4K News! ​ ​
Week of September 19-23: Colors and Shapes
This week we took part in our Colors and Shapes Theme! Here are a few
exciting ​Quick Highlights of our Week:
During small group learning the children…
-Played Color BINGO!
-Observed and participated in a color mixing science experiment…what happens when we mix
green water and yellow water together? Blue! Etc.
-Created a shape pizza: circle pepperonis, square cheese, triangle mushrooms, rectangle
peppers
-Filled in a colored rainbow bingo dot activity page
Happy Birthday!​ Happy Birthday to……
Grant on the 12th!
Tate on the 20th!
Coming Up Soon...
-Scholastic Orders​ are optional. If you chose
to order books through scholastic, orders
are due ​this Thursday!
- Please sign and return your “Ferguson
Apple Orchard” field trip form :) This family
outreach event will be a great way to kick off
the fall season! You are responsible for
transporting and accompanying your child
on this field trip. We can’t wait to see you
there!
A Note From the Office:
If you have not handed in your enrollment paperwork,
emergency card, gold library form, blue transportation
paperwork, etc. to the office please do so very soon.
(This paperwork was handed to you at 4K registration
OR if you just newly joined us, it was handed to you
when you visited the office at your arrival) Thank you!
A Note from Ms. Whitney: If you would like to
send
your child to school with a light coat/sweatshirt on
our cooler mornings, we can wear them for morning
recess and stick them in our backpacks before we
head home each afternoon. Thank you!
Next Week: ​Next week we look forward to our
“Autumn: Leaves and Trees” Theme!
Thank you for a great week, Ms Whitney’s Class: Take a peek at our Week….
Songs
​Ms Whitney
The Gummy Bear Song​ (Each child got a turn exchanging the large penny for a gummy bear)
(Tune: "Six Little Ducks That I Once Knew")
Down at the candy store, what did I see?
Five little gummy bears smiling at me.
Along came ​child's name​ with a penny one day.
They bought a ____(red, green, yellow, orange) one and they took it away.
The Shape Song
(to the tune of: "The Farmer in the Dell")
A ​circle's​ like a ball, a circle's like a ball, round and round, it never stops, a circle's like a ball!
A​ square​ is like a box, a square is like a box, it has four sides, they are the same, a square is like a box!
A ​triangle​ ​has 3 sides, a triangle has 3 sides, up the mountain, down, and back, a triangle has 3 sides!
A​ ​rectangle​ has 4 sides, a rectangle has 4 sides, two are long, and two are short. A rectangle has 4 sides!
A closer look at ​some ​of our classroom activities
Everyday Math: ​Sorting by Shape and Size- Each child received a baggie with an assortment of
pattern blocks. Next, children sort out the blocks by shape (all square blocks are in one group, all
hexagons are in a another, etc.). After sorting blocks by shape, I model how to use pattern blocks to fill
in a pattern block template “like a puzzle.”
Bigger and Smaller Sort: Two trays are placed in the middle of our circle…one tray is for small items,
while the other is for large items. Next, each child is given 2 items. Children then place their two items
on the correct bigger and smaller trays. (Example: giant paper clip and small paper clip is
given to a student, he/she places the 2 paper clips on their corresponding tray “smaller” or “bigger”)
Art: ​Shape Pizza- Children create a shape pizza using a variety of paper pizza shapes. First we start
with a brown circle crust. Next we add rectangular shredded cheese, square green peppers, triangle
mushrooms, and circular pepperonis! Children use their creativity to build their pizza.
Theme:​ ​We read “Brown Bear, Brown Bear” as a whole group. Next, each child is given one colored
animal from the story. We read the story again, this time children come up and hold their animal when it
is mentioned in the story and we sequence the story together. Children are then given a brown bear
animal graph (with the different colored animals on the x-axis of the graph). Children are given a handful
of fruit loops (All colors of fruit loops represent a colored animal from “Brown Bear, Brown Bear”).
Children place fruit loops into graph as they match up the fruit loop color and brown bear character
color. Which color did they have the most of? Least? Enjoy your small fruit loop snack!
Zoo Phonics: ​This week we were introduced to Letter C and Catina Cat! We review A-B, and
introduce the letter Cc, catina cat, and catina cat‛s /c/ sound. We talk about words that begin with
C…one of them: Cookies! Children are presented with pretend oreo cookies (shape connector oreo cookies
for math activities) with letters written on them and 2 cookie jars…one saying “C” and the other saying
“A and B.” Children get one turn flipping over the cookie, stating which letter is written on their cookie,
then placing it into the C cookie jar or A/B cookie jar. Children practice tracing the letter C on the
Smart Board, then tracing the letter C on their tracing sheet.