Week of 4/1

Hello Koala Bear PM Families!

Welcome back! We hope you all had a relaxing spring break and are ready for our Spring semester to begin. This week we have been learning all about Spring, with a focus on plants and flowers.

Centers:

• We introduced “The Mystery Person of the Day" in the classroom. Every morning a teacher pulls one secret Koala Bear name out of a bucket. At the end of the day we reveal the name that was chosen and if that student has been a good listener, a good friend, and a good person, they get to hold Little K during Circle Time the next day!
• Using four different flowers, we made complex 3 or 4 part patterns.
• We sequenced the life cycle of a plant by looking at pictures of each stage of a plants life. The students placed the sequence in order, then showed us and explained why they chose that order. We then gave them a glue stick to glue down the images, and lastly, the students colored their pictures.
• We made new place-mats! The students were given pictures of flowers, butterflies, and rainbows and we asked to cut out and color the pictures before gluing down to the paper.

Some Books We Read:

• Spring is Here (Bear and Mole Story), by Will Hillenbrand
• Mouse’s First Spring, by Lauren Thompson
• Koala and the Flower, by Mary Murphy

Letter of the Week:

• A! An “A”mazing letter!

Dates to Remember:

• Parent-teacher conferences will be held on Thursday 4/25, and Friday 4/26.
• MCS will be closed on Friday, 4/19 for Good Friday.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Laura and Desiree