9/17 Classroom Update

Important Dates/Reminders:

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 Friday, October 1st.

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. 

MWF 3's:

This week, we continued our exploration of colors - particularly colors we see in the Fall! We talked about how Autumn leaves change colors in the fall. We sorted leaves by color, identified colors that leaves can be, painted leaves, and danced with leaves along to an Autumn leaves song! We also talked about signs of Fall and went on a Fall scavenger hunt outside! We went on a leaf hunt, made leaf rubbings in our own leaf books, and created leaf sensory paintings. We also enjoyed lots of outside time, making fall wreaths, playing in a fall sensory tub, practicing counting fall items and playing in our classroom Flower Shop. Next week, we will learn more about apples and the letter A. Here are some picture highlights of our week in 3's:

PM 5's:

This week, we focused on how we can be a good friend both in and outside of school. We discussed the importance of kindness and what it means to be kind. We also learned about cotton ball and sandpaper words. Cotton ball words are kind words that feel good (ex. thank you, compliments, please, encouraging others, etc), while sandpaper words feel hurtful and can "scratch our feelings" (ex. mean words, a mean voice, calling names, yelling). Next week, we will continue to talk about ways to solve disagreements and problems using cotton ball words versus sandpaper words. We read the story "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" and thought about how we can fill both our own and other's buckets. We met all of our Zoo Phonics animals this week, and learned the sounds and motions that go along with each letter. We sing "Who let the letters out?" to practice the letter sounds and motions. We also learned about circles and explored circles in our world and painting with circles. This week, our dramatic play area was transformed into a Flower Shop where preschoolers could make bouquets of flowers for each other and make cards! Here are some picture highlights from our week in 5's:

Have a great weekend!