, rubbings, and dinosaur eggs. We have learned many interesting facts about dinosaurs. One of our favorite [...]

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Miss Kelly and Miss Beth’s November Newsletter

by Kelly 11.13.2011 Curriculum

BUBBLES, BUBBLES EVERYWHERE! This past week we began a unit on Bubbles. The children have been very enthusiastic about learning more about them and have especially enjoyed the “exploration and discovery” side of bubbles. We’ve been making various bubble solutions with ingredients such as soap, water, sugar, glycerin, corn syrup, and cooking oil. We then [...]

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Miss Krista’s Kindergarten Newsletter: 11-11-11

by Krista 11.11.2011 Curriculum

5, 4, 3, 2, 1…. BLASTOFF!!!! We began our thematic unit on Outer Space this past week in kindergarten. By using thematic lessons in the classroom, we are able to take a large topic, such as space, and incorporate it into every subject area. In social development, we transformed our dramatic play center into a [...]

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Learning with Blocks

by Steve 10.18.2011 Curriculum

Blocks are open-ended materials that stimulate young imaginations, provide choices for discovery and invention, and promote the development of problem-solving skills. One day a block may be an airplane. The next day that same block in the hands of the same child can be a sofa for the house he is building. Building with blocks [...]

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