Thursday, December 24, 2009
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays to all of the OCS students, staff, and families! Have a wonderful, joyful holiday season and a healthy Happy New Year!! See you in 2010!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Friday News
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Happy Holidays! This week in preschool, our student teacher, Mrs. Gilberti began to take over some of the activities during our day. She set up some fantastic centers last week that the kids loved participating in. They decorated trees, wrapped presents, made holiday cards, and counted bows on boxes of presents. This week she is continuing her theme and extending it to winter holidays and snowy weather. These themes will continue through Wednesday of next week.
We practiced writing letter “C” this week, and the children love trying to find the letters around the room- literacy is all around us, and they are picking up more every day.
We have a new student, Lainee Henry, who will start school after our Christmas break on January 4th. I will send home an updated class list attached in January.
Please see the note about our holiday party next week, and let us know if you can attend/help. We will have our regular morning until 10:00, when parents are invited to attend. At 11:00, you can take your child home with you.
There will not be a Friday newsletter next week, as we have a short week for the holiday. I hope everyone has a fantastic, restful, safe holiday season. See you in 2010!
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Happy Holidays! This week in preschool, our student teacher, Mrs. Gilberti began to take over some of the activities during our day. She set up some fantastic centers last week that the kids loved participating in. They decorated trees, wrapped presents, made holiday cards, and counted bows on boxes of presents. This week she is continuing her theme and extending it to winter holidays and snowy weather. These themes will continue through Wednesday of next week.
We practiced writing letter “C” this week, and the children love trying to find the letters around the room- literacy is all around us, and they are picking up more every day.
We have a new student, Lainee Henry, who will start school after our Christmas break on January 4th. I will send home an updated class list attached in January.
Please see the note about our holiday party next week, and let us know if you can attend/help. We will have our regular morning until 10:00, when parents are invited to attend. At 11:00, you can take your child home with you.
There will not be a Friday newsletter next week, as we have a short week for the holiday. I hope everyone has a fantastic, restful, safe holiday season. See you in 2010!
Mrs. Remaly and Mrs. Gilberti
Friday, December 4, 2009
Friday December 4th
Friday News
Friday, December 4, 2009
The weeks seem to be going by faster and faster as this year goes on! We began a unit on “Winter Holidays” to kick off this upcoming season. We introduced our new month, December, by tracing and practicing the letter “D.” We made scented gingerbread cookies and colored gingerbread houses.
We joined second grade on Thursday to create a bulletin board with holiday lights to tell when we feel we shine our brightest. The children came up with some great ideas of things that they thought they did well. We are bringing home our “Thankful Quilts” that we did last month with second grade which were displayed on the board throughout Thanksgiving.
Next week, we’ll continue by making candy canes with a red/white pattern, creating trees using shapes, and work on the letter “C.”
I am hoping to have a small holiday party on Wednesday, December 23rd from 10:00-11:00. Let me know if you have any ideas for crafts or activities that you would like to share. I am planning to have 3-4 activity stations set up like we did for our Halloween party.
Have a wonderful weekend!!
Mrs. Remaly
Friday, December 4, 2009
The weeks seem to be going by faster and faster as this year goes on! We began a unit on “Winter Holidays” to kick off this upcoming season. We introduced our new month, December, by tracing and practicing the letter “D.” We made scented gingerbread cookies and colored gingerbread houses.
We joined second grade on Thursday to create a bulletin board with holiday lights to tell when we feel we shine our brightest. The children came up with some great ideas of things that they thought they did well. We are bringing home our “Thankful Quilts” that we did last month with second grade which were displayed on the board throughout Thanksgiving.
Next week, we’ll continue by making candy canes with a red/white pattern, creating trees using shapes, and work on the letter “C.”
I am hoping to have a small holiday party on Wednesday, December 23rd from 10:00-11:00. Let me know if you have any ideas for crafts or activities that you would like to share. I am planning to have 3-4 activity stations set up like we did for our Halloween party.
Have a wonderful weekend!!
Mrs. Remaly
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Friday November 20th 2009
Friday News
Friday, November 20th 2009
This week we finished our unit on Fall Harvest. All of our fantastic vegetable projects are displayed in our room. I will send them home next week before Thanksgiving break. We started talking about turkeys and created our story board for the “Five Little Turkeys.” We practiced and traced letters “F” and “P.” We worked more on fine motor skills by tracing shapes to make a Native American Teepee, and we continue to practice coloring inside the lines of shapes each morning for a few minutes before announcements.
Since the weather was nice, we got outside to the playground 2 days this week. The kids really enjoyed it! We also had one “surprise” fire drill, and the kids did an excellent job remembering what to do!
Just last week I mentioned we had two substitute classroom aides- this week things have changed, and from now on, Mrs. Gilberti and I will be in the classroom. Mrs. Gifford joins us about an hour each morning. I know some parents had questions, and just wanted to make sure I gave you the latest information. The kids have adjusted well to meeting new people and remembering new names. If there are any changes, I will be sure to let you know.
We have just three days of school next week. Although the school follows an Early Dismissal schedule next Wednesday, it does not affect our preschool day. School next Wednesday is still from 8:30-11. There will not be a Friday newsletter next week.
