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The Last Post

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Hello PreKPals and Families-

Well…….this is it. This is your last blog post as the parent of a PreKPal! We have loved watching your children learn and grow this year! Thank you for sharing them with us! They are all so smart and we cannot wait to see what they will do in Kindergarten!

How did we get here so fast? I am sure there will be a few things that I’ll need to send out this week, and as I stated before, I will leave this blog and our dojo group “live” but inactive until this time next year so you can get all the pictures you want – but I will not post to this group any more after this week. I will post an “archive warning” about a month before archiving so you can get any remaining items you wish. You won’t get regular updates or weekly Sunday night blog posts, but you can access them if you need them.

The Kindergarten team at RQES is fantastic. You cannot go wrong with any of the teachers – so please relax and enjoy your summer with your family. I know that wherever your child gets placed for Kindergarten they will thrive and excel! Mrs. Alker and I will be sure to check in on them those first few weeks!

This week, Wednesday and Thursday, dismissal will be at 11:10 for PreK. Extended Day will pick up students at that time if you are registered.

We have to serve lunch, so if your child does not bring a lunch from home, we will get them a sack lunch from the cafeteria.

We will send napmats, changes of clothes and all remaining items home on Tuesday. Please let us know if your child’s last day will be sooner than Thursday so we can make sure to send everything home with them on their last day.

Tuesday will be our last Trike Day.

Weekly PreK 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 4  snacks (that do not need to be refrigerated!) labeled with your child’s name. Please do not pack snacks in the lunchboxes.

NEW Dates to Remember:

May:

21: ½ Day Early dismissal

22: ½ Day Early dismissal

23: Teacher Workday (no students!)

It has been our absolute pleasure to teach your little ones this year! You trusted us to start their educational journey, and we are trusting you to never let their love of learning end……after all……. Childhood Should be a Journey………Not a Race.

Alicia Jenne’ & Bri Alker

 

Our Last Full BUSY Week!

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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:

  • NEW!! Learn to tie your shoes in one minute!!

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=how+to+teach+tie+shoes+putting+laces+in+the+holes+of+shoes&&mid=35F16B249023C67E1D9935F16B249023C67E1D99&&FORM=VRDGAR

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’

 

Mother’s Day

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Mrs. Alker and I want to thank you all so much for making us feel so appreciated last week! We have loved every thoughtful note, every gift card, every snack and candy treat! You are all so thoughtful!! We appreciate each of you so much! Our favorite thing was reading the cards and letters! Your children are our gifts everyday!! Thank you so much! We feel so loved!

We hope you loved your photo frame painted just for you by your PreKPal and that you have felt loved and celebrated today!

This week is a busy week so there will be a blog post tomorrow detailing all of the dates and times and special things that will be needed for this week. Monday is a regular day – so no worries. You have time to prepare!

Today, I’d like to leave you with one of my favorite poems about being a Mom.

I did not write it, but I have lived every word. For those of us to whom becoming a Mommy did not come as easily or as expected, Mother’s Day is an especially precious day. And for those still waiting to be a Mommy for the first time, or for the second time, Mother’s Day can be very painful. However motherhood comes to you – it is a GIFT! Thank you so much for sharing your children with us. We love all of them dearly. We hate that our time together is coming to an end so soon.

Enjoy.

Before I was a Mom
Before I was a Mom –
I slept as late as I wanted and never worried about how late I got into bed. I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.
Before I was a Mom –
I cleaned my house each day. I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn’t worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom –
I had never been puked on – Pooped on – Spit on – Chewed on, or Peed on. I had complete control of my mind and My thoughts. I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom –
I never held down a screaming child so that doctors could do tests…or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom –
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn’t want to put it down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn’t stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life
so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom –
I didn’t know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn’t know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn’t know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn’t know that something so small could make me feel so important.
Before I was a Mom –
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known The warmth, The joy, The love, The heartache, The wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn’t know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

Happy Mother’s Day, friends. Alicia and Bri

Tick Tock……..Tick Tock…….

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Hello PreKPals and Families-

This week is our last nursery rhyme for Heggerty phonics we will learn Peas Porridge Hot. We are sending a copy home for you to enjoy. We will review all the letters and their letter sounds for the remainder of our time in PreK.  In math we will work on subtracting from 10. This week we will continue to learn all about Oceans and Ocean Animals! Our caterpillars have begun to emerge and tomorrow will probably be our Painted Lady release day! So amazing!

We had an awesome time in PreK last week on our Tumblebus day! We are looking forward to lots of fun things in the next few days like Literacy Night and Field Day/Spring Fling! Check the dates at the bottom of this post.

