Welcome to Miss Valerie D'Isernia's Class

 

Unit 10 is all about change.  Seasons change, people change, everything around us changes.  We will be exploring changes in the seasons, items to recycle, butterflies, and transition to kindergarten. Also, we will be focusing on counting and simple adding and subtracting.  The letters of the month include the letters B,R, and K.  

Also, graduation will be virtual this year as it was last year, following safety guidelines in an abundance of caution.  

Details will follow.  However, we are planning to have graduation on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 at 10:00 am for the morning students, and 1:30pm for the afternoon students.  We look forward to seeing you on zoom!  

Welcome to unit 9 which is all about babies.  This unit explores all kinds of babies, both human and animal.  Children will learn what human babies need.  In addition, the children will be able to make observations about animal babies through our incubator located in one of our classrooms. The children view eggs from an incubator as they get ready to hatch through a window from outside the classroom.  When the chicks hatch, they will be able to hold the baby chicks if given permission to do so by the parent permission slip sent home.  The children are very excited about this!!

We continue to focus upon prewriting skills as we work with hand strengthening materials such as playdough and lines and curves wooden pieces.   

Math skills are addressed as we continue to work with shapes and addition and subtraction concepts. 

Social skills focus upon sharing and taking turns.

Welcome to Unit 8.  Children are learning all about plants by exploring the properties and uses of water, and observing and learning about different kinds of plants.  In the first week, children will learn and identify parts of plants.  In the second week the children will learn about many types of plants.  During these weeks we encourage families to explore their own environments at home. In the final week, we encourage children to learn why plants are important.  

 

Social Skills will reinforce our school expectations to be kind, safe ,and responsible when dealing with the outdoors.

 

Some key vocabulary words are: bud, bulb, field, dirt, farm, flower, food, fruit, grass, rain, roots, seed, soil, stem, tree, water, wood, and yard.  

 

March begins our new unit 7.  This unit is all about water. The children discover where we find water for the first week.  The second week discusses changes in the temperature of the water.  The third week explores sinking and floating of objects in the water. Lastly, the fourth week helps the children understand how water helps us as living things.  

The math curriculum (BB) continues to develop counting skills as well as measuring skills (big, little, tall, short). 

We continue with our "GSFS" writing curriculum and learn to construct the letters T and C.

Socially, children are encouraged to share, take turns and problem solve. 

Unit 6 is about Light.  Families will receive a packet home about the contents of the unit.  Basically, it is about explaining to children the sources of light that surround them.  Some light is natural while some light is artificial.  This unit will explain where light comes from and why we need to have light.  This gives children a sense of the world that surrounds them.  They will also learn about the lack of light and how we can bring light to dark places.

The math curriculum (Building Blocks) will focus on teaching patterns to children and how to recognize patterns in their environment.

The writing curriculum (Get Set for School) focuses upon continuing to learn how letters and numbers are formed so that when a child is ready to write, he/she will have the foundation necessary to do so.  

Transportation is our focus for the month of January.  All means of transportation will be explored.  This helps the children to relate to their communities. Some children ride in cars, some in buses to go to school,  In the community, they notice firetrucks, police cars, ambulances, etc ., as well as traffic signs.  We will be playing a traffic sign bingo game.  In addition we will be preparing for annual assessments for our IEP students, and winter assessments for our Head Start children.  IEP students will be notified by their school districts as to when their annual meetings will take place.  

In the meantime, for our Get Set for School activities, we will be practicing the number 9 using lines and curves.  We will also be practicing writing grasp and our cutting skills.  Math skills will focus upon counting, numbers, and as always we will continue to review shapes.

A packet was sent home to detail al the specifics of our unit this month regarding  transportation. 

It is great to see the children back full time!  Looking forward to a wonderful 2021. Happy New Year!