Happy Fall~
October is here and with it has come rain, rain, rain, rain, rain. My goodness. At school we have made it outside most days which makes us all happy. Please remember to send your children with sensible shoes for the weather and appropriate clothing. Hats, coats, boots and gloves are always helpful. If you desire, some of those items can be left in your child's pouch under their hook.
Please be watching for notes from the teacher (permission slips, communication about upcoming events, etc.) and artwork in your child's pouch. There may be something every day or something only every few days, but please be checking it and your parent cubby in the Art Center on a regular basis. Also, please remember to arrive at school at 9 a.m. for the 3s class and 1 p.m. for the 4s class. I need sufficient time to chat with my parent helpers. If you arrive earlier than 5 minutes before class starts feel free to play on the playground or in the dramatic playroom until I am ready for sign-in. Parent helpers really need to arrive on time. For the 3s class the parent helper arrival time is 8:30 a.m. For the 4s class arrival time is 12:45 p.m. If the helper is late the whole day can be thrown off and the children are the ones that suffer from that situation. At snack time remember to send ONLY WATER for drink. Please refrain from sending sugary candies and cookies for snack. The children are working very hard and their brains need good food like veggies, fruits, whole grains and protein. :)
The schedule of events for the month follows. We have one day of school located off campus at the pumpkin patch (Teacher Andy's farm), and one field trip for the 4s class. At the end of the month we have phone conferences and school will be cancelled for those days. The 3s class has the first of their 3 makeup days. The dramatic play room has become a veterinarian's office. We will learn about animals and talk about what they need and how we can take care of them. It should be a fun month with lots of fun activities and projects planned.
Monday, Oct. 7: 3S MAKEUP DAY!! ARRIVE AT SCHOOL AT 8:30 A.M. FOR PARENT HELPERS, 9 A.M. FOR ALL OTHERS. CLASS IS IN SESSION 9-11:40 A.M. Today we will start talking about farms and animals. We'll make a chicken picture and work together as a group to paint a large barn shape. The quilt we have been working on is finished! We'll talk a little about that at the end of the day. 4s~We will start books of which the children will be the authors and illustrators. The children will paint the cover and back of their books today. At 2 p.m. we will leave for Perrin Dairy. You will need to either provide transportation for your child or arrange a ride from someone in the class that is driving. We will finish our day at the dairy. You will need to either stay with your child or come back to pick them up. If you haven't received your permission slip please ask for one.
Wednesday, Oct. 9: 3~We'll sing a song about Grandpa's farm and read a story about a man and his tractor. The children will play with tractors in shaving cream and make a mask of a horse. Neigh! 4s~The children will continue to make their farm book. They will put animals in their book today. They will play with tractors in shaving cream.
Friday, Oct. 11: NO SCHOOL TODAY. STATEWIDE INSERVICE
Monday, Oct. 14: This week we will talk about apples. We'll make applesauce in class on Wednesday. Please send your child to school with an apple by Wednesday. Today we will talk about what our favorite kind of apple is and we'll have a taste test at snack. We'll graph the results. We will experiment with painting with apple parts.
Wednesday, Oct. 16: 3s~Today we will paint an apple tree with leaves and learn a song about two apples in a tree. We'll taste apples and decide which kind we like best. We'll make apple pictures that will shine in our windows. 4s~Please send your child with an apple today! We will cut apples into bits and start cooking them into applesauce. We will graph the colors of apples that came to school and compare the sizes and weights. We'll sing a song about two little apples in a tree and read a story about two guinea pigs making applesauce.
Friday, Oct. 18: 3s~ We will make apple pie with the applesauce that the 4s made for us. The children will make apple necklaces with the lyrics of the song we've been singing. We'll put pictures in our scrapbooks for the first time! 4s~We will eat the applesauce we made on Wednesday at snack time today. We will put pictures in our scrapbook for the first time. We'll make apple necklaces and sing a song about a farmer and his apple tree. {At 4:30 p.m. today we will have a ribbon-cutting ceremonial celebration for our improved and newly planted playground. There will be snacks and a great deal of pomp and circumstance-please join us!}
Monday, Oct. 21: This week we will be talking about pumpkins. We'll explore all parts of a pumpkin. Today we will read a story about a pumpkin in the day and a pumpkin in the night and we will start a project that will try to portray that concept on paper. We'll hammer golf tees into pumpkins and look at the inside of a pumpkin.
Wednesday, Oct. 23: PUMPKIN PATCH DAY!! We will begin and end our day at Teacher Andy's farm today. Directions will be distributed as the date nears. We will gather at the farm, chat about the day, play, pick pumpkins, eat snack (send a snack as usual), and walk in the field/woods. If the weather is inclement please send your child in coats and boots. We will spend time in the barn if it is really awful. At the end of the day the 3s class will walk through the field and the 4s class will walk down the field into the woods and back to the farm. All family members are welcome. If you have a child that is not mobile a rugged stroller or backpack is best. Arrive at the farm at your normal class start time. Parent helpers are still needed to help and need to arrive at normal parent help times. This is a really fun day that is worth coming to. All are welcome.
Friday, Oct. 25: 3s~We'll start talking about monsters today. We learn about how to make a monster disappear which is helpful this time of year with all the monsters around. We will make a book modeled after the Ed Emberley book, Go Away Big, Green Monster. We'll make paper for the background of our book pages and we'll finger paint with red and yellow paint to make a...pumpkin! 4s~Today we will learn about the life-cycle of a pumpkin and make a depiction of it to remember. We'll finish our project of Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night. We'll read a story about a pumpkin's life cycle.
Monday, Oct. 28: This week we will learn about spiders and all their creepy-crawly ways. Today we will make salt dough spiders and start a life-cycle poster of the spider. We'll make spidery necklaces that are sure to make you scream!
Wednesday, Oct. 30: 3s~We will finish our monster book and read it at the end of the day. We will read a story about a wild monster mash and make a monster mask. We'll make monster necklaces and practice our method of getting rid of monsters. Go away Big Monster! 4s~Today we will paint the spiders we made on Monday. We'll paint with spiders as our brushes and we'll make spooky spider hats. Creeeepy.
Thursday, Oct. 31: HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Phone conferences start today. You will get an informational handout about them in the middle of the month.
Friday, Nov. 1: NO SCHOOL TODAY-PHONE CONFERENCES
Thank you so much for sharing your children with me. I am so proud of the strides they have made. They are learning quickly and becoming good friends. Talking about your child's school friends at home will help them remember names and personalities therefore expediting the road to friendship. I am amazed at them every day. Thank you for your help in the classroom. I am really enjoying getting to know your children and you! Thank you.
Have a great month,
Anne.
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