Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News June 11, 2009 Afternoon Edition

A Peek at the Week

This week at school we played more with tools, and also talked about pond life, including tadpoles, turtles and ducks.

We also worked on thank you cards for those people involved in building our playscape. These cards will be given to those people, including the fire department, playground committee and Greater Hartford Jaycees, next week.

Centers this week:
project-special project;
coloring-while on their bellies;
blocks with tools for building; kitchen pretend play;
cutting-practicing our cutting skills;
writing on little chalkboards.

~Books we read: One Duck Stuck and The Teeny Weeny Tadpole.
~Poem: Little Turtle
~Vocabulary words: stuck, duck, muck, teeny, weeny, pond, water, insects, and various tools.

Physical Therapy Group

In PT group the students played a game with colored balls-collecting and sorting them into the matching colored hoop. Next week will be out last PT group of the year. A big thanks to Renee for all of the fun activities she planned this year!

Important Notices

+ A notice regarding payment for class pictures went home this week. Please be sure to return the photos or payment as soon as possible.

A Look Ahead…

~ June topics are: Father’s Day, camping, summer vacation, tools.

~ The last day of school for the afternoon class is June 22nd.

~ Please excuse our appearance-the Pre-K classrooms are being relocated next year, so consequently we have to pack the classroom by the last day of school. We apologize for the disarray during this time.

Little Turtle Poem

There was a little turtle who lived in a box. He swam in the puddles and climbed on the rocks. He snapped at the mosquitoes, he snapped at the fleas, he snapped at the minnows and he snapped at me. He caught the mosquitoes, he caught the fleas, he caught the minnows, but he didn’t catch me!

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

A Peek at the Week

This week we talked about tools and hardware. We learned about the different types of tools and what each one is used for.

Centers this week: Listening-Froggy Goes to Camp; block building with tools and hardware; Journals-drawing about our favorite thing to do at school; sorting with play fruits and making fruit patterns; project-making a spider; finger painting.

~Books and songs: Bob the Builder-Welcome to Bob’s Building Yard and “Going on a Bear Hunt”.

~Vocabulary words: wrench, hammer, nail, nut, bolt, pliers, measuring tape, saw, etc.

Physical Therapy Group

In PT group the students played a sorting activity with insects outside on the blacktop. Please remember sneakers and no dresses on Wednesdays.

Important Notices

~On Tuesday we said “goodbye” to Mrs. Camosci, and on Wednesday we had Mrs. Budzik join our class for the remainder of the year. Mrs. Camosci will be missed, but we are glad to have Mrs. Budzik with us.

~Happy Birthday to Nick and Joey!


A Look Ahead…

~ June topics are: Father’s Day, camping, summer vacation, tools.

~ The last day of school for the morning class is June 23rd.

~ Please excuse our appearance-the Pre-K classrooms are being relocated next year, so consequently we have to pack the classroom by the last day of school. We apologize for the disarray during this time.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!