New Schedule

Hey! Just letting you all know that our daily schedule has changed a little bit, we had to switch some things up. So here is the new one:

8:00am
   Meet and Greet
8:10am
   Calendar Time
8:30am
   Table Activities (small group or one-on-one math concept)
   (Wednesday- Chapel)
9:00am
   Snack and bathroom break
9:15am (T/TH)
   Spanish
9:30am
   Recess
9:45am (M/W/F)
   Music
10:00am
   Center Time (small group art activity)
11:00am
   Circle Time (story time, sharing time, fingerplays, puppets, etc...)
11:20am
   Outside
11:45am
   Dismissal and lunch for EC students

First Full Week

We made it through our first full week of school! This week we really focused on getting to know the classroom, we opened up the sensory center (which the students loved!) and the writing center, where we practiced using letter stamps and dry erase boards. We started our calendar time in the morning, where we learned a song for the days of the week and talked about the weather.

We also worked hard this week to be able to recognize our names. We painted our names, colored them, did rainbow writing with them, and glued paper to the first letter of our names. And we even have some students who can spell their own names already! We worked with using scissors and glue sticks the correct way also.

For math, I introduced the counters that we'll be using this year. We practiced counting and sorting by colors. We also worked a little bit with making patterns using our counters.

For this upcoming week,we'll be focusing on the the theme of "friends." We will talk about how to be a good friend and we'll also be working a lot with circles and the number zero.

First Days of School

We had a great first two days last week! We spent time learning the routines of the class, playing in centers, practicing using scissors and glue, reading books, and singing songs. The theme for this week is "My Classroom," so we're still getting used to how everything is done! We'll be reading the book "Pipo, the Puma," "Hello!" and some other back to school books. We'll also be learning some new songs to help us out during calendar time. We're learning about our different centers and we'll also be practicing counting and making patterns during math time. Looking forward to a great week!

Weekly Themes for 2010/2011 School Year

8/23         My Class

8/30         Friends- Circle

9/6           My Feelings- Square/”S”

9/13         My Family- Triangle/”F”

9/20         My Home- Yellow/”Y”

9/27         Apples- Red/”K”

10/4         Five Senses- Oval/Blue/”O”

10/11       My Body and Movement- Rectangle/Green/”H”

10/18       Kings and Queens- Diamond/Purple/”Q”

10/25       Pumpkins- Black and White

11/1         Autumn- Orange/”A”

11/8         Health and Nutrition- Brown/”N”

11/15       Thanksgiving- "I"

11/22       Sharing Feast

November 24-26 Thanksgiving Holiday

11/29        Safety- "C"

12/6          Gingerbread Man- "G"

12/13        Happy Birthday Jesus- Star/"J"

December 20-31 Christmas Break

1/3             Winter Fun- "M"

1/10           Animal Homes- "B"

1/17           Dinosaurs- “D”

1/24           All Kinds of Animals- “P”

1/31           Community Helpers- “X”

2/7             Transportation- “T”

2/14           Hats

2/21           Valentines- Hearts/Pink/”V”

2/28           Rhymes and Stories with Three- “R”

3/7             Movement in the Wind- “W”

March 14-18 Spring Break

3/21           Zoo- “Z”

3/28           Texas- “L”

4/4             Spring Weather- “U”

4/11           Insects

4/18           Easter- "E"

4/25           Insects and Spiders

5/2             How Plants Grow

5/9             All Kinds of Plants

5/16           Ocean and Sea Life

5/23           Summer Activities and Safety

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Welcome to my Blog!

This is going to be a way for you to see what's going on in our classroom and what we are learning about every week. I am so excited for this school year to start! We're going to have a great year with lots of fun and learning!

Mrs. Ray