Miss Harley's Preschool Happenings

  Monday October 20th This week we started talking about the letter Jj and practiced the sound.  Students identified pictures that started with the letter Jj and the /j/ sound.   We also discussed nocturnal animals and how they only come out at night because of various reasons, such as, camouflage, more food, less predators and more!  Students came up with a ton of animals that only come out at night and came up with reasons for why each slept during the day. After lunch, we had our first preschool rehearsal for our praise assembly performance.  Students have been working hard on singing loud and not just screaming. We finished the day with free play centers where students worked on their social and emotional skills. Tuesday October 21st On Tuesday, we continued talking about the letter Jj and thought of words that start with the letter Jj.  Afterwards, we continued our discussion about nocturnal animals and made our very own handprint bats that are fl...

  Monday October 13th We started off our week by talking about the letter Ii.  Students practiced making the sound and hearing the difference between the other vowels that we have learned so far. We started off pumpkin week by drawing Jack-O-Lantern faces and painting some crayon resistant pumpkins while talking about the different colors pumpkins can be. We continued our day by making cards to send to a classmate who is very sick. Tuesday October 14th We started the day with birthday cupcakes to celebrate Susannah's birthday! We continued to work on the letter Ii and practicing our letter skills.  We also read "The Biggest Pumpkin Ever" and looked through our My Big World magazine, which talked about big and small facts about pumpkins. To end our early out day, students watched Encanto to close out Hispanic Heritage Month. Wednesday October 15th We started the day with Mass and students did an amazing job with their 8th grade buddies.   We continued to work on ...

  Monday October 6th On Monday, we started our fire safety week by reading "What's That Sound", which was the fire safety edition of our My Big World magazine.  Students reviewed the process for what to do during a fire both at home and at school.   We also talked about the letter Hh and practiced how to tell if a word starts with Hh by feeling for a hot breath on our hand when we first say a word.   We also talked about the heart shape this week. Tuesday October 7th We started off our morning by making a list of all of the Hh words we could think of and discussed how we use an uppercase H in names and holidays. We then practiced our pattern skills by making fire safety patterns and cutting and gluing the pictures in the correct location on our paper.   After nap, we made thank you cards for our special guest speaker later in the day. After making our cards, we joined our 8th grade buddies for a nature walk and popsicles to give them a break from testi...