WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Ms. Dana and Ms. Nicole’s 4s and 5s T/W/TH

Reminders We as a team decided we are not partaking in the elementary dress up days!
Wear Orange on Wednesday for Unity day!
Send picture with pet - include names please
- don’t have a pet? Do you have a picture of them with an animal?
- Does your family member, family friend have a pet?
- Farm animals count!
Classroom Donations
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Winter Conference Dates - Tues. Feb 20, Thur. Feb 22, and Thur. Feb. 29.
- No PM Pre K on Thursday Feb. 29 due to Winter Conferences

Dates 2/27, 2/28, 2/29

Theme Zoo Animals and little about Pets

Letter of the Week Y

Nursery Rhyme / Circle Time Alphabreath letter of the week - V

Songs Knock, Knock, Who’s There? Last name practice
Hello, How are you?
Community Chant
Calendar -
Where is Thumbkin?
Spell out the zoo animals on the white board - ask students, what kind of animals do we
see at the zoo? Kindergarten practice - have to raise your hand. Won’t take answers
until I can on them

Arrival Time - Day 1: Work on “I see Animals at the Zoo books” Letter Zoo Animal coloring page
Day 2: Trace and write the letter X. Goes into student’s mailboxes. Manipulatives at the
table once finished.
Day 3: Find the letter Xx. Goes into the student’s mailboxes. Letter X coloring sheet once
finished.

Story Day 1: Zoo by Farzana Sarup

Day 2: Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
L8.14 Retells the story using a Day 3: The Perfect Pet by Margie Palatini
variety of media, materials,
and props.

Table Time Activity Day 1: No table activity

Day 2: Write name on cover of your Count the Zoo Animals book. Color and count.
L1.13 Follows directions that Care more about the counting than the coloring. Simple coloring. Show a teacher
involve two or more steps when done. Ask what number of the zoo animal is on the page? Students will turn these
into the basket. Small Group - Zoo Following directions - students will listen and glue
each animal in the correct location. Done in smaller groups during centers. No whole
group table activity. Students will put the, into the basket. Make sure their name is on
the back.
Day 3: Small Group - Zoo Following directions - students will listen and glue each animal
in the correct location. Done in smaller groups during centers. No whole group table
activity. Students will put the, into the basket. Make sure their name is on the back.

Centers - Book Area - look at a book

Sensory Table - upper and lowercase, color and zoo animal sorting
Easel - watercolor paint a zoo animal mask - Students can pick, lion, tiger, monkey,
bear, giraffe (make sure names are on the back). Check the student off the check list if
they have finished. Mask goes onto the drying rack once they are done. Will laminate
and add string at the end of the week.
Writing Center - Color, sticker, or dauber a photo.
Blue Table - Day1 - Finish Goodnight Gorilla Small group table activity - students need to
grab their school boxes - can pick 2 or 3 of the 6 animals from the story. Glue them onto
their blank page. Then color their animals. Create bars for the zoo animals in their cage.
Draw a picture of yourself as the zookeeper. Trace or write the word zoo. Name on
back. Leave in the basket Get a zoo animal sticker once done.
It’s a Zoo Game - independent. Student grabs a tray and a cup with dice, graphing
pieces and a game piece. Students will roll the dice, move as many spaces they have
rolled and add a chip on the graph for each animal that they land on. Whichever
animal has the most when the game is done, wins. Or if that animal reaches 10 before
the end of the game, that animal wins.
Red Table - zoo coloring pages with colored pencils and animal stencils
Green Table - puzzles and manipulatives
Block Area - blocks; magnatiles, zoo animals; doll house
Felt Board - N/A
Dramatic play - Day 1 - number bean bag toss
Day 2 - Introduce Vet Clinic
Purple Table - Letter tracing and number tracing with dry erase markers.
At the Rug/Large Motor - Large Puzzles at the rug - partner / group cooperation

Small Group/Large Motor Movement(s) - Dance like animals -

"The Animal Dance!" 🦁/// Danny Go! Kid's Songs About Animals
Guess the Zoo Animal sound video -
Guess the Zoo Animal Sound Game | Test Your Knowledge
Animal Alphabet Move and Groove | A-Z | Jack Hartmann
Day 1 - Whole Group - Virtual tour of a zoo.
Day 2 - Small Group - Letter Y. Introducing the letter Y.
Day 3 - Whole Group - Letter review of the letters learnt