We started our flower unit.
Making flowers.
Working on writing names.
We made tissue paper flowers.
We got our trampoline back!
Monday, April 23, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
10 Picture Tour
NEW MAILBOXES IN THE OFFICE!
Remodeled nurse's office.
Gym
Lunch room
Computer Lab
Library
Preschool Playground
Preschool room
Teacher's Lounge
Monday, April 9, 2012
Expectations
What you should expect from me:
I will treat all students, as I want my daughter to be treated.
I will help each student reach their full potential.
I will adapt our curriculum to meet your individual child's needs.
I will maintain communication with each family.
I will encourage you to be your child's biggest advocate.
I will help prepare your child for kindergarten and the school experience.
I will take pride in each new developmental step your child takes.
The following are list of a few classroom expectations:
Parent involvement: I expect parents to be active, involved learners in their child's education. This means attending school functions, asking your child about school each day, reading/looking at papers that are sent home each night, attending homevisits and participaing in the F.R.E.D. reading program.
Sharing: I expect each child to share classroom materials with their peers, while at school. If two, or more students, want the same object, I expect them to work through a compromise, so that everyone has a turn.
Clothing: I expect each child to come dressed for the weather each day, since we will be going outside if the weather is above 20 degrees out. Children should be wearing appropriate shoes for running and playing outside, as well. Please remember that this is preschool and we do lots of painting and hands-on messy activities.
Behavior: I expect each child to have difficult days. However, I do expect each child to express their anger, or frusteration, in appropriate ways. Approiate ways of expressing anger, or frusteration, are: the child says they are angery/frusterated, asks for time by themselves, politely says 'no' or walks away from the situation that is making them angry/upset.
Friends: I expect each child in the classroom to regard all the others as friends. We will help each other through happy and difficult days. We will treat everyone as if they are our friends.
Golden Rule: I expect all the kids to treat their peers as they want to be treated.
I will treat all students, as I want my daughter to be treated.
I will help each student reach their full potential.
I will adapt our curriculum to meet your individual child's needs.
I will maintain communication with each family.
I will encourage you to be your child's biggest advocate.
I will help prepare your child for kindergarten and the school experience.
I will take pride in each new developmental step your child takes.
The following are list of a few classroom expectations:
Parent involvement: I expect parents to be active, involved learners in their child's education. This means attending school functions, asking your child about school each day, reading/looking at papers that are sent home each night, attending homevisits and participaing in the F.R.E.D. reading program.
Sharing: I expect each child to share classroom materials with their peers, while at school. If two, or more students, want the same object, I expect them to work through a compromise, so that everyone has a turn.
Clothing: I expect each child to come dressed for the weather each day, since we will be going outside if the weather is above 20 degrees out. Children should be wearing appropriate shoes for running and playing outside, as well. Please remember that this is preschool and we do lots of painting and hands-on messy activities.
Behavior: I expect each child to have difficult days. However, I do expect each child to express their anger, or frusteration, in appropriate ways. Approiate ways of expressing anger, or frusteration, are: the child says they are angery/frusterated, asks for time by themselves, politely says 'no' or walks away from the situation that is making them angry/upset.
Friends: I expect each child in the classroom to regard all the others as friends. We will help each other through happy and difficult days. We will treat everyone as if they are our friends.
Golden Rule: I expect all the kids to treat their peers as they want to be treated.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Introduction
My name is Kristina Rivas. I am a preschool teacher at Birchcrest Elementary. I attended college at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and earned my Unified Early Childhood Endorsement through the University of Nebraska at Kearney. This is my fifth year teaching. When I first started at Bellevue, I taught preschool for two years then did the earlychildhood homebase program for two years. This last year, I came back into the classroom, and am teaching preschool again. I have a daughter who is 15 months old, who keeps my husband and I very busy. We also have two dogs.
In college and student teaching I did a lot with technology. However, in preschool we don't do very much with technology so I have been kind of out of the loop in that area. I would like to get back in. Currently the only technology I use is my laptop and the desktop computers and iPad2 that are in my room for the kids.
The purpose of this blog is to get me comfortable with blogging and using more technology again. I'm hoping to use it as another tool to communicate with my parents and get them involved. I tried a website for most of the year and that didn't seem very successful I'm hoping a blog will help. Maybe it will be more informal and where they feel like they can respond more.
In college and student teaching I did a lot with technology. However, in preschool we don't do very much with technology so I have been kind of out of the loop in that area. I would like to get back in. Currently the only technology I use is my laptop and the desktop computers and iPad2 that are in my room for the kids.
The purpose of this blog is to get me comfortable with blogging and using more technology again. I'm hoping to use it as another tool to communicate with my parents and get them involved. I tried a website for most of the year and that didn't seem very successful I'm hoping a blog will help. Maybe it will be more informal and where they feel like they can respond more.
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