President's Day Activity

Happy President's Day

Enjoy your winter vacation!  

 We loved making and wearing our Abraham Lincoln Masks.

World of Color Feb. 25-March 2

World of Color Unit
This week we will continue our Unit 4 of the Owl, World of Color. During this unit students will interact with colors explore topics such as color mixing, stains, fading, camouflage, and color patterns. Students will learn that color can be found in nature, that color can carry information, that paints and dyes are used to color things, colors can be mixed to make new colors and that sun and washing can make colors fade.

Science Experiment in Our Window
Will colored paper fade? We will be conducting an experiment to see how paper fades in the sun. This experiment will continue for our entire unit to compare and discuss how different colors fade in the sun. Our experiment will be in our classroom windows for us to check everyday.
Special Lunch
We will be having lunch in the High School Cafe during the week as a reward to our "high five" program.  The assistant principal will be setting a special table during the high school lunch time for us. We will be in the cafe with the big kids but eating at our own tables.  Everyone is very excited.  We will post pictures of our very exciting lunch.
Artist Project
Over the next 2 weeks we will have a real artist (Boris' Mom) come into our classroom to do a special art project with us.  She will be talking about cool and warm colors with us.  We will post pictures of this special event.

Books This Week

Dog's Colorful Day
The Lion and the Little Red Bird
Red Day, Green Day
Math Counts: Patterns

Small Groups
-Writing- Dog's New Spot- We will create a book based on our unit book Dog's Colorful Day.  We will think of an object that would stain dog.
-Math- Ice Cream Addition"Cub Cadet Style"- We will put 2 colors of pom poms in a bucket.  Each child will take one out
-Language- Matching Color Words and Color Swatches

Center
Science Table-Color screens to explore to try to make new colors.
Blocks-Blocks and Legos
Sensory Table- Colored water to put in clear tubes
Dramatic Play-Ice Cream Shop
Library- A variety of books about color
Art Table- Painting with primary colors to make new colors
Easel- Painting Spots on "Dog"
Puzzles- Puzzles
Manipulatives- Color words and color paddles.
Writing Center- Markers and crayons

Song, Word Play and Letters
Poems- Boom, Bang, Raindrops
Songs-Green Grass Grows All Around, Diagonal Lines
Literacy Skills- Rhyming Word Guessing Game, Interesting Sounding Words(squash, squish, splash)

Let's Talk About It
-Patterns we see all around us
-Fading
-What will make a red stain? green stain? yellow stain?
-Practice our "waiting words"

Handwriting
-We will be working on Diagonal Line Letters. (Z, N,R, M,) We will also be singing songs related to diagonal lines.

Preschool Life Skills
We are continuing to review our previous skills 1-7.
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?"
5-When you something from a teacher or a friend and they are doing something, say, "Excuse me" to get them to look at you.
(6and 7 are join together)
7-When someone is in your way or has something that you want, say "Excuse me" to get their attention, and then say"May I_____?" to get what you want.
New skill:
When an adult tells you to wait say, "Okay", and your waiting words. (Waiting Words= "When I wait quietly, I get what I want")

We also have been learning:
"Checking our Body" - This is to remind us how to sit during large group activities. We will talk about how to "check" our bodies to get ready to listen. This is a important skill as we transition into kindergarten.

Cub Cadet's Colorful Day

 Today we used spray bottles to "paint" the snow.  We used 3 color spray bottles(red, blue, and yellow). We talked about how the color changed from lighter to darker as we moved our spray bottles closer and further away.  We also encouraged children to mix their color with a friend to make a new color.  It was fun to see them react when they made a new color with a friends help.  It was a colorful day. 

World of Colr Feb. 11-15

World of Color Unit
This week we will continue our Unit 4 of the Owl, World of Color. During this unit students will interact with colors explore topics such as color mixing, stains, fading, camouflage, and color patterns. Students will learn that color can be found in nature, that color can carry information, that paints and dyes are used to color things, colors can be mixed to make new colors and that sun and washing can make colors fade.
Valentine's Day
On Thursday, We will be exchanging cards with our classmates.  See attached notice that was sent home last week for directions.  If your child would like to wear red on that day they are welcome to.  We will be celebrating the color red in many ways on Valentine's Day.
Science Experiment in Our Window
Will colored paper fade? We will be conducting an experiment to see how paper fades in the sun. This experiment will continue for our entire unit to compare and discuss how different colors fade in the sun. Our experiment will be in our classroom windows for us to check everyday.

Books This Week

Max's Dragon Shirt

Dog's Colorful Day
The Lion and the Little Red Bird

Small Groups
-Math- Let's make a pattern game- We will make "Pattern Trains"
-Dog's Colorful Day Color Sequence Books
-Letter Sound Game Touch It Board- We focusing on letter sounds and initial sounds in words as we play a fun interactive game.

