The End of a Great First Week

We made it through our first week! I am already falling in love with this new group of students. They make me smile, laugh, and think.

Like the first two days of school, we spent the next two practicing routines and trying to remember our classroom rules. Miss Lansing and I have been making all kinds of observations to see what your children already know and where we should start directing our teaching. We had an excellent meeting on Friday morning to talk about individual student goals, and I am excited to jump in next week to help the children in these new ways. The individual goals range from writing names to following directions to learning how to calm their bodies down.

The children have enjoyed:

• Exploring their names (how many letters, what do they start with, letters they share with each other, etc.).
• Continuing to explore the interest areas.
• Pretending to be spies on the playground. (They even took notes as they spied on their friends!)
• Listening to the story Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
• Acting out the story of Jesus walking on water during Faith Time
• Singing and dancing to Tooty-Ta and the Penguin Dance

I sent home three important papers on Thursday. (I forgot to send them home with the M/W three year-olds, so I will send them home with them next Wednesday.) The first paper explains our star student sharing program. Please make sure you take note of your child's week! The second paper is our snack calendar for the next month. The third paper is a list of the learning objectives for this year. These objectives are yours to hang on to. They are the basis to what we will be teaching your children throughout the year.

Have a super, long weekend! I'll see you all on Tuesday or Wednesday!