Tomorrow morning is our time at the Book Fair! Send money in a labeled envelope or ziplock bag or set up the eWallet for shopping! We go at 9:40!

We will sing 2 songs at our PreK Celebration. I am including the links at the bottom of this post. We are running out of time quickly! I fell like we have so much more that we want to do with these little PreKPals and they are heading into summer fast and furious!

Weekly PreK Reminders:

  • Send the nap mat back tomorrow please.
  • 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:

5: Book Fair

6: Literacy Night will be after school 4:30-7:00

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:

  • NEW!! Learn to tie your shoes in one minute!!

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=how+to+teach+tie+shoes+putting+laces+in+the+holes+of+shoes&&mid=35F16B249023C67E1D9935F16B249023C67E1D99&&FORM=VRDGAR

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’

 

TumbleBus and Derby Week!

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Hello PreKPals and Families-

Sorry to be late with the blog this week! There was not enough weekend for me to get everything done! I need a day between Sunday and Monday where I get my life together! Anywhoooooo- we have a fun week in PreK! Let’s get into it!

This week in Heggerty phonics we will learn Mary Had a Little Lamb. We are sending a copy home for you to enjoy. We will review the letters X, Y and Z and their letter sounds this week.  In math we will work on all the ways to make 10. This week we will learn all about Oceans and Ocean Animals! Our caterpillars have officially all made their chrysalis, and we should have Painted Lady Butterflies very soon!

This week on Wednesday, The Tuscaloosa Tumblebus will be at RQ for PreK. We will also have bounce houses on this day! Make sure your children wear tennis shoes and SOCKS on Wednesday. They will also need to wear shorts and shirts instead of dresses (if they usually wear dresses). When we do the obstacle course in the Tumblebus we are often upside down! It will help us do all of the things if our dresses are not over our faces while we tumble. Thank you!

On Friday, it is Derby Day in PreK! For Derby Day, we race pool noodle stick horses with our friends. The girls wear flower headbands and the boys wear derby hats (provided by PreK). And then we will move to Trike Day. Friday will be fun and exhausting. Actually, they should sleep really well this week with all of these fun activities. We will make lots of pictures for you!

Did you attend the Mayor’s Cup 5K for PreK? If so, let me know and I will add that to your parent involvement hours!

Weekly PreK Reminders:

  • Send the nap mat back tomorrow please.
  • 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:

April:

30: Tumblebus/Bounce Houses for PreK only

May:

2: PreK Derby Day

5-9: Book Fair

6: Literacy Night will be after school 4:30-7:00

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 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:

  • NEW!! Learn to tie your shoes in one minute!!

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=how+to+teach+tie+shoes+putting+laces+in+the+holes+of+shoes&&mid=35F16B249023C67E1D9935F16B249023C67E1D99&&FORM=VRDGAR

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’

 

Pond Life

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Hello PreKPals and Families-

We hope you had an amazing Easter weekend with your friends and families. I cannot believe that we are at the last full wee of April already. This year is zooming by!

This week in Heggerty phonics we will learn Hot Cross Buns. We are sending a copy home for you to enjoy. We will review the letters H, W and V and their letter sounds this week.  In math we will work on all the ways to make 5. This week we will learn all about Ponds and Pond Life! Our caterpillars are getting BIG! So exciting! We will have 6-7 chrysalis soon! We kept your child’s nap mat this week so you are all set for that. To put the remainder of the year into perspective, you only have 4 more nap mat washings to do……..

Dr. Dennis will be bac with us this week fro Science and we will be building Beaver dams. It is going to be amazing! Everyday is a great day in PreK!

We had such a fun time with our PreK egg hunt last week! Thank you to everyone who sent in eggs! We love making magic with our PreKPals.

Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate Mrs. Alker on her birthday! We love her and we love showing her our appreciation!

Are you going to be at the Mayor’s Cup 5K on Saturday!? We hope to see you there. I will be WALKING (because I only run if I am being chased…..LOL) It’s such a great community event and every dime helps to provide free PreK here in Tuscaloosa. (One of the things we did on the teacher workday on Friday was to send out our letters to the NEW class of PreKPals for next year. So you might have friends asking about our program!)

Class Needs:

  • Sidewalk chalk 
  • Small water bottles

Weekly PreK Reminders:

  • 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:

April:

26: Mayor’s Cup 5K for PreK

30: Tumblebus/Bounce Houses for PreK only

May:

2: PreK Derby Day (more information coming soon!)

5-9: Book Fair (the make-up Literacy Night will be after school one day this week!)

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 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:

  • NEW!! Learn to tie your shoes in one minute!!

