* How many butterflies hatched? (ten)

* What is something you learned about butterflies?  What do butterflies taste with? (their feet) What do they drink nectar with? (proboscis) How many legs do they have? (six) How many wings? (four) What do they use antennas for? (smell)

* Retell the life cycle of a butterfly.

* Did you like the book, The Butterfly that Could?

Monday, 12th

* Review letters Aa-Ww.  Share you W tree page with me. What are some W words?

* What did you work on in Art? (flowers)

* Where are the chrysalises? ( in a chrysalis tent) Why are they in there? (So they will have more room when the butterflies come out of their chrysalis.)

* Tell me about the book, The Very Impatient Caterpillar. Was it silly and funny?

* Did you make a butterfly life cycle using pasta shapes? Tell me about it, if you did. 

Tuesday, 13th

* What special did you have? (Library)

* Did you make a butterfly life cycle using pasta shapes? Tell me about it, if you did. 

* Did you like listening to the book, From Head to Toe on the SMARTBoard? 

* In Reading we reviewed the color white and found items in each row. (vanilla ice cream, white milk, coconut cake and a kite) We also worked on  coloring in  backgrounds to leave the item white. (a moon, clouds, cat, and snowman)

* Review letter sounds. Can you try singing the alphabet sound  song  you sing in class? (a is for apple /a/, b is for boots /b/ etc. )

Wednesday, 14th

* Share your dot to dot work from this morning. Review numbers to 10.

* Did you like having extra time outside this morning? Why?

* Which center did you explore? 

* What was your favorite part of the day?

* Did you like the story, Papa, Please Bring Me the Moon?

Thursday, 15th

Lemonade Stand for $1 tomorrow.

* What special did we have with Ms. Mann? ( music)

* Are there any changes in our Chrysalis Tent?

* What is our May pattern? (Ladybug, ladybug, watermelon, watermelon)

* In Reading we reviewed triangles. Find some at home.We also reviewed beginning sounds. 

* Which Eric Carle book has been your favorite?

Friday, 16th

​* What is something new in the ​ chrysalis tent? 

Monday, 5th

* Thank you for the extra love and appreciation today. We loved the parade. Thank you to those of you who made awesome posters.

* Are there any changes in the caterpillar cups?

* Tell me about what you made in Art? (we finished the butterflies)

* Did you enjoy double centers because of the rain?

* Retell the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Tuesday, 6th
* What is new in the caterpillar cups?

* What  do  butterflies taste with? (their feet) What do they sip nectar with? (a proboscis, it's like a little drinking straw) What do they feel with? (antennas)

* What special did you have with Mrs. Jensen? (Library)

* Did you like listening to the Peter and the Wolf story on the Smartboard and seeing the instruments played? 

* In our Kelly story, Kelly was home sick. Tell me about the story. 

* Review and write letters Aa-Vv.

Wednesday, 7th
* What is something new in caterpillar cups? (Some of the caterpillars are hanging in a "J".) What will happen next? (the caterpillar will spin a chrysalis)

* Can you act out the stages of the butterfly?

* Did you like having double outside time?

* Which center did you explore?

* Can you sing The Watermelon song? (Watermelon, Red and Green, dripping down my elbows, spit out the seeds)

Thursday, 8th

* What did you color a picture of? (Mary our mother in heaven)

*Tell me about Music.

* What is new in the caterpillar house (We have chrysalises)

* Tell me what happened in the book of The Very Quiet Cricket.What was the surprise at the end? (the cricket chirped at the end)

Friday, 9th

Happy Mother's Day to all of our SPS Mom's! Enjoy your special day and your special gift in your child's folder.

Thank you for all the extra love, support and goodies this week. We appreciate all of YOU. :)

*Review Vv sound page.

* How many chrysalises do we have? (10)

* What did we do with our buddies? (bubbles)

* Which center did you enjoy? 

* Tell me about the book, Does a Kangaroo have a Mother, too? 

Monday, 28th

* What did you make in Art? (a butterfly) What did you use to decorate? (paint)

* Tell me what you ate for a special Earth Day snack (a week late.) (Dirt Cups) What was used for the mud? (pudding) What did you use for dirt and rocks? (crushed Oreos) What else was in the snack? (worms!)

* Review letter Uu. Share your Uu tree page. What sport is an umpire in? (baseball)

* Which center did you share?

* Thank you to Monroe for sharing a book with us.

Tuesday, 29th

* What special did you have with Mrs. Jensen? (Library) Tell me about it. 

* What did you color for the Uu page? Did you make a pattern on the Umbrella?

* Can you retell the story of the Tug of War?

* What was the best part of your day? 

Wednesday, 30th

* Did you like having double outside time?

* Share your big kid work from this morning. Tell me about it.

* In Reading we reviewed concepts: thin, wide, between, below, under.

* What are you going to observe and learn about over the next few weeks?  (Painted Lady Caterpillars) How many do you have? (10)  What did you learn about them so far? 

* Review letters Aa- Uu.

* Review numbers 1-10.

