They're here......

Get ready to be EXCITED!!!! They're here.......the small one may be called Explorer, another might be named Brownie, one of them might be called Climber since he loves to climb and still another may be named Muncher... Get ready for some excitement as these little guys transform before our eyes! Other names to consider may be Stretcher, Miner or even Chyrillisa. No matter what names are chosen - these caterpillars are sure to be the center of attention for learners of all ages! May's preschool theme focuses on butterflies and their life cycle. I am thrilled to report that today the caterpillars have arrived! We will be watching them grow, make their cocoons and turn into butterflies. Our last preschool class will be the last Tuesday in May. We will celebrate the year and share a few songs with any family that wishes to attend. Please mark your busy calendars and bring your camera :) We continued in April to work on fine tuning our writing skills as well as our reading and math skills. For writing we started our review of grip and how to correctly form each letter. We also continue to expand our writing of numbers. In reading we worked on digraphs: ch, sh, th and wh as well as word families, such as -at, -it and -ug. We introduced the first 20 site words as well. In math, we worked on adding 1 to a number (2+1=3, 5+1=6, etc). During the activity a student rolled a dice, then counted out a specific nmber of students who then stepped into a square taped on the floor to be part of the equation. Finally the equation students all moved to the last box to be counted and added together.