Teachers

Miss Dottie

4 Year Olds Monday thru Friday

May News!
Tentative Happenings in our Class

I don’t know about you, but has this year flown by?? It is already May and I still have so many things I want to do with your children! I have enjoyed this time with them more than you know! It has been a wonderful year!
Well, May is going to be very busy! (I say that at the start of every month!)
We will be in the process of watching caterpillars grow into butterflies! What a great science lesson!
We will be planting beans to observe root growth and to learn how things grow! We will be practicing for the annual Preschool Circus on May 24! We are making a special gift for Mother’s Day and learning special songs to honor her! Your children will draw a picture of mom to hang in “The Mother’s Hall of Fame”! We will honor our Mother Mary with flowers and song.
As always, our songs, literature and artwork reflect the time of season, special holidays etc. Everything we do and say is a lesson to be learned.
(There is no school on May 27 for Memorial Day. God bless all who protect our freedom)
Our May Song
It is the month of May
We celebrate Mother’s Day
The flowers bloom, the grass is green
It is the month of May! Yay!

We will have a beautiful May Pole in our room (crepe paper suspended from the ceiling!)
Every morning the children will hold on to a beautiful color, sing a song and walk around the circle.
SHOW AND TELL SCHEDULE
Thank for all the unique butterfly pictures! They were so proud to show them and even happier to say who made it with them!
Wednesday, May 8- Draw a picture or send in a picture of Mom!
Wednesday, May 15- Something that makes noise
Wednesday, May 22- Something that has seeds
Wednesday, May 29- A baby picture (under 2 years old if possible) that we can keep in the class for a couple of weeks.

LAST CALL FOR MYSTERY GUESTS!
Let me kindly thank all of you for making the time to come in and share yourselves with the class. I know that it is difficult to get away from work schedules. The children have been so good if their parent could not make it. They just enjoy the company that comes in! Thank you also for your generosity of bringing in a craft to do that goes along with the story!

That’s it for now!
Keep a song in your heart!
Miss Dottie and Sister Shiny

Class Time Schedules

4 Year Old 3, 4 or 5 **Tentative** Schedule
Day	Time	Activity
Mon.-Fri.	7:30	Playroom
	8:40	Classroom - Greeting, News to tell time
	8:45	Morning activity
	9:00	Free play
	9:15	Prayer, Pledge, Attendance, Calendar
Mon.	9:30	Unit lesson
	9:45	Unit paper or Readiness paper or Weekly Reader
	10:00	Bathroom/snack (music, fingerplays)
	10:15	Letter recognition
	10:30	Letter story
	10:45	Letter Paper
	11:00	Color recognition (color word)
	11:15	Color Paper
	11:30	Recess
Tue.	9:30	Readiness lesson
	9:45	Readiness paper (Scholastic Magazine)
	10:00	Bathroom/snack (music, fingerplays)
	10:15	Letter recognition
	10:30	Letter game (exercise)
	10:45	Letter Paper
	11:00	Unit lesson or Readiness lesson
	11:15	Readiness paper or Scholastic Magazine
	11:30	Recess
Wed.	9:30	Unit lesson
	9:45	Unit paper or Readiness paper
	10:00	Bathroom/snack (music, fingerplays)
	10:15	Letter sound recognition
	10:30	Letter game
	10:45	Letter Paper
	11:00	Number recognition (0-10) or shape recognition
	11:15	Number writing or shape paper
	11:30	Recess
Thurs.	9:30	Letter recognition ( letter in the bag activity)
	9:45	Readiness paper
	10:00	Bathroom/snack (music, fingerplays)
	10:15	Board words
	10:30	Game
	10:45	Word Paper
	11:00	Unit lesson or Readiness lesson or exercise
	11:15	Readiness paper
	11:30	Recess
Fri.	9:30	Unit lesson
	9:45	Unit paper or Readiness paper
	10:00	Bathroom/snack (music, fingerplays)
	10:15	Letter recognition
	10:30	Letter game
	10:45	Letter Printing
	11:00	Number recognition (0-10) or math concepts
	11:15	Number recognition paper or math concept paper
	11:30	Recess
Mon.-Fri.	11:45	Morning Dismissal
	12:00	Lunch
	12:30	Recess
	1:30	Rest Time
	2:30	Bathroom, Snack, Play
	3:30	Dismissal