Week 4-Apples

On Monday we cut our apples and discovered the star in the middle that shows up when we stamp our apple halves in paint and then counted how many apples we stamped and how many points were on the star. Some of our friends thought they looked like flowers so we also called them petals.
We had our second trip to the library to check out a book and listen to a book read to them.   

On Wednesday, we started our day with gym class where we learned some yoga poses to relax us and get our bodies and minds ready to learn.  We illustrated our Apple Stamping books in small group.  During circle time Mrs. Drummond introduced the iPad games and how to use the iPad safely and correctly and opened the iPad center for our friends to use during center time. We are choosing a friend to go to the iPad center who is sitting safe and ready after cleaning up their center to avoid any injuries trying to get to the center.  

We have also been working on writing their names in the puzzles and games center. This helps them put the letters in their name in the correct order, say the letters in their name, and start to recognize some letters.

The letter of the week was Ii. We learned the sign language for a letter, the literacy link sound symbols, the letter sound, and looking at and writing it in both capital letters and lower case letters.  Click here to view the many ways we learn the letter of the week!

Each week we watch letter videos from "Have Fun Teaching" and the students are really picking up the names of letters, formations, and the sounds of letters.  Check out these videos with you child!  Click HERE.

The Tuesday project of letter of the week is to decorate a letter with something that starts with the letter. This week we decorated the letter Ii with  colored Ice.  On Thursday, our letter of the week project was to read a page from our alphabet book, I is for Icecream.

Important Notes:

•  Dress for the weather.  Please send your child dressed for the weather as we go outside as long as it is not raining or below 0*(students are more than welcome to bring layers daily or to leave in their lockers)  It may also be time to change out the change of clothes to make sure they are weather appropriate.  If you send a new change of clothes, we will send the warm weather clothes in their backpacks.
• Field Trip is quickly approaching.  If you are interested in going on the field trip, you must have all the background checks and the virtus class and online form.  THERE IS A CLASS OFFERED IN GREENVILLE VERY SOON AND CLOSE! Monday Sept. 29 from 6-9pm at St Mary Greenville. Contact Deb Fuller at 757-6555 ext 233 or Tammy Krueger ext 205.  Many of the other classes are offered in Green Bay so if you are at all interested in volunteering in the school at any point through out the year (even if it is just a maybe), please consider taking this class while it is close.
• Folders. Please be checking your child's daily folder each night.  We put notes on the notebook pages in their folders as well as any notes we may have for you.  Artwork is also sent home this way. As we start letter of the week, we will also start sending home homework to help reinforce the letter concept and identification.  Please work on this with you child to help the students make the connection between home and school. 
• Also, Please check the student's Wednesday Folders.  Please try to take info out and return the folder and any forms/info/payments in those folders a day or two after receiving. 
• Literacy Bags come home every three weeks.  Students will have a week to complete the project inside and can then return the bag with completed sheets in it on TUESDAYS.
• Library Books come every week.  We go to library on Monday and student have the opportunity to check out a book and keep it for a week. It can be kept in their back packs or at home, but please remember to bring it on Mondays. 
• Book Order due October 31st.  Please click on the link for scholastic at the top of this page.  When you buy books for your child, it helps buy books and supplies for our classrooms.
• Send in those family photos!

Next Week:
Theme: Apples (again)
Letter of the Week: Cc
Snack: Ulmen

Week 3--Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

This week, we have some new toys in our centers so Mrs. Schmitz took some time  before centers to remind our friends the correct way to use our centers and how to clean up.  We talked about reading center and will continue to work on it.  We did the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree art and name in small group  and read the book. We took our first trip downstairs to the library to check out our books.  PLEASE NOTE YOU CAN KEEP THE LIBRARY BOOKS FOR ONE WEEK.  WE ARE WORKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHECKING OUT BOOKS AND RETURNING THEM, AS WELL AS THE JOY OF FINDING NEW BOOKS EACH WEEK. 

Mrs Schultz, out district nurse, came in to talk about her job.  She will be visiting bi-weekly to talk about various health topics that are relevant to the 4-5 year old student.

Wednesday, we stamped our coconut tree with letters and read the poem with our letters. They enjoyed this!  We had gym class after circle time which helped them get some of their wiggles out and then cane back upstairs to go to centers.


The letter of the week was Tt. We learned the sign language for a letter, the literacy link sound symbols, the letter sound, and looking at and writing it in both capital letters and lower case letters.  Click here to view the many ways we learn the letter of the week!

