The Pre-K Post
October 7th 2022
Goodbye apple theme, we had a blast! Time to make some room for all things pumpkin!
Information and Reminders
Important Dates
October
7-10 - Student Holiday
9/10 - Chalk the Walk
11 - Walk/Ride to School Day
11 - Ride Night at Spring Creek BBQ
12 - Disney Day!
14 - Story Book Parade, 8:30am Plan to be here to watch, It's just precious!!!!
20 - PTO Mtg, 11:30
21 - Make Up Picture Day
24 - 28 - Red Ribbon Week
31 - PINK OUT Day
Reminder- Friendly reminder that Pre-K students are not allowed to be a walker unless you live within a mile of the school for safety reasons. Also, Pre-K students may not be released from the bus or walker line unless a guardian/approved adult is present. Thank you for helping keep all of our children safe!
Curriculum Highlights
We are enjoying another great week in class! Thank you all so much for helping your child Find 10 get 10 for our fall fundraiser! Please remember to keep your child's green sheet updated and in their backpack daily, even if there are no new donations. This helps us make sure we have the correct total for the class.
We are wrapping up all things apple themed and are ready to dive into pumpkins and other fall things! Be on the lookout for a signupgenius coming your way soon should you wish to donate some needed items for our next theme of the year.
Pumpkin theme here we come!
October is upon us and we are having so much fun!! I hope the children have told you about our new centers in our room. I wanted to take a second and remind you of all the fun things that are coming up in the next few weeks. Be sure to check our Shutterfly account to see pictures of the cutest kids in the world!!!
Oct. 7-10 Fall Long weekend - School will be closed on Friday, Oct. 7 and Monday, Oct. 10.
Oct 11 - Spring Creek BBQ - Ride Night - This is such a great night for the kiddos. The teachers will be serving rolls while your family enjoys a delicious meal. A portion of the sales from the night come back to Ride and the class with the most participation wins a prize from Spring Creek! If you go, be sure and tell them you are there for Mrs. Murrell's class. I will be there from 5:30-6 serving up hot, delicious rolls!!
Oct. 12 - Disney Day at Ride - Dress in your favorite Disney gear. This is the day the money is due for our Ride's Reading Adventure. Please be sure to send in the envelope with all of your donations. Our class is doing a great job representing PreK!!
Oct. 14 - Ride's Reading Adventure and Storybook Parade - Students come dressed as their favorite book character! This is such a fun day and you are encouraged to come cheer on your little while they are walking in the parade. The parade will start at 8:30 and it is all outside so check the Ride Blast for a map so you can get the best spot! The afternoon will be spent enjoying fun reading activities. You will have a very tired Preschooler at the end of the day. :)
Aside form circle time, we also have fun at centers each day. Here is some information on what our centers are!
Centers are hand-on learning activities in our classroom!
· During centers, students rotate to different areas in the room and participate in hands-on learning activities.
· The concepts taught during our Circle Time (teaching time on the carpet) are reinforced through our center activities.
· Activities change periodically, within units of study, upon mastery, or thematically.
· In addition to academics, Center time is an important component to social-emotional learning in prek. Students learn about compromise, taking turns, sharing, and using words to express needs and wants.
Centers in our classroom include:
- Library and Listening Center: This is our classroom library with age-appropriate books and poems. We often read the material together before it is placed in the center. There are also ipads for interactive read alouds which will be introduced later in the year.
- Science and Sensory Center: This table is used for hands-on exploration and discovery of new items, concepts, and sensory learning.
- Pretend and Learn Center: This center is where students learn through dramatic play and pretend play. Items students will experience this year include puppets, school, winter wonderland, restaurant, kitchen, and more!
- Math Center: Math skills are a great way to play! Students learn about counting, writing numbers, patterning, number recognition, and many more concepts through math activities, games, and play.
- Construction Center: Students play with various types of blocks, magnatiles, and other manipulatives that encourage spatial and motor awareness.
- ABC Center: Students work on letter and sound recognition, explore the alphabet by playing with letters, matching capital/ lower case, and letter games at this center.
- Creativity/Puzzle Center: Students use special and reasoning skills at this center to put together puzzles. Puzzles and activities of varying skill levels are placed in the center so all students have an opportunity to be challenged. Students may also play with Play Doh and other manipulatives to create something! In this center, students also create crafts, art, play with playdoh, paint, work on other activities.
- Writing Center: This center is where students will practice spelling and writing, work on writing strokes and progressing to printing upper and lower case letters, name writing, and “story” writing.
Weekly Information
We have noticed many students wearing velcro shoes, thank you!! Shoe laces can get very dirty and since these kiddos are so young, they haven't quite figured out how to tie their shoes or keep the laces out of their mouths..... By sending your child in no tie shoes, it makes learning and playing much cleaner and easier for them!
Our grade level is always in need of Clorox wipes and snack donations. Goldfish, animal crackers, pretzels are class favorites!
Remember to keep these items in your child's backpack at all times
A Change of clean clothes (including underwear)
A full water bottle
A daily snack if your kiddo wants to bring something in addition to the small class snack
The Pre-K Team
Mrs. Deckert, Ms. Capote, Ms. Banuelos, Ms. Ruiz, Ms. Velez