Thursday, May 1st

* Did you taste the ice cream that the middle school students created during the STEAM class? Which was your favorite?

* Tell me about the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. 

* Share your creation book with me. 

Friday, 2nd

* Review letters Aa-Uu.  Share your U sound page with me. 

* Did you notice any changes in the caterpillar cups? (the caterpillars are getting bigger)

* Can you retell the life cycle of the Painted Lady Butterfly? (egg, caterpillar/ larva, chrysalis/ pupa, butterfly over and over)

*Who lays the eggs? (female/girl butterfly) 

Happy Earth Day!

**Field Trip Tomorrow. Please check email from yesterday for more information. 

* Who celebrated a birthday yesterday? (Mrs. Oppel)

* What is something you can do to help the Earth?

* Tell me about the Earth Book.

* What special did you have? (Library)

* Share your work with me. 

Wednesday. 23rd
We had a wonderful field trip!

* What was your favorite part of the trip? Who did you sit with on the bus? Who were the characters in the play? (Pigeon, Bus Driver, Duckling, Old Lady, Hot Dog Man, Kid, Worker)   What parts made you laugh?

* Did you enjoy outside time?

Thursday, 24th
* In Reading we reviewed letter sounds and following arrows to make a picture. 

* Mrs Keating came to do a lesson on showing empathy. Share your work with me about "walking in someone's shoes."

* Do the Earth Day Scavenger Hunt sheet at home. We did it around the school as well.

* Tell about the book,  I Can Save the Earth. Tell me about what Little  Green Monster, Max before the black out.(waste water and paper, threw trash on the ground etc.) What did he did he discover after/during the blackout? ( Nature and taking care of the Earth etc.) What does it mean if you are "green?"

* What can you do to help our Earth?

Sneakers for Gym tomorrow!

Friday, 25th
Did you do a Happy Friday Dance? 

* ​Share your T sound page with me. 

* Tell me about gym class. What did you play?

* Did you like having double outside time? 

* Share the Kelly story about friendship. What did Kelly and her mother do to welcome the new neighbors? (made cookies and went for a visit) What did Kelly and Sara do together? (ate cookies and worked on a monkey puzzle) Why was Sara in a wheelchair? (she couldn't walk) 

*What do you like to do with your friends? Share ​the picture you ​drew.

Monday, 7th 

*What did you work on in Art? (a bunny)

* Review the letter S tree. (magic c, and then turn the other way)

*What did you do in the gym? (Miss Cecelia from Play House on Park came to do some activities with us as we prepare for our field trip.)

* In Reading we reviewed the story, The Tug of War. Can you tell me about it.  Who was clever? (Turtle, because he was able to trick hippo and elephant. 

* Which center did you explore?

Tuesday, 8th

* Review letters Aa-Ss.

* Which special did you have? ( Library) What were the books about (Easter)

* We started to tie dye our t-shirts today. If you had a turn, what colors did you use?

* In Reading we reviewed patterns and the concepts: above and below. Practice these skills at home.

* Tell me about the books: There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Chick and There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Rainbow. 

Wednesday, 9th

* Did you tie dye your shirt? What colors did you use? Your child's shirt will be ready to be washed, tomorrow, Thursday, 4/10.

* Practice writing as many letters as you can.

* We shared more about Easter and the Stations of the Cross. Here is a LEGO video we watched. https://youtu.be/Bs5Z8TAVoGg?si=ZqWCeco826549-FT
Share your Easter coloring page with me.
What happened on Easter Sunday? (Jesus' friends went to see him in the tomb and he was gone.) How do you think they felt? (happy, surprised,  confused) What does an Easter egg hunt remind of us? (when Jesus' friends looked for him in the tomb)

* Do you like the Pigeon books? We read, The Pigeon Rides the Roller Coaster.

Thursday, 10th

* What is the April pattern? (tulip, bee, bee, tulip...)

* What special did you have with Ms. Mann?  (Music)

* We started coloring a little book called, Jesus had a Holy Week. What did you color so far? (the cover, On Palm Sunday Jesus rode on a donkey, On Thursday he shared a meal with his friends.)

* Tell me about the books, Too Many Carrots and Too Many Bunnies.

*Did  you like walking through the Stations of the Cross on the Parish Green?

* Can you sing the Dainty Daffodil song?

Friday, 11th

Happy Friday!
Enjoy your break and Easter!

* Share your Jesus had a Holy Week book.

*  What game did you play in gym? (Turtle Tag and Dodge Ball)

* Review your S sound page from morning work.

* ​What did you ​play during Center time?

Monday, 31st

No School Tomorrow!

* What a wonderful grandparents day! What was the  favorite part of your visit? What did you do?

*Share your R tree page with me. (Big line down, frog jump up, little curve to the middle, little line slide down)  Review Aa-Rr. 

* What was the March pattern? (rainbow, rainbow, star, star, rainbow, rainbow...)

*  Did you enjoy playing outside?  

Wednesday, April 2nd
I trust everyone enjoyed their day yesterday. 

* What is our new month?

