Week 1

We have been having a lot of fun this week at Preschool.  The children have been busy learning the classroom rules and routine. They have also earned tokens for following the rules.

Today we read a story called Have You Filled a Bucket Today? It is a story that teaches the children to "fill" others' "buckets" by being kind and helping others. They learned that when you fill a bucket you make someone else feel good and you make yourself feel good too!

The children also had a great time in music class with Miss Perritt and Mrs. Simmons. They loved the bean bag animal dance and the woodpecker song!

Newsletter

Hi! Thank you to everyone who came out to Open House last night. I know that it was kind of busy in our classroom and I feel like I did not really get the chance to "get to know" each of you as much as I would have liked. But, as always, feel free to contact me at any time with and questions or concerns.

My weekly newsletter for next week is posted on my website. You can follow the link that is on the right hand side of this page to locate it. I will being emailing reminders (with a link to our blog) by next week.

Next week we will jump right in to a handwriting curriculum called Handwriting Without Tears or just HWT. This curriculum uses a lot of hands on materials such as wood pieces, play-doh, chalk and chalk boards to teach handwriting and other school readiness skills. Our preschool students experience a lot of success with this program and we will be using it all year.

Have a great weekend!

Schedule

Good Morning!

I just received word about our Preschool Specials schedule. The good news is your child will have a special every day! On Monday we will have Art, Tuesday we will have Music Class and on Wednesday and Thursday we will have Gym class.

I have never had a special everyday so I am not exactly sure how our specials schedule will work around our busy day but here is a tentative daily schedule that I have worked up.

On Mondays we will most likely have open centers (free choice) rather than center schedules.

AM                                                           PM                  

8:40-9:00       Work-bins               1:00(write name)

9:00-9:30 Group                    1:00-1:30

9:30-10:05 Centers (1 and 2)    1:30-2:10 

10:10-10:40   Special                  2:15- 2:45

10:40-10:55 Center (3) 2:45-3:00

10:55- 11:15 Snack/Library         3:00-3:20 

11:15-11:30 Handwriting 3:20-3:35

11:30-11:45 Story 3:35-3:55 (with ongoing dismissal at 3:40)

11:45-11:50 Dismissal               3:40-4:10

Communication Notebook and Folder

School started for me this evening but this time I was back in the role of student. I am taking University of Akron classes at Green High School for my Masters Degree in Mild/Moderate Intervention. The night was filled with going over two different course syllabi and discussions about the best way to contact each professor. With school just around the corner for your student, I thought now might be a good time to go over the communication procedure for our class.

One the first day of school, your child will come home with a communication notebook and folder. If you have a quick note, just write it in the notebook and I will respond back the same day. Similarly, if you are picking your child up from school, make sure to put a note in the notebook so that I will know not to put your child on the bus. Also, if you have any loose leaf notes or paperwork that needs to be returned to school, place it inside the folder. Anything that you want me to see needs to be in the folder or the notebook. If it is not in the notebook or folder I can not promise you that I will see it.  

I will use the notebook to respond to your notes and also to write notes of my own about your child’s behavior (mostly good, I’m sure ;) ), so it is important to check it each night. If you are here reading this, you know I will be using the blog frequently to inform you about the happenings of our class. But, if you need to talk to me or have concerns that require more than a quick note in the notebook, please email me or call me at school. I will do my best to respond within 24 hours.

Mrs. Rector

Open House is less than a week away! This is a great time for you and your child to get acquainted with our building, our classroom and each other. I’m really excited to see many new faces this year and I hope your children are excited to make new friends!

One person who will not be at Open House but is an integral part of our classroom is my aide, Brenda Rector. I have had the pleasure of working with Brenda since I started teaching 4 years ago. She does a great job with the students and I know your kids will love Mrs. Rector!

Welcome!

Hello! Thank you for visiting my blog. This is my first entry and, as the theme of my blog suggests, it is my goal to complete all entries within 5 minutes.

Since school has not started yet, I thought I would start by telling you about my summer. It has been busy but enjoyable. On June 10th, I picked up my puppy. He is a sweet little (not for long) black labradoodle named Favre. My husband is a big Packers fan and Brett is his boyhood hero so that’s how his name came about. We have had fun playing with him all summer and it has been nice to have him keep me company while I am at home. 

My husband and I went on a few “trips” this summer. First to Bloomington, IN for a cousins wedding and then to Columbus, OH twice for two other weddings. We did, however, get away to Chicago to visit some friends and I made it to my first Cubs game! Over the summer, I also taught ESY (also known as summer school) for 5 weeks which always ends up being more fun than it sounds. 

I hope you all had a wonderful summer. I look forward to getting to know you and your children! See you at Open House (Aug. 26th). 

Favre