May 20-May 23

Important Notes:

• We are back to our 4 day schedule.  We have school Monday-Thursday. AM: 7:50-10:55, PM: 11:55-3:00 
• Graduation will be Wednesday May 29 from 5-6pm
• Students have been helping prepare for graduation with learning songs and helping me with the power point.  At graduation, students will be SINGING, SHOWING OFF SOME TECHNOLOGY SKILLS, PHOTOS, SENDING HOME ALPHABET AND NUMBER BOOKS AND GETTING CERTIFICATES.  Please come for the fun!

• Our last day of school is Thursday June 6, 2014.  We will have both the AM and PM sessions that day.

• Lost and Found.  Our lost and found is growing.  If you are missing something please feel free to check out the box on top of the lockers by our door, or email me and I will take a look for you! 
• SCHOOL DRESS CODE:
• STUDENTS HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE MOVING ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND IN SANDALS.  THOUGH THEY ARE ALLOWED AT SCHOOL IF THEY HAVE A BACK STRAP, STUDENTS MOVE MUCH MORE FREELY ON THE PLAYGROUND (it is covered in pea gravel that gets stuck in shoes) IF THEY BRING TENNIS SHOES TO PUT ON WHILE PLAYING.

• Warm weather clothing: We do not have a specific policy regarding when students can wear shorts. Please
  watch the weather and dress in layers. It is normally cooler in the morning in the building and at recess.
  Our specific rules say:
  • All shoes MUST have backstraps. NO flip flops or other sandals without backstrap.
  • Tennis shoes must be worn for recesses and Gym class.
  • Tank top straps must be at least one inch wide.
  • Shorts must be longer and no less than one hand-width above the knee.

We have been actively practicing our graduation songs all week!  They are loving them and I cant wait for them to show them off at graduation!

Students read a farm early reader this week. Students had the chance to practice left to right, top to bottom as well as the concept of one word pointed out for each word.  We also worked on context clues to help us read the books.

We finished up our number books and caught up on our cutting, pasting, sticking, coloring, and more!  They turned out wonderful!

Students spent the rest of the week finishing up past work, practicing for graduation, and more.  It has been very busy!  We cannot believe there is only 7 more days!

Next week:
AM Snack: Eidahl Family
PM Snack:
Theme: Eric Carle/Murals

May 13-May 16

Important Notes:

• We are back to our 4 day schedule.  We have school Monday-Thursday. AM: 7:50-10:55, PM: 11:55-3:00
• 4K Parent Surveys  came home this week. They are on the bright Yellow paper.  Please fill out and return by May 24th.  This information helps us plan for next year.  Your paper will be taken out of the folder and put into a community pile so your answers are anonymous.  Please feel free to be honest, we would love your feedback.
• I will be gone in the afternoon (PM class) on Thursday, May 23.  Mr. Gloudemans is graduating and getting his Doctorate of Pharmacy in Illinois that day.  Mrs. Drummond will be the teacher in the afternoon.  If you have any questions or concern, please let me know. I will be sure to tell the students this information throughout the week as well.
• GRADUATION PHOTOS went well.  They will be done in the next two weeks (in time for graduation).  
• Graduation will be Wednesday May 29 from 5-6pm MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
• Students have been helping prepare for graduation with learning songs and helping me with the power point.  At graduation, students will be SINGING, SHOWING OFF SOME TECHNOLOGY SKILLS, PHOTOS, SENDING HOME ALPHABET AND NUMBER BOOKS AND GETTING CERTIFICATES.  Please come for the fun!

• Our last day of school is Thursday June 6, 2014.  We will have both the AM and PM sessions that day.

