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Ms. Cynthia Alvarez
PreK 7 3-K
[email protected]
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Welcome to PreK 7 ~ 3K!
Ms. Cynthia Alvarez
Email:
cal[email protected]Ms. Colleen ~ Assistant Teacher
NOVEMBER
✏️IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER✏️
Tuesday, November 8th - No School for PreK 3 Classes ~ Professional Development Day
Friday, November 11th ~ School is Closed ~ Veterans Day
Thursday and Friday November 24th and 25th ~ School is Closed ~ Thanksgiving Recess
****ASQ SCREENING****
If you have not returned the ASQ Screening please do so as soon as possible.
Theme for Month 3: US
Essential Question: What is our Community?
Vocabulary Words:
buddy, care, cheer, close, comfort, community, encourage, far, gone, help, here, others, pal, support, strangers, thoughtful, us, you
October 31st ~ November 4th
- Weekly Focus: Our Grown~Ups
- Focus Questions: Who are the grown~ups in our families? Who are the adults in our school building?
November 7th ~ November 11th
- Weekly Focus: Our Class
- Focus Question: How can we get to know our class friends?
November 14th ~ November 18th
- Weekly Focus: Our Building
- Focus Question: How do we keep safe in our building and our surrounding areas?
November 21st ~ November 23rd
- Weekly Focus: Caring
- Focus Question: How do we care for each other, our classroom, and our community?
DecemberParents, please remember there was an email sent out about Immunization Requirements that is very important.
Also, there was an email sent about giving permission to the school to send you important information about kindergarten.
Important dates in December
Christmas break is from December 23 ~ January 2nd
Classes resume on January 3rd
Theme for Month 4: Our Environment
Essential Question: What can we discover about our Community?
Vocabulary Words:
binoculars, blind, bright, clouds, dark, eyes, eyesight, glasses, googles, light, look, moon, magnify, neighborhood, notice, observe, see, shade, sight, spot, spy, sun, vision
November 28th ~ December 2nd
Weekly Focus: Objects all around usFocus Question: What can we discover about our environment?
December 5th ~ December 9th
Weekly Focus: Objects in our classroomFocus Question: What objects do we notice in our classroom?
December 12th ~ 16th
Weekly Focus: Our Physical CharacteristicsFocus Question: What are your characteristics? What are your friends’ characteristics?
December 19th ~ 23rd
Weekly Focus: Eyes
Focus Question: What can our eyes do?
January
Theme for Month 5: Our Environment
Essential Question: What can we discover about our community?
Vocabulary Words:
describe, detective, idea, materials, predict, record, research, share, suspect, think, thoughts, tools
January 3rd ~ 6th
Weekly Focus: Make and Share Conclusions
Focus Question: How can we make and share conclusions about materials and our investigations?
January 9th ~ 13th
Weekly Focus: What to Investigate
Focus Question: What are the children interested in investigating?
January 17th ~ January 20th
Weekly Focus: Look Closely
Focus Question: How can we look closely and notice details about materials?
January 23rd ~ January 27th
Weekly Focus: Express and Test Ideas
Focus Question: How can we express and test the children’s ideas about materials?
February
Theme for Month 6: Our Environment
Essential Question: What can we discover about our community?
Vocabulary Words:
buildings, bricks, bolts, boots, cement, construction, door, drill, foundation, hammer, hard, hard hat, long, measure, nails, nut, roof, screwdriver, shovel, short, strong, sturdy, surface, vest, tail, trowel, washer, window
January 30th ~ February 3rd
Weekly Focus: Investigating Buildings
Focus Question: What are the children noticing about the buildings and structures in our
environment?
February 6th ~ February 10th
Weekly Focus: Noticing Buildings
Focus Question: What can the children discover about the buildings that surround us and what materials are used to construct them?
February 13th ~ February 17th
Weekly Focus: Construction
Focus Question: What tools do we use for constructing?
Book: Building a House by Byron Barton
No Classes February 20th and 21st
February 22nd ~ February 24th
Weekly Focus: Building
Focus Question: What can we discover about building, what have we learned so far in this unit?
