Last of the ABC Countdown

June

3- V is Very Special Awards day!  Pre-K awards ceremony in the cafeteria from 8:30-9:00.  Bring your cameras!

4- W is Watercolors day!  We will paint pictures with watercolors!

5- X is Exchange day! We will exchange autographs to make a Pre-K memories book.

6- Y is Year End Clearance day!  We will clean out our classroom today and take our supplies home.  Make sure you bring your backpack!

7- Z is Zip up and Zoom day!  We will have field day in the morning (9 to 11:30) to celebrate the last day of school! Report cards will come home!

Updates for the last week of school

LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES June 3 – 7, 2013Garner Fine Arts Academy

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        FIELD DAY

June 6    3^rd  4^th -5^th              9:00 – 11:30 AM
June 7    Pre-K, K, 1^st , 2^nd   9:00 – 11:30 AM

         ALL GRADES Tug-O-War
       Thursday, June 6 at 2:00 PM

END OF YEAR AWARDS – Café

Mon., June 3     Pre-K      8:30 am
                           Kinder    9:00 am

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Tues, June 4     1^st           8:30 am
                           2^nd          9:45 am

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Wed., June 5     3^rd          8:30 am                  
                           4^th          9:30 am

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Thur., June 6     K/1^st       8:30 am

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Fri., June 7        5^th          9:00 am
        5^th Grade Walk        3:00 pm                           

PRE-K Registration (1/2 day)

July 29 - 30, 2013

Location:  ArnoldYoung Women’s Leadership Academy
1204 E Marshall St.
Grand Prairie TX  75051

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Last day of school
June 7, 2013

NO EARLY RELEASE

First day of school
August 26, 2013

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!

Week 36

This week in Pre-K, we continued studying about word families.  We worked on the -og word family.  We know how to spell lots of words now.

We are also learning about addition in Math. In Science, we are studying about the ocean.  We read lots of books about whales, sharks, sea horses, starfish, and rainbow fish. On Outdoor day, we went outside to the garden and watercolor painted at the picnic tables.  It was fun to have class outdoors. Below are a few pictures of us painting sea horses. For Picnic snack day, we ate our snack outside in the garden too. Quiet day is tomorrow. Make sure your child has his/her favorite book to read and a small pillow to cuddle on.

I have finished testing all students for the Spring Pre-K CPAA test and I have great news.  Every Pre-K student's Literacy & Math averages were At Expectaion or Above Expectation for the year!  I will send your child's individual scores home in the Report Card on the last day of school.

Reminder:  Keep studying those Pre-K sight words!  I will be testing them soon.

Here are next week's activities for the ABC countdown:

27-Memorial day holiday! No school!

28- R is Relay Race day!  Get ready for some fun races.

29- S is Sunglasses day!  Pre-K is so bright!  We have to wear shades.

30- T is Thank you day!  Make thank you cards for teachers, and helpers in the building.

31- U is USA day!  Wear red, white, and blue to show your spirit!

Pre-K picnic fun!

Here are a few pictures from the Pre-K picnic today. We had a great time and the weather was super for it!

 Bubble blowing was a popular activity.

Many sand castles were built today.

 Wow!  What a big swing!

 Jumping fun!

 More bubbles and sandbox.  A big thanks to all who donated all the bubbles and sand toys.

 The playground equipment was cool! 

 The rock wall was really neat!

 Lots of pics from the tennis court where we had Splash ball fun!  It was a hot day and we cooled off with a little water fun.

 Time for a treat!   Thank you to Mrs. Mahone for the delicious popsicles.

We had a super fun day!  A big thank you to all the parents who came and helped or donated items for our activities. We really appreciate it!

Week 35

Wow!  The school year has kicked into high gear and so much is going  on this time of year. I have just finished the Spring CPAA test on all students. They have made so much progress since the Fall.  It is amazing to see. I'm so proud of them.  

Here are some things that we have been studying about these past couple of weeks: word families, rhyming, plants, butterflies, mother's day, reviewing numbers, starting addition/subtraction, water conservation, and the water cycle. 

Our Sight word test will be coming up soon.  Please make sure your child knows all of the sight words on our Pre-K ring. Also continue to review these during the summer so they will be ready for Kindergarten. 

