A few things:
Pajama Day
Tomorrow is still pajama day. Have your child wear their pajamas to school. It should be a fun day!
Regarding 2 hour delays for our classroom:
http://beccblog.org/ (Director's Blog)
Dear BECC families,
Well our first 2-hour delay of the school year occurred much sooner than expected! We hope the morning was not too confusing for you. Please use the following guidelines when the Burlington Public Schools has a delayed opening:
-Whenever there is a two hour delay, all AM sessions are cancelled.
-If your child is in the Cub Cadets with Lisa B. and Lisa P., your child will have school from 10:30 to 12:30.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
New Unit: Unit 2 Friends Oct 29-Nov2
In Unit 2, children will be talking about friendship, how to be a good friend,
and ways to resolve conflicts with friends. Through the Story Time books,
children hear about the importance of being who you are, helping friends,
enjoying special times together, and getting along. In addition to listening to
stories, children will learn to idenify rhyming works and beginning letters and
sounds in words, as they build vocabulary and comprehension skills. They will
also participate in a variety of music, poetry, math, science, and art
activities.
A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats
Small Groups
-Science- Exploring Pizza Dough- Children will be given pizza dough to observe. They will use language to describe they observations such as how does it feel and what does it look like. They will be encouraged to knead the dough and shape it just like at a pizza shop. We will be making pizza and enjoying it for lunch. A letter will follow shortly to tell you when we will be cooking our pizza.
-Writing- Friendship Pictures- Children will illustrate a picture of something they like to do with their friends at school. They will talk about their picture in small groups. We will create a class book using the illustrations.
-Math- Pizza Books- We will put toppings onto pizzas, count, then write the number for each pizza. -Language- Alphabet Letter Tiles and Storybook Word Cards- They will match letters to create words of familiar vocabulary from our stories this week. Some groups will be matching uppercase to uppercase and other groups will try to match lowercase to uppercase.
- Making Stationery- We will be creating stationery like in Letter to Amy. We will create patterns on our paper and include a new self portrait to add to our portfolios.
-How many chips? Children will use 10 or 5 two sided chips. We they will put the chips into a cup then put them on a plate. They will sort what colors are on the chips. Then use basis addition skills to count how many.
Centers
Blocks-Dollhouses and friends
Sensory Table-Washing Dishes with soap and sponges
Dramatic Play- Pizza Shop
Library- A variety of books about friends
Art Table-Pizza Art
Easel- Water Colors
Puzzles- Vegetable Puzzles
Manipulatives- Stringing Beads to make friendship bracelets
Writing Center- Creating Handmade Stationary
Song, Word Play and Letters
Poems- Five Juicy Apples, Five Little Owl in an old oak tree
Songs- Come On and Join In To The Game, Down by the Bay, Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
Literacy Skills- Clap out our names(counting the syllables in our friends names), If your name starts with a __ raise your hand, Chiming in with rhyming words.
Handwriting
-We will be continuing our color books for the Handwriting Without Tears Curriculum. We will focus on proper grasp holding our stubby crayons.
Preschool Life Skills
We are continuing to review our previous skills 1-4.
1-When a teacher calls your name, stop, look and say, "Yes".
2-When a teacher tells you to do something, do it "Right Away".
3-When a teacher tells you to do 2 things, do it "Right Away".
4-When something is too hard, first try then say,"Can you help me please?"
New Skill:
When you something from a teacher or a friend and they are doing something, say, "Excuse me" to get them to look at you.
SuperFlex
We have also been learning about how to be "flexible" in our classroom when something does not happen the way we thought it would. We have introduced the children to the newest action hero, "SuperFlex". He has the power to be flexible and is a great problem solver. If you child receives a "SuperFlex Award", they demonstrated great flexibility in a situation at school.
Theme
Concepts:
-A
friend is someone we like and want to spend time with. Friends like to do
things together. They enjoy each other's company.
-We
can have more than one good friend, and we might like to do some things with one
friend and other things with other friends.
-Friends
usually share with and help one another.
-Friends
may have arguments and get mad at one another. Usually, friends work out their
problems and continue to be friends.
-We
can make new friends and also keep old friends.