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=how+to+teach+tie+shoes+putting+laces+in+the+holes+of+shoes&&mid=35F16B249023C67E1D9935F16B249023C67E1D99&&FORM=VRDGAR

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’

 

 

Springing into Plants and Flowers!

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Hello PreKPals and Families-

Happy short week friends! I hope you all have stayed healthy from the stomach virus that was going around in our classroom. Myself, and several friends were not so lucky. Our room has been cleaned and lysol’d several times and I hope that everyone is well. That being said, if your child is having vomiting or stomach issues, please know that it might be the virus.

This week we will not have a new Nursery Rhyme for Heggerty phonics since it is a 3 day week. We will review the letters G and R and their letter sounds this week.  In math we will work on addition sentences This week we will learn about plants and flowers (and continue with insects)! We are still waiting on our caterpillars! Everyone loved the bug hunt for science last week and this week we are going to learn how bees pollinate flowers and trees! We have a great experiment for that!

Don’t forget that our Egg Hunt is Wednesday so send a bucket or basket for your child. The 5th grade buddies hide the eggs for us so there isn’t any need for parent help with this activity. We will make lots of pictures for you!

Thursday and Friday are not school days for students. We also have 3 birthdays this week in a row! (One of them is Mrs. Alker’s! She’ so happy to be turning one whole hand!) 😊

Class Needs:

  • Plastic Spoons
  • Sidewalk chalk 
  • Small water bottles

Weekly PreK Reminders:

  • 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.
  • Send nap mats please
  • 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:

April:

14: Send 12 sticker or toy filled eggs for our Egg Hunt if you have not already done so!

16: Egg Hunt! Send your child’s basket or bucket today! We will return it at the end of the day! (Make sure your child’s name is located somewhere on the basket)

17: Spring PD day for teachers. No School for Students

18: Planning day for teachers. No School for Students

26: Mayor’s Cup 5K for PreK

30: Tumblebus/Bounce Houses for PreK only

May:

2: PreK Derby Day (more information coming soon!)

5-9: Book Fair

6: Literacy Night

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 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:

  • NEW!! Learn to tie your shoes in one minute!!

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=how+to+teach+tie+shoes+putting+laces+in+the+holes+of+shoes&&mid=35F16B249023C67E1D9935F16B249023C67E1D99&&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’

 

Going Buggy in PreK!

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Hello PreKPals and Families-

Happy April friends! We have about 31-ish school days left in PreK. I cannot believe it. Didn’t we just get to PreK? You will soon be getting all of the invitations to Kindergarten breakfast, the kindergarten kickoff party in the park, and all kinds of other exciting things! The time is going to fly by!

This week in Heggerty phonics we will learn Star Light Star Bright. We are sending a copy home for you to enjoy. We will review the letters E and U (short and long) letter sounds this week.  In math we will continue with reviewing shapes. This week we will learn all about Insects! We have ordered our caterpillars and they should arrive any day! So exciting! Our beanstalks are really growing! We will send them home this week. Make sure to replant them in a pot or in your garden to grow some yummy lima beans! Don’t mind the glitter in the soil. That is all part of the magic!

Class Needs:

  • Clorox/Lysol Wipes
  • Sidewalk chalk 
  • Small water bottles

Weekly PreK Reminders:

  • 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.
  • Send nap mats please
  • 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:

April:

11: NEW DATE! Put a Cap on Diabetes Day (students may wear silly or fun or regular hats and bring a donation to the Juvenile Diabetes Fund.)

10: Send 12 sticker or toy filled eggs for our Egg Hunt!

16: Egg Hunt! Send your child’s basket or bucket today! We will return it at the end of the day! (Make sure your child’s name is located somewhere on the basket)

17: Spring PD day for teachers. No School for Students

18: Planning day for teachers. No School for Students

26: Mayor’s Cup 5K for PreK

30: Tumblebus/Bounce Houses for PreK only

May:

2: PreK Derby Day (more information coming soon!)

5-9: Book Fair (the make-up Literacy Night will be after school one day this week!)

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 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:

  • NEW!! Learn to tie your shoes in one minute!!

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=how+to+teach+tie+shoes+putting+laces+in+the+holes+of+shoes&&mid=35F16B249023C67E1D9935F16B249023C67E1D99&&FORM=VRDGAR

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’

 

Hello April!

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Hello PreKPals and Families-

We will be under a two hour delay tomorrow. Please stay weather aware!! You may drop your PreKPal off at the PreK doors at 9:30. If anything changes in the plans for tomorrow, I will let you know via Dojo.

