Wear PJ's Wed/ Thursday

PJ’s and Stories

When:  Wednesday Dec 20, 2017 &

  Thursday Dec 21,2017

What: Children are invited to wear their Pajamas (PJs) to school and bring a small stuffed animal that can fit in their backpack.  No slippers for safety.  If your child finds wearing PJs confusing that's okay, just dress them in something comfy and pack their PJs in case they change their mind later.

Why: To complete our author study on Don and Audrey Wood, we will be exploring student’s favorite authors and illustrators. Many parents have asked to come in to read their child’s favorite book.  All day long we will be inviting in guest readers to share their child’s favorite story books.  To make the day complete we will also be making cookies.

How: Please send Ms. Marylin an email of the book you would like to read or if you would like to help bake cookies.  Please remember that volunteering is only for one parent at a time, and you will be assigned a SPECIFIC TIME to come to school that day.  Some books will be read during small group time and others during large group time.

Regretfully we cannot accommodate siblings as this is a regular school day

bennettma@franklinps.net

Snow reminders

Friendly Reminder

Winter has FINALLY ARRIVED!!  Please REMEMBER to send your child into school every day dressed to play outside!!  Coats, snow pants (when there is snow on the ground), hats, mittens, boots, etc.  We try to go outside every afternoon, weather permitting.

Make sure to LABEL all your child’s belongings!!

Everyone has black snow pants & boots.

Don’t forget to pack a pair of shoes/sneakers in your child’s backpack to change into after.  For Safety Reasons, we ask that you NOT send in slippers. 

If your child’s backpack is too small or to heavy feel free to send in 2 bags.

A back pack for everyday items and a second reusable bag for winter belongings.

Thank You!

 

Author Study/tradition sharing/shapes

This month we will be exploring the concepts of author and illustrator.  We will try our hands at writing and drawing a class book. For reading and exploring these concepts our focus will be on books by Don and Audrey Wood. Wood website  In addition we are exploring shapes, describing them, creating them, making things out of them and their mathematical names, such as circle, square, triangle, rhombus and rectangle. 

On a side note many families are embracing the holiday season that includes Santa and Elf on the shelf.  Children are always welcome to share their experiences and will be honored.  As a group our focus will be to maintained the classroom routine to help provide consistency during this exciting time.  If you have a non religious story, family craft or tradition that you'd like to share please let me know so we set up a time for you to come into the classroom. Bennettma@franklinps.net 

I'd like to welcome our middle school helpers to ever class.  In total their are 14 helpers over the 5 days.  Each middle schooler comes in with a partner and plays with the students, with teacher guidance for approximately 45 minutes during our work/discovery time. 

As the year progresses we will continuously add student to our school community. From time to time I will post a new class picture to include our new friends as appropriate.  Please keep in mind due to confidenciality not every family is comfortable having photos of their child posted or information shared.  If you have any questions about your own child, I am happy to speak with you.  

The students are exploring the book Piggies and finger puppets created by Don & Audrey Wood

This week we read the book Piggies by Don & Audrey Wood.  We worked on strengthening our hands by practicing touching each finger to our thumb and then we made piggy finger puppets.  

Here we are singing Tommy Thumb with out puppets.  We also learned where is Thunbkin.

Here students are drawing and practicing being an illustrator

Exploring shapes, lines and curves with home made plays doh, made by a parent volunteer!

Counting and feeding dog bones using our pincher grasp.

We are learning to write the first letter of our names starting at the top with the help of Ms Sandra.

This weeks question of the day was "Do you know the first letter of your name?"

Exploring what we can make with shapes. This helps with visual perception.

Last few reminders: 

No school Friday 12/8 for conferences.

Please arrive on time to get the most out of our conference.

Your children's Teachers are: Ms Marylin (special education inclusion teacher) Ms Sha (Esp)              Ms Shauna (Esp) on MWF pm from time to time. 

Scenes from our family visit

Today we welcomed our MWF families into our classroom.

We read the story of the Ginger Bread Baby by Jan Brett, sang the song Family by Laurie Burkner and decorated a gingerbread cookie.

A big thank you to Mama Barba's for making us delicious cookies.  She can be found on Facebook.  

An extra special thank you to our middle school helpers who joined us today and helped in the classroom.  Middle school helpers/best buddies began In the program last week, we have 2 students per day on a weekly schedule.