Books
this week
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats
Small Groups
-Science- Exploring Pizza Dough- Children will be given pizza dough to observe. They will use language to describe they observations such as how does it feel and what does it look like. They will be encouraged to knead the dough and shape it just like at a pizza shop. We will be making pizza and enjoying it for lunch. A letter will follow shortly to tell you when we will be cooking our pizza.
-Writing- Friendship Pictures- Children will illustrate a picture of something they like to do with their friends at school. They will talk about their picture in small groups. We will create a class book using the illustrations.
-Math- Pizza Books- We will put toppings onto pizzas, count, then write the number for each pizza. -Language- Alphabet Letter Tiles and Storybook Word Cards- They will match letters to create words of familiar vocabulary from our stories this week. Some groups will be matching uppercase to uppercase and other groups will try to match lowercase to uppercase.
- Making Stationery- We will be creating stationery like in Letter to Amy. We will create patterns on our paper and include a new self portrait to add to our portfolios.
-How many chips? Children will use 10 or 5 two sided chips. We they will put the chips into a cup then put them on a plate. They will sort what colors are on the chips. Then use basis addition skills to count how many.
Centers
Blocks-Dollhouses and friends
Sensory Table-Washing Dishes with soap and sponges
Dramatic Play- Pizza Shop
Library- A variety of books about friends
Art Table-Pizza Art
Easel- Water Colors
Puzzles- Vegetable Puzzles
Manipulatives- Stringing Beads to make friendship bracelets
Writing Center- Creating Handmade Stationary
Song, Word Play and Letters
Poems- Five Juicy Apples, Five Little Owl in an old oak tree
Songs- Come On and Join In To The Game, Down by the Bay, Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
Literacy Skills- Clap out our names(counting the syllables in our friends names), If your name starts with a __ raise your hand, Chiming in with rhyming words.
Handwriting
-We will be continuing our color books for the Handwriting Without Tears Curriculum. We will focus on proper grasp holding our stubby crayons.
Preschool Life Skills
We are continuing to review our previous skills 1-4.
1-When a teacher calls your name, stop, look and say, "Yes".
2-When a teacher tells you to do something, do it "Right Away".
3-When a teacher tells you to do 2 things, do it "Right Away".
4-When something is too hard, first try then say,"Can you help me please?"
New Skill:
When you something from a teacher or a friend and they are doing something, say, "Excuse me" to get them to look at you.
SuperFlex
We have also been learning about how to be "flexible" in our classroom when something does not happen the way we thought it would. We have introduced the children to the newest action hero, "SuperFlex". He has the power to be flexible and is a great problem solver. If you child receives a "SuperFlex Award", they demonstrated great flexibility in a situation at school.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Families Week 4 October 22-26
Families ThemeChildren will be exploring and talking about families and the many different ways families relate to and help one another. Through the Story Time books, children will hear about a boy who helps his family take care of his baby sister, a boy who realizes how much he has grown when a new baby arrives, a girl who behaves badly when she want attention, and a lonely stuffed bear who finds a new friend. Besides listening to stories, children will begin to recognize initial sounds in words and identify rhyming words as they build vocabulary and comprehension skills. They will also be participating in a variety of music, poetry, mathematics, science, and art activities during Center Time and in Small Groups.
Theme Concepts:*Family members have role names: mother, father, sister, and so on.
*Some family members live together; some live in other places but are still family members.
*Grown-ups in a family take care of the children. Younger children need more care. Older children can help take care of younger brothers and sisters.
*Children sometimes get angry at parents and may feel that their parents don't love them as much as their siblings.
*Sometimes grown-ups in a family don't like things that children do and tell them to stop or be quiet.
*Families do things together that are fun.
Books This Week:
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Time for Bed
Small Groups:
From Last Week:
-Marble Play- We will be observing marbles using magnifying glasses and drawing our observations. Then we will watch how marbles more differently on different surfaces and inclines.
-Uppercase/Lowercase Bingo- We will play bingo to reinforce letter identification skills. Some groups will be matching uppercase to uppercase and other groups will match uppercase to lowercase.
