February 6, 2015
Dear Parents,
What a week!!!!!!! LEMONADE! LEMONADE! LEMONADE!!!! Thank you so much for your contributions of
lemons and money towards the SPCA. Our
class raised 130 dollars to put toward food, blankets and toys for the animals!
I am so proud of our cuties—they did an amazing job coming up with ideas for
how to run the lemonade stand, take money, advertise, entice people to come and
buy, and pour and give out lemonade!!!!!
Here are some other things
that happened this week. We…
*learned the name, sound,
and formation for the letter Ll.
*brainstormed/ listed/cut
out words that begin with Ll and wrote them in our alphabet journals.
*added LACE to our feely
letter Ll. Please remember to add this to your feely letter ring
and review all of the letters.
*learned the song Mary Had
A Little Lamb, our LEMON-LEMONADE song, and This Little Piggy.
*SQUEEZED A LOT OF
LEMONS!!!!!!!!
*mixed sugar and water and ice
and made our lemonade!
*came up with ideas, a plan
and the materials that we would need for a lemonade sale. The cuties were very good at coming up with
things like ice to keep the lemonade cool and spoons to mix it!
*made signs to advertise
our lemonade sale
*practiced in our dramatic
play area how to sell lemonade. There was a lot of “Come buy some lemonade! 50
cents a glass! It is for the SPCA” and “Would you like some lemonade? 50 cents
please!” heard in our classroom! And
they put their practice to good use at the sale!
*made headbands to help us
advertise our lemonade.
*played and built with
magna tiles (always a favorite), playdoh,
sensory beads and beads to string.
*looked at the number of
LETTERS in our names and practiced writing our numbers, using a 10 frame and
tallying.
*compared the number of
letters in our names to our friends
*continued reading a number
of related stories to The Three Little Pigs (including The Fourth Little Pig,
Ziggy and the Three Pigs, and The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig.)
*sequenced The Three Little
Pigs
*watched the teachers ACT
OUT The Three Little Pigs in the ABC hall (I was the Big Bad Wolf—the cuties
could not keep from laughing and screaming at me the entire time! I personally think we all deserved Oscars,
but they might not agree J J)
*had a visit from Ms.
Sarah, our counselor to talk about RESPONSIBILITY (a big word for little ones,
but talking about helping out at home, putting dishes away, helping to clean
up, being responsible for feeding themselves etc.)
NEXT
WEEK
Next week we will be
learning the letter Oo, continue our Fairy Tale unit with The Three Billy Goats
Gruff, and celebrate 100 day and Valentine’s Day
REMINDERS/INFORMATION
*Return library books and blue bags on Monday.
*Check the blog for
pictures from this week!
*we have had a lot of sick
kiddos this week—thank you for keeping your little one at home when they have
green noses or are not feeling well.
Upcoming Dates and Things to Remember:
*Monday,
February 9th: 100 Day!!! Many fun 100 day activities to
participate in! (how did we reach 100 days already!!?)
*Friday, February 13th: VALENTINE’S Day Activities—wear Valentine’s dress to school (red, pink, white, or
something with hearts J) and we will be passing
out Valentine’s…see the e-mail/note I sent for details about sending in
Valentine’s.
*Thursday, February 19th/Friday, February 20th: CHINESE NEW YEAR—NO
SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
*Monday, February 23rd: LATE START 10:00am
