Ms. Katie's Class - Room 11

This week, we will be learning:

·         Letter: None this week

·         Numbers 1-10

·         Shape: Heart, Star

·         Color: Brown, Pink

Special Activities:

This week, we will focus on each child’s individuality. We will play a rhyming game to see what words (real or make-believe) rhyme with their names. We will measure their heights, and study each child’s unique fingerprints, discussing how no two fingerprints are alike.  I will trace each child’s body and allow them to draw on themselves, and they will also create a self-portrait. I will work with the children to fill in ‘All About Me’ sheets to show their personalities at this part of the school year, which will be used again toward the end of the school year.

We will play ‘Hide and Seek’ with the numbers 1-10 throughout our room. The children will practice recognition of each number, and count to that number when they find it. 

Our colors this week are brown and pink, and we will search for brown hearts or pink stars throughout the room. The children will receive points based on how many they find!

**This week, I will also be working on 4 year old assessments for each of my children. You will receive a copy of your child’s assessment once all of them have been completed.

September 7-10, 2010

Theme:                      Labor Day/Community Helpers      

Bible Story:               God made Daytime and Nighttime

Bible Verse:               God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. (Genesis                                            1:21)

This week, we will be learning:

·        Letter Ii: Recognition, Sounds, and Writing

·        Numbers 1-10: Counting, Recognition, and Writing

·          Review of shapes and colors

Special Activities:

This week, we begin our academic curriculum by focusing on the letter ‘I’.  We will practice the sounds of I, recognition of I, and writing Ii. We will also build I’s out of blocks, make I’s with our bodies, and ‘inch’ like inchworms.  At the end of the week, we will celebrate Ii with a special cold treat! We will learn about the concept of ‘same’ versus ‘different’, and sort items into categories. We will also discuss why we celebrate Labor Day. Our focus this week revolves around Community Helpers, as this ties in to our safety curriculum. We will act out various community helpers, like firemen, policemen, dentists, and doctors.

We also begin our safety curriculum, led by the Collierville Fire Department. They will come on Wednesday morning to discuss Community Helpers. This curriculum will continue throughout the school year; the Fire Department will come once each month.

Last, we will begin our Bible curriculum with the story, ‘God made Daytime and Nighttime’. We will discuss the differences in daytime and nighttime, and celebrate God’s gift to us. Our classroom worship will take place on Monday afternoons each week.

Books for this week:

The ‘I’ Sound Box- Moncure

My First I Book- Moncure

Fire! Fire! By Gail Gibbons

The Big Red Stop Sign by Helen Delaney

The Berenstein Bears Visit the Dentist by Stan & Jan Berenstein

Froggy Goes to the Doctor by Jonathan London

Show-and-Tell Friday:

An item that begins with I

Dress Up Friday:

CCA t-shirt day

September 13-17, 2010

Theme:                                  Solids, Liquids, and Gases/Grandparents Day

Bible Story:                           We worship God for making air and water

Bible Verse:                           God saw all that He had made, and it was very good.                                                            (Genesis 1:21)

This week, we will be learning/reviewing:

·        Letter Oo: Recognition, Sounds, and Writing

·        Numbers 1-10: Counting, Recognition, and Writing

·          Review of shapes and colors

Special Activities:

          Our first fruity cutie (star of the week) of the year will be Anna Claire. She will take the Fruity Cutie bucket home the Friday before, and bring back special items to share with the class during this whole week.

            This week, we will start our focus on the ‘Author of the Month’. Each month, all of the PreK 4 classes will celebrate one author’s birthday, and this month is Tomie dePaola. Each teacher will be responsible for presenting one book to each class each week. This will continue through September, so the children will have the opportunity to learn about three different dePaola stories from me, Ms. Tonya, and Ms. Sarah. We will also have various activities revolving around dePaola’s stories.

 We will focus on the letter O. We will practice the sounds of O, recognition of O, and writing Oo.  We will find O’s around our classroom, and also determine the difference in a letter and a word. At the end of the week, we will work together to practice our math and science skills by baking Oatmeal cookies shaped like O’s. We will learn about the concept of opposites, and come up with our own.  We will practice typing the ABC’s on the keyboard to work on our fine motor skills. We will also do various experiments to learn about solids, liquids, and gases throughout the week. We will discuss our grandparents and how we celebrate them with Grandparents Day, as well as making them special postcards.

Our Bible story this week will be about worshipping God for making air and water, which will correlate with our study of solids, liquids, and gases. Our classroom worship will take place on Monday afternoons each week.

