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Hello cold weather! We hope you are all staying warm & healthy. We are already looking forward to spring! Thank you in advance to my room moms who are starting to plan our Valentine’s Party.
Conferences are right around the corner. They will be held in March so I will continue to assess your child this month.

Our February Focus will include:
Letters: D,E & F
Numbers: 0 & 10
Color: Pink
Shape: Heart
Moral Focus: Love – As I have loved you, so you must love one another. John 13:34

We will be discussing Leap year, Groundhog Day, Presidents’ Day and Valentines’ Day. Our Valentine party will be on Monday, February 13th. The children will also have a fun and educational experience in our preschool “post office.” The children will learn what a mail carrier does! Each child will get a turn putting on our mail carrier costume and will pretend they are delivering mail. They will also get to sort the mail in our “post office.”

This month, we will also talk about having a healthy heart, the importance of exercising, healthy & unhealthy food and dental health. To teach the children about how important it is to have healthy teeth, we will have a visit from Small Smiles Dental on Friday, February 10th. They will be talking with the children about good oral hygiene. We will also have a food experience making potato chips this month. YUM!

We will continue to introduce money. We will be talking about nickels. A guessing jar of candy will be in our room starting Monday, February 6th thru Friday, February 10th. Each child will get 1 guess each day. The closest guess will win & take home the jar of candy. Happy Guessing!

Important Reminders:
Wednesday, February 8th: Pink Day, Please wear Pink & bring a pink show n tell item
Friday, February 10th: Dental Visit 10 am for morning class & 1 pm for the afternoon
Monday, February 13th: Valentine Party 11 am & 2 pm. ** A separate letter will come home about the party.
Monday, February 20th: NO SCHOOL on Presidents’ Day

As always if you have any questions or concerns please call 233-4771 or email me nwynkoop4@gmail.com .

God Bless,
Mrs. Wynkoop & Mrs. Diehl




Date: Wednesday, February 1
Circle Time: Intro to the heart shape/staying healthy/Letter E and Exercising as a class/Computer Time
Book: Get Up and Go! By Nancy Carlson
Activity: Cutting hearts out to make a Heart Fish craft/Letter E worksheet
Learning Outcome: Children will learn how to eat healthy and exercise to keep their hearts healthy
Content Standard: Math
Organizer: Characteristics and Properties
Indicator: Identify, name, create and describe common two dimensional shapes in the environment and play situations

Date: Friday, February 3
Circle Time: Discuss Groundhog Day/learning about shadows/Assessments
Book: Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts The Weather by Bruce Koscielniak
Activity: Groundhog Plate craft
Learning Outcome: Children will learn what a Groundhogs shadow means?
Content Standard: Science
Organizer: Nature of Energy
Indicator: Explore familiar sources of the range of colors and the quality of light in the environment

Date: Monday, February 6
Circle Time: Intro into the Christian Value Love/Guessing jar/Star of the Week/Assessments
Book: I Love You So Much by Carl Norac
Activity: Making Valentine cards for the Church
Learning Outcome: Children will learn the meaning of Love
Content Standard: English Language Arts
Organizer: Reading Applications
Indicator: Use pictures and illustrations to aid comprehension

Date: Wednesday, February 8
Circle Time: Intro to color the Pink/Pink show n tell/Computer Time/Assessments
Book: Pink by Michael Dahl
Activity: Cutting out hearts and making a unique design/Pink worksheet
Learning Outcome: Children will learn to identify the color Pink
Content Standard: Social Studies
Organizer: Participation
Indicator: Demonstrate cooperative behaviors, such as helping, turn taking, sharing, comforting and compromising

Date: Friday, February 10
Circle Time: Dental Visit at 10am & 1pm to talk about Dental Health
Book: Does A Lion Brush? By Fred Ehrlich
Activity: Toothbrush Painting craft/Letter D worksheet
Learning Outcome: Children will learn the importance of taking care of their teeth
Content Standard: English language Arts
Organizer: Listening and Viewing
Indicator: Connect Information and events to personal experiences by sharing or commenting

Date: Monday, February 13
Circle Time: Talking about Valentine’s Day/ “I Love You” song/Star of the Week
Book: Today Is Valentine’s Day! By P.K. Hallinan
Activity: Valentine Parties 11am & 2pm
Learning Outcome: Children will learn how to show someone Love
Content Standard: English Language Arts
Organizer: Reading applications
Indicator: Follow simple directions

Date: Wednesday, February 15
Circle Time: Discuss Postal Carriers/ What is the process in which we receive mail?/Assessments
Book: Clifford’s First Valentine’s Day by Norman Bridwell
Activity: Post Office Play
Learning Outcome: Children will learn the importance of Post Offices
Content Standard: Social Studies
Organizer: Obtaining Information
Indicator: Gain information through participation in experiences with objects, media, books and engaging in conversations with peers

Date: Friday, February 17
Circle Time: Discuss Presidents Day/ Intro into Nickels/ Penny & Nickel Hunt
Book: Presidents’ Day by Helen Frost
Activity: President Hand Print craft/Money worksheet
Learning Outcome: Children will learn why we have Presidents’ Day & the value of money
Content Standard: Math
Organizer: Number and Number Sense
Indicator: Identify penny, nickel, dime and quarter and recognize that coins have different values.

Date: Monday, February 20
NO SCHOOL

Date: Wednesday, February 22
Circle Time: Intro to the letter Z/ Number 0/Find items that start with the letter Z game/Computer Time/Assessments
Book: My “x, y, z” Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure
Activity: Painting the Letter Z/ Letter Z worksheet
Learning Outcome: Children will learn to identify the letter Z and will trace or write the letter Z.
Content Standard: English Language Arts
Organizer: Handwriting
Indicator: Begin to demonstrate letter formation in “writing”

Date: Friday, February 24
Circle Time: Intro into Junk Food/ charting healthy& unhealthy food/Assessments
Book: Healthy Food by A.R. Schaefer
Activity: Potato Chip Experiment
Learning Outcome: Children will learn what foods are healthy & unhealthy
Content Standard: Math
Organizer: Data Collections
Indicator: Place information or objects in a floor or table graph according to one attribute

Date: Monday, February 27
Circle Time: Intro to the number 10/ Children will name 10 body parts/participate in rhyming song; “1, 2 Buckle my shoe”…./Star of the Week
Book: My 10 Book by Jane Belk Moncure
Activity: Coloring a rainbow of 10 colors
Learning Outcome: Children will review counting to number 10 and identify the number.
Content Standard: Math
Organizer: Number and Number Sense
Indicator: Count to 10 in the context of daily activities and play

Date: Wednesday, February 29
Circle Time: Discussing Leap Year/ learning about frogs/Computer Time
Book: Froggy Goes to School
Activity: Frog puppet craft
Learning Outcome: Children will learn about Leap Year & Frogs
Content Standard: Science
Organizer: Characteristics and Structure of Life
Indicator: Identify common needs (food, air, water) of familiar living things

Throughout the year, teachers will post monthly newsletters and lesson plans in this section of the website so parents may know what stories and activities are taking place in their child’s classroom. This information will also be posted on the bulletin board inside the school.   Newsletters are written and sent home with students at the beginning of each month.  Snack lists are also posted. Please read newsletter and check our calendar for important dates.

February 2012 Newsletter & Lesson Plans (PDF)
January 2012 Newsletter & Lesson Plans (PDF)
December 2011 Newsletter & Lesson Plans (PDF)
October 2011 Newsletter & Lesson Plans (PDF)
September 2011 Newsletter & Lesson Plans (PDF)