Week 7 Sept 22 to 26 (3 day week :-))

Happy USA Day in the Pre K!!!

Reminder:  There is no school for students tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday because of Faculty Inservice Days.  I will see the cuties back at school on Monday, September 29^th.

Dear Parents,

It was a short week, but still a busy one!  With a lockdown and evacuation drill and USA day thrown in the mix, your cuties are going to be coming home exhausted but happy! J This week we… 

*read We Are All The Same, We are All Different (an AMAZING BOOK!) and had a lot of discussion around how we are the same (we are all people, we have families, we eat food, we have homes) and how we are different (we have different colored eyes, different colored skin, we like to eat different things, our homes look different, we have different people in our family….etc).  We know that although some things between us are the same and some are different, we can be friends and appreciate those things about each other.

*had a visit from Ms. Sarah, our counselor, who talked to us about being friends and reaching out to others on the playground.

*celebrated USA Day by having s’mores around the campfire, dancing and pretending to go camping, painted pictures of the American flag, and going on a hunt around the school to find the symbols of the USA (the bald eagle and the American flag.)

*made USA day necklaces.

*worked on our number books

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will learn about the letter Nn.  We will continue learning about our home countries, and continue to talk about families as we look at all of our family banners. We will also be celebrating UN DAY next Friday.

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

I look forward to meeting with all of you to discuss your child’s progress. The pre-K teachers will be holding Parent Teacher Conferences on October 16^th and 17^th. During conferences we will discuss your child’s strengths as well as goals for the year. 

REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES

Thursday/Friday September 25^th/26^th:  Faculty Inservice—NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Friday, October 3^rd:  UN DAY—wear clothes from home country

Monday, October 6:  Hari Raya Haji—NO SCHOOL

Thursday/Friday October 16^th/17^th :  Parent-Teacher Conferences

*Return blue Friday Folder bag and red library bag and book on Monday

*Please return Family Banners—we are going to talk about them on Monday!

*Let me know if you would like to share something about your home country for UN Week, and what date and time your would like to come in.

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