I
love teaching preschool and each month has a favorite unit for me.
But I think my favorite unit of the entire year has to be “The Very
Hungry Caterpillar.” During the months of April and May, we are
going to observe real caterpillars make the amazing transformation
into butterflies. It is the coolest thing ever! And just so you
know, this is also a project you can do at home if you wanted to look
into it. I order everything I need through www.nature-gifts.com. Please scroll down to your child's class calendar to read the monthly news!
April 2016 MWF class
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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3
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4
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5
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NO
SCHOOL
Spring
Break
4/4
- 4/8
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7
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8
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9
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10
Happy
Birthday Brooklyn!
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11
Capital
“M”
Number:
17
Unit:
Spring “The very Hungry Caterpillar” and butterflies
Handprint
Art
Bday Snack: Brooklyn |
12
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13
Lowercase
“m”
Unit:
Spring “The very Hungry Caterpillar” and butterflies
Show
n Tell Bags:
Annie,
Mie, &Chloe
Snack:
Annie
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14
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15
Gardening
Time
Planting
seeds in the preschool
Bday
Snack: Kacen
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16
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17
Happy
Birthday Kacen!
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18
Capital
“B”
Number:
18
Baa,
Baa, Black Sheep
Bubble
Art
Show
n Tell Bags:
Tyce,
Kinzlee, & Claire
Snack:Tyce
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19
|
20
B
is for Bubble
Fun
Park Day
“Field
Trip”*
Loy
Blake Park
'
Snack:
Mie
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21
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22
Lowercase
“b”
1,2
Buckle My Shoe
B
is for building words activity
Snack:
Kinzlee
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23
Please
have any slideshow pictures to me by April 30th!
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24
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25
Capital
U
Number:
19&20
The
Ugly Duckling
Little
Red Riding Hood
Snack:
Luca
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26
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27
Lowercase
u
~Picture
Day!~
Show
n Tell Bags:
Kacen,
Luca, & Brooklyn
Snack:
Natalee
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28
Year
End Review Begins!
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29
Review
Aa-Ff
Review
0-5
Review
Colors/Shapes
Snack:
Chloe
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30
Southwest
Library Field Trip is on
May
2nd
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APRIL
NEWS
Value
of the Month:
It's interesting to me how all of the values seem to fall back into
the first value introduced, RESPECT. Responsibility, cooperation,
and citizenship have a lot to do with respect for others and for
ourselves. Our Value of the month of April is Integrity.
“Being honest. Knowing
the difference between right and wrong and having the courage to do
what is right, even when it is not easy to do so.” We
will learn the sign for Integrity as well as read books and discuss
the value during snack time.
*Bubble
Fun Park Day Field Trip:
We will be having a blast at the park enjoying a little snack, play
time, lots of bubble fun, and squirt gun art. We did this for the
first time last year and the kids loved it! Everyone is welcome! If
you would like to volunteer to drive and/or help out with some of the
activities, please put your name on the list in the preschool. We
will be going to Loy Blake Park (550 N. 3500 W., West Point) :)
It'll be great!
May's
Field Trip: On May 2nd, we'll
be going to the new Southwest Branch library for a group tour and
story time.
Sight
words:
We will continue working on all that has been introduced and adding
just two new words this month—help
and
to.
Past
words that we've worked on are:
in,
I, is, it, big, we, up, look, and, jump, go, Spring, Summer, Fall,
Winter, the, me, for, said, little, run, and play.
Calling
all photos!
I'm creating a fun slide show for graduation night and would LOVE for
you to send me photos from the first day of school, field trips, the
Christmas Program, class parties, etc. You can text, email,
Facebook, or upload to a site such as Shutterfly and share the album
with me. Thanks for your help in pulling this off! My email, if that
is the route you choose, is zaranwrap@gmail.com.
Please get them to me by April 30th.
Thank you!
