Monday, November 24, 2014
Friday, November 21, 2014
December 1-5
PPCD News: December 1-5
Reminders
We will be need 12 premade gingerbread cookies(Pepperidge
farms or Little Debbie has them)a large roll of gingerbread cookie dough,
gumdrops, 2 tubes of red icing and M&M’s for cooking next week by Wednesday. We are also in need of a new can opener for
our kitchen. Please comment on Facebook
if you are able to bring an item. If you
haven’t already sent extra winter clothes to replace the shorts and short
sleeves, please make sure and send some.
Thank you!
***IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email
earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562
Upcoming activities
Nov.
24-28 Thanksgiving Week – No School!
Dec.
4 Picture
Retakes
Dec.
8-12
Diversity Week
Dec.
11
6:00pm-7:30pm Diversity Night
Dec.
12
Diversity Parades, 9:15am & 12:25pm
Dec.
19
Winter Parties, 9:55am & 1:55pm
Dec.
22
Holiday Break Begins!
ECS WEBSITE:
http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home
CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Theme:
Fall – Gingerbread
Books:
The Gingerbread Boy
Snow Friends
Gingerbread Baby
Diamond Shape Book
The Three Snow Bears
Gingerbread Friends
The Brown Color Book
Polar Bear Live on Ice
Songs
The Mitten Match
Little Snowman
Pre-writing
Letter of the Week—Review:
E,
I, T, H, L
We will be putting the letters of their names in order and fishing
for letters.
Vocabulary
Gingerbread
House
Boy
Baby
Candy
Ice
Math:
We will count buttons and pattern beads.
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills—The children will cut a line.
Fine motor strength—
Practicing a functional grasp--
We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking
away the other 2 fingers.
We write on the vertical surface to encourage big arm
movements which increases strength.
Art
We will be making gingerbread man.
Literacy:
Students use the review letters puzzles and name pictures.
Who chased the
gingerbread man?
We will name items that start with our review letters.
Sensory:
We will use play dough to make gingerbread men
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
November 17-21
PPCD News: November 17-21
Reminders
We will be needing one dozen spice muffins and a small bag
of grapes for cooking next week by Wednesday.
We will be needing lots of pine cones!
Please comment on Facebook if you are able to bring an item. Thank you!
***IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email
earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562
Upcoming activities
Nov.
24-28 Thanksgiving Week – No School!
Dec.
4 Picture
Retakes
Dec.
8-12
Diversity Week
Dec.
11
6:00pm-7:30pm Diversity Night
Dec.
12
Diversity Parades, 9:15am & 12:25pm
Dec.
19
Winter Parties, 9:55am & 1:55pm
Dec.
22
Holiday Break Begins!
ECS WEBSITE:
http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home
CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Theme:
Fall – Celebrations and thanksgiving
Books:
I’m no turkey
Thanksgiving
5 Wild Turkeys
Feast for 10
The Best Nest
12 days of Thanksgiving
Think Twice, Be Nice
Good Food
Celebrations
Diamonds
The First Thanksgiving
Songs:
5 Fat turkeys
5 Little Turkeys
Pre-writing
Letter of the Week—Review:
E,
I, T, H,
We will be putting the letters of their names in order and fishing
for letters.
Vocabulary
Pumpkins
Seeds
Iguana
Igloo
Invitation
Insects
Ice cream
Iron
Ivy
Math:
The children will pattern feathers and sort “you guessed it”
TURKEYS!
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills—The children will snip paper for our
feathers hats
Fine motor strength--
We will roll out play dough with rolling pins
Practicing a functional grasp--
We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking
away the other 2 fingers.
We write on the vertical surface to encourage big arm
movements which increases strength.
Art
We will be making a Thanksgiving plate of food, a placemat with
their name as the feathers and a pine cone TURKEY! Who would have guessed?
Literacy:
Students use the review letters puzzles and name pictures.
What will we eat on
Thanksgiving?
Who will come to the feast?
We will name items that start with our review letters.
Sensory:
We will use play dough to make pies.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
November 10-14
PPCD News: November 10-14
Please remember to join my Facebook group. Let me know if you didn’t get the invitation.
Reminders
We will be needing lots of apples of all colors next week. We
will also need apple pie filling and flaky biscuits for cooking on Friday. Please
respond on Facebook what you plan to send so we don’t have duplicates. Thank you!!!
***IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email
earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562
Upcoming activites
PTA meeting November 13
6:00 p.m.
Tool time November 8:00 a.m.
The Thanksgiving Activities on November 21st has been
changed to 9:55 and 1:55. Also, please
note that the parents will not be participating this year.
Thanksgiving break November 24-28.
ECS WEBSITE:
http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home
CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Theme:
Fall – Pumpkins and Apples
Books:
Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins
There was an old Lady who Swallowed some Leaves
The Apple Pie Tree
The Bumpy Little Pumpkin
Songs:
Tap Big Line
5 Little Apples
Pre-writing
Letter of the Week—I
Vocabulary
Pumpkins
Seeds
Iguana
Igloo
Invitation
Insects
Ice cream
Iron
Ivy
Math:
The children will count seeds from the pumpkin and make a
garden.
The children will make a pumpkin patch with their fingers
and count the pumpkins.
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills—The children will count vines for the
pumpkin patch.
Use child size and adaptive scissors to cut along lines.
Fine motor strength--
We can dig small, tiny objects our of play dough. We will
have to really dig and pull. It is great for building muscle strength.
Practicing a functional grasp--
We can use very short crayons to force a functional grasp
instead of a fisted grip.
We can use a vertical surface (easel) to encourage students
to bend the wrist.
Art
Paint a pumpkin plate and make a leaf hand print.
Practice putting an art smock on and off.
Literacy:
Students use the seasons box to put together puzzles and
match pictures.
What do we wear in
Fall?
What color are the leaves in Fall?
Apples grow on__________________
Sensory:
We will use cookie cutters to make pumpkins and apples.
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