PRE-K COLOR DAY

Today we read the story, "Mary Wore Her Red Dress", which is a book with a repetitive text. As a follow-up activity, we will make our own class book following the same format as the story. In order to do this, we are asking the children to wear a SOLID COLOR SHIRT (any color) this Friday, December 11th, which will be our "Color Day". Dress Copde should still be worn from the waist down on this day.

FREE CHOICE FUN!

Charlie and Taylor proud of their efforts putting together a 48-piece floor puzzle.

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

Today we read the story, Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson. The story is about a young boy who goes on an imaginary drawing adventure with his one purple crayon. Following the story....

...the green group used green crayons to draw a mural and...

...the purple group used purple crayons to draw their mural.

Be sure to check out the murals which are hanging in the hallway outside our classroom.

FREE CHOICE FUN!

Busy Builders in the Construction Zone.

Maddie's creation with unifix cubes.

COLOR BOOKS WITH SECOND GRADE BUDDIES

Today we met with our second grade buddies in their classrooms. They helped us do a special color book called, "Colors I Can See". We thought of the objects for each particular color and then drew the illustrations. Our second grade buddies wrote the words for us. Our finished creations are hanging in the hallway across from our classroom.

LEARNING CENTERS

Today we introduced a new set of learning centers. Below are photos and descriptions of these new learning centers. In addition to the centers described below, there is also one working on sound discrimination and another one working on numeral recognition, numerical order, and one-to-one correspondence. Keep in mind that there are ways that we individualize the learning centers to meet the different needs and abilities of each student.

Using spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills with pattern blocks.

Patterning

Rhyming

Using spatial reasoning skills to create the design/structure on the card using colored cubes.

Visual Discrimination

Sequencing

"DYNAMITE FREE CHOICE ACTIVITIES"

Ian, Emmanuel, and Charlie coloring a coffee filter with markers and then spraying it with water to observe what happens to the colors.

Sasha rolling a die a dozen times and graphing her results.
Charlie, Robert, and Jake working to put together a dinosaur puzzle.

Griffin and Maddie "digging for dinosaur bones".
Georgia, Maren, and Claire doing "Dot Art" at the easel.

Emily with her lacing dinosaur.

Taylor counting the dinosaurs in the counting basket.