Early Start, Room 71

Week 23


Weekly Update:

This is Week 23 of our Streamin3 curriculum, focusing on How Things Grow, we will use our Reasoning skills to explore sand, shapes and sand art.  We will discuss/read about birds and make pinecone bird feeders!  We will also count and sort jelly beans for letter Jj.  We will meet our friend Jumping Jill and discuss words that begin with Jj this week!

We are excited for Career Day on Friday where we will hear from various parents and visit stations around our school!  Students may dress up as their favorite career or what they want to be when they get older.

Upcoming Dates:

  • Career Day: Friday, March 13th.  If you know anyone that would like to come present to our Early Start classes, please let me know!!!
  • For the Love of Arts event: Saturday, March 14th 9am-12pm.
  • Spring Picture Day- March 20

Reminders:

Return Suffolk Reader bags with books each Tuesday.

Wear GREEN on Wednesdays!

Show and Tell on Fridays!

Please wash blankets each weekend.

Please label jackets and blankets with your child’s name.

Week 1: How Things Grow


This week, we will review the basic shapes we learned last week and introduce geometric shapes: sphere, cube, cylinder, cone, and rectangular prism! We will write our names daily.  Please keep finding and discussing shapes and letters, practicing name-writing and sharing books with your child daily.

We are also starting Week 1 of our Streamin3 curriculum which discusses how we grow.  We will make a handprint banner and revisit it later in the year to see how our hands have grown!  We will work together to make a class self-portrait banner, measure our heights using yarn strings, measure nature objects outside and decorate picture frame of ourselves using craft sticks.

Reminders

  • Download the Remind App and join our class!  Text @mrsmspaul to 81010.  I will send reminders and pictures via Remind.
  • The school fundraiser in your child’s binder today is due OCT. 16! Thank you for helping our school.
  • Open House is October 10th at 6:30pm.
  • We will be using our jackets on a daily basis before long! Please help your child practice zipping his/her coat!  Also, labeling jackets with your child’s name inside is helpful.

Week 22


Weekly Update:

This is Week 22 of our Streamin3 curriculum, which is a Community Service Experience for the students.  We are discussing ways to help take care of our school (by showing kindness to staff members, cleaning up sticks and pinecones on the playground, leaving candies for teachers, and cleaning out the Rock Garden in the front.)  We will be painting rocks to hand out to others to make their day a little brighter.  We have also made a Volcano Experiment using vinegar and baking soda for letter Vv!

Upcoming Dates:

  • Career Day: Friday, March 13th.  If you know anyone that would like to come present to our Early Start classes, please let me know!!!
  • For the Love of Arts event: Saturday, March 14th 9am-12pm.

Reminders:

Return Suffolk Reader bags with books each Tuesday.

Wear GREEN on Wednesdays!

Show and Tell on Fridays!

Please wash blankets each weekend.

Please label jackets and blankets with your child’s name.

Week 19


This is Week 19 of our Streamin3 curriculum, using the theme “How Things Grow” we will experiment with transportation by building roads!  We will explore shapes and discuss rainbows.  We will exchange Valentines on Friday.  See below regarding Spirit Week!

This week we will focus on letter Rr and meet our friend Reggie Rooster.  Please work on writing letter Rr and identifying it on books, packages, signs, etc.

Upcoming Dates:

Spirit Week: Feb 10-14: Send in $5 for participation in the in-school dance on Friday.  It will take place at 1:50pm.

Mon. Jersey Day, Tues. Crazy Hat, Weds. Crazy Sock, Thurs. School Spirit, Fri. Dance.

Early Dismissal Feb. 18th at 1:15; Parent Teacher Conferences will be scheduled from 2-6.  Please see the purple form and send it back with your top 3 choices of time slots, if you’d like to meet! Even if I indicated that we didn’t need a conference based on your child’s academic progress, I would still love to see you!

Return Suffolk Reader bags with books each Tuesday.

Wear RED or PINK on Wednesdays!