-Book Browsing- We will be reviewing vocabulary words from our stories and then creating unit 1 vocabulary books.
New this week:
-Rhyming Words-We will be matching words that rhyme. To extend this activity will be singing rhyming words during SWPL
-Book Browsing- We will be reviewing vocabulary words from our stories and then creating unit 1 vocabulary books
-Sequencing- We will cut and arrange pictures from our unit book Corduroy to retell the story.
Centers
-Dramatic Play- Dress Up with costumes
-Sensory Table- water wheels
-Art Table- Marble Painting
-Writing-Black Paper with chalk (inspired by Peter's chalk lines in Whistle for Willie)-Blocks- blocks with superheroes (inspired by SuperFlex)
-Math- Manipulatives
-Library- Books about familiesLet's Talk About It
-Discussing Fabrics
-"Have you really wanted something and had to wait?"
-review and role playing Preschool Life Skills
-Special Viewing of Unit Books with Friendly Frogs on Friday to celebrate the end of unit
Songs, Word Play, and Letters
-Rhyming Words Song
-Dr. Jean Alphabet
-Stand Up
-Down by the Bay
-PETER Bingo song on Touch It Board (There was a boy who had a chair... There was a boy who learned to whistle...)
Handwriting
-We will be continuing our color books for the Handwriting Without Tears Curriculum. We will focus on proper grasp holding our stubby crayons. Preschool Life Skills
We are continuing to review our previous skills 1-3.
1-When a teacher calls your name, stop, look and say, "Yes".
2-When a teacher tells you to do something, do it "Right Away".
3-When a teacher tells you to do 2 things, do it "Right Away".
We will reviewing our skill from last week:
"When something is too hard, first try then say,"Can you help me please?"
SuperFlex
We have also been learning about how to be "flexible" in our classroom when something does not happen the way we thought it would. We have introduced the children to the newest action hero, "SuperFlex". He has the power to be flexible and is a great problem solver. If you child receives a "SuperFlex Award", they demonstrated great flexibility in a situation at school.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Families - Week 3 October 15-19
Families ThemeChildren will be exploring and talking
about families and the many different ways families relate to and help one
another. Through the Story Time books, children will hear about a boy who helps
his family take care of his baby sister, a boy who realizes how much he has
grown when a new baby arrives, a girl who behaves badly when she want attention,
and a lonely stuffed bear who finds a new friend. Besides listening to stories,
children will begin to recognize initial sounds in words and identify rhyming
words as they build vocabulary and comprehension skills. They will also be
participating in a variety of music, poetry, mathematics, science, and art
activities during Center Time and in Small Groups.
Theme Concepts:
*Family members have role names: mother, father, sister, and so on.
*Some family members live together; some live in other places but are still family members.
*Grown-ups in a family take care of the children. Younger children need more care. Older children can help take care of younger brothers and sisters.
*Children sometimes get angry at parents and may feel that their parents don't love them as much as their siblings.
*Sometimes grown-ups in a family don't like things that children do and tell them to stop or be quiet.
*Families do things together that are fun.
Books This Week:
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Noisy
Nora by Rosemary Wells
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Small Groups:
- Which bear is first? - We will be discussing ordinals through an activity. We will first color, cut, then glue a set of bears. Then children will place them in the correct order on a path. (First, Second, Third...)
-Sound Cans- We will be listening to objects in metal cans and predicting what objects are in the cans. This is related to Noisy Nora.
-Book Browsing- We will be reviewing vocabulary words from our stories and then creating unit 1 vocabulary books.
-Marble Play- We will be observing marbles using magnifying glasses and drawing our observations. Then we will watch how marbles more differently on different surfaces and inclines.
-Uppercase/Lowercase Bingo- We will play bingo to reinforce letter identification skills. Some groups will be matching uppercase to uppercase and other groups will match uppercase to lowercase.
-Book Browsing- We will be reviewing vocabulary words from our stories and then creating unit 1 vocabulary books.