Center
Science Table-Color viewers to look through
Blocks-Blocks and Legos
Sensory Table- Confetti and Letter sorting(We will be searching for diagonal line letters and big line letters in the confetti. Then we will sort the letters into bins)
Dramatic Play-Laundry Sorting
Library- A variety of books about color
Art Table- Letter Stamps (To make Valentines)
Easel- Painting Spots on "Dog"
Puzzles- Puzzles
Manipulatives- Colored Snap Cubes
Writing Center- Writing Valentines Day Card

Song, Word Play and Letters
Poems- Boom, Bang, Raindrops
Songs-Green Grass Grows All Around, Diagonal Lines
Literacy Skills- Rhyming Word Guessing Game, Interesting Sounding Words(squash, squish, splash)

Let's Talk About It
-Tinting Colors
-Dying Fabrics
-How do we show how we care about others(Valentine's Day)

Handwriting
-We will be working on Diagonal Line Letters. (Z, N,R, M,) We will also be singing songs related to diagonal lines.

Preschool Life Skills
We are continuing to review our previous skills 1-7.
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?"
5-When you something from a teacher or a friend and they are doing something, say, "Excuse me" to get them to look at you.
(6and 7 are join together)
7-When someone is in your way or has something that you want, say "Excuse me" to get their attention, and then say"May I_____?" to get what you want.
New skill:
When an adult tells you to wait say, "Okay", and your waiting words. (Waiting Words= "When I wait quietly, I get what I want")

We also have been learning:
"Checking our Body" - This is to remind us how to sit during large group activities. We will talk about how to "check" our bodies to get ready to listen. This is a important skill as we transition into kindergarten.

World of Color Unit Feb. 4-8

World of Color Unit
This week we will continue our Unit 4 of the Owl, World of Color. During this unit students will interact with colors explore topics such as color mixing, stains, fading, camouflage, and color patterns. Students will learn that color can be found in nature, that color can carry information, that paints and dyes are used to color things, colors can be mixed to make new colors and that sun and washing can make colors fade.

Books This Week

Max's Dragon Shirt 

Dog's Colorful Day

Small Groups
-Math- Patterns-We will be talking about patterns and explaining what is and what is not a pattern.  Then we will creating pattern frames for our self portraits.
-Book- We will be creating a shape book inspired by Dog's Colorful Day
-Science- Is it Colorfast? We will experiment with tissue paper to see how colors run out of the different colors of tissue paper.  Vocabulary words: colorfast, non-colorfast, absorb, dye, run, stain, tint
-Math- Let's make a pattern game- We will make "Pattern Trains"
-Science- Will colored paper fade? We will be conducting an experiment to see how paper fades in the sun. This experiment will continue for our entire unit to compare and discuss how different colors fade in the sun. Our experiment will be in our classroom windows for us to check everyday.
-Letter Sound Game Touch It Board- We focusing on letter sounds and initial sounds in words as we play a fun interactive game.

Center
Science Table- Observation Sheet to observe our 3 gerbils
Blocks-Blocks
Sensory Table- Colored Water
Dramatic Play-Laundry Sorting
Library- A variety of books about color
Art Table- Colored Bubble Painting- We will blow colored bubbles then put a white paper over it to make a print of the bubbles.
Easel- Designing Dragon Shirts
Puzzles- Puzzles
Manipulatives-  Colored Snap Cubes
Writing Center- Writing Valentines Day Cards

Song, Word Play and Letters
Poems- Boom, Bang, Raindrops
Songs-Green Grass Grows All Around, Diagonal Lines
Literacy Skills- Rhyming Word Guessing Game, Interesting Sounding Words(squash, squish, splash)

Let's Talk About It
-Color Fading from washing clothes
-Color Fading from exposure to light
-Littering (related to Dog's Colorful Day)

Handwriting
-We will be working on Diagonal Line Letters. (Z, N,R, M,) We will also be singing songs related to diagonal lines.

Preschool Life Skills
We are continuing to review our previous skills 1-7.
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?"
5-When you something from a teacher or a friend and they are doing something, say, "Excuse me" to get them to look at you.
(6and 7 are join together)
7-When someone is in your way or has something that you want, say "Excuse me" to get their attention, and then say"May I_____?" to get what you want.
New skill:
When an adult tells you to wait say, "Okay", and your waiting words.  (Waiting Words= "When I wait quietly, I get what I want")

We also have been learning:
"Checking our Body" - This is to remind us how to sit during large group activities. We will talk about how to "check" our bodies to get ready to listen.  This is a important skill as we transition into kindergarten.