Don't forget to bring a sack lunch and drinks for the picnic on Friday! 

The ABC Countdown continues next week-

May: 

20- M is Mismatch day!  Wear clothes that don’t match. Also its College shirt day again.

21- N is New Name day!  Make a nametag and be called a new name all day.

22- O is Outdoors day!  We will do some of our school activities outside today.  Weather permitting.

23- P is Picnic snack day!  We will eat our snack outside today.

24- Q is Quiet day! Bring a small pillow and your favorite book to read to a partner.

Cont... ABC countdown next week

May

13- H is Hat day!  Wear your favorite hat.

14- I is Ink pen day!  Bring an ink pen to do your work.

15- J is Joke day!  Bring an appropriate joke to share.

16- K is Kindness day!  Do a kind deed at school today.

17- L is Lunch outside day!  Bring a sack lunch/drink for the picnic.

Pre-K Picnic News May 17th, Friday

Prekindergarten Class Picnic

Date: May 17^rd, Friday

Time:  9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Where:  Friendship Park

Dress: Students should wear play clothes and tennis shoes.

Bring:  A towel to sit on and dry off with, wear sunscreen, and a hat if needed.

Need Lunch/Drinks:  Sack Lunch and two disposable

drinks. (One for lunch/one water bottle)

Please label all with your child’s name.

Activities:

1.    Playground fun

2.  Chalk to draw on the sidewalk

3.   Jump ropes, hula hoops, etc…

4.   Bubbles and wands- need 22

5.   Sand toys- pails, shovels, etc…

6.   Splash Water balls/ small buckets for water play

7.   Soccer balls, and T-ball stuff- a tee/wiffle balls.

Donations:  If you can donate any of the above items for our activities, we would really appreciate it. Send them to school ASAP.

Help:  We will need some parents to help set up and walk with our class to and from the park.  Parents and visitors must have a criminal background check on file in the office.

Rain:  In the event of rain before or during the picnic, we will remain or return to our classroom until regular dismissal time.

If you have questions, please call us at #972-262-5000.

                        Thanks! GFAA Prekindergarten

Week 34


College/Career Awareness Week          May 6th-10th
Sorry for the turned photos.  I forgot to turn them before I loaded them to the blog.  Career Day Parade pictures below. We paraded through the halls dressed in the career of our choice.  Thanks for participating! 

Jaibryan wants to be a basketball player.

 

Milan wants to be a vet.



                                         Roman wants to be a doctor.

 Hunter wants to be a baseball player and Kaden a football player.

 Micah wants to be a chef and Trey a firefighter.

 Morgan wants to be a nurse and Noah a business man.

 Ethan A. wants to be a soccer player.

 Kolten wants to be a soccer player too and Jadyn a ballerina.

                                        Don't we look cute! 

 Brenden wants to be a police man.

 Callie wants to be a baker.

 Mrs. Hargrove thought she would be a vet and changed her mind to become a teacher.  Micah is a chef.

 Roman and Brooke are doctors.  Aren't they adorable!

 Wednesday was Career day at GFAA and we got to see a real musician.  He talked to us about making music a career as he had done. He writes songs and sells them.  We made up a song and sang it with him.  It was fun!

 Next, we got to hear what a police officer does.  Officer Brandi showed us all the tools she has to wear to do her job.  We talked about when to use 911.  We even got to see inside her police car. They have computers in their cars. The kids thought this was cool.

 The firemen came for a brief visit.  We got to look at the firetruck and hear just a few details before they got called to a 911 emergency.  Duty called and they had to leave us.

 Last, we went to the media room to listen to an underwater film maker.  She even showed us a video of some of the animals that she has filmed. 
The picture below shows what she has to wear while filming underwater.

 Parents thank you so much for all the wonderful showering of gifts for Teacher Appreciation.  Mrs.  Stubblefield (Ms. Carroll's new name- she got married last weekend) and I really appreciate your thoughtfullness.  It was so sweet of you to think of us.  What cute and creative gifts! Also a big thanks for all the breakfast, lunch, and snacks provided by our GFAA PTA.  It was all yummy! 

                                Today was F is for fingerpainting day!

 It was a good day to fingerpaint since we couldn't go out to recess on this rainy day.