Centers
-Dramatic Play- Noisy Nora's Tool Shop
-Sensory Table- marble mazes
-Blocks- Building Car Tracks with battery operated cars
-Math- Ipads - Bubble Ball App (a marble rolling app to promote problem solving)
-Library- Books about families
Let's Talk About It
-Time for Bed book
-Birth Announcements
-Discussing our birth weight and length -Thank you for sending in the information :)
-Cook Books and Recipes (related to Noisy Nora; when she follows a recipe with her mom)
Songs, Word Play, and Letters
-Rhyming Words Song
-Dr. Jean Alphabet
-Stand Up
-Down by the Bay
-If your name starts with ____ raise your hand, jump, clap your hands (following directions game)
Handwriting
-We will be continuing our color books for the Handwriting Without Tears Curriculum. We will focus on proper grasp holding our stubby crayons.
Preschool Life Skills
We are continuing to review our previous skills 1-3.
1-When a teacher calls your name, stop, look and say, "Yes".
2-When a teacher tells you to do something, do it "Right Away".
3-When a teacher tells you to do 2 things, do it "Right Away".
We will reviewing our skill from last week:
"When something is too hard, first try then say,"Can you help me please?"
SuperFlex
We have also been learning about how to be "flexible" in our classroom when something does not happen the way we thought it would. We have introduced the children to the newest action hero, "SuperFlex". He has the power to be flexible and is a great problem solver. If you child receives a "SuperFlex Award", they demonstrated great flexibility in a situation at school.
Theme Concepts:
*Family members have role names: mother, father, sister, and so on.
*Some family members live together; some live in other places but are still family members.
*Grown-ups in a family take care of the children. Younger children need more care. Older children can help take care of younger brothers and sisters.
*Children sometimes get angry at parents and may feel that their parents don't love them as much as their siblings.
*Sometimes grown-ups in a family don't like things that children do and tell them to stop or be quiet.
*Families do things together that are fun.
Books This Week:
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Noisy
Nora by Rosemary WellsWhistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Small Groups:
- Which bear is first? - We will be discussing ordinals through an activity. We will first color, cut, then glue a set of bears. Then children will place them in the correct order on a path. (First, Second, Third...)
-Sound Cans- We will be listening to objects in metal cans and predicting what objects are in the cans. This is related to Noisy Nora.
-Book Browsing- We will be reviewing vocabulary words from our stories and then creating unit 1 vocabulary books.
-Marble Play- We will be observing marbles using magnifying glasses and drawing our observations. Then we will watch how marbles more differently on different surfaces and inclines.
-Uppercase/Lowercase Bingo- We will play bingo to reinforce letter identification skills. Some groups will be matching uppercase to uppercase and other groups will match uppercase to lowercase.
-Book Browsing- We will be reviewing vocabulary words from our stories and then creating unit 1 vocabulary books.
Centers
-Dramatic Play- Noisy Nora's Tool Shop
-Sensory Table- marble mazes
-Art Table- piggy banks
-Writing- unit words-Blocks- Building Car Tracks with battery operated cars
-Math- Ipads - Bubble Ball App (a marble rolling app to promote problem solving)
-Library- Books about families
Let's Talk About It
-Time for Bed book
-Birth Announcements
-Discussing our birth weight and length -Thank you for sending in the information :)
-Cook Books and Recipes (related to Noisy Nora; when she follows a recipe with her mom)
Songs, Word Play, and Letters
-Rhyming Words Song
-Dr. Jean Alphabet
-Stand Up
-Down by the Bay
-If your name starts with ____ raise your hand, jump, clap your hands (following directions game)
Handwriting
-We will be continuing our color books for the Handwriting Without Tears Curriculum. We will focus on proper grasp holding our stubby crayons.
Preschool Life Skills
We are continuing to review our previous skills 1-3.
1-When a teacher calls your name, stop, look and say, "Yes".
2-When a teacher tells you to do something, do it "Right Away".
3-When a teacher tells you to do 2 things, do it "Right Away".
We will reviewing our skill from last week:
"When something is too hard, first try then say,"Can you help me please?"
SuperFlex
We have also been learning about how to be "flexible" in our classroom when something does not happen the way we thought it would. We have introduced the children to the newest action hero, "SuperFlex". He has the power to be flexible and is a great problem solver. If you child receives a "SuperFlex Award", they demonstrated great flexibility in a situation at school.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Our Fun Fall Day (on a rainy day)
Today we had a special day. We made apple crisp in the morning. We each had a turn to mix the ingredients in the bowl. Then we all made a trip to the kitchen to put it in the oven. 
