Daily Report Sheet
Name: Mick
Dullaghan Date:
10/08/02 Tuesday
Theme Unit -- Feelings
Story -- [speech group] Caps For Sale
Music -- fall songs: [speech group] Bat Dance;
Spider on the Floor
Special Activity -- [speech group] Hot Potato
Game
Group Game -- Water table with boats
Center Time -- I played with: train, puzzles, stringing
beads
Snack -- Chex Mix & goldfish
(ate a good amount)
Lunch --
(ate a good amount)
My emotions today -- happy (but still fussy off and
on)
Teacher Comments -- [Newsletter dated October 7,
2002]
Dear Parents,
Our unit on Bears and Camping was a big success and a lot
of fun. Debbie and I enjoyed watching the kids become absorbed in the bear
hunt story; by the third week, they were helping us read the story. The
kids worked hard on learning new vocabulary words, and we continued to focus on
answering wh- questions. Finally, the kids acted out several good pretend
play scenarios in camping center.
Our next unit is on Feelings. We will spend two
weeks on this unit. Our story is The Way I Feel by Janan
Cain. This story describes the way the characters feel when they are
experiencing various emotions (e.g. Silly is the way I feel when I make a
funny face, and wear a goofy, poofy hat that takes up lots of space.
Sometimes I feel very sad and really don't know why. Instead of playing
and having fun, I cry and cry and cry.) This story should help the
kids learn to name their feelings, just like they name toys, food, clothes,
etc.
The main feelings that are developmentally appropriate for
preschoolers to recognize and understand are happy, sad, and
mad. So we will focus on these three. We will look at faces
expressing these feelings and label them. We will discuss typical
behaviors associated with these feelings (i.e. happy: smile or laugh; sad: cry
or frown; mad: stomp foot or pout). And we will discuss things that make
us happy, sad, and mad.
Hands-on activities for this unit will
include:
Looking through magazine pictures to find and cut out
happy, sad, and mad faces
Making happy, sad, and mad faces using wiggly eyes,
buttons, and pipe cleaners
Playing Go-Fish with facial expression cards
Making faces during a cooking activity with various
items: licorice, M&Ms, etc.
October Birthdays:
Matthew turns 4! Happy Birthday!
--Mrs. Kris
niknotes -- Mrs. Kris (Kris-Miss, to Mick) also sent home
lyrics for Feelings Unit Songs, but I'm not going to type those up, unless
someone specifically requests that. Feel free, though. I just won't
have to type them right now. Well, Mick was a little grumpy getting ready
to catch the bus this morning, still sick I guess, but he cheered up as soon as
Mr. Gene opened the bus door. And this afternoon, he took a long nap with
my comforter (which he calls "quilt") on the garage floor. He hasn't felt
warm since Friday night, though, and he rarely coughs, but he isn't all
better. I hope he'll go to bed tonight at a decent time despite the
nap.
HOW WONDERFUL IS THIS FALL
WEATHER????????????????