Each week we watch letter videos from "Have Fun Teaching" and the students are really picking up the names of letters, formations, and the sounds of letters.  Check out these videos with you child!  Click HERE.

The Tuesday project of letter of the week is to decorate a letter with something that starts with the letter. This week we decorated the letter T with torn tiny tiles from paper.  On Thursday, our letter of the week project was to read a page from our alphabet book, T is for Turtle.

Important Notes:

• PICTURE DAY is Thursday.  Please feel free to send your kid in their picture day clothes and send along a change of clothes.  After pictures are taken, we can help your child get changed into their "normal" clothes.  Please be sure that you have your form returned for each child you have in our school even if you are not purchasing pictures.  This allows us to have your permission to take your child's photo and put it in the yearbook.
• Dress for the weather.  Please send your child dressed for the weather as we go outside as long as it is not raining or below 0*(students are more than welcome to bring layers daily or to leave in their lockers)  It may also be time to change out the change of clothes to make sure they are weather appropriate.  If you send a new change of clothes, we will send the warm weather clothes in their backpacks.
• Field Trip is quickly approaching.  If you are interested in going on the field trip, you must have all the background checks and the virtus class and online form.  THERE IS A CLASS OFFERED IN GREENVILLE VERY SOON AND CLOSE! Monday Sept. 29 from 6-9pm at St Mary Greenville. Contact Deb Fuller at 757-6555 ext 233 or Tammy Krueger ext 205.  Many of the other classes are offered in Green Bay so if you are at all interested in volunteering in the school at any point through out the year (even if it is just a maybe), please consider taking this class while it is close.
• Folders. Please be checking your child's daily folder each night.  We put notes on the notebook pages in their folders as well as any notes we may have for you.  Artwork is also sent home this way. As we start letter of the week, we will also start sending home homework to help reinforce the letter concept and identification.  Please work on this with you child to help the students make the connection between home and school. 
• Also, Please check the student's Wednesday Folders.  Please try to take info out and return the folder and any forms/info/payments in those folders a day or two after receiving. 
• Literacy Bags come home every three weeks.  Students will have a week to complete the project inside and can then return the bag with completed sheets in it on TUESDAYS.
• Library Books come every week.  We go to library on Monday and student have the opportunity to check out a book and keep it for a week. It can be kept in their back packs or at home, but please remember to bring it on Mondays. 
• Book Order due September 26th.  Please click on the link for scholastic at the top of this page.  When you buy books for your child, it helps buy books and supplies for our classrooms.
• Send in those family photos!

Next Week:
Theme: Apples
Letter of the Week: Ii
Snack: DiPietro family

Week 2- The 5 Senses

 Had a fun week! Students worked more on using centers correctly, cleaning up quickly and putting things back where we got them and sitting safe on the carpet and table spots.

Students got library books on Monday and had gym on Wednesday but had to stay in the classroom for gym today so we did some stretching and dancing videos used dance videos. Starting next week, we will switch and have  gym on Monday because the older kids have library on wed and we will have library on Wednesday.

We read about our senses, made a graph of things we do with each sense and wrote a poem about our senses today. We read a book  about what it means to be a friend and today we read one about liking ourselves just the way we are.  

The letter of the week was Ll. We learned the sign language for a letter, the literacy link sound symbols, the letter sound, and looking at and writing it in both capital letters and lower case letters.  Click here to view the many ways we learn the letter of the week!

Each week we watch letter videos from "Have Fun Teaching" and the students are really picking up the names of letters, formations, and the sounds of letters.  Check out these videos with you child!  Click HERE.

The Tuesday project of letter of the week is to decorate a letter with something that starts with the letter. This week we decorated the letter L with Lego's dipped in paint.  On Thursday, our letter of the week project was to read a page from our alphabet book, L is for Lion.

