August Homework Packet

Miss Abby and Miss Mary's Rooms:

Your students will be receiving homework packets like this in their backpack!  Please work on the vocabulary words with your child, and read the books with them!

Sus hijos van a recebir un paquete de tarea en la mochilla.  Por favora trabaja con el vocabulario y lee los libros con sus hijos!

Easter Story

This is the Easter vocabulary story we are doing in Mary's class this week. Please print out the story and work on it with your child!  The words in bold are the vocabulary words for the month.

 Page 1:  Mary is going to hunt for some Easter eggs!  She wants to find a purple, pink, green, orange, and blue Easter egg.
Questions: What does Mary want to find?  What color Easter eggs does she want to see?

 Page 2: First Mary looks in a basket.  She doesn't see any eggs!  She only sees candy.  Mary still wants to find the Easter eggs!
Questions: What does Mary want to find?  What does Mary find in the basket?

Page 3: Next, Mary sees a bunny, chick, and duck. She says "Have you guys seen the Easter eggs?"  "No, sorry!" they all say.

Questions: Who does Mary talk to?  What do they say?  

Page 4: Then, Mary looks in the flowers.  She doesn't see any Easter eggs!  She only sees butterflies!

Questions: Where does Mary look next?  What does she see in the flowers?

Page 5: Mary looks in the grass next.  Yay!  She found her Easter eggs!

Questions: Where does Mary look next?  What does she see in the grass?  How does Mary feel?

Pig Pig Activity

This week in APPLE and KIWI we will be reading "Pig Pig Gets a Job."  We will be focusing on final /g/ words.  If you would like to do this activity at home, please print out the following pages:

Give your child the following directions:

Put the pink pig on the school.

Put the purple pig in the garden

Put the orange pig above the balloons

Put the yellow  pig on the plane

Put the blue pig under the cloud

Put the red pig next to the school.

Put the green pig  in the cloud.

While you say a word with a /k/ or /g/ sound, but your hand to your throat to symbolize that you are putting your tongue back to produce the word. 

After they have completed the steps, have them tell you where the pigs are using a complete sentence.  Tell them to put their tongue back when they say words with /k/ and /g/.  Again, put your hand to your throat as a cue to put their tongue back if they are having trouble.  

Example:  “The pink pig is _____.”

                  “The purple pig is  ___.”

We will also be singing the following pig song:

We are also using a "farm" sensory bin.  We will work on using our "good sounds" to talk about the animals, where they are, and what they are doing.

Garden Articulation Activity

This week in APPLE we will be reading "Grandpa's Garden Lunch."  We will also being doing an articulation activity that I have attached below.  I will have the students request for what objects they would like to put in their garden using their "good speech sounds."

If your child is in a different class, feel free to read this book with your child and do the activity with them! In all of my classes we are talking about gardens, and this activity would be a great way to incorporate some vocabulary at home.  Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

Garden Story

Here is the garden story we will be using after spring break.  Please print out the pictures and tell the story to your child. When you are done, you can have your child retell the story to you. They can also tell you about what they see in the pictures or answer wh-questions.

The following are the vocabulary words that will be targeted: garden, soil, flowers, seeds, water, sun

Page 1: Maria wants to make a garden full of flowers! She plants lots of seeds in the soil.

Questions: What does Maria plant? What does she want to grow?

Page 2: Maria wants the flowers to grow, so she gives the garden a taco.  Nothing grows!  

Questions: What does Maria give the garden first?  Does anything happen to the garden?

Page 3: Next, Maria gives the garden cheese.  Nothing happens to the garden!  There are still no flowers.

Questions: What does Maria give next?  What happens? What color is the cheese?

Page 4: Next, Maria gives the garden a cupcake.  Once again nothing happens!  Maria still wants flowers!

Questions: What did Maria give the garden next?  What happened?  

Page 5: Maria has an idea!  She uses a watering can and gives the garden lots of water.

Questions: What did Maria give the garden? What do you think will happen?

Page 6: Because Maria gives the garden water, lots of flowers grow!  Maria is so happy!  She finally has a garden full of flowers!

Questions: What grew in the garden? What did the garden need to grow flowers?  How did Maria feel?

Goodnight Gorilla

This week in KIWI we read the book Goodnight Gorilla.  If you would like to have more practice over spring break, please print out the following pages.  First glue the /g/ words on the gorillas.  Then, have your child say each /g/ word five times.  Cue your child by placing your hand by your neck to symbolize that it is a "back" sound.  Tell your child to put their tongue back to produce each /g/.After they say a word, glue the gorillas onto the zoo.  When they are done they can color their picture and hang their zoo up!  Throughout the week have them practice the /g/ words.  They can show their zoo to their family members and say each word for them.  

Zoo Story

Here is the zoo story we will be doing this week!  Feel free to print out the story and tell it to your child.  You can also look at the pictures and have them tell you about what they see in the pictures.  I have also included questions that you can ask your child.  

Page 1: Joey is going to the zoo!  He wants to see the big black bear.

 Questions: Where is Joey going?  What does Joey want to see?

 Page 2: First Joey looks in the water.  He sees a shark, seal, dolphins, and an octopus.  He doesn't see the bear!  This makes him sad.  He keeps looking for the bear.

Questions: Where does Joey look first?  What does he see in the water?  Why does Joey feel sad? What are the dolphins doing?

Page 3: Next, Joey looks on the land.  He sees a giraffe, two zebras, and two tigers.  He still doesn't see the black bear!  He feels sad.  He keeps looking for the bear.

Questions: Where does Joey look next?  What does he see on the land?  How many tigers does he see? How many zebras does he see?  Why does Joey feel sad?  Which animals have stripes?  Which animal has spots?

 Page 4: Next, Joey looks in a big tree. He sees monkeys and birds, but he still doesn't see the bear!  He still feels sad!

Questions: Where does Joey look next for the bear?  What does he see in the tree?  How many monkeys does he see?  How many birds does he see?  Is the tree tall or short?  How does Joey feel?

Page 5: Joey sees a cave!  He keeps looking to see what's inside.

Questions: Where is Joey going to look next? What do you think will be in the cave?

Page 6: Out of the cave comes two black bears!  Joey is so happy he finally found a black bear!

Questions: What does Joey find in the cave?  How many bears does he see?  What color are the bears?  How does Joey feel now?

March Color Bag

Color Bags

Our color of the month is pink!  Please have your child bring in things that are pink to school.  Your child will present it to the class.  He/she will answer wh-questions about the item.

Parent Questionnaire

This questionnaire was given to each parent of the children I see at my home health job. It was used to help get parent involvement and to provide insight for me.

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Information on Being Bilingual

I gave this information to the parents of the students in my Spanish-English classroom. This information was found on ASHA.org, I just condensed it. This is valuable information and helps explain many myths associated with being bilingual. If you have any bilingual children, please pass this on to their parents!

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Parent Involvement: The Use of Newsletter

One way I communicate with the parents in my preschool classroom is by the use newsletters.  In the newsletter I include communication tips, the classroom theme of the month, the letter of the month, the colors of the month, vocabulary words, homework, and the website of the month.  This particular newsletter included information provided by Super Duper handouts:  http://www.superduperinc.com/Handouts/Handout.aspx

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