October 5th-9th

Hello families!

We were so thankful for outside time this week. Yay for sun! Below are some important dates you need to remember. There is a new one listed this week so pay close attention.

*Fairytale Celebration Play: October 15^th at 11:00 (Please practice play lines with your child!! We need your help!) THIS IS NEXT WEEK!
*Dad Pumpkin Carving: October 22^nd at 1:00 

*Parade of Fiction: October 28^th at 8:30- There was an email about this. Go back and read it for more details. 

*Optional Parent/teacher Conferences and NO SCHOOL: October 29^th and 30^th (A sign up genius was already sent out for conference times.)

Thematic Centers:

This week we were working on play lines, play transitions, play props and costumes. We will start our new unit “Creepy Crawlies” after the play. 

Reader’s Workshop:

This week we reviewed SWAT and Roll, Say, Keep. We also played a new game called: “Write it Quick.” The teacher calls a letter or word and the student has to write it as quickly as they can with chalk on their mini chalkboard. We are still getting through marvelous me as well. Last week we noticed that William’s name had “Liam” at the end and “Will” at the beginning, just like two of our classmates! This was so cool. We have about 8 children left.

Writer's Workshop:
This week we worked on exploring different types of books. We discussed the different ways that paper can be stapled to create different books (longer, shorter, vertical, horizontal etc.) We also worked on two handwriting letters. We worked on K and L.

Math Workshop:
This week we got to count our collections from home! If your child did not bring one, it's no worries. We had objects from the classroom to count! We had so much fun counting all the objects from home. We also played a new game called "Change It." We played this whole group. The teacher would call out a number and everyone would count that many objects out and place it in front of them. Then the teacher would say change it to 6 (or whatever number she decided) and then everyone would have to add or subtract objects to get that number. It was so fun because we played with different objects from around the room. The math tubs were the same except we added "Gone Fishing" to one tub and removed Roll and Record. 

Science:

Ms. Leslie noticed that the sign up genius was empty for Sci Fri last week so she came again! She did the Big Bad Wolf science experiment. Children were grouped in twos and threes and they had to build a house out of a certain material. We tried sugar cubes, legos, toothpicks and marshmallows, unifix cubes, dominos, pipe cleaners and popsicle sticks. Each team faced the "big bad wolf" (a hair dryer) to see which material held up the best. We cannot wait to see what Ms. Mary Lee has planned for this Friday! Our troll grass heads are really growing too!

Please don't forget to send in a pumpkin or two for dramatic play! The kids love weighing and measuring the pumpkins. They like to pretend it's a real pumpkin patch!

Have a great weekend,
Mrs. Schultz