Even though it was a short week, it was amazing how
much these kiddos have done!! WOW! J This week we… (Some of these are centers that
I bring the cuties over to practice with me, other times they have time to
explore and choose what they are doing, so your child may not have done all
these things, but most of our kiddos do most of them!!! It also depends on some of their prior
knowledge)
*reviewed the sound, formation, and hand motion
for the letter Aa.
*continued to sing the Alphabet Song and
compared/matched the upper case letters with the lower case letters
*learned and decorated the song Apple Bingo for
our Poems and Songs folder. We stamped with REAL apples! J
*Read Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss,
as well as An Extraordinary Egg, Little Blue and Little Yellow, Feelings,
Alphabet Mystery, Grumpy Cat, Knuffle Bunny Free and many many more! J
*learned the story of The little Red House
(an apple) and made a riddle book.
*Read books on feelings, played feeling games
and practiced different faces for different feelings.
*practiced one-to-one correspondence and using a
ten frame in math to count apples and then made our own.
*made yummy APPLESAUCE and tried it out! Most of
our cuties thought it was delicious!
*we also made and ate painted toast—ask your
cutie if we actually used real paint for this! (It was funny how relieved they
were when they found out what we were actually painting with!)
*sang the hokey pokey and danced around J
*learned the alligator song.
*had a special celebration of the Autumn
Festival—we listened to a special story, watched Ma Laoshi play a special
instrument, did calligraphy, made mooncakes, decorated and put together
lanterns and did a lion dance! What fun!
*had two special guests to teach us about Hari
Raya! Rania’s mom and Aria’s mom (thank
you so much Reema and Natasha!) told us about how Hari Raya is celebrated in
Pakistan, put on henna tattoos, decorated eid cut outs with the kiddos, made
Hari Raya cardsgave bangles out, and brought paratha to share. What an amazing time!!!!
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 15th and 16th. During
conferences we will discuss your child’s strengths as well as goals for the
year. You should have received an e-mail from the office to sign up for a
time.
UN DAY
and BEING A PART OF OUR CLASSROOM
UN Day will be held on October 9th—we will
attend an Elementary School 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.
A
big part of our learning at school revolves around identity, our family, our
community and special celebrations. UN
day is a part of that, but in addition to the things we are doing in the
classroom, we would like to invite parents to be a part of this over the next
few weeks. We would love you to come in
and share about your family, your culture, your traditions or celebrations…the
list is endless! The cuties LOVE to cook, you could come in to teach us how to
cook something (anything from something cultural to your family’s favorite
sandwich on the weekends,) you could read us a story (we have already had a
couple of parent readers in and the kiddos are very enthusiastic,) you could
show us flags, decorate some artwork special to you or your culture, celebrate
a tradition with us….really anything you would like to do! The best time for us is between 8:20 and
9:15. (You do NOT need to do something that entire time though!) You could do
something with the entire class, or just a small group of students (we would
make sure that the kids rotated so everyone had a chance with you of
course.) Please let me know a date that
would work for you. J
REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES
Thursday September 24th: NO SCHOOL-HARI RAYA HAJI
Friday September 25th: Faculty
Inservice—NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
Friday, October 9th : UN DAY—wear clothes from home country
Thursday/Friday October 15th/16th : Parent-Teacher Conferences
*Return red library bag and book on Monday (NO BLUE BAGS WENT HOME THIS
WEEK)
*Please return Identity/Family Banners when they
are finished.
*Let me know if you would like to share
something about your home country for UN Week, and what date and time you would
like to come in.
Thank
you!!! Have a wonderful weekend! Lynsey
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