While the apple crisp was cooking, we read the book, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. As we read the story, we used props to help tell the story. 
At choice time today, some friends helped to stuff the clothes from the story with shredded paper. It so much fun. Then we assembled the pieces to create a scarecrow. 
At the end of the day, we voted on a name for our scarecrow on the touch it board. Each child wrote a tally mark to show which name they would like. Please meet the newest member of the cub cadet room......Boo-Boo Head. Sunday, October 7, 2012
October 9-12 Families Week 2
Families Theme
Children will be exploring and talking about families and the many different ways families relate to and help one another. Through the Story Time books, children will hear about a boy who helps his family take care of his baby sister, a boy who realizes how much he has grown when a new baby arrives, a girl who behaves badly when she want attention, and a lonely stuffed bear who finds a new friend. Besides listening to stories, children will begin to recognize initial sounds in words and identify rhyming words as they build vocabulary and comprehension skills. They will also be participating in a variety of music, poetry, mathematics, science, and art activities during Center Time and in Small Groups.
Theme Concepts:
*Family members have role names: mother, father, sister, and so on.
*Some family members live together; some live in other places but are still family members.
*Grown-ups in a family take care of the children. Younger children need more care. Older children can help take care of younger brothers and sisters.
*Children sometimes get angry at parents and may feel that their parents don't love them as much as their siblings.
*Sometimes grown-ups in a family don't like things that children do and tell them to stop or be quiet.
*Families do things together that are fun.
Books This Week:
Noisy Nora byRosemary Wells
Owl Babies
Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
Small Groups:
-
continued from last week:
-Paint Chip Matching- We will explore paint chips from a hardware store and match the colors. This is related to Peter's chair. His family painted his old blue chair to pink for his baby sister. As an extension, we will then match uppercase letters to their lowercase letters to create a paint chip train.
-Airplane Derby- We will create paper airplanes(just like Daniel airplane from our book Oonga Boonga). Then we will fly our planes and see how far they go. Children will then find the number that matches the distance the plane flew then put the same number sticker on their plane. We will compare our results with our friends.
-Peter's Chair Sequence- We will look at our unit book Peter's Chair and discuss the events in the story. Then each child will cut and paste the order of the story on a strip to retell the story through the pictures.
-Family Portraits- We will look in the books Oonga Boonga and Peter's Chair and discuss their families. Then children will be encouraged to draw and label their own family portrait.
-Watch Me Count- Children will count objects from our unit and label each set with a number. We will be working with sets of 3, 7, and 15.
-I pad app My Playhome (Which can be described as an interactive dollhouse.) Children will be able to explore this app and we will discuss what they are doing in their "dollhouse".
Centers
-Dramatic Play- Painting Chairs (paint brushes, class chairs, paint buckets with soapy water)
-Sensory Table- washing a baby with soap, wash clothes, and towels to dry
-Blocks- Block Play with family people
-Math-Sorting buttons by color, shape, and number of hole
-Library- Books about families
Let's Talk About It
-Time for Bed book
-Paper Airplanes and other folded paper objects
-Mixing paint and paint chips (related to Peter's chair)
-Cook Books and Recipes (related to Noisy Nora; when she follows a recipe with her mom)
Songs, Word Play, and Letters
-Rhyming Words Song
-Dr. Jean Alphabet
-Stand Up
-Down by the Bay
-If your name starts with ____ raise your hand, jump, clap your hands (following directions game)
Handwriting
-We will be continuing our color books for the Handwriting Without Tears Curriculum. We will focus on proper grasp holding our stubby crayons.
Preschool Life Skills
We are continuing to review our previous skills 1-3.
1-When a teacher calls your name, stop, look and say, "Yes".
2-When a teacher tells you to do something, do it "Right Away".
3-When a teacher tells you to do 2 things, do it "Right Away".
We will beginning our new skill this week:
"When something is too hard, first try then say,"Can you help me please?"
