9/11 Classroom Update

Tuesday/Thursday 3's:

This week, we read the story Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes and practiced retelling the story with pictures! On Tuesday, we decorated and laced our own "shoes," played a Pete the Cat matching game to practice same and different, and practiced taking our own shoes off and on independently. On Thursday, we did a color sort outside, retold the story in pictures, and painted with different items from the story (strawberries, blueberries, and coffee grounds "mud"). We also had our first visit from Ms. Janet on Thursday! We had the best time singing, dancing and playing instruments along with her. We can't wait for her to come back in two weeks!

We also made a class book titled "Rocking in My School Shoes." Each friend will have a turn to take it home and read it with their family members at home. When it is your child's turn, please read it with your child and return it the next class day for another friend to enjoy. We will sanitize it between home visits!

Next week, we will learn about Fall! Here are some pictures from our week in 3's:

PM 5's:

This week in 5's, we read the story Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and focused on the letters in our name! On Tuesday, we made a coconut tree with all the letters in our name and played a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom letter game! We also watched Chicka Chicka Boom Boom come to life and listened to the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom song. On Wednesday, we read Chrysanthemum and talked about how special our names are! We made name bracelets, built our names out of play dough, and matched letter stickers to letters on the coconut tree! On Thursday, we sorted letters in our first and last names. Many friends are working on remembering their last names - this is a great skill to practice at home! We also painted magic pictures where a magic word appeared! :) 

This week, we also had our first visit from our music teacher Ms. Janet! We had a blast learning about beats and singing along with Ms. Janet. We will see her again in two weeks!

Next week, we will focus on how we can be "bucket fillers" and good friends. Here are some picture highlights from this week:

Important Dates, Reminders, & Resources:

Parent Forms: If you have not already done so, please turn in the parent information and blog permission forms at your earliest convenience! Once we have all the blog permission forms, we will be able to post even more pictures to the blog! 

Picture Day: Picture Day will be Monday, October 12th for the 5's class and Tuesday, October 13th for the 3's class. Picture Retakes will be held on Wednesday, November 4th.

Thanksgiving Break: WECC will be closed Wednesday, November 25th through Friday, November 27th for Thanksgiving Break.  

Have a wonderful weekend!