Important Notes:

• Field Trip is quickly approaching.  If you are interested in going on the field trip, you must have all the background checks and the virtus class and online form.  THERE IS A CLASS OFFERED IN GREENVILLE VERY SOON AND CLOSE! Monday Sept. 29 from 6-9pm at St Mary Greenville. Contact Deb Fuller at 757-6555 ext 233 or Tammy Krueger ext 205.  Many of the other classes are offered in Green Bay so if you are at all interested in volunteering in the school at any point through out the year (even if it is just a maybe), please consider taking this class while it is close.
• Folders. Please be checking your child's daily folder each night.  We put notes on the notebook pages in their folders as well as any notes we may have for you.  Artwork is also sent home this way. As we start letter of the week, we will also start sending home homework to help reinforce the letter concept and identification.  Please work on this with you child to help the students make the connection between home and school. 
• Also, Please check the student's Wednesday Folders.  Please try to take info out and return the folder and any forms/info/payments in those folders a day or two after receiving. 
• Literacy Bags come home every three weeks.  Students will have a week to complete the project inside and can then return the bag with completed sheets in it on TUESDAYS.
• Library Books come every week.  We go to library on Monday and student have the opportunity to check out a book and keep it for a week. It can be kept in their back packs or at home, but please remember to bring it on Mondays. 
• Book Order due September 26th.  Please click on the link for scholastic at the top of this page.  When you buy books for your child, it helps buy books and supplies for our classrooms. 
• Send in those family photos! As a part of our room decorations and to make every one feel at home, we have a "family and friends" board in our room.  Students will feel more at home and have a school family if they have their home family with them.  (The same as you putting a family picture on your desk).    Please feel free to send in a family photo that will be stapled up on our wall for the duration of the school year.

Next Week:
Theme: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Letter of the Week: Tt
Snack: Schmidt Family

Week 1-All About Me

This week's theme was all about me.  Students worked on finding their name, working with their name, describing themselves, and talking about what it is like to be a bucket filler in our school.  Students are also working on getting to know the school rules, walking in a line, and how to stay in our centers and play for the duration of a play time.  

On Tuesday, students posed for pictures in the first day of school frames!  So cute.  Students also worked on their vocabulary and speaking skills by describing what they look like in these photos/on the first day of school.  You can view these photos by clicking on the "photo links" tab at the top of this page.  They click on the link for "first day of school" If you would like  digital copy and you cannot download from the site, let us know and we can email that to you.  

On Wednesday, students found their name and worked on sticking stickers onto their name.  This worked their fine motor skills, peeling the stickers, and placing them strategically, as well as helped them with the formation of the letters in their name.

Thursday, students read the bucket filler book. This book talks about how we all have an imaginary bucket.  When someone is kind to us it fills our bucket, and when we are kind to others that fills our bucket as well.  Students all pledged to be a bucket filler in our classroom.  We have a classroom bucket we will work on filling through out the year, and students decorated their own imaginary bucket. Decorating the bucket worked their fine motor skills again with coloring and cutting. 

As a part of our room decorations and to make every one feel at home, we have a "family and friends" board in our room.  Students will feel more at home and have a school family if they have their home family with them.  (The same as you putting a family picture on your desk).    Please feel free to send in a family photo that will be stapled up on our wall for the duration of the school year.

There was no letter of the week this week.  We were busy getting into the routine of things this week. We will begin with a letter of the week next week.

Important Notes:

• Field Trip is quickly approaching.  If you are interested in going on the field trip, you must have all the background checks and the virtus class and online form.  THERE IS A CLASS OFFERED IN GREENVILLE VERY SOON AND CLOSE! Monday Sept. 29 from 6-9pm at St Mary Greenville. Contact Deb Fuller at 757-6555 ext 233 or Tammy Krueger ext 205.  Many of the other classes are offered in Green Bay so if you are at all interested in volunteering in the school at any point through out the year (even if it is just a maybe), please consider taking this class while it is close.
• Folders. Please be checking your child's daily folder each night.  We put notes on the notebook pages in their folders as well as any notes we may have for you.  Artwork is also sent home this way. As we start letter of the week, we will also start sending home homework to help reinforce the letter concept and identification.  Please work on this with you child to help the students make the connection between home and school. 
• Also, Please check the student's Wednesday Folders.  Please try to take info out and return the folder and any forms/info/payments in those folders a day or two after receiving. 
• Literacy Bags come home every three weeks.  Students will have a week to complete the project inside and can then return the bag with completed sheets in it on TUESDAYS.
• Library Books come every week.  We go to library on Monday and student have the opportunity to check out a book and keep it for a week. It can be kept in their back packs or at home, but please remember to bring it on Mondays. 
• Book Order due September 26th.  Please click on the link for scholastic at the top of this page.  When you buy books for your child, it helps buy books and supplies for our classrooms. 
• Send in those family photos!

Next Week:
Theme: 5 Senses
Letter of the Week: Ll
Snack: Zitzelsberger Family