What we are up to in the Monkey Classroom...
Unit of Study: Bugs
Jolly Phonics Sound: Review
Sign Language: Review
Environmental Print: *We will be working on our last names
*If you are looking for the Jolly Phonics songs or sign language that we are practicing, you can often find them on youtube.com (For example, if you type in "jolly phonics p" in the search bar, the song that we are practicing will usually show up) Each week, we will introduce a new sound and do activities to help develop pre-literacy skills and phonological awareness. Activities will include sound symbol recognition, initial sound recognition, syllable segmentation, rhyming, left to right progression, and upper/lower case recognition. We are focusing on exposure and not necessarily mastery of the skills. You can always facilitate learning at home by offering your child experiences that will help them become aware of the targeted sounds. A great way to practice is reading books together.
We will continue talking about bugs this week. We will make patterns with bugs, make a caterpillar with pom-poms, and use "bug" stamps during art. We will make a giant web with yarn and pretend to be spiders and find our way out of the web. We will also read some of my favorite "bug" books by Eric Carle.
Books
The Very Busy Spider
The Very Lonely Firefly
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle
Reminders:
May 28th-No School (Holiday)
June 1st-Last Day of School (Early Childhood last day is May 31st)
*Please remember to bring IDs when you come to school for IEP meetings or volunteering at school.
*Please remember to empty your child's folder daily and to send it in his/her backpack each day.
*Please remember to send your child in gym shoes on the days that we will have P.E. If your child does not wear appropriate gym shoes, he/she will not be able to participate in P.E. that day.
*We will visit the Learning Center on Wednesdays and check out books to bring home. Students return books in backpacks every week.
Specials:
Book Check out: Wednesdays
P.E. with Mrs. O'Gara: Wednesdays and Thursdays
Music Therapy: Thursdays
*Please contact PTO if you are interested in volunteering to help with parties in the classroom!
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Approved Snack List
Early Childhood Rubric
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