Notes for the Week:
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Please do not hesitate to contact me for any reason. Please call me at 899-3075 ext. 2161 or email me at
nash@wlake.org
Please be advised that daily lessons are subject to change. All of our activities are driven by the interactions
of the children. When a "teachable Moment" arises during play and large group discussion, we will follow the
lead of the children and incorporate appropriate lessons. There are also many days that the greatest plans
don't entice the interest of a preschooler!
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No need to send your child to school in boots. We will not be going out in the snow 
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Please remember…. We ask that you keep your child home, if they have had a fever in the last 24 hours,
have heavy green or yellowish discharge coming from their nose, or are complaining of a sore throat. It is
important not to expose others.
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No School on January 18th and 19th for all students.
 Thursday, January 21st is Bring your Teddy Bear to School Day! Bring your
favorite Teddy bear and wear your pajamas to school! It will be a fun day!
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Thursday, January 28th is OPPOSITE DAY !!! What is the opposite of winter??
You guessed it, summer! Let’s have a beach party today! Come dressed in your
favorite beach attire~ bathing suits, sun glasses, beach blanket, and beach hats!
Week of: January 11th -14 Hibernation
January 20 & 21st Hibernation
January 25th -28th Day & Night
Letter Pp
Letter BB
Letter Rr
IB How the World Works~ An inquiry into the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural world (physical and
biological) and human societies;
Central Idea: Environmental relationships change over time.
Key Concepts: change, causation
Related Concepts: patterns, similarities/differences, sequences
Lines of inquiry: Changes in nature How people respond to changes People’s responsibilities for the environment
Attributes: Inquirer: seasons, day/night, environment Principled: responsibility in natural environment and community
Thinker: planning for seasonal changes, acquisition of knowledge
Attitudes: Appreciation
Curiosity Independence
Transdisciplinary Skills: Thinking: acquisition of knowledge, evaluation, analysis, application
Research: observing, planning, formulating questions, interpreting
January 11th -14th Hibernation
Letter Pp
Sensory Table: Snow~ it might be real snow or it might be fake! It all depends on the
weather!
Monday: Greeting & Planning Time: What do you know about hibernation? List things we
may know and then we will read: Why Do Animals Hibernate? By: David Martin
Work Time: Hibernating bear craft
A Preschoolers thoughts on life…… you see this at the end of the year 
Large Group/Language Activity: Watch Bear has a Story to Tell on bookflix By: Philip C.
Stead
Read: Hibernation Station By: Michelle Meadows
Tuesday: Greeting & Planning Time: PM: SHOW-N-TELL MAT MAN
Read: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by: Michael Rosen
Work Time: Hibernating bear craft
The Bear Race: taking turns, counting, numeral identification, cheering on our friends and
accepting the possibility that we might not be the winner every time 
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: The Way I Feel By: Janan Cain
New vocabulary: shaking, soaring, frown, growl, drags
Wednesday: Greeting & Planning Time: PM: SHOW-N-TELL
Read: Bear Wants More By: Karma Wilson
Work Time: Frog Craft~ frogs hibernate too!
HWT Letter Book
Large Group/Language Activity: Language lesson with Ms Karen
Thursday: Greeting & Planning Time: Read: Bear Snores On By: Karma Wilson
We will also learn some interesting bear facts!
Work Time: Frog Craft~ frogs hibernate too!
A Preschoolers thoughts on life…… you see this at the end of the year 
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: The Way I Feel By: Janan Cain
Words that share the same first sound & putting events in the correct order
January 20th & 21st Hibernation
Letter BB
Wednesday: Greeting & Planning Time: Read: Giggle Giggle Quack By: Doreen Cronin
Understanding words that describe books: Title, illustrator, author, & cover.
New words and how words can have more than one meaning: “an eye on”, “settle in”, “in
charge”.
Work Time: HWT Letter Book Letter match and identification
Large Group/Language Activity: Language lesson with Ms. Karen
Thursday: Greeting & Planning Time: Let’s have a PJ party! Wear your PJ’s and bring
your Teddy Bears to school today!
PM: SHOW-N-TELL
Read: Giggle Giggle Quack By: Doreen Cronin
Identifying 2 words that share the same sound b/s/t
Retell the story together~ let’s focus on the characters and setting
Work Time: Seasons with Bear! Teddy Bear Picnic Game
Large Group/Language Activity: Hibernate or not? Which of these animals hibernate?
Read The Napping House. Before reading we will look at the illustrations in the book; How
the colors change as the characters wake up; the perspective (the pitcher of water is a great
focal point to look at on each page). After reading we will extend the book with a math
activity-counting all the legs of people/animals in the book!
January 25th -28th Day & Night
Letter Rr
Monday: Greeting & Planning Time: Introduce Opposite Theme: Read: Exactly the
Opposite by: Tana Hoban
Work Time: Some of my favorite things
opposite puzzle
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: Opposites By; Eric Carle
Summer or Winter activities? Let’s sort our pictures into the right category.
Tuesday: Greeting & Planning Time: PM: SHOW-N-TELL Opposites in pairs! We will be
making a fun opposite class book.
Work Time: Rhyming mitten match
Numeral identification, number order and number words
Large Group/Language Activity: Where’s My Teddy By: Jez Alborough
Beginning letter sounds f and m. First, Then, Next & Last.
Wednesday: Greeting & Planning Time: PM: SHOW-N-TELL
Read: Mat Man Opposites By: Jan Z Olsen
Day vs Night sort
Work Time: HWT worksheet/workbook
Patterning activity with sun and moon
Large Group/Language Activity: Language lesson with Ms. Karen
Thursday: Greeting & Planning Time: OPPOSITE DAY!!!
What is the opposite of winter?? You guessed it, summer! Let’s have a beach party today!
Come dressed in your favorite beach attire~ bathing suits, sun glasses, beach blanket, and
beach hats!
Opposite Friends! Find the friend that has the opposite match to your picture card.
Work Time: Beach Volleyball!
Some of my favorite things
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: Where’s My Teddy By: Jez Alborough
Understanding of words used to describe books
Target words: breathtaking, breathless, “lose your breath”