Picture
Day: On Apr 27th,
we'll be doing class photos and individual shots that will go in
their graduation gift! You'll also get the digital copies. :)
Preschool
Graduation: Just in case you didn't see it on last month's
calendar, Preschool Graduation will be held at the awesome new
Southwest Branch Library in Roy on Monday, May 23rd! Please feel free
to invite grandparents and other family members, etc. It'll be really
fun and I'll have some cute displays of the kids' work throughout the
year along with a slide show of our adventures.
Have
a beautiful April!
April 2016 T/Th class
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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29
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4
|
5
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NO
SCHOOL
Spring
Break
4/4
- 4/8
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7
|
8
|
9
|
|
10
|
11
|
12
Capital
“M”
Number:
17
Unit:
Spring “The very Hungry Caterpillar” and butterflies
Handprint
Art
Snack:
Cooper
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13
|
14
Lowercase “m”
Unit:
Spring “The very Hungry Caterpillar” and butterflies
Plant
seeds
Show
n Tell Bags:
Cooper
and Ada
Snack:
Embry
|
15
pass
out show n' tell bags for 4/14
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16
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17
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18
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19
Capital “B”
Number:
18
1,2,
Buckle My Shoe
Little
Red Riding Hood
Show
n Tell Bags:
Macie,
Ava, and Embry
Snack:
Ava
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20
|
21
Lowercase “b”
Baa,
Baa, Black Sheep
B
is for Bubble
Fun
in the Park
“Field
Trip”*
Chloe's
Sunshine Playground*
Snack:
Kenzie
|
22
Happy
Earth
Day!
|
23
Please
send all photos for the slide show by 4/30/16! Thank you!
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24
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25
|
26
Letters
Uu
Number:
19 & 20
The
Ugly Duckling
~Picture Day!~
Snack:
Macie
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27
|
28
Year End Review Begins!
Review
Aa-Ff
Review
0-5
Review
Colors/Shapes
Show
n Tell Bags:
Taj,
Kenzie, &Daphne
Snack:
Jaxson
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29
|
30
Field
trip to the new Southwest Library is May 3rd!
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April News
Value
of the Month:
It's interesting to me how all of the values seem to fall back into
the first value introduced, RESPECT. Responsibility, cooperation,
and citizenship have a lot to do with respect for others and for
ourselves. Our Value of the month of April is Integrity.
“Being honest. Knowing
the difference between right and wrong and having the courage to do
what is right, even when it is not easy to do so.” We
will learn the sign for Integrity as well as read books and discuss
the value during snack time.
Bubble
Fun Park Day Field Trip:
We will be having a blast at the park enjoying a little snack, play
time, lots of bubble fun, and squirt gun art. We did this for the
first time last year and the kids loved it! Everyone is welcome! If
you would like to volunteer to drive and/or help out with some of the
activities, please put your name on the list in the preschool. We
will be going to Chloe's Sunshine Park in Syracuse. It's about a 15
minute drive, but I've heard some pretty awesome reviews of this
place. :) It'll be great!
May's
Field Trip: On May 3rd,
we'll be going to the new Southwest Branch library for a group tour
and story time.
Sight
words:
We will continue working on all that has been introduced and adding
just two new words this month—help
and
to.
Past
words that we've worked on are:
in,
I, is, it, big, we up, look, and jump, go, Spring, Summer, Fall,
Winter, the, me, for, said, little, run, and play.
Calling
all photos!
I'm creating a fun slide show for graduation night and would LOVE for
you to send me photos from the first day of school, field trips, the
Christmas Program, class parties, etc. You can text, email,
Facebook, or upload to a site such as Shutterfly and share the album
with me. Thanks for your help in pulling this off! My email, if that
is the route you choose, is zaranwrap@gmail.com.
Please get them to me by April 30th.
Thank you!
Picture
Day: On Apr 26th,
we'll be doing some class photos and individual shots that will go in
their graduation gift! You'll also get the digital copies. :)
Preschool
Graduation: Just in case you didn't see it on last month's
calendar, Preschool Graduation will be held at the awesome new
Southwest Branch Library in Roy on Monday, May 23rd! Please feel free
to invite grandparents and other family members, etc. It'll be really
fun and I'll have some cute displays of the kids' work throughout the
year along with a slide show of our adventures.
Have
a beautiful April!
