Week of October 26th

October Theme – Clothes

The students will continue to learn about clothing. This week we will be exploring different types of fabrics, clothing features, and how people make clothes. The students will create their own clothing piece in the art center.


Readings for this week:
•Something from Nothing by Phoebe Gilman
•Abuela’s Weave by Omar S. Casteneda
•The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
•The Girl Who Wore Too Much by Margaret Read MacDonald

Lessons and activities for the week:

Art –Students will design a clothing piece.
Math – Students will be able to sort buttons by color.
Pretend Play – Students will have multiple clothing sets of different cultures to dress dolls and themselves.
Writing - Students will be able to draw a picture of their favorite articles of clothing.
Blocks –Students will be able to create a pattern with wooden blocks.


Reminders:

A 20-minute informational parent-meeting will be held this Tuesday, October 27th at 8:30am.  The meeting will be held in the parent conference room on the first floor.  We will briefly discuss the curriculum.

Students arriving after 8:00am are marked late.

Parents are welcomed to come to our Halloween Parade on Friday, October 30th. Students may come to school dressed in their Halloween costumes!

During drop off time in the mornings, it is school policy that parents are to remain outside of the classroom.

Week of October 5th

October Theme: Clothes 
This month the students will be discussing the fall season and observing the changes that this time of the year brings . This months theme will be clothing. Clothing is a perfect medium to learn colors, size, numbers and texture. The students clothing investigation will help students use skills in literacy, math, science, technology and the arts. 


Math: Measure clothes with counting cubes
Science: White socks experiment 
Art: Clothing collage 
Writing: Draw your favorite clothing item
Blocks: Find the shapes in the quilt 
Library: Clothing books 
Dramatic Play: Clothing items 

Books of the Week

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

Llama llama Red Pajama

by Anna Dewdney

Uncle Nacho’s Hat by Harriet Rohmer

Reminders 

• School Closed on Monday, October 12th 

• Hispanic Heritage Month Presentation Wednesday, October 14th 

• Ms. Sanchez will be out Thursday, October 22nd 

• Halloween Parade Friday, October 30th 

• Children arriving after 8:00AM will be marked late 

• No peanut based food in the classroom allowed

 Home School Connection

• Talk to your child about clothes

• Discuss the different texture of clothing

• Look at clothes labels and explain size 

• Show your child how to zip his/her sweater and tie shoe laces

• Ask your child about clothes 

Week of September 28th

Week of September 28th

Students will continue to explore the theme of friendship and families. We will also discuss what makes a good friend and how our classroom rules apply to the theme.

Science: Students will work in small groups to mix paint and explore how many colors they can make.

Blocks: Students will play with wooden blocks to work with his/her friends

Art : Students will draw and/or write his/her best friend.

Math: The students will use play dough to create tacos or anything they choose to do with his/her classmates.

Writing: Students will create cards for his/her friends and/or family

Home School Connection

Song: The More We Get Together

Our class favorite read aloud books this week are:
The Gingerbread by Catherine McCafferty
Hooray, a Piñata by Elisa Kleven

*Revisit these stories and ask your child to read the story to you.

Play a game with your child and encourage taking turns

Ask your child to share a book with you



Reminders
Please make sure your child arrives early to class 8:00AM
any child arriving after 8:00AM will be marked late.

School closed on Monday, October 12, 2015 (Columbus Day)

Please make sure your child wears sneakers to school.

Flynn and O'Hara Uniform Company
There are forms available in the office for Flynn and O'Hara uniform company. Parents should remember that they must tell the company if they are ordering by phone or e-mail that their child attends Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in New York City.

Parents in the PreK classes must indicate if their child is in the PreK For All program or the PreK program of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School. Any questions please call Alba at 212-567-3190

September Theme: All about me 

Students will learn all about themselves and their classmates while collaborating with one another. Other daily activities such taking attendance, using daily pictorial schedule, learning centers and sign in name cards  will reinforce the learning objectives for the “All about me” theme.

Math: Create an eye color chart

Science: Identify body parts

Literacy: Create a “All about me” book

Song: Head, Shoulders,Knees and Toes

Blocks: How many rectagular blocks tall are you ?

Art: Draw/paint  a self-portrait

Reminders

Students have gym evey day of the week . Please have your child wear sneakers. 

Classes start at 8:00 A.M. Students arriving after 8:00 A.M are marked late. 

Return forms given during the 

parent- teacher orientation meeting. 

School will be closed on 

Friday, September 25, 2015

Home-school Connection

Encourage child to identify body parts

Ask your child to identify the color of your eyes and siblings in the family

Have your child measure his/her hands  with beans or M&M’s .Help your child count the beans or M&M’s 

Songs to sing: 

Head, Shoulders,Knees and Toes

Pat-a-Cake

Where is Thumbkin

Prek notebook

Good Evening Parents:

I received a couple of emails asking, “What is a pre-k notebook?” These notebooks are sometimes called primary composition notebooks or primary journals. You can find the notebooks in Staples.

Ms. Sanchez

Welcome to PreK-3!

                                                        

Welcome to Pre-k 3. I hope you had a great summer. I would like to take this time to introduce myself. My name is Rosandy Sanchez. I am very excited to be your child’s teacher for the upcoming school year.

I worked as a pre-k teacher for approximately 5 years. This is my first year teaching at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School. I graduated from St. Joseph’s college with Bachelors of Arts in Childhood Education. This fall I will be starting the Literacy graduate program at Lehman College. My primary goal is to provide a challenging, educational and interactive learning atmosphere, while building self esteem and confidence for students to become productive members of society. I have high expectations for all my students and believe that all students can be successful learners. I am looking forward to meeting you and your child. Together we can make this year the best year possible for your precious little ones!

Below you will find a list of supplies your child will be needing throughout the year. Your help in donating these items is greatly appreciated.  Furthermore, your donations are not limited to just the beginning of the year. Feel free to send items in whenever possible.

Supplies (Please have everything labeled with your child’s name)

1. 4 folders(red, blue, yellow and green) 

2. 1 Pre-K notebook

3. Child’s baby picture and family picture

5. A change of clothes in a ziploc bag(please label

all clothing items and ziploc with child's name and last name)

6. Clorox or Lysol wipes

7. Baby wipes

8. A roll of paper towel

9. A can of Lysol Spray

10. 2 packs of Printing/Copy paper

11. 2 Glue Sticks

12. 2 boxes of tissue 

13. Crayons

Sincerely, 

Ms. Sanchez