Week of November 7th

This week our theme was “Thanksgiving & Scarecrows”.  The children made turkeys, Thanksgiving placemats & scarecrows.  We talked about what we are thankful for and also worked on name printing, number identification, counting, colors and patterns.  We learned about the numbers 3 & 4 and our letter for the week was Hh.

Next week our theme will be “Thanksgiving”.  The children will be making goofy turkeys and finger painting a pumpkin.  We will also work on position words, colors, name printing and we’ll play a game to help us review the letters we’ve already learned.  We will learn the numbers 5 & 6 and our letter for the week will be Tt.

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*If you still have not completed your family’s turkey feather please take time to do so and return it to school so it can be added to our classroom turkey.

*Send a cute 4x6 picture of your child any time before Nov. 21^st or 22^nd.  The picture should be in the landscape format (side-ways).

*Thanksgiving Vacation: No School Nov. 23^rd- 25^th.

*Please make sure you are sending your child to school with hats, mittens and warm coats.  Remember that we play outside three times a day.

*It’s great to see all of the kids that know the letter & numbers we’ll be working on for the week.  All of your extra work at home is really paying off!  A special thanks to all of you that take the time to work with your child and complete the homework each week!

Week of Oct. 17th

For the next two weeks our theme will be “Halloween”.  (Due to the short week and Halloween parties I will not be sending a classroom newsletter home next week). During the next 2 weeks we will make/have made jack-o-lantern windsocks, ghost feet, glitter bats, a painting with cookie cutters & spider hands.  We will continue to work on name printing, matching, cutting and counting. Our letter for this week was Jj!

On Tues. & Wed. of next week we will have our Halloween Party!  The children will make spider hats, help me scoop out and carve a pumpkin, play games and trick-or-treat in the classroom!

During the first week in November our theme will be “Hibernation & Migration”.  The children will be making raccoons and Canadian geese.  We will learn what hibernation & migration means and decide which animals sleep/fly away for the winter.  The children will begin to learn about numbers starting with 1 & 2 and our letter for the week will be Mm. 

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*Halloween party: Oct. 25^th or 26^th.  Please remember that all treats must be wrapped (we will not have time to eat everything), you child should be able to put their costume on over their clothes (by themselves) and no weapons or face paint are allowed.

*No School: Thursday, Oct. 27^th & Friday, Oct. 28^th.

*Book Fair: Held in the SES library from Oct. 31^st to Nov. 7^th.

*FBI Bowling Event: Permission slips due by Nov. 2^nd Or 3^rd.

*Early Release: Tuesday, Nov. 8^th.  Please be sure to send a note if your child needs to go somewhere other then their normal drop off point.