November 22, 2013
Dear Parents,
We had another fun week in
the yellow starfish classroom!!! Find some of our activities below…
*learned the name, sounds,
letter formation for Cc (hard and soft) and Kk.
*added kernels of corn to
our Kk and cotton to our feely letter Cc.
*brainstormed and wrote Cc
and Kk words in our alphabet journals.
*estimated and counted tiny
plastic cats that were in our class estimation jar.
*learned Albuquerque
Turkey, Let’s Be Thankful, and Hello Mr. Turkey. We sang a lot!
*learned why the Native
American Indians were important to the Pilgrims and how they were involved with
the first Thanksgiving.
*planted corn seeds and
learned about the life cycle of a plant
*made corn bread (YUM!!!!!!
Most of the cuties asked for seconds!!!!! J)
*measured a Cucumber and a Carrot with unifix cubes and
saw how many blocks long each was, and then decided which vegetable was longer
and which one was shorter.
*started making
Thanksgiving headbands (they are pretty darn cute! Will take pictures next week!)
*listened to a lesson on
things we can do when we get angry from Mr. Pearson, the primary school
counselor
RECIPE
FOR CORN BREAD
I’ve had several requests
for the recipe we made this week. It is a very easy one to do at home with your
cuties.
1 cup yellow or white
cornmeal
1 cup all purpose flour
2-4 tablespoons sugar (or
honey) (optional)
4 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt (optional)
1 cup milk
1 egg beaten
¼ cup vegetable shortening
or oil
Heat oven to 400f
Combine dry ingredients.
Add oil, egg and milk. Mix just until blended
Bake 20 – 25 minutes until
golden brown and toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
WET
MARKET FIELDTRIP ON TUESDAY
So far, the following
people have volunteered to chaperone: Zoey, Jonas, Qi Yan, Sarah, Zhang Yun,
Dimpel, Becky and Angie. Please let me
know if Aidah has that wrong from the forms or if I am missing anyone (I am
still missing a couple of permission forms.) Hopefully the weather will be
good, if not we will have to cancel the trip. The children should wear
their polo uniform top on that day (Not the PE uniform). Chaperones
should bring a backpack and an umbrella. I will provide the cuties with
money to purchase vegetables and a drink at the hawker stalls. Chaperones
please meet it the classroom at 8:00.
A
LOOK AT NEXT WEEK AND THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 25
Next week we will finish
our unit on Thanksgiving and Vegetables. We will use the vegetables
purchased at the market to make “Friendship Soup” for our Thanksgiving meal,
and stamp a placemat. The following week we will introduce the letter Rr,
focusing on reindeer, and begin winter and holiday activities. If there is anyone who would like to
come in and share a holiday tradition, please let me know.
UPCOMING EVENTS and REMINDERS
*Friday Folders are not
coming home today. Instead everything will go home next Wednesday.
There will be no Friday update next week.
*Return library books on
Monday.
*Monday,
Nov 25 to Wednesday, Nov 27: PTA Book Fair, in the Elementary Gym
*Tuesday, November 26 : Woodlands
Wet Market trip
* Thursday
November 28th and Friday November 29th: NO SCHOOL – THANKSGIVING BREAK
A
Way to Help the Philippines
Wish 4 Tabuelan Friends Relief Fundraiser
Typhoon Haiyan, one of the biggest storms ever recorded, hit the
Philippines last Friday, killing and displacing countless people. SAS needs
YOUR help in raising $85,000 as a school-wide fundraiser for families in
Tabuelan, Cebu (site of Wish 4 Kids service for more than a decade) to rebuild
their homes. Donate to any of the red boxes found in the HS library and the HS,
MS, PS, IS, ECC, and Central Admin. Offices, or donate online via paypal at http://tinyurl.com/wish4tabpaypal! More information can be
found the SAS E-news and on the SAS website this week.
