Week of October 12th

This week, there will be no school on Monday, 10/12! On Thursday, 10/15, we will be having Spirit Day! Please send your child in any CJF gear they may have. This Thursday, 10/15, we will have our field trip to Taddeo’s Greenhouse! As a reminder, on 10/21 at 8:30 am we will be having Pumpkin Spice with Someone Nice! Please fill out this survey to help us prepare for the event! 

This week, we will be starting My Family & Friends in our Frog Street curriculum. Our theme will be ‘My Family’. Our target letters this week are F, G, & M. We will learn there are many different kinds and sizes of families and that families care for each other! In Religion, we will be reading the story ‘Who Is God’s Favorite’ as well as completing Leaflet #4 ‘We Are Special’ to learn about how our feelings and emotions are beautiful gifts from God. We will also continue to discuss how special and unique God made each of us. In Math, we will be learning how to identify and compare size, length, height, & width. We will also be drawing our own family pictures/portraits, modeling jobs in our families, writing a thank-you card to a family member & more! We will read books this week, including ‘Families’, ‘A Chair For My Mother’, & more. In STEAM, we will be introducing Frog-E! This is a tiny robot frog who will help us learn all about programming and coding this year.    

Congratulations to our first Star of the Week, Sean B, which will begin on Monday, October 19th! For the Mystery Reader day, a fellow CJF student (sibling or friend) can come in person to read a story to the class. If someone outside of CJF is going to be the Mystery Reader for your child, we ask them to record a video of them reading the story to share with the class! When it is your child’s week, please email me letting me know who the Mystery Reader will be and if they are a CJF student or an outside person.  As a reminder, please see the attached document Star of the Week for the schedule and what the week will look like when your child is picked! I will send home the poster the Thursday before your child’s week. As always, if you have any questions please feel free to email me!

Week of September 28th

We had a wonderful second week of PreK! Your children are adjusting so well to school and our daily routines, and I am so proud of them!

This week, our theme is “My Senses.” We will be learning about our five senses and exploring them through artwork, music, shaving cream, apples, and more! We will also begin our Letters of the Week: A, B, and C.

A Few Reminders

• Please send in a change of clothes in a labeled bag for your child’s cubby in case of an accident.

• Please make sure your child has all of their supplies, especially Play-Doh, since we do not have any extras yet!

• If your child attends CARES after school, please pack a snack labeled with your child’s name and “CARES.”

• It would also be helpful if everyone could label their child’s AM snack.

• During rest time, students may bring a small stuffed animal. Please do not send blankets or other toys.

• Please make sure your child has a fork or spoon for lunch, if necessary.

• Please make sure your child brings their folder every day.

A Note from Our Specials Teacher, Mrs. Bedrin

This week in specials, we read Parts by Tedd Arnold and learned about our bodies and their different parts. We used lines and curves to build a person named Mat Man and even sang a song about him as we painted him with watercolors! We danced the Tooty Ta by Jack Hartmann and giggled until we fell over! You should look this one up and try it with your children at home! We also introduced scarves and played a freeze-dance game with them. We exercised our bodies outside in the pit, took a walk to the chapel, and played body-part freeze tag to keep our muscles and minds working. It has been so much fun getting to know your children! We’re looking forward to another wonderful week together!

Week of September 21st

Thank you for a wonderful first week of school! It was such a pleasure beginning to build a bond with each of your children, and I am so excited for the school year ahead!

This week, we will continue getting comfortable with one another, learning our classroom routines, and making our classroom feel like a safe, happy, and fun place to be. We will spend lots of time exploring, playing, singing, reading, creating, and becoming familiar with our new routines.

Our theme for this week is “My Body”! We will learn about and explore our five senses, name different parts of our bodies, and discuss ways we can care for and keep our bodies healthy.

A Few Reminders:

• Please send in a change of clothes in a labeled bag for your child’s cubby in case of an accident.

• Please refer to the supply list on my website for the supplies and materials that should be sent in with each child.

• If your child is attending CARES after school, please pack a snack and label it with your child’s name and “CARES.”

• It would also be helpful if everyone could label their child’s AM snack.

• During rest time, students may have a small stuffed animal. Please do not send blankets or other toys.

A Note from Our Specials Teacher, Mrs. Bedrin:

What an awesome first week in Specials! Students read Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes by Eric Litwin in Library. We sang and danced our way into Music Class while exploring all the many things we can do in our school shoes—read, eat, jump, pray, color, and sing! We made music with our bodies and voices and learned how to “feel the beat.” In Art, students designed their own school shoes and dictated what they liked to do best in them. We then put those school shoes to the test in the Pit during P.E., playing games and learning how to be safe in our outdoor space.

I can’t wait to see what our second week holds!