There have been a lot of
things going on this week! It’s been
very exciting! It was wonderful to hear about the fall break from your
child. I had an amazing time with my own
guys, and am loving being back with your kiddos—the enthusiasm they had as they
all came running in on Monday was infectious to anyone in the ELC!
This week some of our
learning included…
*exploring a
PUMPKIN!!!!!! Thank you so much to
Morgan for buying us a pumpkin! The students are enthralled! We have observed
it, measured it (in various ways,) rolled it, carried it, painted renderings of
it, used it as a prop for dramatic play, trick or treated with it…it is a well
loved addition to our classroom! If
anyone else would like to send in a pumpkin, please feel free—discussions are
centering around pumpkins, growing and Halloween right now!
*a lot of writing and
making storybooks. We read the book A Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen, and many
were inspired that you don’t have know how to write all words to tell a story.
(This is a great book to look up for beginning writers.)
*reading a lot of various
books about pumpkins (fiction AND non-fiction) and of course Halloween.
*making our own playdoh and
then playing with it!
*making patterns in the
math area with various materials, and writing numbers with different materials
as well.
*reading with high school
students! We had a wonderful group of juniors from the high school spend some
of their morning reading with us. I will say, our students could have gone on
for hours! They looked up in astonishment when it was time for their new
reading buddies to leave!!
*explored our new mud
kitchen in the courtyard!
*learned the song “5 Little
Pumpkins.” The students have wanted to sing it over and over (along with 1
Green Jelly Bean which I taught them before the break—both songs seem to stick
in one’s head-sorry about that!)
*dramatic play included a
lot of family themed play, as well as “kitties and doggies” going on walks and
pretending to eat…we may explore these reoccurring ideas in the next little
while.
*..and much, much more!
REMINDERS / UPCOMING DATES
*Friday, October 28th: HALLOWEEN PARTY: 8:00-9:00am
-Students will arrive to school in their costume
(if they want to dress up, if not, they can just wear alternate dress.)
-Our wonderful class parents are organizing a fun
time for our students with snacks (I know you have been contacted about this.)
-At 9:00 the students will change out of their
costumes and into the change of clothes they brought (free dress.) If parents
are school, they can take the costumes (and all of the little bits that may go
with them J)
home with them, if parents are not here, we will pack them into school
bags. Our kiddos will give parents who
could join us a big hug and say goodbye, and then we will continue on with our
day. J
*October 31st: NO SCHOOL (Deepavali)
*November 1st: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS (Faculty
Inservice Day)
*November 24th and 25th: NO SCHOOL-Thanksgiving
Holiday
*December 17th to January 8th: NO
SCHOOL-WINTER BREAK
*January 9th: Late
Start—10:00am start for school
*Parents In the
Classroom*
I sent a google doc yesterday that invites
you into the classroom, and have already had many sign up! Thank you in advance! J Yay!
If you would like to come in, and someone is already signed up, just e-mail me—we
will find a way for you to come too! (A different time that day, a different
day that week—I am completely flexible on this, I just wanted a consistent time
to start. Having parents in the
classroom is an amazing thing, and now that the kiddos are settled, we are good
to go!) I would also like to invite
parents in if they want to share about a special holiday/celebration that is
important for their family. (Examples, Divali, Christmas, Hannukah…). Please
just contact me if there is ever a time that you would like to share something
with our class, celebrate a certain holiday with us, or just spend some time
doing some of the activities mentioned in the google doc. I am thinking about
having a Thanksgiving potluck (with dishes from everyone’s home countries) with
parents for our class lunch right before the Thanksgiving holiday—I will give
you more information as we get closer to that, but if you mark November 23rd
from 12:15 to 1:15 on your calendars that would be great!
Week 10 Oct 17 to 21
