Week of January 31, 2022

 Breaking Show and Tell News!!!

Congratulations to our newest (second time) BIG SISTER!!!!! (and her family too 💗)

We are so happy for you all!!

Catching snowflakes on our tongues was such a treat!!!

Show and Tell continues to be one of our favorite things in PreK-3!

We are so proud of how far our public speaking skills have come along!

Our melted snowman craft and writing prompt were so fun!

Our little scientists LOVED making ice and snow observations ALL DAY LONG!!

Be sure to ask your little scientist all about it!!!

LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN JUST A FEW HOURS!!!

#5 was one of the most delicious numbers to learn!!

Ask your little one all about our Marshmallow Madness!!!

Name Snowmen were so cool to assemble!

We are so creative during playtime!!!

We started getting a cool craft ready for Groundhog Day... coming home soon!!

Ask your little munchkin to tell you what happens "If you give a mouse a cookie..."

Did you count how many chocolate chips were on the mouse's cookie?!?

We have been singing and dancing to such a fun Snowflake Song all month long!  Ask your little dancer to perform it for you!!!  Prompt him or her with "🎵...slip, sliding... with your left foot and your right...🎵"

Weekly Recap:  We had such a magnificent week!  Mastering our name puzzles, Munching away at Marshmallow Math, Making Memories with Melting Experiments, reading the cool  If You Give a Mouse a Cookie book, and finishing up #5 were just some of our highlights!!!

A Sneak Peek at Our Upcoming Week: We will be continuing to work on our Weather STEAM Unit with a focus on one of the most famous weather forecasters - The Groundhog!!! We will also be finishing up letter Mm and Starting to learn Letter Nn as well as kicking off some of our February Themes!

 VIRTUAL Parent/Teacher Conferences:  Thank you all so much for taking time out of your busy schedules to meet with me to discuss your little one.  It was so nice to see everyone! Just a reminder that our report cards will be available through your Parent Portal in the upcoming weeks, once the Main School's Second Marking Period ends.  Should you have any difficulty accessing your account, please reach out to the Main Office for assistance.  

Catholic Schools Week:

Please check the "Friday Folder" on our School Website regarding themed days.  (Ex: Monday - wear blue to support The Troopers United Foundation; Wednesday - donations for the Roxbury Social Services; Thursday - wear red, white and blue with donations going to the Wounded Warrior Project, etc.)

Valentine's Day: We will be celebrating Valentine's Day in PreK-3 on Monday, February 14th. We will be exchanging Valentine's Day Cards in school.  Please send in one card per child with only your own child's name on each as the from whom the card is and not the name for whom it is intended.  This will make distribution much easier as the children are only just beginning to recognize each other's names.  We have 12 children in our class.  The children can either make their own little cards or they may be purchased.  That is entirely up to you.  Please do not send in Valentines with food or candy as we have children with allergies in our school.  Your children may begin to bring in their cards whenever they are ready up through our celebration day on the 14th.  This little homework idea is completely optional: you may want to take this opportunity to have your child write their first initial (or full name if they are able to) on each of their cards and then finish the rest of their name for him/her.

This Week's Focus will be on:

Letter of the Week: Finishing up Mm and Beginning Nn

Number of the Month: 6

Colors of the Month:  Red, Pink and Gray

Shape of the Month:  Heart

February Themes:  Counting 0-6, Sorting, AABB Patterns, Feelings, Winter, Weather, Camouflage,       Name Recognition, Name Writing, Scissor Skills, Calendar, Valentine's Day, Dental Health, Presidents' Day

Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals,  Praying for someone other than ourselves, "God is Love," Noah's Ark

Show & Tell:  Friday, February 4th  - FREE CHOICE WEEK AGAIN!!!  Please bring in ONE thing to Show and Tell our friends about. 

Dates to Remember:

January 30th- February 5th:  Catholic Schools Week (Check the Friday Folder on the STS website for details)

February 14th: Tag Day - Valentine's Day Colors

February 21st:  NO SCHOOL: Presidents' Day

Let's all hope the Groundhog predicts an early Spring!

Paula Dobres