9/24 Classroom Blog

 Important Dates/Reminders:

Spirit Week 9/27-10/1: Next week is Spirit Week at WECC! See the daily themes below:

• Monday: Pajama Day
• Tuesday: Rainbow Day (wear as many colors as your can)/Favorite Color Day
• Wednesday: Crazy Hair/Hat Day
• Thursday: Favorite Sports Team/Club Day
• Friday: Wear your East Gear Day!

Scholastic Book Orders: This week, I sent home Scholastic book order fliers in your child's folder. You can order books by completing the order forms on the flier and returning to me or online by completing the steps below. There is a larger selection of books online to choose from than in the flier. 

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 flier. Our default flier is the "Early Childhood" flier; however, you may order from any of the fliers. You can view more details about each book and add them to your cart by clicking on them in the flier. 
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. September/October orders need to be placed by next Friday, October 1st.

Picture Day: Picture Day will be Monday, October 11th for ECSE, MWF AM 3's, and PM 5's. Make-up pictures will be taken on Wednesday, November 3rd. 

Extra Clothes: With the change in the weather, now is a great time to change your child's extra clothes in their backpack with warmer clothes!

No School 10/29: There are no preschool classes on Friday, October 29th.

Thanksgiving Break: There are no preschool classes Wednesday, November 24th through Friday, November 26th for Thanksgiving Break. 

T/Th 3's Class:

This week, we learned about apples and the letter A! We met our friend Ally Alligator, practiced making the short and long A sounds, built the letter A and identified words that start with A. During circle time, we sang a few apple songs and read about how apples grow. In centers, we painted real apples like in The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree, played in our classroom apple orchard, counted apples, played apple hopscotch, made playdough apples, and taste tested different types and colors of apples. We played apple hopscotch and practiced jumping in and out. We had lots of fun painting apple pies with apples too! Here are some picture highlights from our week in 3's:

PM 5's Class:

This week, we learned about different feelings and how to identify how other or ourselves are feeling. We focused on what causes certain emotions and how those emotions look and feel. We sorted feelings using facial and body language clues and acted out different feelings in "Feelings Charades." In our discussions about feelings, we also talked about different problems that can arise with friends and strategies to solve problems in a kind manner to make everyone feel better and ready to play. We also worked on reading a simple book that follows a pattern, along with "reading" the pictures to identify the feelings and sentence endings. Our math focus skill this week was learning about the attributes of a square. After reading The Perfect Square, we created our own square art! Here are some picture highlights from our week in 5's:

Have a great weekend!