Friday, October 25, 2013
It was another fun week in the
Pre K yellow starfish class….lots of PPPPPPPumpkin activities!!! Your child’s poetry and song book is
coming home in their Friday Folder today—be sure to sing the songs with them
this weekend, and they will use their “magic pointer” to point to the words as
they sing! (Of course they may not be
pointing to the correct words—the idea is to have them know which way you
read-Left to Right, and that the words they are singing are on the page. J)
This week we…
*learned the sound, letter
formation, and hand motion for the letter Pp.
*brainstormed word that
started with or contained Pp and wrote them in our alphabet journals.
*added purple and pink
pieces of paper for our feely letter Pp.
*estimated an counted the
number of pumpkin seeds in our class estimation jar.
*Painted symmetrical
pumpkins and decorated them with a spooky Halloween scene.
*Created and copied
patterns using Halloween characters (These are coming home in the Friday
Folder—please have your child explain his/her pattern to you.)
*Read a nonfiction book
about pumpkins and sequenced pictures of the lifecycle of a pumpkin.
*learned the song Pumpkin
Man and decorated the song sheet. A copy
of the song will come home in the Poems and Songs book.
*Made a caterpillar out of
circles, and wrote how “many circles long” their caterpillar was.
*played a listening game
with jack-o-lanterns (tried to find different shapes for eyes….)
*Played a “draw a pig” game
where they added different parts of the body to a pig depending on what number
they rolled on the dice.
*Decorated a 5 Little
Pumpkins page for our room.
* Made pumpkins to hang
from the ceiling—lots of cutting involved and our cuties did a wonderful job!
* we were GOING to draw the
Pigeon from Mo Willems’ books, but we ran out of time so we will do that next
week!
*went to the Pumpkin Patch
and picked out a baby pumpkin to take home!
*Had a visit from Mr.
Pearson, the primary school counselor. He talked to us about a way to deal with
conflict… TIM (our problem solving bug)
“TELL your feelings, IGNORE, MOVE away.)
The Little Orange House
This week, I told the
students the story of the LITTLE ORANGE HOUSE. They loved it so much they
wanted to show you. There is a copy in
the zippy pouch—the story requires adult help---have fun!
REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES
Thursday, October 31: Halloween Party
(12:15-1:10)
*We wear our costumes to school (comfortable enough to wear all day J)
*We will eat lunch early (11:45) while parents set up our room and group
room
*Parade around the ECC begins at 12:15 in the ABC hall—parents meet us there.
*Party starts at 12:30 (right after parade). All parents are WELCOME to attend!! The party will wrap up by 1:15 in order to
get children on the bus and parents off to other evens. We know many parents will be leaving
directly after the party to the festivities in the Primary/Intermediate
Schools. PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you will
be taking your child with you.
* A copy of the VIP calendar from January to May will be
at the party for you to sign up so please bring your calendar. The VIP calendar until then is on one of the
top tabs on my blog—please let me know if you would like to be added to it.
November 4 to 8: Fall Break—NO SCHOOL
FOR STUDENTS
Thank you!!! Have a wonderful weekend! Lynsey and Aidah
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