Welcome to a New Week!

Hello and welcome to a new week of learning in the Pre-k class! We hope you all had a great weekend! This week we will be covering some new topics, as well as revisiting some old ones we've discussed.

Our Literacy Focus this week:

• The letter Cc. We will practice writing the letter Cc in our writing notebooks and do phonemic exercises during Circle Time. We will also give examples of things and words that start with the letter Cc in preparation for Show and Tell this Thursday!

Math Focus and Writing Connection this week:

• Counting with unifix cubes 1-5. Writing 1-5 in our STEM journals.

In addition to these learning capstones, we will be covering the topics discussed in our weekly lesson plan as stated here.

Regarding Halloween Events in our School:

• The Pre-K halloween party has been changed to October 29th (Thursday) instead of the previously scheduled 30th (Friday). This is due to management's decision to hold our Trunk-or-Treat on Thursday since we have a lot of families out on Fridays. Should you have any questions -- please see the main office for more details.
• To sign up for our Trunk-or-Treat event, please see the main office to sign up!  
• Trunk of Treat will be from 10-11 AM
• Class Party will be from 11AM-12-30 PM
  
     
  
  
  THANK YOU!!!

Lesson Plan

Hello and Happy Weekend! Just a quick update in reference to next week and our new lesson plan layouts moving forward. 

This layout will change according to the Preschool2Me updates, but for now, I hope you find this digital beta version helpful. The picture is clickable for a larger image and for your reading convenience.

Accordingly, I will post this on our Parent Board in the hallway! Thank You Parents!!!

Also:

I just wanted to issue a quick apology to parents who've sent me emails these past few days that I was unable to respond to in a timely manner! I was unable to retrieve my password and had been locked out of the email account. However, the issue was resolved (yay!) and I regained access to that email account for continued classroom communication.

That email is prekfrenzel@gmail.com 

It's Friday!

Happy Friday to you all!

An important update on our Field Trip:

• Parents, there has been a change in our field trip agenda for Thursday October 22nd that we would like to inform you on. Due to construction on and around the farm, the administration has decided to change the location of our annual pumpkin picking trip to Secor Farms. Secor Farms is located at 85 Airmont Ave. Mahwah NJ. All trip details will remain the same, with departure time at 9:00 AM and return time at 2:00 PM. -- it will still be on Thursday October 22nd as well. If you have any questions or concerns, please see Ms. Frenzel.
• If you have not yet signed up, please see Ms. Frenzel for a permission slip. The trip cost is $30.00 and the main office is accepting checks and credit cards, as well as allowing parents the option to include the fee in tuition (again lol).

In Class News:

• Next week's literary focus will be the letter Cc. 
• Writing practice will continue for letters Aa-Cc and numbers 1-5.
• Trunk-or-Treat information will be available on Monday! Please see the main office for details on signing up.
• New flyer update for Halloween Week! 

There is no homework this weekend! Enjoy and have an awesome time!

Hello Thursday!

The Pre-k students did an amazing job on their second Show and Tell homework assignment, the letter Bb. We had lots of wonderful contributions during our Show and Tell: books, bracelet, Batman, bears, Barbie, bunny, and lots lots more! Thank you parents for helping support this literacy activity both in and out of the classroom! 

In the Classroom:

• We discussed the parts of a pumpkin during Circle Time and read The Pumpkin Patch to support this week's literary theme of Fall and Fall Harvests.

Tonight's Homework:

• Please trace and color your Pumpkin worksheet for homework tonight -- they will be in your folders. Parents, you can also take a look at our math classwork activity "My Pumpkin Book" -- which was today's math focus on writing and recognizing numbers 1-5. 
• Please hand in homework tomorrow. 

Thank You!

Happy Wednesday

Today in the Pre-k class, we worked on our pre-writing skills and practiced the letters (upper/lowercase) Aa and Bb -- this continued support and exercise has shown such great results in our students! Amazing work, guys!

 

Homework Tonight:

• Tomorrow is Show and Tell letter Bb. Please bring in something that starts with a letter Bb! Some great examples we discussed in class were: bumblebee, bubbles, baseball, ball, bracelet, brown things, bread, bowl, bagels, etc...
• As usual, class participation and completion of homework will result in stickers for your child's sticker chart!

In Class News:

• If you have not yet signed up for our Pumpkin Picking trip next week, please do so and reach out to the main office to make a payment and sign permission slips (if you did not get one already).
• Tomorrow is Pizza Day! Delicious!

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to a new week! We hope you all had an awesome long weekend!

In the classroom:

• This week in class, we will be using our pre-writing skills on the letters Aa and Bb (since B is our new letter of the week) in our Writing Notebooks.
• We will be discussing fall concepts and harvests this week as we prepare to go on our Pumpkin Picking trip. In our STEM notebooks, we worked on an observation activity on the life cycle of a pumpkin plant.

Additional Reminders to Parents:

• I have been asked a few questions regarding "brown bag" lunches for the next field trip. While I will be posting a reminder the day before on this page for parents, I would like to, at this time, remind families  that containers and thermoses will not be permitted on any trips. The idea behind the brown bag lunch is that students will not have to bring items back or run the risk of loosing containers while out of the classroom. However, we do understand that mornings can get hectic on field trip days, so for your convenience -- we do have a vending machine in our staff lounge that dispenses water that you can pack in case of an emergency. 

It's Friday!

No School Monday for Columbus Day!

Have a safe and happy 3 day weekend...

No homework this weekend! Enjoy!