Hello PreKPals and Families-
I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day and enjoyed the gift that your PreKPal made for you!
This week we are going to be working on our PreK Celebration scheduled for Thursday. Our theme for the rest of the school year is camping. Here’s the run down of this week (which will be different from our other weeks! No Heggerty Nursery Rhymes, no math or literacy skills. It’s all about the Celebration and Kindergarten Breakfast and Field Day/Spring Fling! Buckle up! Here we go!
Tuesday we will take a little kindergarten tour.
Wednesday we will practice for the celebration. T
Thursday is kindergarten breakfast. DO NTO SEND BACKPACKS ON THURSDAY. Then PreK Celebration immediately follows.
For Kindergarten breakfast, you may send your PreKPal at the regular time and we will meet you in the front foyer for Kindergarten breakfast. Or your child may come with you to the breakfast. After Kindergarten breakfast is over, please bring your PreKPal to me and Mrs. Alker in the cafeteria. You may then go get a seat in the multipurpose room.
There is no dress code for the Breakfast and the Celebration. Just have them wear whatever cute outfits you want them to wear!
After the PreK Celebration is over, you may check your child out by signing them out on the clipboard at each teacher’s table. If your child is going to remain at school after the Celebration, we ask that you please take their portfolio home with you. They are too big to send with the PreKPals and if your child goes to extended day the portfolio will get destroyed. So PLEASE take the portfolio with you when you go!
Friday is Field Day and Spring Fling. All students must wear shorts, tennis shoes and socks. We will be hot and doing lots of running. Please apply sunscreen at home BEFORE coming to school.
Friday we will not send mats home. They will come home for the last time on Tuesday of next week.
We will sing 2 songs at our PreK Celebration. I am including the links at the bottom of this post.
Weekly PreK Reminders:
- Send the nap mat back tomorrow please if you did not send it today.
- Daily: Make sure your child’s little reader is INSIDE their binder! Make sure to record the title of the book so we can try to assure they get a new book each M-Th.
- 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. Please do not pack snacks in the lunchboxes.
- Do Reading Log M-TH!
- Coats, jackets, sweaters are a MUST HAVE item for early morning PE. Please label with your child’s name.
NEW Dates to Remember:
May:
15: Kindergarten Breakfast 9 am in the Cafeteria (all PreKPals and teachers will attend. Parents will meet us in the front foyer of the school)
15: PreK Celebration 10:30 am in the Multipurpose room (We do not graduate. We celebrate!) All parents need to plan to attend!
15: Kindergarten Breakfast for all students who will attend RQES PreK. ALL PreKPals will attend the breakfast, but parents will only need to attend the breakfast if the student will come to RQ Kindergarten.
16: Field Day/Spring Fling
20: Field Day/Spring Fling Make up day if needed for weather
21: ½ Day Early dismissal
22: ½ Day Early dismissal
23: Teacher Workday (no students!)
NEW fun Links for Home:
- Songs for PreK Celebration
- NEW!! Learn to tie your shoes in one minute!!
- PreK Jacket flip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73qom9IueV8 This is why we ask for jackets that zip or button. This technique is so easy and so empowering for our little ones!
- We love this Jack Hartmann song during music and movement: What Letter Is It? | Random Order | Phonics Song for Kids | Phonemic Awareness | Jack Hartmann – YouTube
- Have Fun Teaching has this fun version: Alphabet Song | ABC Song | Phonics Song – YouTube
- Leap Frog: letter sounds youtube – YouTube
- Gracie’s Corner: Phonics Song | Letter Sounds by Gracie’s Corner | Nursery Rhymes + Kids Songs – YouTube
- Learn to cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT3PCQTBdeM (everyone needs to practice cutting and scissor safety!)
- Balloon Parade link: https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=scholastic+ballon+parade&&mid=96296FB7FC1271AFF80796296FB7FC1271AFF807&&FORM=VRDGAR
- A great resource for letters and sounds is the Letter Factory by Leap Frog. You can find them all on YouTube or in DVD’s. All of the Leap Frog videos are great and the songs stick in your head!
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’