PPCD News April 28-May 1

PPCD News:  April 28-May 1, 2015

Reminders:

Remember: Monday April 27^th is a student holiday – No School Monday!!!

THIS THURSDAY, April 23^rd, we have a performance in the cafeteria at 6:00 p.m.  We would love for you to bring your child to perform that night and stay to watch.  Please bring your child to my room at 5:45 p.m.  There will be no PTA meeting that night.  We will be making hats to wear that night.  If you like, you can dress your child in a light or white shirt but please don’t go shopping. Thank you.

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  

Lima beans, Sunflower seeds, popcorn watermelon, worms!!

******Family size boxes please not individual packages for snack foods please****

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

April 27                                 No School - Student Holiday

May 4-8                                Teacher Appreciation Week

May 25                                 No School

May 29                                 Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2                                   End of Year Parade, Parties (9:15 & 12:25)

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Rectangle

Yellow

Theme:

Plants

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Monster Shape Song

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—W

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Vocabulary

Wolf

Wagon

Wing

Worm

Welcome mat

Woodpecker

Wishbone

Wood

Watermelon

Math:

We will be covering shapes and the concept of flipping and turning the shape and “It’s still a Triangle”.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting out lines.

Fine motor strength- using short writing utensils to trace a W.

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter W in the air and on the white board.  

Creativity

The children will paint and make a flower.

Sensory:

The children will pretend to plant flowers. 

PPCD News:  April 20-24, 2015

Reminders:

Next week, Thursday, April 23^rd, we have a performance in the cafeteria at 6:00 p.m.  We would love for you to bring your child to perform that night and stay to watch.  Please bring your child to my room at 5:45 p.m.  There will be no PTA meeting that night.  We will be making hats to wear that night.  If you like, you can dress your child in a light or white shirt but please don’t go shopping. Thank you.

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  

Wood clothes pins, cheese sticks, goldfish, grapes, and we need more bowl type coffee filters.

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Family size boxes please not individual packages.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

April 27                                 No School - Student Holiday

May 4-8                                Teacher Appreciation Week

May 25                                 No School

May 29                                 Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2                                   End of Year Parade, Parties (9:15 & 12:25)

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Rectangle

Yellow

Theme:

Earth/Recycling

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Recycle, Recycle

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—V

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Vocabulary

Vulture

Van

Violin

Vase

Volleyball

Vegetables

Valentine

Math:

We will be covering rote counting to 10.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting out a volcano.

Fine motor strength- tracing letters in shaving cream

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter V in the air and on the white board.  

Creativity

The children will paint with recycled materials.

Sensory:

The children will make an earth out of puff paint. 

Newsletter April 13-17

PPCD News:  April 13-17, 2015

Reminders:

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Family size boxes please not individual packages.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

April 17                                 Letter Parades (9:15 & 12:25)

April 23                                    OUR CLASS PERFORMS AT 6:00 p.m. IN THE CAFETERIA

April 27                                 No School - Student Holiday

May 4-8                                Teacher Appreciation Week

May 25                                 No School

May 29                                 Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2                                   End of Year Parade, Parties (9:15 & 12:25)

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Rectangle

Yellow

Theme:

Butterfly

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Butterfly,  Butterfly

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—N

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Vocabulary

Newspaper

Nickel

Nuts

Nest

Needle

Necklace

Neck

Nail

Notebook

net

Math:

We will be covering more and less.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting out a letter N

Fine motor strength- play dough on the letter N

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter N in the air and on the white board.  

Creativity

The children will look for insects in the sensory table.

Sensory:

The children will use play dough to create the letter N. 

April 6-10

PPCD News:  April 6-10, 2015

Reminders:

*If you are missing a grey hoodie (Kids Korner size 4-5), please e-mail me.

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  

2 boxes of Muffin mix, eggs (or whatever is needed in the mix), bowl type coffee filters.

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Family size boxes please not individual packages.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

April 17                                 Letter Parades (9:15 & 12:25)

April 27                                 No School - Student Holiday

May 4-8                                Teacher Appreciation Week

May 25                                 No School

May 29                                 Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2                                   End of Year Parade, Parties (9:15 & 12:25)

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Rectangle

Yellow

Theme:

Insects

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Do you know the muffin man?

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—M

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Vocabulary

Moth

Monkey

Mouse

Magnet

Mailbox

Marble

Marshmallow

Mask

Mittens

Metal

Microscope

Mirror

Magnifying glass

Money

Mushrooms

Math:

We will be covering long and short.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting out a letter M

Fine motor strength- Using magnet sticks and magnet marbles.

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter M in the air and on the white board.  

Creativity

The children will look for insects in the sensory table.

Sensory:

The children will use play dough to create the letter M.