Pre-K3: Week of January 22, 2024

When it is too cold to play outside, WE STILL HAVE FUN INSIDE!!!

A Sneak Peek at Our Upcoming Week: We will be learning Letter Nn, introducing Noah's Ark, focusing on Sunny and Rainy Weather, name writing, counting as well as continuing to work on our Winter and Weather Units. The forecast for PreK-3 this week is promising to be a very busy and lots of FUN!!

DISCLAIMER: You may notice that less schoolwork is coming home in your child's folder lately... The reason is that we are playing more learning games, we are decorating our classroom and hallway, we will soon be working on several in class science experiments as well as the the fact that we are holding onto our little scientists' projects and writing samples for a BIG SURPRISE that we are secretly putting together!!!

Our Parent/Teacher Conferences will be on Wednesday, January 24th as well as before school everyday that same week. Please note that Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri conferences will take place in our classroom and all Wednesday ones will take place in the St Therese Church Office, right down the hall from the Church entrance and just past the restrooms.

💗Valentine's Day💗: We will be celebrating Valentine's Day in PreK-3 on Wednesday, 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. Please don't spend a lot on them, the dollar stores usually carry class sets. Please do not send in Valentines with food or candy as we have children with allergies in our class. 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: Letter Nn
Number of the Month: 5
Colors of the Month: Black and White
Shape of the Month: Diamond (rhombus)
January Themes: Counting 0-5, Sorting, AB Patterns, Feelings, Winter, Weather, Hibernation, Name Recognition, Name Writing, Scissor Skills
Religion: Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, The Epiphany, Praying for Others, Noah's Ark

🧸Show & Tell: Friday, Jan 26th: Pajama Day Show and Tell: Please bring in ONE Snuggle Buddy (Stuffed animal, doll, etc.) to show and tell our friends about.

Dates to Remember:

January 24th: PreK-3 Parent/Teacher Conferences (details were emailed on 12/31)

January 26th: 🧸 PreK Pajama Day!! 🧸 (Information came home through folders)

January 28th: STS Catholic Schools Week Begins (details on our school website)

January 29th: Wear “BLUE” to show your support for the Troopers United Foundation! TUF was created by dedicated NJ State Police Troopers to be of assistance to any and all Troopers, Law Enforcement Officers, First Responders, and their respective families, in the event of a tragedy or illness. *This Tag Day donation for the Troopers United Foundation is SEPARATE from the Project Graduation monthly Tag Days.

Wednesday, January 31st: Wear your #CSW24 t-shirt or STS PreK t-shirt if purchasedThursday,

February 1st: Wear Red, White and Blue for Tunnel to Towers Foundation tag day (see school website for more information)

February 19th: NO SCHOOL - Presidents' Day

Our Week in Photos:

📸 Here's A Little Snap Shot of Our Week📸