Welcome to our Pre-Kindergarten Class.  Our class meets for a full day Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  The Pre-K children are off to a great start.   Time sure flies when you are having fun.  This past week the children continued practicing recognizing, writing, and working on the letters sounds of the Aa,Bb, Cc,Dd, and were introduced to the letter Ee.  We continued with the story The Three Bears and worked with the terms, small, medium, and large.   In Math we were counting objects up to the quanity of 5 and working with recognizing the numerals 1-4.   We read a couple of Halloween stories, learned more about pumpkins through our My Big World Scholastic Magazine.  The children also had a chance to "investigate" and explore the insides of a real pumpkin using their sense of sight, touch, and smell. 

PLEASE NOTE:  IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
-Please note that we try to get the children outside in our playground at least once each day, weather permitting.  Please dress them accordingly for the weather.  Thank you!
-Please Note: there will not be any school for the children on Friday, November 6, as the teacher's have a Professional Day.  
-School is closed on Wednesday, November 11, due to Veteran's Day.
-On Friday, November 13, the Pre-K will participate in the school's First Annual Walk-a-thon Fundraiser. More information with sponsor sheets will be coming home this week. 

The Week of October 26
This week we will continue in our Happily Ever After Reading Series with The Three Bears.  We will continue working  with the color blue, the terms small, medium, and big, and reveiw underlining something and the children will be introduced to drawing a line over something.  The children will be introduced to the letter Ff this week. Children are working in class, during center time, on tracing/writing the letters.  Please stress the importance of forming letters from top to bottom when your chid is completing homework and practicing at home. We are also working on letter sounds, recognizing words, names that begin with these sound. 

In Math we will work on counting up to 5 objects, counting them in straight and circular configurations.  The children will also continue working on recognizing the numerals 1-4 and will be introduced to the numeral 5.  We will play number bingo and during centers, children will work on their own 1-5 Number book, as well as play Halloween alphabet and number match games.  We will read a couple of Halloween stories and complete related Halloween themed crafts this week. 

In Religion we are going to be talking about Halloween and the children will learn about All Saints Day, November 1. 

STAR OF THE WEEK:
This week we will resume our Star of the Week  with Matteo.  We can not wait to learn more about Matteo. The children are enjoying guessing the favorites of their classmates. :)

Children will also have a chance to play in our playground each day, weather permitting. Please make sure they have their name in their sweatshirts, sweaters, and jackets.  Thank you.

Pre-K this year:
-This year we will be using the Literacy program, Happily Ever After.  The children will work on comprehension skills as they  listen to and follow along in big books, as well as in their own story booklets.   They will complete related activity pages, which teach new vocabualry, reinforce recognition of colors, shapes, and work on fine motor skills.
The children will also be introduced to a new letter of the week, working on letter recognition, formation, and letter sounds.  

-In Math this year the children will be counting, working on one to one correspondence, recognizing patterns, and sorting objects into categories.  They will be introduced to 2 and 3 dimensional shapes, measuring using length, weight, and capacity, and recognizing and writing numerals. 

-In Religion we will be using Sadlier's Discovering God's World, as well as reading and discussing Bible stories from our Children's Bible. 

-We will also be using the Scholastic Magazine, My Big World which has themed based lessons on seasons, holidays, our feelings, our senses, number, apples, pumpkins, fires safety, polar animals, and many more topics.