Time to say Good Bye!

We made it! 4K this year was a fantastic year...thanks to all of your wonderful children! We enjoyed teaching every single one of them and have loved getting to know them all.

We have laughed together, learned together, had moments of silliness, seriousness, and moments of pure joy! Your children are one of the reasons we LOVE teaching 4K.

The gains academically and emotionally all of the children have made this year are amazing!  Thank you for giving us the opportunity to work with your children this year and we will absolutely miss them all!

Good luck in Kindergarten and have a GREAT summer!!!!

Ms. Beth, Miss Jennie, and Miss Abby

Park Day Tuesday, June 6th, 2017

Here are some pictures from our day at the park.  We had beautiful weather and everyone had lots of fun!!! Thank you to the chaperones for all of your help!

Ms. Beth's Newsletter June 2nd, 2017

Classroom News 
This week we focused on Ocean animals.  We learned about the different animals that live in the ocean, watched a video about ocean animals, read our Weekly Reader about sharks, sang “Slippery Fish” and "5 Little Fish", read Commotion in the Ocean, and played with ocean animals in our water table.   In our small groups we water colored fish, made a book page for our 4K book, and created octopus O’s.  We also took a trip to Pick N Save to see different produce and then had a strawberry snack.

Pick N Save Trip

We learned that they send the produce scraps off to be turned into cow feed!

 Important Dates

Machmueller Field Trip

Tuesday, June 6th

9:15-11:30am

This will be a joint field trip.

No PM session 

Last Day of School

Wednesday, June 7th

Am class strawberry snack

It was great to see everyone at Graduation!  Your children did a fantastic job and I am extremely proud of them!!!  Look out Kindergarten...here they come!

Pm class strawberry snack

Graduation 2017

Graduation Info

We are getting very excited for our programs on Wednesday and Thursday!  Thank you to all who have returned your RSVP.  It is looking like we will have a packed house so here are a few details to help ensure the evening goes smoothly.

·        The doors will not open until 5:40pm as we still have child care children and need time to set up.

·        Please have your child in the gathering room by 5:50pm.

·        Your child will be wearing a graduation cap so plan hairstyles accordingly.  We will collect the caps after the ceremony.

·        You may drop off your treat to us anytime during the week.

·        You need only bring in a dozen.

Thank you!

Ms. Beth's Newsletter May 26th, 2017

Classroom News 

In the past two weeks, our focus has been on Plains and Rainforest animals.  We talked about the habitats they live in, the different kinds of animals, made a class book On Safari, created giraffes by painting spots with duplo blocks then cutting and gluing, read Honey, Honey, Lion, Bill and Pete, and Giraffe Trouble, watched a video “All About Animals”, and sang zoo songs.  Last week in our small groups we made zebra stripe Z’s with paint and small brushes, practiced writing 4, 5, 6, and wrote our class book page.  This week in our small groups we made Jaguar J’s, practiced writing 7, 8, 9, and finished our 4K book. We also had a special guest, Dr. Mary Jo Lectner, come to our class and read us a story about bullying and being kind.  She also gave each of your children a book to take home to keep!  On Friday, we celebrated our animal study by watching the movie “Zootopia”, enjoying a trail mix snack, and relaxing with friends.  

Am class Zebra stripe Z's

Pm class Zebra stripe Z's

Important Dates

No School

Monday, May 29th

Graduation 6-7pm

Pm class

Wednesday, May 31st

Am class

Thursday, June 1st

Pick N Save Field Trip

June 2nd

9:15-10:30

MacMueller Park Field Trip

Tuesday, June 6th

9:15-11:30am

This will be a joint field trip.  No Pm session that day

Please turn in permission forms.

Thank you to all who attended conferences.  It was great to talk with all of you and share how much your children have grown in 4K!

Literacy Tip: Practice writing names with lower case letters.

Math Tip:   Practice describing shapes.

Ms. Beth's Newsletter May 12th, 2017

Classroom News 

This week we focused on Art Appreciation.  We talked about what an artist is, discussed what artists use, looked at images of fine art, found objects in art, read Ish and The Dot to discuss all artists are different, painted a still life, drew with markers under the table to pretend to paint like Michelangelo, and created a pointillism (dot) painting.  In our small groups we practiced writing 1, 2, and 3, colored an R with rainbow colors and made a color square project, like the artist Josef Albers, to experiment with colors. 

Am class rainbow R's

Pm class rainbow R's

Important Dates

Conferences

May 22rd-May 25th
Your scheduled time was sent home on Monday.

No School

Monday, May 30th

Graduation 
6-7pm

Pm class

Wednesday, May 31st

Am class

Thursday, June 1st

Am class Josef Albers inspired collage

Pm class Josef Albers inspired collage

Thank you to all the chaperones who helped on our school forest field trip.  You all helped to make it a success!!!

Our still  life model