Hello Parents,
On November 19, there will be no school for students. This is a day that you can schedule a time to meet with me to discuss the progress of your child. Below are times that you may choose from. Please give me your first and second choice for a time that is convenient for you to come to our classroom. I will do my best to accommodate you.
Please remember this is a time for us to discuss your child's progress. This is easier if your child or siblings are not present during our discussion.
Please email me or write a note in your child's folder to let me know what time you would like to meet with me.
8:00-8:15
8:15-8:30
8:30-8:45
8:45-9:00
9:00-9:15
9:15-9:30
9:30-9:45
9:45-10:00
10:00-10:15
10:15-10:30
10:30-10:45
10:45-11:00
11:00-11:15
11:15-11:30
Lisa Bottiglio
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Unit 2 Friends - November 1-5
***NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 2- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY****
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.
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.
Hooray for Pinata
Small Groups
-Math- Matching, Identifying and Counting Money- We will be creating sets of coins and paper bills. Then we will count the sets and record how many coins we have in each set. This is coorelate with our grocery store cash regiseter.
-Language and Print Awareness- We will be discussing environmental signs such as open signs, closed signs, sale signs, and advertisments. We will then create an open and closed sign by cutting and matching letters to our signs.
-Book Browsing- We will be listening to a teacher's three clues and try to guess the picture card they are talking about. The picture cards and vocabulary is related to our class stories.
-Math- Making 3D Pinatas- We will be creating and decorating pinata. We will be working together to create and decorate our pinatas. We will be focusing on cooperating with our peers to make decisions and relating our discussions to our class book.
-Language and Print Awareness- We will be making party invitations for our pinata party. We will be inviting our stuffed animals to come to school to our pinata party. I will send how a note with more details of our upcoming pinata party. We will alsobe working on following two step directions to create folded envelopes along with addressing envelopes to invite our stuffed animal friends.
-I Touches- We will be exploring letter apps in small groups.
***Please note that some small group activities will continue next week.
Centers
Blocks-Making a playground with props
Sensory Table-Road Construction Vehicles with sand, gravel, and roads
Dramatic Play- Grocery Store is open (this is a favorite activity)We will be adding a scale to center to promote comparing weight of foods.
Library- A variety of books about friends and construction
Easel- Primary Paints for exploration and a pinata picture
Art-Clay Pizzas with props(oven, pizza slicer, toppings,oven mitt)
Puzzles- Matching Beginning Sounds and Pictures
Writing Center- Writing Captions for a picture album
Song, Word Play and Letters
Poems- Five Juicy Apples, Songs- Come On and Join In To The Game, Down by the Bay, Head, The More We Get Together
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.
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.
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
Road Builders
DandelionHooray for Pinata
Small Groups
-Math- Matching, Identifying and Counting Money- We will be creating sets of coins and paper bills. Then we will count the sets and record how many coins we have in each set. This is coorelate with our grocery store cash regiseter.
-Language and Print Awareness- We will be discussing environmental signs such as open signs, closed signs, sale signs, and advertisments. We will then create an open and closed sign by cutting and matching letters to our signs.
-Book Browsing- We will be listening to a teacher's three clues and try to guess the picture card they are talking about. The picture cards and vocabulary is related to our class stories.
-Math- Making 3D Pinatas- We will be creating and decorating pinata. We will be working together to create and decorate our pinatas. We will be focusing on cooperating with our peers to make decisions and relating our discussions to our class book.
-Language and Print Awareness- We will be making party invitations for our pinata party. We will be inviting our stuffed animals to come to school to our pinata party. I will send how a note with more details of our upcoming pinata party. We will alsobe working on following two step directions to create folded envelopes along with addressing envelopes to invite our stuffed animal friends.
-I Touches- We will be exploring letter apps in small groups.
***Please note that some small group activities will continue next week.
Centers
Blocks-Making a playground with props
Sensory Table-Road Construction Vehicles with sand, gravel, and roads
Dramatic Play- Grocery Store is open (this is a favorite activity)We will be adding a scale to center to promote comparing weight of foods.
Library- A variety of books about friends and construction
Easel- Primary Paints for exploration and a pinata picture
Art-Clay Pizzas with props(oven, pizza slicer, toppings,oven mitt)
Puzzles- Matching Beginning Sounds and Pictures
Writing Center- Writing Captions for a picture album
Song, Word Play and Letters
Poems- Five Juicy Apples, Songs- Come On and Join In To The Game, Down by the Bay, Head, The More We Get Together
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.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Unit 2 Friends-Week 2 October 25-29
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.
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
Matthew and Tilly by Rebecca Jones
Small Groups
-Math- How Many Dinosaurs? We will count how many dinosaurs are in a forest and in the lake. We will use basis addition to discuss our results.
-Language- Alphabet Letter Tiles and Storybook Word Cards- They will match letters to create words of familiar vocabulary from our stories this week.
- Uppercase Alphabet Memory Game using letter pumpkins
-Science- Sorting Items for Grocery Store Play
-Language and Print Manipulatives- Children will match letter tiles to picture cards. Pictures will be theme related to reinforce books of the week.
-Fine Motor- Children will color, cut and lace a pumpkin to promote fine motor skills
***Please note that some small group activities will continue next week.
Centers
Blocks-Making a playground with props
Sensory Table-Using sand molds with modeling sand
Sensory Table-Using sand molds with modeling sand
Dramatic Play- Grocery Store is open (this is a favorite activity)
Library- A variety of books about friends
Art-Leaf Rubbings
Easel-Drawing with chalk (wet and dry)
Science Experiment- making "slime"Puzzles- Vegetable Puzzles
Writing Center- Creating Handmade Stationary for invitations
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, The More We Get Together
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.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Corduroy Party and End of Unit 1 Celebration
Today we had fun with our stuffed animal friends. We watched a short video of Corduroy today with our stuffed animal friends too. We also made apple crisp together. We went to the kitchen and put it in the oven. The children loved smelling their creation cooking. We tasted the apple crisp during snack time. Most of us liked it and some of our friends even asked for a second helping. At the end of the day we had music with our stuffed animal friends. We loved dancing and singing with our stuffed animal friends.
Unit 2 Friends- Week 1
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.
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 send home our pizza creations for you to bake with your child.
-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.
-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.
-Math- How Many Dinosaurs? We will count how many dinosaurs are in a forest and in the lake. We will use basis addition to discuss our results.
-Language- Alphabet Letter Tiles and Storybook Word Cards- They will match letters to create words of familiar vocabulary from our stories this week.
- Uppercase Alphabet Memory Game.
***Please note that some small group activities will continue next week.
Centers
Blocks-Dollhouses and friends
Sensory Table-Washing Dishes
Dramatic Play- Washing Dishes and Inviting Friends Over to Play
Library- A variety of books about friends
Art Table-Making Bowl Drums
Easel- Pizza Painting
Puzzles- Vegetable Puzzles
Manipulatives- Stringing Beads
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.
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