Ms. J's Jingle Jingle Jacket

The children met Ms. J the week of December 10th.
She wears jingle bells on her jacket and her shoes.  During
Ms. J's song, we used jingle bells to jingle to the melody and practiced our listening skills when we heard "NOT A SOUND"
Plus, we enjoyed her big book called, "Just Listen".  Ask your child to name the sounds we heard.  They may recall the following:
jet, jelly beans, jeep, and jingle bells.

Our 4K students have been practicing their finger-plays and songs for our 4K Holiday Celebration together.  Please join us in the Jefferson Multi-Purpose Room for our morning celebration at 9:30 am or our afternoon celebration at 2 pm.  If you would like to help set up, please arrive 30 min. early.

Everyone's help to quickly clear and clean the tables after our crafts would be greatly appreciated as well.

Ms. K is Kind!

This week, your child learned all about the letter “Kk.” He/she learned that Ms. K is kind and proud of being kind! Ms. K enjoys kicking soccer balls and has a Kaboom kick! Ms. K is a consonant and has one sound like we hear in kangaroo and kite.

This week we also worked on cutting skills. We cut out mini kites and glued them to the letter K writing activity. We also cut out a kite and decorated it. The students noticed that a kite is shaped like a diamond.

     Ms. O teaches us about OPPOSITES

During the week of November 26th, your child learned about opposites.  This concept was taught using pictures, books, and actions.  

Encourage your child to tell you the opposite of words like:  hot/cold, top/bottom, up/down, stop/go, in/out, big/little, boy/girl, over/under, heavy/light, thick/thin, narrow/wide, long/short, full/empty, front/back, open/closed,
left/right, old/young, good/bad, in front/behind, etc.

Ask your child to name some things that are opposite on Ms. O.  "Tell me about Ms. O's eyes. How are they opposite?

open eye/shut eye
arm up/arm down
shoe on/shoe off
button fastened/ button unfastened
shirt tucked/ shirt untucked

                       Happy Thanksgiving from the 4K students and teachers at Jefferson

We celebrated thanksgiving with painting a large turkey with watercolor paints and having both classroom join together in Mrs. Palesse's classroom library to watch "A Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving"

We welcome back Mrs. Ehlert and wish Miss Jasinski well in her new classroom.  She will be substitute teaching for our 2nd Grade teacher, Mrs. Ball.

Please join us at Central High School gymnasium on Saturday, December 1st from 10:30 am -3:30 pm for our Jefferson PTA Vendor Fair.  Adults can shop and visit while the children can play on large blow up inflatables in the gym.  There will also be refreshments for sale.
The vendor fair will have a raffle that includes items from all the vendors.   There is no admission fee!

Pictures from Mrs. Palesse's Classroom

These pictures were taken during Mr. B's week and Ms. F's Week

in the middle of November, 2012

 

 

                                                 Afternoon class painting with watercolors

                                                    Danica, Calvin, Maddie, and Quiyius

Abby, Kyle, Ethan, Kimaya, and Carmello

                                                       Aidyn, Bella, Aliana, and Aaden                                                 

                                        Brody, Ethan, Carmello, and Kyle in the block area

 

                                       Abby, Aaden, Kimaya, and Danica in little people area

                                              Quiyius, Aidyn, and Calvin playing with cars

                                        Tina, Bella, Naomi, and Nicholas at the writing center

 
                                                             Aliana cleaning her table.

                                                               Caylie lined up her animals

                                       
                                                                Laith painting his frog

                                                        Amani, Jacob, Adam, and Craig

                                          Miya, James, Maggie, and Levi in housekeeping center
                                                  

                                                               Khalil in little people center                                                      

                                                Hannah and Madilynn at dollhouse center

                                                                Frog artwork in the hallway

                                 Craig, Hannah, DaZerius, and Jacob reading in our classroom library

                                       
                                             Miya, Brooklyn, Amani, Maggie, & Hannah

                                                           Joseph, Khalil and Madilynn

                                               Jacob, Laith, Adam, Craig, and DaZerius

                                                       Caylie, Laith, James, and Kenadie

                                                        Caleb, Naomi, Tina, and Brody
                                               

                                                           Laith displays his painted bear

The Letter "B"!

This week, your child learned all about the letter "B." They met Mr. B and learned that he has beautiful buttons and they learned about some of the shapes and colors of his buttons. They learned that he is learning how to share his buttons with his letter people friends. During the Mr. B song, they were able to hold buttons while singing about Mr. B's beautiful buttons.

The "B" theme for this week was bears. They listened to stories such as "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?" and "Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?" Your children learned about how bears go to sleep for a very long time during the winter in a cave and how they wake up when it's springtime. Also, they learned how to sing different "B" songs, such as "The Boogie Walk" and "I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee."

Next week, your child is going to learn about Thanksgiving and do some Thanksgiving activities. Thanksgiving break starts on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 and ends on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25.

Note for Ms. Jasinski/Mrs. Ehret's classes:
On Monday, November 26, is Ms. Jasinski's last day of teaching the 4K classes, and on that day, Mrs. Ehret will be in the classroom as well so that it will be a smoother transition for everyone.

A note from Ms. Jasinski: I have truly enjoyed teaching your children and getting to know each one of them as well as you (their families)! I will miss teaching them, but I am thankful for the time I was able to teach your children. I will be at Jefferson until right around Winter Break, as I will be subbing for a 2nd/3rd grade classroom, so hopefully I will still see you and your children around Jefferson!

Have a fantastic weekend,
Ms. Jasinski and Mrs. Palesse

Five Little Monkeys and Five Frogs on a Log Activities