Tuesday, April 21, 2015

PPCD News April 28-May 1

PPCD News:  April 28-May 1, 2015
Reminders:
Remember: Monday April 27th is a student holiday – No School Monday!!!
THIS THURSDAY, April 23rd, 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:


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. 

Thursday, April 16, 2015

PPCD News:  April 20-24, 2015
Reminders:
Next week, Thursday, April 23rd, 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:


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. 

Friday, April 10, 2015

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:


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. 

Friday, April 3, 2015

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:


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.