Friday Update--October 4

Friday, October 4, 2013

It was another amazing week of learning in the yellow starfish Pre K class!!!!!!

This week we…

*learned the sounds (long and short), letter formation, and hand motion for the letter Ii.

*added ink drops to our “feely letter” Ii

*brainstormed and wrote Ii words in our alphabet journals

*played with ice (in the shape of cubes, spheres and cylinders) in the sensory table.

*practiced writing and decorated our initials.  Can your child tell you his/her initials? How about the initials of a friend in class?

*began sharing our beautiful family banners. (We will continue this next week.)

*learned the ways children in our class say hello in different languages.

*read the book A My Name is Alice and are making a class book based on the story.

*played with spheres, cones, cubes, pyramids, cylinders, and rectangular prisms in the sensory table.

*Learned about Russia from Daniel’s mom, Great Britain from Arjun’s mom, and Pakistan from Amber’s Dad!  Thank you parents!!!  We learned so much!

*Had a visit from storyteller songwriter Courtney Campbell—she sang some amazingly fun songs with us, and we have three of her cds to sing and dance to in class!

*Went to the Middle School Library to visit with MR. T the tiger and Mr. Starker (the middle school librarian) to read A Tiger for Tea, bang the big drum and visit the tiger room as reinforcement of learning the letter T last week.

*Used one dollar Singapore coins to buy ICE CREAM from our friendly neighborhood ice-cream man!  We used our manners so kindly when asking for our ice-cream!

*Met our new classmate Ronan—he will be joining us on Monday!

*Named our new guinea pig friends!!!  We would like to introduce….. (drumroll….)  MANGO and JELLY!!!!!!!! 

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

I look forward to meeting with all of you, to discuss your child’s progress, during Parent Teacher Conferences on the 11^th and 14^th.  At this time we will discuss your child’s strengths as well as goals for the year.  Please take a few minutes to reflect on 2 or 3 strengths and goals for your child.

REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday, October 9:  Alternate Dress Day

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

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!  Lynsey and Aidah