Our PreSchool Blog

We wrote our friends’ names on mirrors today to continue our writing conventions unit of study.  We focused on formation and orientation.  They really enjoyed showing off their accomplishments to their friends…

Our second focus this month is on writing conventions including formation and orientation.  We began, of course, with the letter Gg!

The PreK class has been working hard on their big book this past week and a half.  They were the authors and illustrators of the book, All About the Farm.  They had a chance to read it to the Early 3’s class today after lunch and they did an absolutely wonderful job!  Way to go!

We explored and discovered the science of leaves today during small groups.  First, we observed the details of our leaf an drew a sketch making sure to include all the details we saw.  Next, we found the “area” of our leaf by covering it with pennies.  Some leaves had an area of 8 pennies while others had an area of 15!  We had leaves of all sizes!  Lastly, we made our leaves float in a bowl of water and found how many pennies it took to sink them!  The children recorded their finding on their own science log.

We practiced our words from the farm today as a sneak peak into our theme for November.  These dry erase cards and markers will be available to the students in the writing center during Pre-K classes.  We practiced how to use the materials and clean them up when we are done.  What will we find on the farm this month?

We continued working on our Silly Town small group reading books today with a focus on the sight word “is.”  We will finish the book this week and begin a new book on Monday titled, Pretty Blankets.  This book focus on four sight words; has, this, on, and it.  To give your child a head start, you can begin practicing these words during homework time in the evenings.