May 29, 202
Happy Friday to all! I hope you all have fun on your Walk-a-Thon Day and get out there and walk for at least 20 minutes!! A great day :)
I hope you all enjoy your weekends and get the opportunity to spend some time outdoors! I can't believe it will be June when we return to school on Monday!!
It continues to be a wonderful learning experience working with your children on-line! I think that we are all becoming more comfortable with our "computer Pre-K family!" Thank you for your patience with last week's Group Meeting. It was frustrating not being able to get all those angelic faces on the screen at one time, but at least they were able to see each other!!
It was wonderful seeing so many of you today! My goodness, how I miss you all! Next week we will hold our group meeting on Wednesday, instead of Friday - same time: 8:15 - 9:30. Seeing how much time we had remaining, I think that we will also do our calendar and story next week. If anyoand has any feedback, please let me know your feelings.
Although most of the children are doing a WONDERFUL job muting their microphones to give each other a chance to be heard, there are still some children who are staying "on" when someone else is speaking. Moms and dads, I am asking you to practice with your child before our meet session if you see this happening at home. Thank you in advance. It's the same as raising a hand in class. It simply gives everyone the opportunity to be heard.
I continue to pray for all of you and hope that you are all taking care of yourselves and appreciating the fact that you are together. I know that many people are experiencing a mild to moderate degree of uncefrtainty, which can lead to fear, but please remember that we are a community of faith and love. Coupled with these, our main objective is the safety of the children. If there is anything I can do for anyone, please feel free to contact me.
I miss my Pre-K family and will be extremely happy to see them again!
Here is the homework for the up-comimng week:
Monday - 6-1: Illustrate today's sentence.
Write an addition sentence for the number 10.
Tuesday - 6-2: Create a chart of animals that your child knows in one habitat. Include the animal's name, where it lives, what it eats and anything special about the animal. Be prepared to present in class at our full group meet tomorrow!
Wednesday, 6-3: Complete illustration for today's sentence.
Write a ryhming sentence for the word "care." Illustrate your sentence.
Thursday, 6-4: We know that the Earth is our home. Think of a way in which something ordinary can be a home for some creature or thing. Think about the story, A House Is a House for Me.
Friday, 5-8: No homework :)
Enjoy your weekend!
This week in Pre-K we will continue working in our virtual classrom! Please join me on line each day at your assigned Meet time to begin our day with attendance and a morning prayer. We will look at the calendar, do some letter work and hear a story. We will be working on our packets together and our sentence writing. We should spend approximately 15 - 45 minutes together.
Our theme this week is: Nurturing Earth and our word of the week is: environmentalist. We will continue to work on our vowels for the next couple of weeks, as these are difficult souds to master.
BIG IDEA:
Monday - God created the Earth for us to nurture and enjoy!
Tuesday - We share the Earth with many animals.
Wednesday - We have to take care of the Earth.
Thursday - The Earth is our home.
Friday - Think before you throw things in the trash!
PHONEMIC AEARENESS: We will continue to work on rhyming, begining, middle and end sounds this week,
STORIES:
Monday - The Sun and the Moon
Tuesday - Nature's Giants
Wednesday - My Aunt Violet
Thursday - A House Is a House for Me
Friday - City Mouse and Country Mouse
Math: Please continue practicing simple addition and subtraction at home.
LITERACY:
We will discuss the many ways we can take care of the Earth.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and take time to really enjoy each other's company!
Warmly,
Pat Batus
HOUSEKEEPING: Please remember that there will be no class this coming Friday, June 5th. We will meet in the school parking lot at 10:00 AM, at which time you will bring all of your child's sentences and illustrations and any other saved work that they would like to have "graded" with a sticker. I promise to do that over the summer months.