* What did you work on in your green  handwriting book? (R for rake)

* What did you make in Art? Tell me about it. (a chick inside of an egg)

* Tell me about the book, The Story of Easter. What happens in the Spring? (baby animals are born, flowers bloom) Jesus road on a donkey on Palm Sunday, some people did not like Jesus and they hurt him. His friends went to see him in the tomb but he was not there. There are crosses on churches to remember Jesus.
  
Thursday, 3rd

* Share your egg patterns with me. 

* What special did you have? (Music)

* Tell me about your new Reading story, The Tug of War. Was Turtle clever? (yes, because he tricked hippo and elephant) 

* Share your Kelly coloring page. Did you take a challenge and color a pattern on the hot air balloon?

***Reading folders will go this afternoon. 

Friday, 4th

* Tell me about cleaning up trash and litter around the school grounds. Who helped you? (4th grade buddies)

* Review R word sounds on your worksheet. 

* What special did you have? (PE) What did you play? (turtle tag) Who surprised us to play, too? (buddies)

* Did you like playing outside twice? 

Monday, 24th

* What did you work on in Art? (chicks and eggs)

* Review numbers. Can you write them and count out items?

* What kind of weather are we having today? (Lion)

* Why did you have double centers? (too wet and rainy to play outside)

* Would you like to live in the town of Chew and Swallow like in the book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. 

* Did you like taking a puzzle challenge before rest? What were the puzzles? (numbers, colors, shapes and alphabet) Tell me about it. 

Tuesday, 25th

 * White T-shirt due by Friday, April 4th

* Look for field trip forms in folders on Wednesday. Fill out all 3 pages and return by April 4th.

* Book fair next week - preschoolers go with family before, or after school, or during Grandparents' Day.

* What was the book about in Library? (rain)

* Review morning work, O sound page.

* Before rest we took a little walk around the campus. What kinds of flowers did you see? ( crocus and daffodils) 

* What is happening in 9 months from today? (Christmas) Today was the day Angel Gabrielle told Mary she was going to have a baby and name him Jesus. 

* Shhh.... Who did we make a birthday card for? (Miss Johnson) Do you remember what the card said? 

Wednesday, 26th

* Did you like having double outside time?

* Do you remember the names of some of the first Spring flowers? (crocus, tulips, daffodils, and forsythia "For Cynthia") Do you have any around your neighborhood or in your own yard? Send a picture if you do.

* Share your morning work with me, Ready for the Weather sheet. 

* Review letters Aa-Qq. 

* What happened to the size of the animals in the story, There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly? (the animals got bigger and bigger.)

Thursday, 27th
* Share your morning work, Windy Weather Lost and Found. 

* Did you make a forsythia craft? If so, tell  me about it. What color were the flowers? (yellow)

* Which special did you go to? (Music)

* What kind of weather are we having today? (Lion or Lamb)

* Review The City Mouse and Country Mouse story. 

Friday, March 28th

Happy Birthday on Sunday to Miss Johnson!
* How did you celebrate? (mini cupcakes, a card and birthday crown)

* Review the P sound page. What are some other words that start with P?

* What did you play in gym?

* Did you make a forsythia craft? If so, tell  me about it. What color were the flowers? (yellow)

* What happened to the real forsythia branches in the room? ( the flowers bloomed)

* Who came to help us this afternoon? (Daniel, Mrs. Oppel's older son.)

Monday, 17th

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! May the luck of the Irish be with you today and every day. Everyone looked great in their green!

* Share your leprechaun coloring with me. Where did the gold coin come from?

* What center did you explore?

* What happened to our classroom after lunch?

* If you were a  leprechaun, where would you hide your gold?

We are in need of paper towels. Thank you in advance.

Tuesday, 18th

Half Day (12:20) and wear red tomorrow for Saint Joseph's Day.
Boxes of Cereal are being collected for the NJHS domino challenge. 

* Tell me about what you worked on Library.

*Thank you to Monroe for sharing the book, How to Catch a Leprechaun. 

* What kind of weather is your favorite? Why?

* Which center did you play in?

* Did you share what shenanigans happened at your house? If so, what happened?

Thursday, 20th
Happy First Day of Spring!

* Share your My Big World magazine with me about Spring weather. We did the back page together.

* Tell me about the wind experiment. What was able to move when a straw was used to blow on it? (tissue, leaf and paper)

* Review letters Aa-Qq. 

* What did you do in Music with Mrs. Jensen? 

* Did you work on a Spring counting page? If yes, share it with me and review it at home. 

* What would you teach your snowman if you had one all year long?

Friday, 21st

* Did you do a happy Friday Dance?

* Share your morning work with me. Was it tricky to cut out kites, count bows and glue ?
What was your favorite kind of weather that was drawn on the back?

* Tell me about the book, Spring Things. Do you remember some things in the story? (Snow melting, wind blowing, mowing, ball throwing, kite flying, etc.)

* What did you play in gym? (turtle tag)

* In Reading we reviewed rectangles. Can you find some rectangles around the house?

* What was the weather like on the playground? (very windy or blustery)