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S is for Show and Tell
Please have your K4 student send something to show in a sock on Friday, March 19.
Their item must fit in the sock. Tell them to keep it a secret! :)
Tuesday, March 16, at 1:30, we will be watching some Irish Dancing in the gym! Half day students are welcome to come back and join us to watch the show with your family!
**A special note from your child**
Dear Mom and Dad,
Here are some reasons why I like arriving to school on time and walk in with my class. I need a few extra minutes to get my things out of my backpack for my teacher and all my items in my locker. We say prayer together, sing our "Here We Are Together" song, and say "Good Morning" to Mrs. Kornacki with our name cards after Mrs. Reesman's prayer and announcements. By the way, I like to read all my friends' names while I wait my turn to say good morning. Sometimes, Mrs. Kornacki asks us what is the first, second, third, or last letter in my name. Next, we count cold lunches and that could be my job. This is when Mrs. Kornacki checks if I am having hot lunch. Then, the attendance folder needs to be taken down to the office and that could possibly be my job. This job is everyone's favorite. I feel very special carrying the important papers that Mrs. Kornacki needs to go to the office. While we wait for our friends to return, we do Brain Quest questions. Everyday 4 friends have a turn and I earn a sticker if I answer correctly. I don't earn stickers when I am not there. When my card is full, I will be able to pick a prize from Mrs. Kornacki's special basket. After our attendance friends return, we do calendar. Did you know that this time is when I learn almost all my math in K4? I could also have the job to be Mrs. Kornacki's helper for the day with calendar. First, we count the numbers together, figure out what the next number is and what the pattern is with the colors of our numbers. I graph the weather for the class, then we talk about which weather has the most or least. We do the days of the week also and I tell the class what yesterday, today, and tomorrow will be! When I am all done helping with the calendar, we record them in our own calendar. This is when I practice writing my numbers and I do my own weather graph. So, Mom and Dad, I just want to say "Thank You!" for the days I arrive at school on time. Because when I am late, I sure miss a lot!
Love,
Your K4 child
Thank you Mrs. Megal, Mrs. Sinense, and Mrs. Walters for helping out with our fish painting day!
Our Top Dog, Kasper, had his brothers come read his favorite book to us...ROBOT ZOT!
Thank you for sharing robot stickers with us.
Thanks for visiting! Please send straws. We are in desperate need for our lunch bunch kids. I only received 1 pack of straws so far. If you're going to the store this week, please consider picking up a bag of 100 count straws to help out.
Reminder: No School on Monday, March 15th * In-Service Day*
Please watch for our class books coming home! Books traveling at this time are: When I Grow Up and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. As you are reading our books together, please remember to follow the words from left to right with your finger. Discover how your child is identifying letters in their words they wrote!! We are doing a great job identifying the first letters of our words already! Finally, please sign our comment page and return the next day.
Theme: Oceans
with St. Patrick's day and Lent activities
For the week of March 15-19
Centers - rotated daily 1. Going on a "Seashell Hunt" and matching capital letters to lowercase letters on the shells. 2. S is for stickers. Using those fine motor skills and one to one correspondence matching 1 dot to 1 sticker. 3. Exploring differences in our seashell collection as we play in sand.
Activity Room: 3rd quarter assessment
Monday No School
Tuesday Group Time:Large group reading of Counting Shamrocks.
Identify numerals 1 to 6 and their values in our story. Identify cover of our booklet and left to right as we read. Center time:
see above for activities Snack: Finish coloring Shamrocks according to number values when done with snack. Music with Mr. Zaffiro Activity Room: Individual quarter assessments performed Group time:Samantha’s presentation of Letter S.
Identify S, it’s sound, and objects that begin with S. Outdoor recess
Wednesday - St. Patrick's Day...WEAR GREEN! Group Time: Develop oral language skills with our "3 Little Fishies" song and flannelboard story "5 Little Sea Creatures". Activity Room: Individual quarter assessments performed Snack time Phy. Ed. with Mr. Meulemans Library: with Ms. Benson (return your library books) Group Time: Starting with story time reading Clever Tom and the Leprechaun. Then we will discover that the leprechaun has left us a clue to find his pot of gold! Our hunt will lead us through out the school. Wonder where we will find it? Outdoor Recess
Thursday Center time: see above for activities Buddies time: Measuring our Growth Charts we created. We will discover how to measure how tall we are now and when we were a baby with a variety of media. (ie. popsicle sticks, dominoes, etc.) Snack time Activity Room: Individual quarter assessments performed Computer Lab: with Ms. Benson Group Time: Review letter Ss and it's sound with our Singing Snake story then make our Snake puppets.
Friday - Bring Show and Tell in a sock! Group time: Develop oral language skills with our "3 Little Fishies" song and flannelboard story "5 Little Sea Creatures". Then we will have our S is for Show n Tell time sent in a sock! Activity Room: Individual quarter assessments performed Snack time Group time: "Nine Little Seashells" - song counting forwards and backwards to 9 with our seashell cards. Music with Mr. Zafirro Center time: see above for activities Group time: Discovering the habit for a starfish and how they eat through Discovery Education.com video. Afterwards we will make our own starfish with fruit loops representing their feelers that help them move around.
Full Day Students Afternoon Schedule (Both K4 classes are combined in the afternoon and instructed by myself and Mrs. Guerino)
12:40-12:05 - Lunch time
Monday/Wednesday/Friday -Story time, Rest time, Activity Room time, recess, dismissal.
Tuesday/Thursday - Rest time, Activity Room time, Large group activity, recess, dismissal.
? Mystery Bag: Please have your child place 2 small objects in the Mystery Bag to bring to school when it is their turn. Thank you for thinking of clues with your child!
Snack Reminder: Please remember to send a healthy snack every day for your child with a napkin. Please keep it in the same location in your child's backpack (separate from lunch bag) for easy access. Thank you!
March Birthdays
5 Tommy
TOP DOG
Mar. 22 - 26 Joel D.
Apr. 12 - 16 Lainee G.
Apr. 19 - 23 Charlie O.
SPECIALS
Monday - Phy. Ed. (wear tennis shoes)
Tuesday - Music
Wednesday - Library (bring your books back)
Phy. Ed. (wear tennis shoes)
Thursday - Computer Lab
Friday - Music
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Please send straws. We are in desperate need for our lunch bunch kids. I only received 1 pack of straws so far. If you're going to the store this week, please consider picking up a bag of 100 count straws to help out. 
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Please watch for our class books coming home! Books traveling at this time are: When I Grow Up and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. As you are reading our books together, please remember to follow the words from left to right with your finger. Discover how your child is identifying letters in their words they wrote!! We are doing a great job identifying the first letters of our words already! Finally, please sign our comment page and return the next day. 
Snack Reminder: Please remember to send a healthy snack every day for your child with a napkin. Please keep it in the same location in your child's backpack (separate from lunch bag) for easy access. Thank you! 
March Birthdays
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