Last Show and Tell

Our Last Show and Tell Rotation

May 6th-24th

For this last rotation of show and tell, I am asking children

to bring in something that they have created/made themselves 

and /or a talent to show the class.

It is ok for them to do one or the other or both.

Examples of something they have made: art project, craft, photo, drawing, or lego construction, etc

Examples of a talent would be: a dance, a magic trick,

a karate move, bouncing/dribbling a ball, singing a song,

counting in another language or even a video of them

doing something like skateboarding, skiing or biking.  

This is a chance to be creative and have fun,

The notebook will be in the backpack if there is something

to explain.  If your child has a summer birthday this

is also the chance for them to send in a summer

birthday treat.

Any questions - Contact me aconfer@sjschools.org

Or text 773-968-9657

May Calendar

Week 33 - April 29- May3

Last week and this week, we are learning nursery rhymes through our center, poems, stories and art.

We are playing Race up the Waterspout using plus 1 and minus 1.

We are making rhyming pairs bucket shapes for Jack and Jill.  Measuring small to large using Spoons from Hey Diddle Diddle.  Learning about telling time to the hour with Hickory Dickery Dock.  Using a ruler to draw a straight line for our Itsy Bitsy Spider webs and much more

Next week we will begin our fairy tale study with Goldilocks and the 3 bears,

Last week we began our Alphabet countdown with A is for Animals by bringing in a stuffed animal.

Here are some pictures from our B is for Bubbles.  Children experimented with blowing bubbles in water using a straw and then what happens when we add dish soap.

Top Secret ABC days this week

Monday - C is for Cookie

Tuesday - D is for Disney - Favorite Disney outfit/costume (no accessories)

Wednesday - E is for Experiment - vinegar/baking soda - volcanos

Thursday - F is for Frog - Field trip to Sarett

Friday - G is for Games - We will be playing board games and outdoor games

Volunteer and Donation Sign up 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZeTM8hK6CXsvJ7pgMSBLegjyY8yxnyLo7qZcTl8tYb8/edit?usp=sharing

We are continuing with our book show and tell this week.  

Next week will be to bring in something the child has made or demonstrate a talent - gymnastics, karate. Bouncing a basketball etc.

Sarett Nature Center Info

   

Sign up to volunteer here - Sarett Volunteer link

Sarett Nature Center
2300 Benton Center Rd.
Benton Harbor, MI 49022

https://sarett.org/visit/general-information/

Our field trip is on Thursday, May 2nd.   

We will be at the nature center from 1:30-2:30. 

We are able to have as many parents as we would like on this trip.

Chaperones will drive themselves and need to meet us at Sarett.

No Siblings please.

All volunteers must have a background check on file with the office.  

It is a $3 admission for volunteers.  

In the past,  the naturalists had a presentation inside the nature center.
 

Afterwards, we will  split up into groups and go on a quick nature walk! 

Please do not purchase items from the gift shop or bring any snacks for your child as it is not fair for other children.  
We will have snacks when we return to the school.

Dress yourself and your Young Five child in weather appropriate clothing and shoes/boots. 

It can be muddy in places so do not send in nice new shoes.

Thank you for volunteering
Mrs Confer 
Text with questions 773-968-9657 or

email aconfer@sjschools.org

ABC Countdown with Volunteers sign up

Please click here to sign up to volunteer or Donate.

Date	A-Z Countdown to Summer.
Thursday 4/25	A - Animal Day. Bring a stuffed animal to school. ***
Friday 4/26	B - Bubbles Day. We will be making and playing with bubbles
Monday 4/29	C - Cookie Day. We will be tasting cookies and voting for our favorite
Tuesday 4/30	D - Disney Day. Wear your favorite Disney clothes or costume ***
Wednesday 5/1	E - Experiment Day We wil be doing some fun science experiments.
Thursday 5/2	F - Frog Day - Sarrrett Nature Center Trip.
	We will be learning about frogs and creating a frog craft
Friday 5/3	G - Game Day. We will be playing some of our favorite Games.
Monday 5/6	H - Hat Day Wear your favorite hat to school. ***
Tuesday 5/7	I - Inside out day. Wear your clothes inside out. ***
Wednesday 5/8	J - Joke Day Bring in a joke to share with the class. ***
Thursday 5/9	K - Kite Day We will be making and flying kites
Friday 5/10	L - Lemon Day. We will be making our own lemonade
Monday 5/13	M - Musical Instrument Day We will be playing instruments.
	Parents can come in to share a instrument -
Tuesday 5/14	N - Noodle Day. We will be making noodle necklaces.
Wednesday 5/15	O - Opposite Day We will be doing our schedule in the opposite order.
Thursday 5/16	P - Popsicle Picnic Day. We will have an outdoor popsicle picnic.
Friday 5/17	Q - Q-tip Art Day We will be using Q-tips in different ways to create art.
Monday 5/20	R - Rainbow Day How many different colors can you wear? ***
Tuesday 5/21	S - Super Hero Day Bring your favorite Superhero toys to school. ***
Wednesday 5/22	T - Treasure Day. We will create treasure maps and hunt for treasure.
Thursday 5/23	U - USA day. (School Field Day). Wear Red White and Blue.***
Friday 5/24	V - Video game day. We will be playing video games on our computer.
Tuesday 5/28	W - Water Fun Day. We will have fun with water balloons. weather pending
	Bring a towel and dry clothes***.
Wednesday 5/29	X - Xtra Choice time - 1/2 day - We will have extra playtime with all class choice time.
Thursday 5/30	Y - Yummy day - 1/2 day. We will be having a yummy year end snack. (cake)
Friday 5/31	Z - Zoom and Zip Day - 1/2 day. We will be zooming around cleaning our classroom
	We will be zooming around cleaning our classroom
	And zipping up our backpacks for the last time before summer.

Week 31 -April 15-19th

Blast off into Learning

Last week, we had so much fun learning about the eclipse that we decided to continue learning about space for the whole week.  We have been using space rocks to learn letters, writing our space words. creating counting rockets, measuring aliens and space shadow memory.

We will continue this week. 

Book Show and Tell  April 15-May 3rd

Please send a book with your child for their leader day to share with the class.

Nursery Rhymes

We will be beginning our study of Nursery Rhymes next week.

MiAEYC Conference

My fellow Young Fives Teachers and I are very pleased to be attending and presenting at the 

Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

We will be presenting on "Creating a Supportive Learning Environment for Inclusion."

It is very exciting to learn new things to bring back great ideas to help our students.

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Doughnuts with your VIP

Thursday and Friday - 4/18-19  7:45-8:25

We would like our students to select a very important person in their life to bring to school and share a donut with. The event will begin at 7:45 and continue until 8:25. Students with a last name beginning with the letters A-K can bring their VIP on the 18th and students with last names beginning with L - Z should bring their VIP on the 19th. Have a conflict? No problem! just switch days as we want everyone to be able to join us.

Thank you to our PTO for purchasing the donuts and organizing this event.