Welcome to Pre-K!
I am looking forward to seeing everyone this week! Please make sure all students have a plastic folder with pockets on the bottom, and a backpack large enough to hold the folder for the first day of school. Make sure your child's name (either first name, last name or initials) are on EVERYTHING you send to school. Three and four year olds can be disorganized and we want to make sure everything you send in, gets back to you. The rest of the supplies can be sent in over the course of the week (they are heavy to carry all at once). Students should also have lunches with them for Thursday and Friday this week (Sept. 7&8) if they are staying full day.
I look forward to meeting each and everyone of you!
Mrs. Tucci
During the month of October, in Religion students will be learning that Jesus wants us to be his friend. We will be going to our first Mass on Friday, October 6, 2017.
ELA (English Language Arts)-
We will be discussing how to be a good friend and what a being a good friend means. We will be reading lots of books about friendship and sharing. We will also be reading books about our families.
We will be learning what the words brother, sister, family, grandma and grandpa mean and who these people are.
Writing- We will be practicing naming the letters in our own name, recognizing our names and printing our names along with learning the names and sounds of the letters, T, B, F, N, M and I.
Math-Children will be practicing conting and number recognition up to the number 5. We will also be sorting items by various attributes, color, size etc.
Science- we will be discussing the weather and changes in the weather.
Social Studies- We will be learning about various places in our school building and the important jobs the people who work here have.
November 2017
November is here! This month in Pre-k we will be working on sounds of the letters c,o,a,g. We will be discussing how God created our beautiful world and talking about the Creation Story. We will be practicing how to touch and count, number recognition up to the number 5, and what happens if we add one more or take one away. We will be talking about what we are thankful for and how to help others during this Holiday season. We will be collecting non perishable foods for a family in need. We ask that you send in a can or box of non perishable food before November 20.
Have a great month!
December has arrived!
Students in Pre-k will be very busy this month!
In religion we will be learning all about Advent, and the birth of Baby Jesus.
In social studies and science we will be discussing holidays people celebrate around the world.
In math we will be learning 2d and 2d shapes.
Our letters this month are O, G, D
We will be talking about community helpers and all different kinds of communities in ELA
Please have your chlild go over all his/her letter sounds every night. Also practice rhyming with your child.
December 14 at 1pm is our annual gingerbread house event. Parents are strongly encouraged to attend with your child. This is a fun and memorable event that has been celebrated here at St. Paul's for many years.
Wishing your a Blessed holiday season!
Happy New Year!
This month we will be working learning the letters s,e,u and L,
We will be learning about Jesus and his family and what it means to belong to a family,
We will continue with number recognition and shape recognition.
We will be reading about farms.
Please practice number recognition, letter recognition and rhyming at home with your children. Use the opportunity when they have homework to go over every letter and sound thus far. Let them "show what they know!"
Have a great month!
We have been very busy in Pre-k learning all about the farm, crops, animals on the farm and how farmers get their products from the farm to us. This month we will be learning all about the jungle. Ask you children what new vocabulary words they are learning. Every Monday we learn our letter of the week and the new vocabulary words associated with our theme.
This month we will be learning the letters H,K, and J. Please work with your child with their homework. Please make sure they are holding the pencil properly, and starting every letter at the top of the letter. It is very difficult to break bad habits once they are are learned.
We will continue to work on numbers, number recognition as well as patterns this month. Your child may bring math homework on Wednesdays so be on the look out if it comes home.
We are going to start to learn a new prayer this month. We will be learning The Glory Be. The children also know The Hail Mary and The Our Father. Please continue to practice these prayers at home.
Wednesday, February 14 is Valentines Day. If you would like to send in Valentines, please send in one for each of our students. We have 24 students in our class.
Have a wonderful February!
March 2018
This month we will be working on singing our concert songs. Remember, our concert is on Friday, April 13. Please make sure your child has all the appropriate clothing for the concert costume.
Math- we will be working on patterns and number recognition 0-9and writing numerals..
Religion- we will be discussing Lent and what the season means.
ELA- we will be reading about deserts, desert animals.
Science- We will also be taking about the weather and the seasons.
Writing- we will be working on the letters j, w, y
Please make sure to send in a new complete set of extra clothes, your children have grown but the clothes have not!
Also, I am asking all parents send in a bag/box of 5oz cups for snack. Thank you!
Happy Spring!
This month we will be working on learning about the seasons of the year, and discussing the changes in the weather. In math we are making sets of 7,8,9,10 and breaking the sets apart as well as number recognition. In science we will be discovering many things about plants. Sight words we have been working on are a, I, the, and, see, this. If you put these cards and practice them as flash cards you will be reinforcing what we are doing here in class.
Please make sure to bring in a new full set of extra clothes because your children have grown since September!
We have been very busy in Pre-k practicing for our Spring Concert on Friday, April 13, 2018 at 7pm. Boys are asked to wear long (to the knee) swim suits, a white t-shirt and sandals with a strap on the back (flip flops are not allowed!) Girls are to wear a pastel t- shirt, a short summer skirt and sandals with a strap on the back of the foot as well.
For the concert, please drop children off in our classroom. After the concert is over, you can pick them up in the classroom.