Welcome to Pre-K 3, where your adventure begins!
Hi, I am Mrs. Furtado and I am so excited to be your child’s teacher.
Welcome to Preschool 3! This year promises to be an exciting year designed to promote and enhance your child’s growth and development. This very crucial year will be filled with discovery and joy as your child works and plays in an environment that is warm, safe, and challenging.
Our daily activities are planned to encourage independence, self-confidence, and group cooperation through a variety of hands-on, interactive experiences, reinforcement in mathematics, writing skills, social and emotional development skills and language development. We will work together in large group, and small group settings, as well as one on one. Please know that your child’s success is at the utmost importance to me.
You will notice the focus of our curriculum is centered not only around the letter of the week, but centered around theme units. This is the core of our integrated learning and these units of study will be used to extend across, and connect all of our content areas. In doing so, your child will see the continuity of his or her learning and the application of skills will become more concrete. We will focus on routine, how to treat others and ourselves, and above all learn about our almighty God. They will begin to learn their prayers, come to know and love God, and begin their journey to a wonderful relationship with Him.
I truly believe that communication is the key to your child’s success. A collaborative, and cooperative partnership is crucial to your child’s success. I encourage you to contact me should you have any questions or concerns at any time. I am looking forward to working with your child as we teach them to reach for the stars. If you need to reach me for anything please do not ever hesitate to email me. Get ready for a wonderful year that promises to be an amazing experience for our littlest learners.
Denise Furtado | dfurtado@smsfr.dfrcs.org
Preschool 3 Resources
Starfall Education: this bright and colorful website will appeal to all preschoolers. The activities are easy to find and arranged by discipline, season, or curricular topics.
The Cat in the Hat Invents: Everyone’s favorite Cat is the start of this STEM-based website that challenges kids to be engineers and problem solvers.
ABC mouse: This is an award winning program that covers reading, math, art, and so much more for our littlest learners.
Formed.org: Not only will children learn about our Catholic faith, but they will gain lasting role models as well. With thousands of movies movies, programs, audio, and books available for on-demand streaming.
A DAY IN THE LIFE…
Our school day starts and ends in prayer. Here is what a typical day in Pre-School 3 looks like for our students.
8:30-8:45AM - Lunchbox and back pack check
8:45AM-9:10AM - Circle Time
Prayer
Calendar
Weather
Review our alphabet and numbers
story time
9:10-9:30AM - Snack time (healthy snack). Daily name tracing worksheet.
9:30-9:50AM - Outdoor recess, weather permitting.
9:50-10:55AM - Projects and Centers
10:55-11:00AM - Clean up and get ready for lunch.
11:00-11:40AM - Lunch time
11:40AM-12:15PM - Bathroom and watch a video on FORMED.
12:15-1:30PM - Rest time.
1:30-2:30PM - Snack time and review our day.
2:30PM - Closing prayer and dismissal.
In our classroom, we go through a a number of supplies keeping our kiddos clean and healthy. We ask that parents help us keep a supply of the following items to keep in our classroom throughout the year:
2 boxes of tissues
2 packages of baby wipes
3 containers of disinfecting wipes
1 bottle of hand sanitizer
2 rolls of paper towel
2 packages of flushable wipes
Also, we ask that each child have one of the following:
backpack
lunchbox
old t-shirt or smock for art
small pillow and blanket for rest time
change of clothes, in case of an accident (please be sure to send in a gallon size Ziploc bag with your child’s name on it the following items: pants, shirt, underpants and socks, in case of an accident or spill.)