Book: House, Sweet House by Judith Bauer Stamper
March
Theme for Month 7: Moving
Essential Question: What can we help the children learn how things move?
Vocabulary Words:
airplane, bicycle, car, drive, engine, float, fly, gasoline, hop, hurry, jump, motor, move, pull, push, quickly, roll, ride, run, scooter, sidewalk, shuffle, skip, slowly, stroller, subway, taxi, tracks, train, turn, twist, van, walk.
February 27th ~ March 3rd
Weekly Focus: Investigating How Bodies Move
Focus Question: How do our bodies move?
Book: Bounce by Doreen Cronin and Scott Menchin
March 6th ~ 10th
Weekly Focus: Investigating How We Move Through The City
Focus Question: What Vehicles And Forms Of Transportation Do We Use To Move Through The City?
Book: Let’s Go For A Drive by Mo Williams
March 12th ~ March 15th
This Week Is Wear Green All Week Long In Honor of St. Patrick’s Day
Thursday March 15th is a Half Day and also Parent Teacher Conference
Friday March 16th is St. Patrick’s Day, School is Closed
Weekly Focus: Noticing Things That Move
Focus Question: How Can We Explore The Way Things Move?
Book: Supertruck by Stephen Savage
March 20th ~ March 24th
Weekly Focus: Investigating Vehicles
Focus Question: What do we know about vehicles?
Book: Ten Tiny Babies by Karen Katz
March 27th ~ March 31st
Theme for Month 8: Care
Vocabulary Words:action, appear, attitude, bathe, broom, clean, comfortable, cook, dentist, dustpan, emergency, emotions, equipment, expression, feed, feel, feelings, fix, gardener, help, hospital, kind, mechanic, medicine, nurse, office, plant, respect, sick, soap, spatula, sponge, stethoscope, thoughtful, tools, veterinarian, wash, whisk
Essential Question: How can we take care of ourselves? Who takes care of us?
Book: The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems
Parents/Guardians,
These are the activities for Catholic Schools Week;
Monday, January 30th: Favorite Character Day; Students may come to school wearing clothing with their favorite storybook, tv show or movie character. (No costumes please)
Tuesday, January 31st: Sports Day; Students may come to school dressed in their favorite sports team clothing.
Wednesday, February 1st: Wacky Wednesday; Students may come to school dressed in a silly hat, silly shirt or silly socks.
Thursday, February 2nd: Valentine's Day Cards; Students will be creating Valentine's cards for our community helpers.
Friday, February 3rd: Movie Day; students will enjoy a short movie with friends.
Parents: Last week there was a paper sent in your child’s backpack regarding the personalized student code to sign up to Seesaw. This is an interactive learning platform for you and your child to work on assignments together at home.
How Do Students Use Their Home Learning Code?
1. Students go to https://app.seesaw.me on a computer. Or install the Seesaw Class App on an iOS or Android device.
2. Students tap “I’m a student”.
3. Students scan their code using Seesaw’s built-in QR code reader or type in their text code to access their Seesaw account.If you have an issue with your code, please let me know.
✏️ ITEMS YOUR CHILDREN NEEDS FOR SCHOOL ✏️
-2 sets of extra clothes labeled in a clear zip lock bag, include underware, socks, shirt, and pull on pants.
-A labeled CRIB sheet for nap/resting mat as well as a sheet so your child can cover themselves. Sometimes the children like to feel cozy when they nap/rest.
-A labeled REGULAR size backpack, no mini backpacks.
-2 labeled folders.
-A healthy lunch in a SOFT labeled lunch box, if your child will not eat the school lunch.
-A family photo no bigger then 4x6.
Please DO NOT send your child to school with ANY of the following:
-Overalls or pants with buckels, buttons, belts
- Costume play jewelry or jewelry of any kind!
-Dangle earrings/post only
-No sandals or open toed shoes - sneakers work the best!
-Toys of any kind from home
-Candy/gum
-Electronics
Parents we have a student with a peanut allregy in the classroom, so please do not send any food that contains peanuts.
Also, please do not send popcorn as a snack, children are not allowed to eat popcorn in school.
Thank you for your help and cooperation!
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