This week in Heggerty phonics we will review the past nursery rhymes we have learned. We will review the letters K and D and their letter sounds this week.  In math we will learn about turning, flipping and sliding shapes. This week we will learn about Zoo Animals! We have some great small group animal activities planned for this week and the dramatic play area has been turned into a zoo! For Science this week, we will go on a safari with our own binoculars and safari hats! So much fun in PreK!

The new calendar for April will come home tomorrow as well as our Egg Hunt flier! Can you believe that it is already April (on Tuesday!)?

Class Needs:

  • Clorox/Lysol Wipes
  • Sidewalk chalk 
  • Small water bottles

Weekly PreK Reminders:

  • 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.
  • Send nap mats please
  • 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:

April:

4: Put a Cap on Diabetes Day (students may wear silly or fun or regular hats and bring a donation to the Juvenile Diabetes Fund.

10: Send 12 sticker or toy filled eggs for our Egg Hunt!

16: Egg Hunt! Send your child’s basket or bucket today! We will return it at the end of the day! (Make sure your child’s name is located somewhere on the basket)

17: Spring PD day for teachers. No School for Students

18: Planning day for teachers. No School for Students

26: Mayor’s Cup 5K for PreK

30: Tumblebus/Bounce Houses for PreK only

May:

2: PreK Derby Day (more information coming soon!)

5-9: Book Fair (the make-up Literacy Night will be after school one day this week!)

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 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:

  • NEW!! Learn to tie your shoes in one minute!!

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=how+to+teach+tie+shoes+putting+laces+in+the+holes+of+shoes&&mid=35F16B249023C67E1D9935F16B249023C67E1D99&&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’

 

Marching on……..

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Hello PreKPals and Families-

I don’t want to alarm anyone but there are only 9 Monday’s left in PreK! Somehow this year has disappeared! It’s going to go fast so we are going to try to soak in every minute with this little group!

This week in Heggerty phonics we will learn Jack Be Nimblle. We are sending a copy home for you to enjoy with your child. We will review the letters O and I with the long and short vowel sounds this week.  In math we will continue to review plane shapes. This will be our last week to learn about Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales! We have some great small group activities planned for this week. It is also library week! So send your child’s library book back so they can check out a new one on Wednesday. On Monday, everyone is bringing home a new book to keep courtesy of Tuscaloosa Reads!

I hope you all enjoyed our first ever Fairy Tale Ball! It was so much fun and I think the teachers had as much fun as the PreKPals! Thanks to all of you for taking time out of your week to bring some magic into the lives of our little learners! They truly felt that they were at a castle! We already have  it on the books for next year, so those of you with littles coming to PreK next year can put March 10th on your calendars!

LAST WEEK TO REGISTER FOR SUMMER LEARNING!

📢TCS Imagine Summer Learning Registration is Open!

We are thrilled to offer TCS Imagine Summer Learning for students in PreK–7th grade this summer! This program will provide hands-on learning, enrichment activities, and academic support to keep students engaged and learning all summer long.

📅 Program Dates and TIme: June 2 – June 27, 8:00 am – 2:45 pm (Closed June 19th)
📍 Location: Tuscaloosa Magnet School
💰 Cost: $850 for the full program or $250 per week
📝 Application Deadline: March 28

⚠️ Important: We must have at least 150 students enrolled by March 28 for the program to operate.

🔗 Register Now: TCS Imagine Summer Learning Registration

For more details, check out our Fee-Based Program FAQ or contact:

Summer Learning District Contact, Andrew Maxey 📧Amaxey@tusc.k12.al.us  📞205-759-3722

Program Coordinator, Patricia Ford 📧 pford@tusc.k12.al.us | 📞 205-759-8347
Program Co-Coordinator, Tiffany Bishop 📧 tbishop@tusc.k12.al.us | 📞 205-759-3538

Class Needs:

  • Clorox/Lysol Wipes
  • Sidewalk chalk 

Weekly PreK Reminders:

  • Coats, jackets, sweaters are a MUST HAVE item for early morning PE. Please label with your child’s name.
  • 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.
  • Send nap mats please
  • 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! 

NEW Dates to Remember:

April:

4: Put a Cap on Diabetes Day (students may wear silly or fun or regular hats and bring a donation to the Juvenile Diabetes Fund.

17: Spring PD day for teachers. No School for Students

18: Planning day for teachers. No School for Students

30: Tumblebus/Bounce Houses for PreK only

May:

2: PreK Derby Day (more information coming soon!)

5-9: Book Fair

15: PreK Celebration (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:

  • NEW!! Learn to tie your shoes in one minute!!

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=how+to+teach+tie+shoes+putting+laces+in+the+holes+of+shoes&&mid=35F16B249023C67E1D9935F16B249023C67E1D99&&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’