Welcome to Spoede Pre-K. The first 8 weeks of school we have focused on establishing a safe, trusting community, mastering routines and procedures, and developing social-emotional and foundational academic skills. The foundational academic skills included print and book awareness, name recognition, letter recognition, and pre-reading skills, such as listening comprehension and introduction to phonemic awareness through our Heggerty curriculum.
I use coloring pages for morning work because the students can work independently and it is a calming, engaging activity. When Coloring, we are working on fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and spatial awareness, concentration and focus, color and language recognition, and creactivity and self-expression. Using coloring pates for morning work on a proper grip, practice writing our names and help with classroom management by setting a positive tone for the day.
Circle time provide opportunity for oral language growth, where we take turns in conversation, verbally telling experiences, and gaining the confidence to speak in front of the group. We practice our Alphabet Chant "A, Apple, /a/; B, Bike, /b/;...to work on letter/sound connection and letter recognition.
In Math, we have been working on Counting and Cardinality, which include rote counting, practicing one-to-one correspondence, and knowing that the last object you count is how many object are there. Our calendar time helps with rote couting and numeral recognition, one-one-correspondence, sequencing and ordering, and patterning. The patterns come from the calendar cards that represent the days of the week. Playing role the dice and cover games helps students with subitizing, which is instantly knowing how many pips are showing on a dice without having to count them one by one. This skill is the foundation of number sense that connects early counting skills to advanced mental math strategies.
Enjoy the pictures starting from the first day of school. Next Blog will begin with the Dance-A-Thon Spirit Week through today. I will have it posted by Sunday evening. Next week we begin our Unit on Apples. Thank you for the apples we have received so far. From now on, expect a detailed Blog every week.
First Day of Spoede Pre-K
One of our first Morning Broadcasts.
Center Time
Recess on Pre-K Playground
P.E. in the gym
Center Time
Earthquake Drill
Pre-K gets used to the Spoede Cafeteria Experience
We love our Big Buddies!!!
We are great singers and dancers. We love to sing it and move it!
And check out our poses!
🎶 "Hickety, Pickety Bumble Bee, Can you say your name for me. What's your name? Lets Say their name! Lets whisper their name, Lets Sing their name! "🎶
Sticker Fun
4th Grade Big Buddies visiting our classroom to play games with their Pre-K Buddies. We love our big buddies, who visit us every Friday afternoon.
Our School Mascot is the Spoede Turtles and we chose to be called the Pre-K Turtle Room as well. Here we are making paper plate turtles, decorating with tissue paper, and adding a head, legs and a tail. Don't forget the googly eyes.
4th Grade Big Buddies joining Pre-K Buddies on our playground.
This is our first Chair Yoga and Our September Visit from Jag and Ms. Travers. Earlier we learned about all of the rules of how to approach and work with Jag in our school. This time we got to pet Jag when he came to our classroom.
4th Grade Buddies and Pre-K Buddies making Apple Tree Projects together, showing cooperation and teamwork on our Pre-K Pajama Day.
Afternoon Center Time
Outside recess is where we strengthen our gross motor muscles and use our imagination. Sometimes we just like to sit with our friends and and make plans what to do next.
My next blog with catch us up through what we completed this week. This will include our Dance-a-Thon Spirit Week, Music with Ms. Li, activities from our last week of our Pets Unit, our 4th Grade Big Buddy activity today, and a preview of our Apple Unit. My upcoming Blogs which will come out weekly, will contain more rationale and details about what we do throughout the week and why. Hope you enjoyed the pictures.