This week we will begin our final unit of the year which is about balls. We will be comparing balls, counting balls, making balls and playing with balls. We will also be reviewing the letters of the alphabet with the afternoon class and we will be doing a special letter project with the morning class. Here are our plans for the week:




Monday

Today the morning class will be making flowers, finger painting and do a counting and sorting activity. The afternoon class will also make flowers and do ABC stations. The story today is Raindrop Plop.



Tuesday

? of the day – Which is your favorite ball to play with?

Large group – talk about all the different types of balls there are

Small Group A.M. - letters A, B and C

Small Group P.M. - letter stations we will so an activity to practice identifying words with the same beginning sound, we will do our letter Z papers and we will practice printing letters on our write and wipe cards

Story – Have a Ball





Wednesday

? of the day – Is your ball bigger or smaller than this one?

Large group – morning - discuss concept of bigger and smaller afternoon – “Laughing Leo” we will be creating silly names using a word that starts with the same letter as each child’s name

Small Group – morning – letters D and E afternoon – stations same sound, letter sorting, magnet letters (the kids will use magnet letters to copy words related to balls and their names), and letters in play dough

Story – The Alphabet Book



Thursday

? of the day – How many times can you bounce this ball?

Small Group A.M. – letter F and G

Small Group P.M. – letter stations name writing, same sound paper, letter puzzles, abc bingo

Story – The Letters are Lost





Friday

The morning class will sort balls from other things that are round. The afternoon class will practice determining what would come next. We will also play with balls. Today’s story will be The Cat in The Hat.

This week we will continue to talk a little bit about recycling. We will also talk about butterflies, and review shapes and environmental print. Thank you to all of you who have signed up for parent teacher conferences on Monday, April 23. If you have not signed up yet please do so. Here are our plans for the week:
Monday
Today we will talk about symmetry. We will make a butterfly with 2 wings that are exactly the same. We will also review shapes and practice our coloring skills. Our story today is The Very Hungry Caterpillar. After we read the story we will make a caterpillar and the children will dictate to me what their hungry caterpillars might eat.

Tuesday
? of the day – What will this turn into?(picture of a caterpillar)
Large Group – talk about lifecycle of the butterfly
Small Group Both Groups – cutting and name writing assessments
Story – Butterfly, Butterfly!
Today in art we will finish making our butterflies out of the toilet paper tubes that you sent in.

Wednesday
? of the day – Dou you have a favorite shape?
Large group – shape review
Small Group – coloring assessment
Story – Shapes
Today in art we will be using shapes to make pictures.

Thursday
? of the day – What does this say?
Large Group – review environmental print with a grocery theme
Small Group A.M. – pre-printing practice
Small Group P.M. - letter Z activity
Story – I Stink

Friday
Today both classes will be working with position concepts. The morning class will play a game where they have to move an animal to the place described (for example put the bear under the chair). The afternoon class will complete a paper and play position word Bingo. Our story today is Go Dog Go.

Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break. This week we will continue talking about recycling. We will also do several bunny themed projects. Here are our plans for the week:
Monday:
Today both classes made a bunny using there handprint. We also talked about positional concepts as we created this project. We spent some time playing with play dough, during this time we tried to increase our language skills by using describing words. Today’s story was The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Tuesday:
? of the day – Should we throw litter out of the car window?
Large Group – Discuss any exciting things that the kids want to share about Spring Break.
Small Group – Sequencing
Art – Today we will be making fuzzy bunnies using a paper plate and cotton balls.
Story – Bunnies

Wednesday:
? of the day – Are monsters real or pretend?
Large Group – read poem “The Litter Monster” discuss how kids can help clean up
Small Group
A.M. – Pre-printing practice
P.M – Letter v activity – this got skipped in favor of playing outside before break
Story – Monster Musical Chairs
Art – Today we will make marshmallow painted monsters.

Thursday:
? of the day – On our walk will we find more paper trash or bottles?
Large Group – Go for a walk and look for trash.
Small Group A.M. – Math Activities
Small Group P.M. – Letter X activity
Story – Rain
Art – today we will be painting raindrops

Friday:
No School