Children will be exploring and talking about families and the many different ways families relate to and help one another. Through the Story Time books, children will hear about a boy who helps his family take care of his baby sister, a boy who realizes how much he has grown when a new baby arrives, a girl who behaves badly when she want attention, and a lonely stuffed bear who finds a new friend. Besides listening to stories, children will begin to recognize initial sounds in words and identify rhyming words as they build vocabulary and comprehension skills. They will also be participating in a variety of music, poetry, mathematics, science, and art activities during Center Time and in Small Groups.
Theme Concepts:
*Family members have role names: mother, father, sister, and so on.
*Some family members live together; some live in other places but are still family members.
*Grown-ups in a family take care of the children. Younger children need more care. Older children can help take care of younger brothers and sisters.
*Children sometimes get angry at parents and may feel that their parents don't love them as much as their siblings.
*Sometimes grown-ups in a family don't like things that children do and tell them to stop or be quiet.
*Families do things together that are fun.
Books This Week:Noisy Nora byRosemary Wells
Owl Babies
Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
Small Groups:
-
continued from last week:
-Paint Chip Matching- We will explore paint chips from a hardware store and match the colors. This is related to Peter's chair. His family painted his old blue chair to pink for his baby sister. As an extension, we will then match uppercase letters to their lowercase letters to create a paint chip train.
-Airplane Derby- We will create paper airplanes(just like Daniel airplane from our book Oonga Boonga). Then we will fly our planes and see how far they go. Children will then find the number that matches the distance the plane flew then put the same number sticker on their plane. We will compare our results with our friends.
-Peter's Chair Sequence- We will look at our unit book Peter's Chair and discuss the events in the story. Then each child will cut and paste the order of the story on a strip to retell the story through the pictures.
-Family Portraits- We will look in the books Oonga Boonga and Peter's Chair and discuss their families. Then children will be encouraged to draw and label their own family portrait.
-Watch Me Count- Children will count objects from our unit and label each set with a number. We will be working with sets of 3, 7, and 15.-I pad app My Playhome (Which can be described as an interactive dollhouse.) Children will be able to explore this app and we will discuss what they are doing in their "dollhouse".
Centers
-Dramatic Play- Painting Chairs (paint brushes, class chairs, paint buckets with soapy water)
-Sensory Table- washing a baby with soap, wash clothes, and towels to dry
-Art Table- tambourines with plates and rice
-Writing- unit words-Blocks- Block Play with family people
-Math-Sorting buttons by color, shape, and number of hole
-Library- Books about families
Let's Talk About It
-Time for Bed book
-Paper Airplanes and other folded paper objects
-Mixing paint and paint chips (related to Peter's chair)
-Cook Books and Recipes (related to Noisy Nora; when she follows a recipe with her mom)
Songs, Word Play, and Letters
-Rhyming Words Song
-Dr. Jean Alphabet
-Stand Up
-Down by the Bay
-If your name starts with ____ raise your hand, jump, clap your hands (following directions game)
Handwriting
-We will be continuing our color books for the Handwriting Without Tears Curriculum. We will focus on proper grasp holding our stubby crayons.
Preschool Life Skills
We are continuing to review our previous skills 1-3.
1-When a teacher calls your name, stop, look and say, "Yes".
2-When a teacher tells you to do something, do it "Right Away".
3-When a teacher tells you to do 2 things, do it "Right Away".
We will beginning our new skill this week:
"When something is too hard, first try then say,"Can you help me please?"
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Science Center Visit Today
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Happy Birthday Pat
Happy Birthday Pat
Today we celebrated Pat's birthday. Yesterday we made a special book to surprise her. Each child wrote "I like Pat because....." Pat loved their responses. (because she plays Chicka Chicka Bowling with me/ because she plays tag with me/because she likes cookies/she helps me open my lunch...to name a few)
Then we decorated a crown for her and sang her a special birthday song. And for a special surprise, Pat decided that all the cub cadets that earned a high five today will get a mystery bag. Pat gave each child a special surprise for her birthday. She also shared a special snack with us today. We are so lucky to have Pat share her birthday with us and we are very lucky to have Pat as a teacher in the cub cadet room!!
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