9/30 Classroom Update!

It's hard to believe that it is already almost October - the month of September seemed to just fly by! This week, we focused on Fall and the letter F. Here are some highlights from the week:

This week, we had so much fun playing in our classroom Apple Orchard. At our apple orchard, we could pick, sort, and sell apples and other goods at the Apple Orchard store.

We used apples to stamp and paint fall trees, as well as made tissue paper leaves on fall trees.

  

After reading The Leaf Man, we collected and used leaves to make our own leaf men!

  

We also began working on our letter books. Each week, we will make a new letter so that at the end of the year we have a full alphabet book to take home. This week, we made our F is for Frog page.

Next week, we will learn all about apples and focus on the letter E!

Important Reminders!

Spirit Week: We will be having an EGR Spirit Week this coming week (10/3-7) at Woodcliff. Here are the themes for each day:
           Monday: Pajama Day
           Tuesday: Crazy Hair/Hat Day
           Wednesday: USA Day
           Thursday: Favorite College/Team Day
           Friday: Blue and Gold Day

Apple Orchard Field Trip:  We will be visiting Schwallier's Country Basket on Tuesday, October 4th. Our morning class will be leaving promptly at 8:30 am, and our afternoon class will be leaving promptly at 12:30 pm. Because we need to leave right at our usual class start time, I will be opening the classroom doors at 8:15 am and 12;15 pm in order for us to try to leave on time. Here are a few important reminders for the day of the field trip:

• Please dress in layers and wear boots/shoes that can get muddy. Right now, the forecast is for mostly cloudy skies with a high of 72. Hopefully it will stay nice!
• Please remember to bring your child's car/booster seat pre-labeled with your child's first and last name on the day of the field trip.
• If you are joining us on the field trip, please fill out a volunteer form here. If you volunteered to drive other students than your own child, you will also need to stop by the office to fill out a driving self-report form with your drivers license, proof of insurance, and registration.

Scholastic Book Orders: September book orders have shipped and should be arriving this week. October book orders went home this week and are due by Thursday, October 13. You can order books online by completing the steps below. You may also turn in your paper order and payment to me and I will input your order for you.

1. Go to the Scholastic Reading Club Website here.
2. Click Connect to your Teacher and enter our class activation code: PJFBX.
3. Then click to order from this month's flyer. Our default flyer is the "Early Childhood" flyer; however, you may order from any of the flyers. You can view more details about each book and add them to your cart by clicking on them in the flyer. 
4. After selecting your items, click on the cart to create an account or sign-in to your existing account in order to check-out.  
5. October Orders need to be placed by this coming Thursday, October 13th.

Have a great weekend!

9/23 Classroom Update!

This week, we focused on the book "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" and the letters in our names. We also read lots of alphabet books, and learned a new letter sound song called "Who Let the Letters Out?" You can listen and sing along to "Who Let the Letters Out?" here. This week, we played a letter game and tried to get our letters to the top of the coconut tree. We also made our own coconut trees with the letters in our name. We completed coconut tree color matches, built letters with pattern blocks, searched for letters in the sand table, and made letters out of playdough.

This week, we had our first visit from our music teacher Ms. Janet. With Ms. Janet, we learned lots of new songs, tapped the talking drum, and played the sticks. Ms. Janet comes every other week, and she visits our afternoon class on Wednesdays and our morning class on Thursdays. We can't wait for her to come back in two weeks!

 

Here are some of the great books we read this week to go along with our theme:
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Reminders:

Field Trip Volunteers: We are visiting Schwallier's Country Basket on Tuesday October 4th to pick apples, pick a pumpkins, and play with farm animals. If you signed up to drive for the field trip, please stop by the WECC office to fill out a self-report driving form with your license, registration, and proof of insurance. 

Picture Day: Picture Day for both our morning and afternoon classes will be on Tuesday, October 11th. Makeups will be held on Wednesday, November 16th. 

Have a great weekend!