Happy Birthday Ms. Aidah!

Yesterday was Ms. Aidah's birthday, and our cuties made the day special for her!  They each gave her goodies (cookies, chocolate, chips--Ms. Aidah LOVES junk food! :-)) with a beautiful card, and piled it all in her lap.  We sang and ate a brownie cake (thank you Dimpel!)  Ms. Aidah said she had a fabulous birthday with the class! 

Pictures from Week 13

Divali Activities, Elmer the Elephant, eggs (the green scrambled eggs look pretty gross in the pictures, but in real life they were awesome---Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham seemed to get everyone to try the eggs!!!)  What a week!

Friday Update November 15

Friday, November 15, 2013

It was great to have the cuties back this week after a much needed break! We continued to learn about Divali—thank you so much to Akshita’s mom Aparna for coming in to share Divali with us!

This week we also…

*learned the sounds (long and short), hand motion and letter formation for the letter Ee.

*added eggshells to our feely letter Ee.

*brainstormed and added Ee words to our alphabet journals.

*did an egg experiment by placing an egg in vinegar.  We are waiting to see what will happen to the egg as the vinegar breaks down the calcium in the shell.  This is a fun/easy experiment to replicate at home.

*read Green Eggs and Ham, and then cooked scrambled eggs—have your child tell you about them! The cuties did a great job cracking their own eggs for this cooking project AND…..everyone tried them!!!!!!!  WOW!

*learned the song Dingle Dangle Scarecrow and we added it to our Song book.

*read books about patterns on farms and painted patterns on paper.  These papers were cut into rectangles and turned into scarecrows. 

*Used our imaginations and great oral language skills in the “Farmers’ Market” dramatic play.

*Counted pennies and nickels as we practiced buying food at the farmers’ market.

*painted and decorated pictures of homes.

* Celebrated the holiday of Deepavali by painting diyas, eating Deepavali treats, and making rangoli rice designs and painting peacock feathers.

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will introduce the letters Cc and Kk.  These letters are introduced together because they make the same sound.  We will continue with harvest activities and learn about and explore vegetables. 

FIELDTRIP!!!!!!!!

A permission slip for our first fieldtrip, the Woodlands Wet Market, will be in your child’s zippy pouch on Monday.  Please sign it and return by Wednesday.  We need lots of parents for this trip so please join us if you can!

REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES

*Please return your lunch menus for Monday by Friday

*Return library bags and Friday folders on Monday

*Please sign and return the field trip permission form for the wet market

Thursday November 28^th and Friday November 29^th:  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.

Just a reminder… J

PRE-K SERVICE PROJECT: HYGIENE KITS FOR CAMBODIA (A note went home in your child’s zippy pouch today)

This week, pre-k students watched a video, about children in Cambodia, who are in need of basic hygiene necessities like toothbrushes and soap.  Over Thanksgiving Break, 25 teachers from SAS will be going to Cambodia with a goal of delivering 1,500 hygiene kits to families in Siem Reap. Your kind, caring little ones are eager to help these teachers! Please assist your child with this opportunity by donating the following items by Wednesday, 13 November.

1 bar of soap                              1 small washcloth                1 comb

1 large tube of toothpaste                4 toothbrushes

The students will assemble the kits in class and add a note (already printed in Khmer) that has directions on how to use each item or the importance of washing their hands and brushing their teeth.

Thank you in advance for your support and helping your children become compassionate, concerned world citizens.

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

Happy, Happy, Happy!!!

It is so great to have the cuties back after the fall break!  They have come back excited, relaxed, interested in everything about learning, and HAPPY!!!  Their two favorite songs (they ask to sing them every single day!) this week are "One Little Finger" and "Aikendrum."  Ask your child to sing these to you. :-)  

We have been finishing up Divali activities, and been learning about the letter Ee.  Tomorrow is a big Elmer the Elephant day, so be sure to ask your child about that as well. :-)

This Friday a field trip permission form will be coming home--we will be walking over to the wet market by the school and hope many parents will be able to come with us!  (November 26th morning--more info to follow.)  Don't forget to send in your Caring for Cambodia supplies in--thank you so much to all of the families who have already donated!!!

We hope you are having a wonderful week, because we sure are!!!

PUMPKINS!!!!!

We observed, measured and carved our pumpkins.  We estimated how many seeds were inside the big one (175!!! WOW!) and had  blast!!!!!

Halloween Pictures and the rest of Week 12

Friday Update Oct 28 to Nov 1

Friday, November 1, 2013

What an amazingly fun week!!!  We had lots of learning going on….and HALLOWEEN!  YAY!  The cuties looked wonderful in their costumes, and a big THANK YOU to all of the parents who helped out at our Halloween party yesterday.  The students had fun and so did I!!  The cuties also sang Happy Birthday to me today, which made my day. J  Your child is bringing home their pumpkin plant today—make sure they get a little water everyday and put them in the sun on your windowsill to see them grow. J 

This week we also…

*learned the sound, letter formation, and hand motion for the letter Hh.

*brainstormed word that started with or contained Hh and wrote them in our alphabet journals.

*added hearts to our feely letter Hh.

*observed, weighed, and carved a pumpkin, counted the seeds (175!) and voted on which face to carve into our big pumpkin!

*planted pumpkin seeds and learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin.

*painted symmetrical pumpkins and decorated them with a spooky Halloween scene.

*had a visit from Lin Loa Shi’s 8^th grade Chinese students.  They shared Halloween books that they wrote and illustrated in Chinese.

*did Halloween math—counted witches, ghosts, pumpkins and bats. J

*cut out and ordered pumpkins from small to big.

*counted the correct number of spiders to put into numbered jack o’ lanterns.

*Played with bubber in our sensory table with creepy crawlies.

NEXT WEEK (well, when we return on Nov 11)

We will introduce the letter Ee. We will also learn about the holiday of Deepavali that is happening over this break. Anyone who celebrates Deepavali at home is welcome to come and teach us about this family celebration.

REMINDERS/IMPORTANT DATES

November 4 to 8:  Fall Break—NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

*Return Friday Folders and library books on Monday, Nov. 11^th.

*Please be sure to check your child’s lunch menu daily.  Our lunches are pre-ordered in the cafeteria and it is helpful to have a correct lunch count.  Do remember to send the forms back each week. J

PRE-K SERVICE PROJECT: HYGIENE KITS FOR CAMBODIA (A note went home in your child’s zippy pouch today)

This week, pre-k students watched a video, about children in Cambodia, who are in need of basic hygiene necessities like toothbrushes and soap.  Over Thanksgiving Break, 25 teachers from SAS will be going to Cambodia with a goal of delivering 1,500 hygiene kits to families in Siem Reap. Your kind, caring little ones are eager to help these teachers! Please assist your child with this opportunity by donating the following items by Wednesday, 13 November.

1 bar of soap                              1 small washcloth                1 comb

1 large tube of toothpaste                4 toothbrushes

The students will assemble the kits in class and add a note (already printed in Khmer) that has directions on how to use each item or the importance of washing their hands and brushing their teeth.

Thank you in advance for your support and helping your children become compassionate, concerned world citizens.

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful fall break!!!!  Lynsey and Aidah