Show and Tell on Fridays!

Please label jackets and blankets with your child’s name inside.

Please wash blankets every weekend.

Week 18


This is Week 18 of our Streamin3 curriculum, using the theme “How Things Grow” we will experiment with building ramps and sending objects up/down our ramps!  We will roll balls to one another and play bean bag toss. We are also gearing up for Valentine’s Day and will have an in-class Valentine card exchange & an in-school dance on 2/14.  We are asking that you fill out the Parent to Child Love Letter and send it in this week!

This week we will focus on letter Mm and meet our friend Mimi Mouse.  Please work on writing letter Nn and identifying it on books, packages, signs, etc.

Suffolk Reader Program:

Blue book bags will come home every Thursday.  They should be returned the following Tuesday so that the bags can be rotated to another student.  If not, you will see a reminder in your child’s binder and please send it back the next day. Please enjoy reading these books with your family, or just have your student look at the pictures, identify letters, and picture-read to you.  You could keep the bag in the car for your child to read while riding, or even by their bed so they can read them at night.  I hope this is exciting for them!

Upcoming Dates:

Storybook Character Dress-up day- Weds., Feb. 5th (if you don’t already have an idea, you can have your child wear a red shirt with a white paper circle pinned on the front that says “Thing.”  This goes with The Cat and the Hat book.  I will have a shirt that says “Teacher of all Things” and each student could be a “Thing” like in the story.

Family Fitness Night- Thurs., Feb. 6th at 6:30.

Spirit Week next week, Feb 10-14: Mon. Jersey Day, Tues. Crazy Hat, Weds. Crazy Sock, Thurs. School Spirit, Fri. Dance.

Early Dismissal Feb. 18th at 1:15; Parent Teacher Conferences will be scheduled from 2-6.

Return Suffolk Reader bags with books each Tuesday.

Wear RED or PINK on Wednesdays!

Show and Tell on Fridays!

Send grocery receipts in to be scanned for Box Tops for Education!

Download the Remind App and join our class! Text @mrsmspaul to 81010. I will send reminders and pictures via Remind.

Please label jackets with your child’s name inside.

Please wash blankets every weekend.

Week 17


This is Week 17 of our Streamin3 curriculum, using the theme “How Things Move” we will experiment with ice by sliding, counting and painting. We will also make homemade butter for letter “Bb”! This week we will focus on letter Bb and meet our friend Benny Bear.  Please work on writing letter Bb and identifying it on books, packages, signs, etc.

Suffolk Reader Program

Blue book bags will come home every Thursday.  They should be returned the following Tuesday so that the bags can be rotated to another student.  If not, you will see a reminder in your child’s binder and please send it back the next day. Please enjoy reading these books with your family, or just have your student look at the pictures, identify letters, and picture-read to you.  You could keep the bag in the car for your child to read while riding, or even by their bed so they can read them at night.  I hope this is exciting for them!

Important Info/Upcoming Dates

  • EARLY DISMISSALS on Jan. 27, 28, 29.
  • Storybook Character Dress-up day- Weds., Feb. 5th.
  • Family Fitness Night- Thurs., Feb. 6th at 6:30.
  • Return Suffolk Reader bags with books each Tuesday.
  • Wear BLUE on Wednesdays!
  • Show and Tell on Fridays!
  • Send grocery receipts in to be scanned for Box Tops for Education!
  • Download the Remind App and join our class! Text @mrsmspaul to 81010. I will send reminders and pictures via Remind.
  • Please label jackets with your child’s name inside.
  • Please wash blankets every weekend.

Week 15


This is Week 15 of our Streamin3 curriculum, using the theme “How Things Work” we will focus on inquiry skills and using our imaginations and making observations. We will sort objects using tools, make hot chocolate and count marshmallows, and read the story Goodnight Gorilla and discuss the word “zoo” and zoo animals. This week we will focus on letter Zz and meet our friend Zelda Zebra.  Please work on writing letter Zz and identifying it on books, packages, signs, etc.   

