Fall Harvest Party

Fall Harvest Party

Our Fall Harvest Party is fast approaching.

We would love for you to join us on

 Wednesday, October 31st

for our party.

You can help out at a center, help pass out food or just spend time with your child.

Our Party will begin at 1:15. It will end at 2:30.

The children will not be dressing up or passing out treats. We will have lots of delicious food and plenty of fun games including Pumpkin Bowling, Bingo, a monster craft, Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin, Pass the Pumpkin and decorate a cookie!

Hope to see you there!

THANK YOU

A huge THANK YOU to those who helped with the field trip today!

Sight Word Fun

Everyday, during snack time, we practice our sight words/lightening words with songs much like this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXCGjkNwT7Y

Check it out and practice at home :)

Apple Day!

Our field trip may have been rained out but that didn't stop our fun!

Good News! Our trip is rescheduled for next Wednesday! A letter went home today about the trip.

Field Trip!

FIELD TRIP

·       Our Field trip is this Thursday, October 18^th.

·       Make sure children are dressed appropriately for the weather and outdoor activities.

·       We will eat lunch at school.

·       PLEASE BE ON TIME!

Information for Chaperones

·       All chaperones are to meet in our classroom, in the morning. You do not need to meet us back at our classroom once the trip is over!

·       Groups will be assigned in the classroom, before we depart.

·       All students, in our class, will ride the bus and adults will drive separately and meet us at the Erie Orchard.

·        There are almost 20 chaperones! Thank you for your help!

Extra Practice!

Songs help up remember things better! I use many educational songs in class to help my students learn better and remember important skills.  One very important song that we sing is Dr. Jean's Alphardy song!

This song helps us with letter identification and sounds. Please take the time to sing it with your child as often as you can. This is a great way to get in some extra practice at home for those struggling with these skills. I'm sure your child would LOVE to show you the motions to the song as well! Thanks!

CLICK BELOW FOR THE SONG>>>

Dr. Jean's Alphardy

WEEK 5

WEEK 5

I am so proud of the hard work that each child has been showing me. Their concentration during center time has really impressed me! Now that Kindergarten is in full swing, my volunteer schedule is going out tomorrow, Monday, October 8th.You should also receive the Star of the Week Schedule on Monday. Last week, we worked hard on learning all about the letter S and we practiced our sight words more than ever! Please make sure  you are helping your child complete the reading homework every night. In Reading, we have been focused on beginning sounds and letter identification. In Writing, we are working on writing the first sound of a word with assistance. For example, If the child draws a picture of a cat then I would sound out the word and ask what letter makes the "C" sound. Either C or K would be acceptable. We have also been writing environmental print. In Math, we have been practicing making sets, shapes and patterns. Also, this week, we met our Third Grade Buddies! They will be with us every Friday afternoon to help us with learning centers!

Take a look at some of the fun we had this week…

 

Every Monday, we practice our Mini Book as a whole class. We go on a sight word hunt. The kids LOVE coming up to the board to circle the sight words. Thanks to everyone who brought in nature objects! The kids have been practicing making AB and ABC patterns with the objects.



We had two counting stations this week; counting seeds and counting beads!



We started looking at the characteristics of shapes. We looked through old magazines and teacher catalogs to find shapes for our shape posters!





Look who came to our school on Friday! He even brought his fire truck! The kids learned a great deal about Fire Safety! I hope everyone did their escape plan homework!  Tomorrow is the beginning of week 6. We will focus on the letter D, continue our unit on the 5 senses, make a Venn Diagram comparing school and home, learn about retelling and lots and lots of other fun learning activities! Please E-mail me if you have questions or comments regarding your child. Thank  you!