Acting out scenes from the gingerbread baby.

Thank you to Marcus and his family for making play doh for the classroom

Parent Teacher Conferences

December 8th, 2017 ECDC will be closed for parent teacher conferences.

Please contact the office to set up a time to meet with me. (508) 541-8166.

Just a reminder that conferences are a short period of time to touch base on your child's school experience.   If you recently met with Ms Marylin in regards to your child's school progress you do not need to attend a second meeting but you are always welcome to do so. 

To get the most out of your parent teacher conference please:

Arrive 5 minutes before your scheduled time.

Possible email Ms Marylin ahead of time of any concerns, questions you may have.

Be aware that their is a time limit to the conference and we may need to reschedule a longer conference time if we can not discuss everything at this time.

To make the most of your time it is helpful if other arrangements can be made for your child but it is not mandatory. 

Conferences should be for celebrations as well as progress update.

Here are some articles that you may helpful in regards to parent teacher conferences:

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Tips for a successful parent teacher conference.

Dirty feet?

Did your children come home with dirty feet? Learning is messy work.  

To help us learn to count we watched this video:

How many fingers and toes.

And painted/stamped our feet.

It was great fun counting our fingers and toes.

If your child hasn't come home with dirty feet yet don't worry they will on Monday!

MWF AM VISITED THE SENIOR CENTER

Please Join Us Nov 20 or 21 (this note was sent home via back pack)

Dear Families,

Please join us in our preschool classroom as we celebrate families!  

We hope to have a family member join us during our school day (see date and times below).  We will read a story, sing songs and decorate a gingerbread cookie.  During this visit we hope to share with you what we've been learning and give you a chance explore our classroom!.

Please limit adults to 1 or 2 per family as lots of adults can be overwhelming for some of our friends. It is also appreciated if other arrangements can be made for siblings so you child can be the star of the day.  

I am very excited to share my classroom and friends with you.  Please fill out the form below and return it to school so I knows who to expect.

Thank you

Ms Marylin Bennett

MWF AM Class: Monday November 20th 10:30

MWF PM Class: Monday November 20th 2:00

T/Th Full Day: Tuesday November 21st 12:00

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Child’s Name:______________

Adult’s Name that plans to attend:_____________

• Yes I plan to attend

     

• No I am not able to attend

Parent Hand Out Volunteering in the Classroom

Dear Families

I hope that your child has begun to settle into the school routine and is enjoying their new classroom.  I would like to take the opportunity to invite those of you who have an up to date CORI, completed the volunteer training and can participate without upsetting your child, to volunteer in our preschool classroom.  If you need a CORI completed or volunteer training please see the school secretary, Laura Flanagan.

Please be sure your child is ready to have you volunteer.  Children who are still having tears and anxiety about separating may not benefit from your visit to the classroom.  The school is always in need of volunteers in other’s capacities.

Volunteer form:

Parent’s Name:____________________                                           Child’s Name:_____________________

Parent’s Cell:______________________                                                         Days/times in School:_______________

Parent’s Email:_____________________________________

I would like to read a book at the end of my child’s day                                Yes                  No

I would like to go with you as a helper to the senior center                            Yes                 No

I would like to play a game with the students in my child’s class                   Yes                 No

I would like to be an extra pair of hands in my child’s class                           Yes                 No

To help make the most of your volunteer visit, please tell me a little bit about previous experience working with children:  (no experience necessary)

Did you complete a CORI?  Yes      No

Did you complete volunteer training with Kelty Kelley?  Yes   No

Have you discussed volunteering with your child?  Yes    No

Everyone who would like to volunteer and has completed the necessary paper work will be given a time slot. I will send home the schedule as soon as possible via folders.  There are many schedules involved please realize if you missed your scheduled visit there may not be a time to make it up.

 Thank you

Marylin Bennett  

Expected time slots are as follows:

·       Thursdays 10-10:45

·       Fri am 10-10:45

·       Fri pm 1-2:00

Family Unit in the classroom

In the classroom we are:

Building homes for our families.  

We are also learning that some family members can live in one house and others can live in another.

No matter where family lives they are family.

We are counting to 10 with meaning

Counting vehicles and matching the numeral to the amount.

Counting and matching numerals using a self check puzzle piece.