Suffolk Reader Program

Blue book bags will come home every Thursday.  They should be returned the following Tuesday so that the bags can be rotated to another student.  If not, you will see a reminder in your child’s binder and please send it back the next day. Please enjoy reading these books with your family, or just have your student look at the pictures, identify letters, and picture-read to you.  You could keep the bag in the car for your child to read while riding, or even by their bed so they can read them at night.  I hope this is exciting for them!

  • EARLY DISMISSALS on Jan. 24 (THIS FRI), 27, 28, 29
  • Return Suffolk Reader bags with books each Tuesday.
  • Wear BLUE on Wednesdays!
  • Show and Tell on Fridays!
  • Send grocery receipts in to be scanned for Box Tops for Education!
  • Download the Remind App and join our class! Text @mrsmspaul to 81010. I will send reminders and pictures via Remind.
  • Please label jackets with your child’s name inside.
  • Please wash blankets every weekend.

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Week 14


This is Week 14 of our Streamin3 curriculum, using the theme “Who We Are” we will focus on building empathy by helping others and working as a team. We will discuss snow/ice by having an ice cube melting relay.  We will decorate snowflakes for art and we will taste apples for letter Aa and vote on which color apple we thought tasted the best. This week we will focus on letter Aa and meet our friend Andy Apple.  Please work on writing letter Aa and identifying it on books, packages, signs, etc.   

Suffolk Reader Program

Blue book bags will come home every Thursday.  They should be returned the following Tuesday so that the bags can be rotated to another student.  If not, you will see a reminder in your child’s binder and please send it back the next day. Please enjoy reading these books with your family, or just have your student look at the pictures, identify letters, and picture-read to you.  You could keep the bag in the car for your child to read while riding, or even by their bed so they can read them at night.  I hope this is exciting for them!

For the Love of Arts

Please see the attached flyer asking for artists for our school event on Sat., March 14th.

Box Tops for Education

Please download the Box Tops app and you can scan your grocery receipts to give our school credit for Box Tops.  Box Tops are no longer clipped from the boxes.

Reminders

  • NO SCHOOL next Monday, Jan. 20th for MLK, Jr. Day.
  • EARLY DISMISSALS on Jan. 24, 27, 28, 29
  • Return Suffolk Reader bags with books each Tuesday.
  • Wear BLUE on Wednesdays!
  • Show and Tell on Fridays!
  • Download the Remind App and join our class! Text @mrsmspaul to 81010. I will send reminders and pictures via Remind.
  • Please label jackets with your child’s name inside.
  • Please wash blankets every weekend.

Week 13: Shahrari Farewell


This is Week 13 of our Streamin3 curriculum, discussing “How Things Work” by discussing.  We will be working on our math and engineering skills through measuring and building.  We will build with playdoh and sticks, measuring sticks, go fishing for the letters we’ve learned and paint with unconventional objects. This week we will focus on letter Ff and meet our friend Fifi Fish.  Please work on writing letter Ff, identifying it in books, etc.   

Suffolk Reader Program

This Thursday we will begin our Suffolk Readers program where we will be sending home a blue bag with books WEEKLY. 

You must return the bag of books on every TUESDAY.  We will send them home each Thursday. 

Please take the blue bag out of your child’s bookbag throughout the week because it does become heavy for them to carry. 

When you are not using the books, keep them in the bag to help from losing individual books.

Please enjoy reading these books with your family, or just have your student look at the pictures, identify letters, and picture-read to you.  You could keep the bag in the car for your child to read while riding, or even by their bed so they can read them at night.  I hope this is exciting for them!

