Dear families,


We had a great second week of school!  We finished up our "All About Me" unit and created books about each child, so we can read them in our library area for the next few weeks. 

On Monday we'll be starting our Farm/Harvest unit.  This week we will learn what a garden is, what a farm is, and what kind of work needs to be done on a garden/farm. 


Here are the books we will be reading

                                               


Small groups

Making apple trees
                  matching number to quantity
                  OT- using pincer grasp to crinkle and glue tissue paper
Planting a garden
                  using common garden tools to create and tend to a plant
Sorting Apples
                  sorting red, green, and yellow apples by color
                  counting apple groups and recording most and least
Sequencing life cycle of a plant
                  learning plant related vocabulary
                  practicing the pre-literacy skill of organizing the sequence of a story
Apple Prints
                 exploring what's on the inside of an apple
                 creating apple prints on a letter A for our alphabet book
Sorting Apples
                 sorting apples by size (big, medium, and small)


If you haven't done so already, please send in the packet you recieved prior to the start of school.  It contains important information that is needed by the secretary and school nurse.  Thank you.

-The Barnyard Buddies

New School Year

Hi Parents,


Welcome to the Barnyard Buddies!  We are going to have a great school year. 


Here is our daily schedule:
8:30-9:00     Arrival/Playground
9:00-9:10     Bathroom
9:10-9:30     Circle Time
9:30-10:00   Choice Time
10:00-10:20 Work Time
10:20-10:40  Snack
10:40-10:50  Story Time
10:50-11:10  Small Group Work
11:10-11:25  Music
11:25-11:30  Dismissal

We had a great first week of school.  Everyone did a great job playing with friends and listening to teachers.  This week and next week we are working on "All About Me" books.  We will spend the next week finishing up our books and putting them in our library so we can learn about each other.  We talked about what we look like and graphed and counted similar characteristics, we drew self-portraits, made pictures of our house and made birthday cakes for how old we are. 

This week we will add our family members to our houses, make a frame for the cover of our books by creating AB patterns, and practice cutting and writing for our portfolios. 

Choice Time:

writing center: letter puzzles
math center: shape sorters
blue table: iPads
green table: puzzles
block area: "brick" blocks and chubby vehicles
library: "old favorites" books (Dr. Seuss, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, The Very Hungry Caterpillar)
Rug: trains
sensory table: sand

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.  conroy@bpsk12.org

-The Barnyard Buddies