Friday Update October 6 to 10

It was another amazing week of learning in the yellow starfish Pre K class!!!!!!  There are not a lot of pictures this week—sorry about that—my camera died (a black screen where there should be pictures!) so I tried to take some on my phone….

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?

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

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

*read Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni, and measure things with a ruler

*sang the Itsy Bitsy Spider

*started talking about Fall, Halloween and pumpkins, and learned a 5 Little Pumpkins song

*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!

Pumpkin Patch: J  Every year, the PTA sets up a section of the kindergarten group room in Halloween/harvest decor and invites us to the "Pumpkin Patch". Our class will visit the pumpkin patch on Monday, Oct. 13 from 9:00-9:25.  I just wanted to let you know, so you had an idea if your child was talking about this! J

REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES

Thursday/Friday October 16^th/17^th :  Parent-Teacher Conferences: Students DO NOT have school these two days.

Saturday October 18^th to Sunday October 26^th: NO SCHOOL—Fall Break

Friday, October 31^st:  Halloween Party in our Classroom—details to come!

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

*Divali/Deepavali is coming up soon.  If you and your family celebrate this holiday, please consider coming in to talk about it with our cuties J

A Message from Ms. Jo:  Elementary Parent Coffee (Preschool - Grade 5)

The elementary administration will be holding their monthly coffee this coming Monday, October 13th, from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. in the 5th grade grouproom.  This month they will be explaining the work to date that has gone on with the elementary research and development team.   They will be soliciting input from parents on some of the different educational themes that have surfaced.

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