March 12th, 2009

Parents,
This morning we ate breakfast, sorted bears of different sizes and colors, and drew shapes, faces and letters on chalk boards. We also colored small, medium and large Cliffords and matched them to small, medium and large dog houses, and drove around taxis, fire engines, and police cars! During circle time, we decided that it was rainy and cold outside, so we placed the rain drops over our classroom tree and said we would need jackets when we walked to the cafeteria. For calendar, we counted to the number 12, and decided that our number 12 needed to be a green number after we read our calendar's pattern. For question of the day, the students were asked to choose their favorite type of weather. We saw that 2 people liked the rainy weather, and one person liked sunny weather, and discussed that rainy weather had the most people, and windy and cloudy had the least amount of people. We danced to "Bear Hunt" and then sang "Tiny Tim the Turtle" with our turtles we made yesterday. During centers, since we are learning about the letter "T," we each painted a tepee and then Ms. McGuire came for speech. Ms. Pundt, our counselor, came in and talked to us about self control, and we played a game with bubbles! We ate lunch with Pre-K, and came back to the room to sing and dance to our favorite songs, and read a book. We danced to M's favorite song, "Disco Limbo," S's favorite song, "Bear Hunt," and L's favorite song, "5 Little Ducks." Then we read Curious George at the Fire Station, where George learns all about firemen and ends up saving a puppy! This afternoon, we will head over to Pre-K and water paint a flower with 5 petals, finish making our turtles, and continue to observe one of our Pre-K friend's pet turtle!
Have a great Thursday!
Lauren Avots