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Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - Seneca Park Zoo Field Trip
Animal Coverings Class (Family Last Name A -F) 10:15 am - 11:00 am
 Animal Coverings Class (Family Last Name G - W) 11:15 am - Noon

Friday, June 14, 2019 - Preschool Celebration 
9:00 am in Deacon Hall 

Our spring field trip will be to the Seneca Park Zoo on Wednesday, May 15, 2019.  Due to the size of our group (26 students, 26 parents and 3 teachers), two sessions of the Animal Coverings Class are being held.  Parents and children are welcome to enter and walk around the zoo on their own before or stay and walk around the zoo after the Animal Coverings Presentation.  

So that we are able to receive the group rate for our class, only 1 adult is allowed to attend the presentation.  We can not exceed the size limit, due to safety regulations that the Seneca Park Zoo has in place.  Any siblings or other adults wishing to see the zoo before or after the class, will be asked to remian outside the classroom until the presentation is finished.  

The cost of the Animal Coverings Program, child admisssion and adult chaperone admission to the zoo is covered by the proceeds from the St. Lawrence School Walk-a-thon.  A permission slip will be sent home later this month and I will let you know where we will meet for the class as the date gets closer.  This promises to be a FUN DAY!

Our end of the year Preschool Celebration will be held on Friday, June 14, 2019 at 9:00 am in Deacon Hall.  After our celebration on stage, we will gather for cake and fruit punch and then you will be able to take your child home for the summer.  The entire celebration should last 45-60 minutes.  Family members and friends are welcome to attend.  More information will be provided as the date gets closer.

Our Unit 8 story in the Happily Ever After Reading Readiness Series is The Tug of War.  The children will learn about the letters Rr, Ss and Tt, they will work with the color orange and they will continue to practice making circle and "X" markings on their activity pages.  We will focus on different beginning sounds in words and the children will also gain experience following "arrows" on a printed page.  The concepts of above/below, up/down and wide/thin will also be introduced.

After spring break, we will begin reading Peter and the Wolf, our Unit 9 story.  Unlike the previous stories where music has been added to enhance the story, Peter and the Wolf is a story told by music.  Each character in the story, human and animal, has a particular instrument which helps "narrarate" the story.  The children will learn about the letters Uu, Vv and Ww, they will gain practice "acting" out the events in the story and they will identify same/different beginning sounds in words.  The children will also use a pencil to make markings on their activity pages.  They will work with triangles, the color white and learn about the concept of "more".  

In math, we will continue to learn about "addition and subtraction" through simple word problems.  They children will also practice sequencing a series of 3 and 4 events when playing different math games.  Each day, we sing and dance/exercise to various counting and "calendar" songs.  The children are getting very good at counting up to 50.  In May, we are going to challenge ourselves to count to 100!

In religion, our focus will be on caring for and appreciating, the things in God's creation as we celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd.  We will also focus on prayer, whether it be in church, with our families or at school.  

Finally, we will learn about the life cycles of different animals and after Easter, we will begin to talk about plants and their life cycles.  As we move through spring, please take the time to point out all the changes in the trees, grass and animals in nature that you notice in your neighborhhod or when traveling around Rochester.  We will also be looking for the changes spring is bringing to our environment when we are at school.

I hope you all have a Happy and Blessed Easter with your families.  Thank you for your continued support at home and for sharing your children with us this year!!!  Happy Easter and Happy Spring!!!