I hope everyone has a safe, happy, and wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!See you on Monday, November 30th to begin a unit on Winter Holidays- it’s coming so fast!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Remaly
Friday, November 20th 2009
This week we finished our unit on Fall Harvest. All of our fantastic vegetable projects are displayed in our room. I will send them home next week before Thanksgiving break. We started talking about turkeys and created our story board for the “Five Little Turkeys.” We practiced and traced letters “F” and “P.” We worked more on fine motor skills by tracing shapes to make a Native American Teepee, and we continue to practice coloring inside the lines of shapes each morning for a few minutes before announcements.
Since the weather was nice, we got outside to the playground 2 days this week. The kids really enjoyed it! We also had one “surprise” fire drill, and the kids did an excellent job remembering what to do!
Just last week I mentioned we had two substitute classroom aides- this week things have changed, and from now on, Mrs. Gilberti and I will be in the classroom. Mrs. Gifford joins us about an hour each morning. I know some parents had questions, and just wanted to make sure I gave you the latest information. The kids have adjusted well to meeting new people and remembering new names. If there are any changes, I will be sure to let you know.
We have just three days of school next week. Although the school follows an Early Dismissal schedule next Wednesday, it does not affect our preschool day. School next Wednesday is still from 8:30-11. There will not be a Friday newsletter next week.
I hope everyone has a safe, happy, and wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!See you on Monday, November 30th to begin a unit on Winter Holidays- it’s coming so fast!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Remaly
Friday, November 13, 2009
November 13th, 2009
Friday News
Friday, November 13th 2009
This week in preschool, we began a theme of “Fall Harvest.” We talked about vegetables and made pictures of broccoli, carrots, potatoes, and corn that we have displayed in our classroom in a basket. We talked about how the fall is a great time for gathering vegetables to bring to Thanksgiving dinner. We have enjoyed some silly stories about turkeys in preparation for the upcoming holiday.
We traced letter “F” this week, and worked more on the sounds of the letters in our names, the syllables in our name, and rhyming words.
Next week, we will focus more on turkeys as we use projects to target numeral recognition, counting, color words, and fine motor skills.
We welcome Mrs. Angela Gilberti as our student teacher! Mrs. Gilberti will be with us until Christmas break! She will begin to plan for and teach some of the parts of our day in the weeks ahead.
Because Mrs. Ruskan is needed somewhere else in our building, we have been spending our time with some new classroom aides- Mrs. Laura Smorto and Mrs. Jessie Guia. You may be seeing one of the two of them outside in the mornings. We are thankful to have such great people in our classroom each day.
Next week, we will introduce a theme of “turkeys” in preparation for Thanksgiving. Have a wonderful weekend!
Friday, November 13th 2009
This week in preschool, we began a theme of “Fall Harvest.” We talked about vegetables and made pictures of broccoli, carrots, potatoes, and corn that we have displayed in our classroom in a basket. We talked about how the fall is a great time for gathering vegetables to bring to Thanksgiving dinner. We have enjoyed some silly stories about turkeys in preparation for the upcoming holiday.
We traced letter “F” this week, and worked more on the sounds of the letters in our names, the syllables in our name, and rhyming words.
Next week, we will focus more on turkeys as we use projects to target numeral recognition, counting, color words, and fine motor skills.
We welcome Mrs. Angela Gilberti as our student teacher! Mrs. Gilberti will be with us until Christmas break! She will begin to plan for and teach some of the parts of our day in the weeks ahead.
Because Mrs. Ruskan is needed somewhere else in our building, we have been spending our time with some new classroom aides- Mrs. Laura Smorto and Mrs. Jessie Guia. You may be seeing one of the two of them outside in the mornings. We are thankful to have such great people in our classroom each day.
Next week, we will introduce a theme of “turkeys” in preparation for Thanksgiving. Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Remaly
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
November 4th 2009
“Friday” News
Wednesday, November 4th 2009
We had a short week this week. We finished tracing and writing capital and lowercase letter “H.” We started recognition of letter “P.” We will begin next week with a unit on Fall Harvest in preparation for Thanksgiving. We will talk about fruits and vegetables and target the letters “F” and “V.”
Because the weather has been chilly this week, we practiced some gross motor skills by having scooter races in the hallway. The kids really loved this, and we hope to get them out again soon.
It was so nice to get to see and talk to everyone at Parent-Teacher Conferences. I know I expressed this to everyone, but want to say again how extremely proud I am of how tremendous our preschoolers are doing. I know that’s a combined effort from home and school. Keep up all of the great things you are doing at home!
Please remember to return your signed report card envelope so that we can reuse them for next report card!
Have a great, long weekend!
Wednesday, November 4th 2009
We had a short week this week. We finished tracing and writing capital and lowercase letter “H.” We started recognition of letter “P.” We will begin next week with a unit on Fall Harvest in preparation for Thanksgiving. We will talk about fruits and vegetables and target the letters “F” and “V.”
Because the weather has been chilly this week, we practiced some gross motor skills by having scooter races in the hallway. The kids really loved this, and we hope to get them out again soon.
It was so nice to get to see and talk to everyone at Parent-Teacher Conferences. I know I expressed this to everyone, but want to say again how extremely proud I am of how tremendous our preschoolers are doing. I know that’s a combined effort from home and school. Keep up all of the great things you are doing at home!
Please remember to return your signed report card envelope so that we can reuse them for next report card!
Have a great, long weekend!
Mrs. Remaly
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