September 12, 2014
Dear Parents,
Another exciting week in the yellow starfish
classroom!
This last week we… (and wow we have done a lot!)
*learned the sound, formation, and hand motion
for the letter Aa.
*added apple stickers 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, and drew pictures of things that start with A.
*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,
as well as An Extraordinary Egg, Little Blue and Little Yellow, Feelings,
Alphabet Mystery, and many many more! J
*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.
*made yummy APPLESAUCE and tried it out! Most of
our cuties thought it was delicious!
*participated in an “exploding colors” science
experiment! Have your child tell you
what happened to the colors in the milk!
*sang the hokey pokey and danced around J
NEXT WEEK
Next week we will learn the sound for Tt, and we
will begin activities about families in preparation for UN Day.
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 24th 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, October 3rd, 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 blue Friday Folder bag is the newest homework, a family banner. Please read the
directions that are attached to the banner and return it. J Have fun…the entire
family can help with this project. J (After
this you are pretty much free from doing things at home for school!)
REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES
Wednesday, September 24: USA DAY—Wear red,
white and blue
Thursday/Friday September 25th/26th: Faculty Inservice—NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
Friday, October 3rd: UN DAY—wear clothes from home country
Monday, October 6: Hari Raya Haji—NO SCHOOL
Thursday/Friday October 16th/17th : Parent-Teacher Conferences
*Return blue Friday Folder bag and library book
on Monday
*Return Family Banners whenever they are
finished.
*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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