Week 1- Aug 14th-16th

 

Where do i even begin?  I want to thank all of the parents for helping your child be successful in this first "week" of school!  I am so proud of all of my students for how quickly they have adapted to this next adventure!  I will post on our classroom website once a week (I will try to have the weekly post up by Saturday evenings).  I will also try to do a better job of taking pictures during activities so that you as parents can have a better look into our classroom.


Wednesday August 14th

The students were filled with both excitement and nervousness so our first day was much more relaxed.  The main goal for the day was for the students to get a feel for the classroom, as well as getting to know their fellow classmates and making new friends.  We successfully made it through our first ever morning meeting where we discuss the days of the week, month, weather, and do a morning prayer.  The whole class was attentive and participated!  A huge portion of our morning was taken up by center time so that we could get to know each other and get a feel for a few different areas within the classroom.  Sadly we had to have recess in the gym but I don't think the kids mind.  

We read the stories "First Day Jitters" and "A Letter from Your Teacher: On the First Day of School" before nap time.  After nap and recess, we had "jitter juice" with our snack and followed that with a little dance party.








Thursday August 15th
The second day went much better!  The students were less nervous and were so much more excited!  During morning meeting, we discussed what to do if there is a fire and the students knew most of the answers right away!  Make sure to talk at home with your students about fire safety since we brought it up in class!  We got to play outside for recess and the students were having so much fun.  After recess, they got to lead the preschool classes into lunch as they were asked to model how to walk in a line for the younger students.  How amazing that on day 2 they already know how to walk in an amazing line? 
We listened to "Curious George Goes to School" on a website called Vooks, which animates classic children's stories and the students were rather interested and even asked for a second story.  

Friday August 16th (Fun Friday)
Sadly this week we were not able to have PE class but we hope to start next Friday with that so please make sure students have on shoes that are easy to run and jump in.  We started our day with "Shake Your Sillies Out" by the Learning Station on Youtube to start the morning with some fun.  We spent some time in our classroom library looking at all sorts of books.  For snack, we had pudding to celebrate a successful first week of school.  We ended our day by first listening to "Arnie the Doughnut" and "Clark the Shark" on Storytime Online, which is a website where celebrity actors read stories, and then had an epic dance party to finish out the first week.




*Once again, thank you to all the parents.  This year would not be possible without you support and assistance.  Stay tuned next week for more PreK fun!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Welcome!

Image
  Hello preschool families!  I am so excited to be your child's teacher this year! My name is Miss Harley Hagenhoff and this is my second year teaching!  I graduated from Missouri Valley College in December of 2023 with a Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education.  Before that, I graduated from Helias Catholic High School in May of 2020.  I am the oldest of 7 kids and have two fur babies, Dakota and Elsa.  If I am not in the classroom, I am typically finding some sort of craft to do or playing with my puppies! There are a few things that I would like to share with parents so that they have it for their own information.  As a preschool, we use the "Story of God's Love" series for our religion to share stories of the bible in a way that is designed for children.  For social and emotional growth, we use "A Little Spot of Emotions and Feelings" to teach children about their emotions in a healthy way.  Within my classroom, we use a phonics and handw...
Read more

Week 3- August 25th-29th

Image
  Monday August 25th Today we started talking about the letter Bb.  Students worked to find the letter Bb in songs and think of words that started with the letter Bb.  We then read a story from our religion curriculum about Jesus and his special friends, the Apostles, who were fishermen who chose to follow Jesus.  We talked about ovals and how they are squashed circles or "flat tires" as the kids said.  We finished our day with centers while students showed off their name writing skills. Tuesday August 26th We continued to talk about the letter Bb today and made a giant list of words on our smartboard.  Students also worked to complete a paper where they identified the letter Bb.  During religion, we read about Nina and how she greeted a new student at her school and became friends with them as we welcomed a new friend into our classroom.  We also practiced tracing ovals and writing our names.  During recess, the students participated in an a...
Read more

Week 22 January 27th-31st

Image
  Monday January 27th We started our week off with a prayer service in the big school.  Students got to sing and dance, while also praying and being thankful for the opportunity to talk about Jesus in our school! After the prayer service, students were invited to a glow in the dark dance party in the gym where we danced our hearts out. We returned to our classroom to learn about the letter Ll and then made our way to Miss Jay's room for a movie watch party.  Students were amazed that the movie was actually on the ceiling! We finished our day with our Catholic Schools Week service project.  Students partnered with an 8th grade buddy to help clean our school and make Valentine's day cards for a local nursing home! Tuesday January 28th We started the day by reviewing the letter Ll and practiced writing the letter. We also had a dance party in the classroom. At the end of our day, we had a school pep assembly where a few preschool students got to participate in a minute ...
Read more