Books for this week:

The ‘O’ Sound Box- Moncure

My First O Book- Moncure

Tomie dePaola

The Ultimate Guide to Grandmas and Grandpas!

Show-and-Tell Friday:

An item that begins with O

Dress Up Friday:

Community Helper Day

September 20-24, 2010

Theme:                                  Fall/Apples

Bible Story:                           We worship God for making land and plants

Bible Verse:                           God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. (Genesis 1:21)

This week, we will be learning/reviewing:

·        Letter Aa: Recognition, Sounds, and Writing

·        Numbers 1-10: Counting, Recognition, and Writing

·          Review of shapes and colors

Special Activities:

This week’s Fruity Cutie will be Ethan. We will continue our study of Tomie dePaola this week as well.

We will be learning about the letter A, and appropriately, focusing on Fall and Apples. We will practice the sounds of A, recognition of A, and writing Aa.  We will find A’s, I’s, and O’s in magazines in different fonts and sort them by letter; we will choose our favorite fonts and discuss the variations in each. We will use apples in mathematical activities to count, add, practice one-to-one correspondence, and estimate. We will test leaves to see how the change colors, and also explore the various levels of ‘crunchiness’. We will talk about what type of clothing we wear in Fall and activities we do in Fall. We will explore real apples and acorns, using them for painting. At the end of the week, we will celebrate Aa and apples with various apple treats!

Our Bible story this week is about worshipping God for making land and plants. We will discuss how special God’s earth is, and how everything has its purpose.

Our Personal Safety curriculum begins this week, with the lesson ‘I am Unique’. This curriculum will include a main lesson on Tuesday afternoon, with different activities in the afternoons throughout the week.

Books for this week:

The ‘A’ Sound Box- Moncure

My First A Book- Moncure

Tomie dePaola

Under the Apple Tree by Steve Metzger

Little Mouse and the Big Red Apple by A.H. Benjamin and Gwyneth Williamson

Apple Trouble by Ragnhild Scamell

Up, Up, Up! It’s Apple Picking Time! By Jody Shapiro

Fall Changes by Ellen B. Sensi

Show-and-Tell Friday:

An item that begins with A

Dress Up Friday:

Yellow Day

September 27-October 1, 2010

Theme:                                  Our Five Senses

Bible Story:                           We worship God for the different seasons

Bible Verse:                           Genesis 1:11, Psalm 146: 15-18, Song of Solomon 2:11-13

This week, we will be learning/reviewing:

·        Letter Uu: Recognition, Sounds, and Writing

·        Numbers 1-10: Counting, Recognition, and Writing

·          Review of shapes and colors

Special Activities:

This week’s Fruity Cutie will be Cassidy. We will continue our study of Tomie dePaola this week as well.

This week, we will be focusing on the letter U. We will practice the sounds of U, recognition of U, and writing Uu.  We will find U items to place under the Umbrella, which will be made of several U’s. We will be practicing the ‘U’ movements, like up and under. We will make a book based on the ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?’, called ‘Ms. Katie’s class, Ms. Katie’s class, who do you see?’.  

We will be discovering how to use each of our five senses this week at school. We will sample different tastes to determine which one we like the best, and we will discuss which tastes we prefer and which we do not. We will cut out photos of our favorite foods and sort them into categories—sour, bitter, sweet, and salty. We will use our sense of smell to match spices, and also we will use 3 scented cups to determine which one is different. We will place matching games to utilize our sight.  We will explore different textures by fingerpainting, and exploring the ‘Bag of Touch’, filled with items for the children to guess by touch only. We will use our hearing to take a listening walk, explore various sound jars, and shake 3 containers to determine which one does not belong.

Our Bible story this week is about worshipping God for the different seasons. We will continue to talk about the change of seasons, and what God gives us for each unique season. We will create representations of nature for eachn of the four seasons.

Our Personal Safety curriculum focus is this week is ‘I am Special.’             We will have our first lesson on Tuesday afternoon, and we will have subsequent activities each afternoon throughout the week.

Books for this week:

The ‘U’ Sound Box- Moncure

My First U Book- Moncure

Tomie dePaola

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?- Eric Carle

Here are my Hands- Bill Martin

It’s Fall! By Steve Metzger

Fall Fun by Justin Spelvin

Leaf Season by Norman Bridwell

Show-and-Tell Friday:

An item that begins with U

Dress Up Friday:

CCA t-shirt day

Have a wonderful September! As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, or concerns.

Until October,

Ms. Katie