December 2013
Ms. Colleen & Ms. Stephanie’s
Monthly Newsletter
What’s happening in the
classrooms?
Theme:
We hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving
holiday and spent quality time with their loved
ones. Everyone is doing a great job with following
positional directions, rote counting and counting
with 1:1 correspondence . Their concepts about
print (i.e. identifying pictures and words on the
page). We are reviewing sorting by size, shape,
and color and identifying big/little and tall/short.
We are continuing to work on pre-writing skills
(i.e. letters, cross, and square). We are working
on waiting our turn to respond during small/large
group instruction. Please see the box below for
the home-school connection activities.
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What can I do at home?
Recommend Books
Friendly Reminders:
Math– By building with blocks have your child build
towers by color and size. While your child is cleaning up
the toys have him/her to sort by category (color/size).
The Snowy Day by Ezra
Jack Keats
Dress your child accordingly to
the weather (winter coats,
hats, gloves). Please don’t
forget to label your child’s
belongings.
Reading– Continue to read a story to your child. Ask
your child to find words, letters, describe illustrations.
Seasons All
Around
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Overview on the 4
seasons (with the main
focus on Winter)
Celebrations
Review counting
Review sorting by
color, size, and shape
Important dates:
12/9/13: No School/PEP
Professional Development
12/23/13 to 1/1/14:
Winter Break
1/2/14: Back to school
1/20/14: No school/Martin
Luther King Holiday
1/21/13: No school for all
students/ Professional
Development Day
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Tennis shoes (we are climbing
outside and running a lot)