Dear Families,


We are finishing up our last week of our All About Me and Back to School unit.  We have one more week of assessment work, and then we can start planning academics tailored to our students needs.  Letters will be going home this week about our Back To School Night.  Our Back To School Night is Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 at 6:30pm.  Please note that this night is designated for parents and guardians, so children cannot attend.  Due to confidentiality issues, I cannot discuss any individual child's progress, however if you would like to talk further you can set up a separate time to meet with me.  Here are the storybooks we will be reading this week.

 



Small Groups

Monday- Sorting four groups of colors using stickers on paper
Tuesday- Copying lines and shapes
Wednesday- Story to self connections, "If I take a Mouse to school..." draw and write
Thursday- Dot Marker letter match
Friday- Blueberry Muffin collage



Choice Time Activities

Rug- Dollhouses
Red Table- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom magnet letter matching
Blue Table- Using tweezers to pick up and drop pompoms
Green Table- iPads
Block Area- Small cube blocks
Sensory Table- Practicing with scissors to make "sensory salad"
Yellow Table- Sensory bags, sorting by attribute
Dramatic Play- Kitchen


-The Barnyard Buddies

Barnyard Buddies 2017-2018 school year!

Dear Families, 

I want to welcome you to the Barnyard Buddies classroom!  We are very excited to get our 2017-2018 school year underway.  Almost all of our friends this year are new to the Burlington Early Childhood Center, so we're spending the first few weeks getting to know our friends, establishing our classroom routines and expectations, and assessing where our kids' skills are so that we may plan more effective instruction.  We've had a great first week!  It looks like we have a great group of students who all seem to be getting along very well.  Again, here is our classroom schedule. 

8:30-8:50      Playground

8:50-9:00      Arrival Time

9:00-9:20      Circle Time

9:20-10:00    Choice Time/Bathroom time/1:1 work time with Shannon 

10:00-10:20  Snack time

10:20-10:35  Story time

10:35-10:55  Small groups

10:55-11:20  Music

11:20-11:30  Dismissal

12:30-12:50   Playground

12:50-1:05     Story

1:05-1:25       Small Groups

1:25-1:50       Circle Time

1:50-2:10       Choice time/Snack time/Bathroom

2:10-2:20       Music

2:20-2:30       Dismissal

Next week we are starting our class jobs.  On Friday, students chose one of the following classroom jobs to help out around our classroom. 

• Small Groups Helper- Helping staff set up tables for work time and choice time
• Fish Feeder-Helping feed our classroom pet fish
• Messenger- Delivers the attendance to the secretary and makes copies and delivers other messages as needed
• Table Cleaner- Helping staff clean the tables with a sponge and soap after snack time
• Bell Ringer- Rings the 5 minute warning bells for the end of choice time
• Line Leader-Leads the line to playground, bathroom, etc.
• Caboose- Is the last friend in line to playground, bathroom, etc.
• Substitute Helper- Helps out when a student with a job is not in school that day

Here are the books we are reading this week.

Small Groups

Monday- We will assess our fine motor skills with some cutting practice.

Tuesday- We will talk about the letters of our name and identify letters to put on our own name trees

Wednesday-  We will assess our drawing and self-concept skills by making a self-portrait

Thursday-  We will assess our writing skills

Friday-  Making a color collage with our favorite color

We look forward to another great week!

-The Barnyard Buddies