Mrs. Shahrairi’s Farewell

We would like to invite you to our classroom this Thursday afternoon (1/9) around 3:00 for a special good-bye to a special teacher.  Her last day is this Friday.  We are going to have a class ice-cream party and give Mrs. Shahrairi a few gifts from us.  I am thinking of “SweetFrog” style party since all the kids love SweetFrog with various toppings for the kids to choose and enjoy on their ice cream.  If you are able to donate something for our party, please “reply to all” with what you would like to contribute:  You can send/bring them in anytime and we can refrigerate.  ***Please make sure your ingredients are free of tree-nuts.***

Vanilla ice cream Sprinkles, extra sprinkles, Shahriari loves sprinkles Gummy bears
Strawberry ice cream Whipped cream Gummy worms
Chocolate ice cream Chocolate syrup Cookies
Cherries Small candies Etc…
     
  • Wear BLUE on Wednesdays!
  • Show and Tell on Fridays!
  • Return Suffolk Reader bags with books each Tuesday.
  • Download the Remind App and join our class! Text @mrsmspaul to 81010. I will send reminders and pictures via Remind.
  • Please label jackets with your child’s name inside.
  • Please wash blankets every weekend.

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Week 12 (big announcement)


**Please read all the way to the bottom for a VERY important announcement….**

This is Week 12 of our Streamin3 curriculum, discussing “How Things Work” by building towers and musical instruments.  We will make and count music and review our 5 senses by making a Christmas Little Elf book (read/sing it to the tune of “Brown Bear, Brown Bear.”) 

On Friday we will be decorating cookies and trade our Secret Santa gifts.

This week we will review all of the letters we’ve learned, but not add on a new letter. (Ss, Pp, Tt, Oo, Xx, Uu, Yy, Ww).

Reminders:

  • Please send in an unwrapped toy less than $5 by WEDNESDAY at the latest for our class Secret Santa gift exchange.
  • Students should wear an Ugly/Festive Holiday Sweater on Thursday, Dec. 19th!
  • Last day of school before Winter Break, Friday, December 20th.  Happy Holidays!!
  • School will re-open on Monday, January 6th.
  • Wear red on Wednesdays!
  • Show and Tell on Fridays!
  • Download the Remind App and join our class! Text @mrsmspaul to 81010. I will send reminders and pictures via Remind.
  • Please label jackets with your child’s name.

Mrs. Shahriari:

It is with a very sad heart (bittersweet) that I must inform you that Mrs. Shahriari’s last day with our class will be on January 10th.  She is finishing up her Master’s degree to be a Special Ed. teacher and must complete her student teaching next semester at other schools.  It is very bittersweet for her as she would love to stay here, but must move on to finish her degree. We will all miss her soooooo very much.  She is AMAZING and I know the students have gotten very attached to her.  I will be mourning with them, as she is the best co-worker & friend anyone could ask for!  We have not told the kids yet, but are planning on telling them this week and starting to prepare them for this transition.  I would like her make some videos that we can watch frequently to remember her and her silly/loving ways.  I know all of the parents that have gotten to know her will be sad as well.  BUT, I am optimistic for the remainder of the school year.  We have a GREAT group of kids and I know that whomever replaces her will follow in her footsteps! I would like to plan an in-class celebration for her on Jan 10th and I will keep you posted in case you want to come or contribute. ~Mrs. Spaulding

Week 11: Hearing and Seeing


This is Week 11 of our Streamin3 curriculum, discussing “Who We Are” by discussing our senses of Hearing and Sight.  We will be investigating sounds by recording our voices and listening to them, and by playing with musical instruments!  We will create our own musical instrument, a shaker, using a plastic bottle and small objects placed inside.  To investigate our sense of sight, we will hunt for holiday patterns around the room and observe a science experiment.  This week we will focus on letter Ww and meet our friend Willy Worm.   

Reminders:

  • Please send in a plastic bottle by tomorrow! (Tuesday) Thank you for everyone who has helped already!
  • Last day of school before Winter Break, Friday, December 20th.
  • Wear red on Wednesdays!
  • Show and Tell on Fridays!
  • Download the Remind App and join our class! Text @mrsmspaul to 81010. I will send reminders and pictures via Remind.
  • Please label jackets with your child’s name inside.
  • Please wash blankets every weekend.

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