Thursday, 12 September 2013

Friday Update September 13

It has been a wonderful week with the cuties! :-)                                                                                     
This last week we… (and wow we have done a lot!)

*learned the sound (short and long), formation, and hand motion for the letter Aa.
*added alphabet pasta to our ‘feely letter’ Aa.  Please add it to your feely letter ring and review Ss.
*glued pictures of Aa words in our alphabet journals.
*learned the Alphabet Song and compared/matched the upper case letters with the lower case letters.  Can your child remember the number of letters in the alphabet?
*learned and decorated the song Apple Bingo for our Poems and Songs folder.
*Read Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss.
*learned the story of The little Red House  (an apple) and made a riddle book to share with you.
*Read books on feelings, played feeling games and practiced different faces for different feelings.
*Painted a rainbow.  Can your child tell you the order of the colors in a rainbow?
*Made rainbow chains (to practice the word/preposition “through.”)
*Painted ourselves with details for our body parts and clothes.  We are practicing body parts that may not be the easiest like earlobe, elbow, waist, wrist, eyebrow.
* Practiced one-to-one correspondence and using a ten frame in math to count apples and then made our own.
*Made name bracelets to practice the letters in our names and other students in the class.
*Mixed colors after reading “Mouse Paint.”

NEXT WEEK
Next week we will learn the sound for Tt.  We will make applesauce to review our letter Aa. We will begin activities about families in preparation of UN Day, and we will celebrate USA day on Wednesday. The cuties get a break on Thursday and Friday as the teachers will be in professional development.

UNITED NATION’S
During the next couple of weeks we will be doing activities pertaining to UN Day and family celebrations. The following 2 days are ones for which you will need to have your child prepared.  Thanks in advance for your help.
On Wednesday, September 18th  the Pre-K classes will celebrate a USA DAY with (indoor) camping, making  s’mores and western dancing. We invite every Pre-K student to join the spirit of the day by wearing red-white-&-blue, whether it is their school uniform, an alternate red-white-&-blue outfit, or full Americana attire with blue jeans, cowboy hats, boots, etc.
On Friday, September 27th,  Pre-K students will join the kindergarten-to-2nd grade for the UN Assembly in the High School Gym.  As part of this celebration, students are invited to dress in the native costume of their home country, a costume representing their heritage or even a costume of a country in which they have lived or visited.
These two days will be an alternate dress days though children may also wear their regular school uniform.
HOMEWORK
In the Friday Folder is the newest homework, a family banner.  Please read the directions that are attached to the banner and return it no later than October 1st.  Have fun…the entire family can help with this projectJ

ICE-CREAM Day
Wednesday is ice-cream/popsicle day in the cafeteria (we are never sure which one we will get).  Ice-cream comes as the desert for all school lunches on WEDNESDAY. If your child is having home lunch, you can still order ice-cream for your child by circling “ice-cream” on the school lunch form on Wednesday.  If you choose this we will deduct $1.00 from your child’s SAS card.
PHOTO DAY
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012   will be photo day for all ECC Pre-Kindergarten students.  Students will have an individual and class photo taken in the ECC.   This day is considered an “Alternate Dress Day”. 

REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES
Wednesday, September 18:  USA DAY—Wear red, white and blue
Thursday/Friday September 19/20th:  Faculty Inservice—NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
Tuesday, September 24: ECC PHOTO DAY—Alternate Dress
Wednesday, September 25:  Alternate Dress Day
Friday, September 27:  UN DAY—wear clothes from home country
Wednesday, October 2:  Late Start to School
Friday/Monday October 11/14:  Parent-Teacher Conferences
Tuesday, October 15: Hari Raya- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
*Return Friday Folder and library book on Monday
*Return Family Banners whenever they are finished but no later than Oct 1st.
*Let me know if you would like to share something about your home country for UN Week.
Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!  Lynsey and Aidah

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