The yellow starfish have had
another amazing and fun week with lots of learning going on! They all did really well with our subs while
I was doing the professional development (which was purposeful and amazing) and
I am proud of some of the amazing conversations and explorations the kiddos and
I have had over the last couple of days.
Note: ** 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) You may have to help them with some of the
songs—some are easier to sing than others. Please return the song books on
Wednesday.
This week some of our
explorations also included….
*learning the sound, letter
formation, and hand motion for the letter Hh—this letter actually came up
because so many of our cuties have still be obsessed with Pumpkins and
Halloween, and some really wanted to draw and write about it. They helped me
find h pictures on the computer.
*planting pumpkin seeds, which
led into the pumpkin life cycle. We were
keeping the seeds that we dug out of our pumpkin last week, and some of them
sprouted! We wondered what we should do
about this! Some cuties wanted to plant
some in our back garden, others wanted them to take home, so we did a little of
both. We are going to watch them grow
and see what happens.
*reading “Too Many Pumpkins” and
“From Seed to Plant” along with other pumpkin and growing/harvest books that
were picked out by our kiddos
*using popsicle sticks! Sticks keep coming to school in one way or
another, so we had a little conversation about them and then provided the students
with some other materials—I didn’t tell them what to do with them, and our
cuties went to town! Some made houses,
others glued them onto paper in different designs, some built vehicles….lots of
fun and wondering!
*Some of our students were
talking about games they play at home, and the concept of dice came up. They looked through my cupboard with me, and
they picked out two games they wanted to try—a pig game (depending on the
number you roll on a dice you have to draw a certain part of a pig—the first
one who draws the whole pig wins) and an alphabet bingo—they had a lot of fun!
REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES
Monday, November 9th: FACULTY
INSERVICE DAY—NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
Tuesday, November 10th: DEEPAVALI HOLIDAY- NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, November 11th: Alternate Dress and Library Day
Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th:
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY- NO SCHOOL
*Please return the red library bag and books and Blue Friday Folder and SONG BOOK on Wednesday when we are back!!
*Please look for an e-mail
from me about volunteering in our classroom! J
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