• Lost and Found.  Our lost and found is growing.  If you are missing something please feel free to check out the box on top of the lockers by our door, or email me and I will take a look for you! 
• SCHOOL DRESS CODE:
• STUDENTS HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE MOVING ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND IN SANDALS.  THOUGH THEY ARE ALLOWED AT SCHOOL IF THEY HAVE A BACK STRAP, STUDENTS MOVE MUCH MORE FREELY ON THE PLAYGROUND (it is covered in pea gravel that gets stuck in shoes) IF THEY BRING TENNIS SHOES TO PUT ON WHILE PLAYING.

• Warm weather clothing: We do not have a specific policy regarding when students can wear shorts. Please
  watch the weather and dress in layers. It is normally cooler in the morning in the building and at recess.
  Our specific rules say:
  • All shoes MUST have backstraps. NO flip flops or other sandals without backstrap.
  • Tennis shoes must be worn for recesses and Gym class.
  • Tank top straps must be at least one inch wide.
  • Shorts must be longer and no less than one hand-width above the knee.

We have been actively practicing our graduation songs all week!  They are loving them and I cant wait for them to show them off at graduation!

This week we were discussing farms.  We started the week with a discussion of baby animals and their mom animals. This was an activity that worked on their cutting skills, direction following, as well as conceptual knowledge and new vocabulary.  

This then connected to our new pocket chart activity in which we matched the babies to their moms and even started trying to match the word labels to the animals.  This is working on that initial sound as well as sounding out the sounds of individual letters.  

We continued work on our number books. We put the correct number of stickers on our books, then color the correct amount of pictures, and then we look through magazines and cut out the numbers and glue them on.  

We also did a farm/cow math book. There were a variety of barns with numbers on the doors, and the students then put the correct amount of cows by the barn.  Students are doing great with their number concepts!

Students have been creating words with what they dig out of the sensory table this week. It is really bringing meaning to the sensory table play in a fun and new way.

It was beautiful weather so we got outside for some outdoor gym class as well as playground play.  We had a lot of fun and we are loving getting outside!  It is often a reward to get outside more than once if we can get our stuff done, follow directions, clean up, and get ready quick enough!  

May 6-May 10

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Important Notes:

• We are back to our 4 day schedule.  We have school Monday-Thursday. AM: 7:50-10:55, PM: 11:55-3:00
• GRADUATION PHOTOS are Thursday May 16th.  Please make sure to turn in your forms regardless of purchase so our photographer has permission to take your child's photo and they are not left out.
• Graduation will be Wednesday May 29 from 5-6pm for those who would like to mark their calendars early!  I will be providing more information as it comes, but thank you for your timely responses in helping us pick a day.  This was the day with the least "no's" and the best we could do.  Students will be singing some songs, showing their work, receiving a certificate, and having some fun!  

• FINAL Reading with the Stars Wednesday MAY 15, 2013! NOTE THE TIME CHANGE 5:00PM-6:00PM  Please RSVP regardless of attendance for correct amount of copies.

• Our last day of school is Thursday June 6, 2014.  We will have both the AM and PM sessions that day.

• Lost and Found.  Our lost and found is growing.  If you are missing something please feel free to check out the box on top of the lockers by our door, or email me and I will take a look for you! 
• SCHOOL DRESS CODE:
  Warm weather clothing: We do not have a specific policy regarding when students can wear shorts. Please
  watch the weather and dress in layers. It is normally cooler in the morning in the building and at recess.
  Our specific rules say:
  • All shoes MUST have backstraps. NO flip flops or other sandals without backstrap.
  • Tennis shoes must be worn for recesses and Gym class.
  • Tank top straps must be at least one inch wide.
  • Shorts must be longer and no less than one hand-width above the knee.

Students labeled the parts of the plants.  They wrote the initial sound to the images, and colored it. We are doing well with our phonemic awareness (initial sound), writing our letters, knowing our letters, fine motor skills, and following directions.  This will be a part of their science journals, which we also contributed more to this week.

We continue to work on our number books. We worked on numbers 4, 5, and 6 this week.  We colored 4 people, 5 ovals, and 6 circles.  We cut out 4, 5, and 6 out of ads, and magazines.  We also put stickers on touch points.

