Hello PreKPals and Families-
TOMORROW is School Picture Day!!
Our weather unit was short and sweet last week. We had fun with our walking rainbow science experiment and reading books about different types of weather. We turned the dramatic play area into a weather station and had fun with our dress up clothes and weather puppets. Did you know that we graph the weather as we sing the weather song each day, and we spell the weather words in sign language? Ask your PreKPal to show you how!
This week, we are kicking off our farm study with a unit on apples! This is also our fieldtrip week! Everyone will have a Tshirt to wear to the Barnyard. We will put the Tshirts on at school the morning of the fieldtrip. A detailed set of parent instructions will come home on Tuesday or Wednesday.
This week in Heggerty phonics we will learn The Wise Old Owl. We are sending a copy home for you to enjoy with your child. This was a new nursery rhyme for me a few years ago but it has become one of my favorites. Was this a nursery rhyme that you learned as a child?
Last week we learned the letters M and O and the sounds they make. This week we will work on the letters and sounds for B and E. We have a cool new High 5 routine that we do with our letters and sounds as part of our arrival activities. We have a cool orange button that we can press to hear the sounds. It’s so fun! I’ll try to record it this week so you can see it on dojo. In math we will be learning to make groups of 4 and all of the different parts that can make up 4.
Please remember to make sure anyone who is dropping off or picking up your PreKPal knows that they MUST park in the front lot and walk across the crosswalk. We have a lot of foot traffic coming across the hill by the flag pole, and walking/parking in the bus lane. The safety patrol officer will start issuing tickets and we want to make sure everyone is doing the right thing for the safety of our PreKPals.
Please remember that we are asking the PreKPals to NOT play superheroes at recess or PE.
Weekly Reminders:
- A water cup with a valve, already filled with water (flavored water must be clear!), labeled with your child’s name. Make sure your child can drink from it at home before coming to school. NO OPEN POUR CUPS. NO JUICE!!!
- Your child’s backpack and lunch box (if they will not eat from the cafeteria). We are not allowed to heat lunches for children so send their things ready to eat, please!
- PreK Binder (please clean out daily)
- Wear tennis shoes and socks!
- Please send a bag with 5 snacks (that do not need to be refrigerated!) labeled with your child’s name, if you did not send them last week. Please do not pack snacks in the lunchboxes.
- Your child’s nap mat
Dates to Remember:
September:
30: School Picture Day
October:
3: Barnyard Fieldtrip (Make plans to attend!)
9: Parent Visitation Day (Info coming soon)
14: No School
18-20: Book Fair
17: 50th Day of school & Sock Hop (Dress like you are from the 1950’s)
27: Boo at the Park (Mason’s Place) 1-4 pm Touch a Truck free event
29: Class Pictures
30: RockFest
28-October 1: Red Ribbon Week Dress Up Days
28: Wear Red
29: Dress for Success
30: Wear Shades (sun glasses will be provided free for all students)
30: RockFest (Under the Sea)
31: Put a cap on Drugs (wear hats)
November
Nov. 1: You are a winner without Drugs! (Sports team gear!)
11: No School
25-29: Fall Break (No School)
December
20: Sing-A-Long & Parties
Dec. 3- January 7: Winter Break (No School)
Please email or message on ClassDojo if you have any questions! Thank you for sharing your children with us! They are precious!!
Alicia Jenne: ajenne@tusc.k12.al.us
Brianna Alker: balker@tusc.k12.al.us
Thank you so much for the donations we have received from our wish list! We appreciate every bit!
Here is the link for our class wishlist if you would like to contribute. Participation is optional!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NIMKDO4OUN7A?ref_=wl_share
We are so happy you are here!
Alicia Jenne’