Math & Science
Jaclyn counts items accurately to 5, understands there are more when items are combined, and writes numbers in her play. She is able to sort items and tell about the groups such as when she sorted the foods for the refrigerator and freezer, and she is able to extend a simple pattern and identify several common shapes. In science, she is able to report observations, offer predictions, and investigate specific questions as shown when she was exploring the snow in the water table. We will explore more science concepts throughout the year and encourage Jaclyn to expand her reporting and observing and to offer support for her predictions. Hands-on work with numbers and counting will extend her counting accurately beyond 5 and enhance her concept of number.
Social Emotional & Social Studies
Jaclyn moves through the classroom routines with minimal teacher direction, expresses her needs and feelings verbally without aggression. We will continue to take turns in play to practice sharing and working with friends to solve conflicts. Jaclyn's play is well developed in that she explores and experiments with a wide variety of materials in the classroom, successfully enters play, and her play has defined roles and story lines. She is drawn to the kitchen play area often where she plays with friends in the roles of mommy and sick babies or shopping.
Language & Literacy
Jaclyn's oral language is well developed. She uses complex sentences and retells stories accurately while making personal connections. She shared with the group that she enjoys going to the restaurant with her grandma to eat burgers when we read a story where a little boy does that with his family. Jaclyn is able to provide rhymes for words, identify many letters, and she recognizes print in the classroom such as classmates' names. She often writes during playtime and uses letters strung together to communicate a message. We will continue to encourage her writing during the day and offer support to extend the messages she is writing. We'll also continue to read books and the print in the classroom to expand her print recognition.
Arts
Jaclyn participates in the dance and movement activities with the class and responds to changes in the tempo. She sings along with the class and can sometimes be heard singing the song later in the day such as during snack time. She often visits the art area during choice time and generates pictures of her family using various materials (paints, crayons, and markers).
Physical Development
Jaclyn is active outside during play and often chooses to play ball with several of the boys in the class. She is able to throw and kick the ball. We will continue to practice catching the ball beginning with a large ball and proceeding to a smaller ball. She is able to run and balances on the “curb” around the playground for a short time.
Additional Comments
Continue to read with Jaclyn at home. She seems to enjoy our lending library. Continue to encourage Jaclyn to count during daily activities. For example, ask her to get out enough forks and knives for the family to set the table for dinner, or sort socks from the laundry into pairs and then count how many socks there are all together.