We made our Mother's Day gifts: daffodil sun catchers.  Students cut on a curved line, followed directions, pulled apart tissue paper (pinching skills), Cut on a straight line, put the phrase in the right order (by hearing the initial sound and the front of the phrase), and more.  We then made our own gift bags: students required to write their name on the paper and then Mom, I love you, and Love were written on the board so they could write these as well.  

***As always, any questions or concerns please feel free to email me! 

Next week:
Theme: Farm
Numbers: 7, 8
AM Snack: Manteufel 
PM Snack: 

April 29-May 3

SCHOOL DRESS CODE:
Warm weather clothing: We do not have a specific policy regarding when students can wear shorts. Please
watch the weather and dress in layers. It is normally cooler in the morning in the building and at recess.
Our specific rules say:
• All shoes MUST have backstraps. NO flip flops or other sandals without backstrap.
• Tennis shoes must be worn for recesses and Gym class.
• Tank top straps must be at least one inch wide.
• Shorts must be longer and no less than one hand-width above the knee.


Important Notes:

• Graduation will be Wednesday May 29 from 5-6pm for those who would like to mark their calendars early!  I will be providing more information as it comes, but thank you for your timely responses in helping us pick a day.  This was the day with the least "no's" and the best we could do.  Students will be singing some songs, showing their work, receiving a certificate, and having some fun!  

• FINAL Reading with the Stars Wednesday MAY 15, 2013! Please RSVP regardless of attendance for correct amount of copies.

• Dress for the Weather.  We go outside Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Students need coats, hats, and mittens.  If there is snow or even if it is in the 30s I would suggest snow pants and boots for warmth and dryness.  St. Edward Extended day families, these students go outside for "long recess" after lunch daily and need to be dressed for it daily.  Please come with everything they need to stay warm and have fun!

• Even as Spring approaches, if there is snow we need your child to come in snowpants and winter gear for playing on the playground.  If they do not have the proper clothes, they will need to stand on the blacktop with the teachers.

• Lost and Found.  Our lost and found is growing.  If you are missing something please feel free to check out the box on top of the lockers by our door, or email me and I will take a look for you! 

Students worked on the life cycle of a plant with a seed, sprout, flower, and spreading seeds.  They illustrated this in a graphic organizer that also had them writing the initial sound and using those fine motor skills to draw the cycle. They turned out cute!

We are very busy working on our number books.  For each number, we put that many stickers on, draw that many pictures, and find that number in magazines or ads and glue them on.  It is going to be another cute keepsake!

IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA ADS, THEY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED--ADS HAVE LOTS OF NUMBERS FOR US TO CUT OUT! :)

 We also made flowers out of shapes.  Students worked hard naming the shapes, and following the multi-step directions and listening to the directional words.  they helped make our door look like it is growing a garden!

***As always, any questions or concerns please feel free to email me!  Have a great weekend!

Next week:
Theme: Flowers &Mothers' day
Numbers: 4, 5, 6
AM Snack: Zaves (we have Mon & Tues-Thank you)
PM Snack: Gorges

Family Fun Event

King's Daughters Charity Circle - Appleton is excited to announce a fun new family event in the Valley - Things that GO!  Our Second annual event will be on May 19th, 2012 at the Pierce Park in Appleton from 10 am to 2pm. We are going to have many forms of transportation on site for kids to explore and discover - anything from trucks to horses to lawn mowers! In addition, we will also have lots of family entertainment such as live music, entertainers, family activities, fire safety demonstrations and much more. Lunch will also be available from great local vendors.  All of the proceeds from this event will benefit local charities, such as the Boys & Girls Club of Appleton and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Fox Cities.

o    Individual tickets - $3.50

o    10 tickets - $35  

o    20 tickets - $65

o    50 tickets - $150

For up-to-date information on what is going on with our event and all the fun that we will have there, please check out our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/ThingsthatGoFoxCities