Dear Families,
I hope this week went well with the substitute. I am sad to have missed the Halloween parade and party today. I asked the substitute to take lots of pictures, so hopefully I will get to see all of the cute costumes!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts: We had our literacy centers on Tuesday this week, and our letter of the week was B. You can see our computer center illustrations for the letter B in our website, under “Classwork.” The story of the week was called The Spooky Wheels on The Bus. We hand fun singing to this song, which is similar to “The Wheels on the Bus.” We also read and colored a mini book called, “Orange Pumpkin, What Do You See?”
• Social Studies: Congratulations to Sainik, who was chosen as our eighth Star of the Week! You can read about him in the “Classwork” section of our website, and click under “Star of the Week.”
• Math: This week’s chapter was all about the numbers from 1-3. We practiced writing and counting objects. Please remember to start on the top line when we write numbers and letters. We usually write from top to bottom, left to right. These are skills that help overall when we are reading books. Also, we practiced reading picture graphs and answering questions about graphs, such as, which set has more animals? Which set has less animals? In addition, we practiced making our own graphs and collecting our own data.
• Computer Lab: We had exploration time this week on the website, www.starfall.com. This is a website that I recommended during Back to School night. This week we read some of the holiday stories, including “Pumpkin,” and also read different alphabet books.
• Red Ribbon Week: This week we celebrated red ribbon week and the theme was, “Making Healthy Choices.” Red ribbon week is about educating children to stay healthy be eating well, exercising, and staying away from negative influences such as drugs, alcohol, or smoking. For the Kindergarteners, we focus on healthy eating and how we can take care of our bodies. We made a poster about our healthy choices and also the PTO organized little activities for us to do each day this week!
• Art: This week we saw Mrs. Abada on Thursday and she read a story about Shapes to us. Then we made prints using foam shapes and paint.
• Assembly: Today we had a presentation by the Wildlife Associates. They always bring in real animals that have been injured and need extra care. They teach us lots of great facts about the animals. Ask your child about today’s assembly!
• Halloween Party: Today the students drew a self portrait of themselves in their costumes and the substitute also took individual photos of the students! In the afternoon, we had our snack and then met our fourth grade buddies for the school parade. Afterwards, we made Halloween necklaces!
Thank you for many of you who have been asking about my twin nieces. It’s actually been a tough 2 weeks for my family. My sister started getting an on-and-off fever 2 weeks ago, and she ended up going to the ER last Friday for extremely high white blood count and extremely low blood pressure. They discovered that she had some complications from her C-section 4 weeks ago, and had to get 2 surgeries done last Saturday. After that, her fever still continued to exist and her white blood count continued to rise. So she is still in the hospital this week, and they are trying to give her all sorts of antibiotics to fight the infection. Since she and my brother-in-law have been in the hospital, my mom and I have been on full-time duty taking care of the twins. They are doing great and have gained almost 2 pounds in the last month, but I am just worried for my sister. Please send some positive thoughts and prayers for my sister’s health… thank you.
Have a safe time trick-or-treating on Sunday. Happy Halloween!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
October 22, 2010
Dear Families,
This was a fun week for us! Next week is a short week and it will also be filled with lots of special activities. It is Red Ribbon Week, and we have our Halloween parade and party too! Unfortunately, I will not be at school from Wednesday to Friday next week. I am very sad to miss Halloween especially because I love to take pictures of all the children in their costumes =( My husband has a conference that he is presenting at and I will be flying with him to attend the conference. We have a substitute coming and it is very important that the kids remember to follow the rules. Please remind them to be on their best behavior!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts: Our journal entry this week was to write about spiders. We practiced capital letters, spaces, periods, and sounding out words. We also learned how to draw a spiderweb! In literacy centers, our letter of the week was T. You can see our computer center illustrations for the letter T in our website, under “Classwork.” The story of the week was called Alice and Greta. Keep practicing writing the listening center sentences about your child’s favorite part. We start the sentence with: I like when __________.
• Social Studies: Congratulations to Sreenidhi, who was chosen as our seventh Star of the Week! You can read about her in the “Classwork” section of our website, and click under “Star of the Week.”
• Math: We started our next chapter on comparing sets. We learned to use the words more, less, fewer, greater, equal, and same, to compare two sets of objects. We also learned how to use the > greater than, < less than, and = equal sign to compare numbers. The last few problems in our math worksheet had us practice word problems such as: Draw more ducks than ponies. We practiced how to solve these problems.
• Computer Lab: This week we finished our October Kidpix illustrations of our Pumpkin poem. We practiced making a background for our pumpkins including a ground, sky, moon, and stars! You can see these drawings in our “Classwork” section of our website!
• Science: We finished our Pumpkin, Pumpkin books about the life cycle of a pumpkin! Have your child share with you the stages of how a pumpkin grows: seed, sprout, plant, flower, pumpkin, green to orange, and then it is picked and carved out to become a Jack O’Lantern!
• Enrichment Day: Thank you to all the parents who came to help during this special school-wide event! Our first presentation was by two dentists, and they taught us how to take care of our teeth. They gave us toothbrushes! Our second presentation was by the sheriff and they gave us stickers that looked like badges! The third presentation was by the librarians from the Cupertino Public Library. They gave us applications for library cards, if you don’t already have one! The last presentation was by several Kindergarten moms, and they taught us how to make pumpkin pie! The recipe is in today’s Friday folder!
• Pumpkin Patch: Thank you for all the parents who came to chaperone on this trip. We decorated our own little pumpkins and also pet some farm animals. We had a great time!
Eaton has had some problems recently with the silly band bracelets that have been in fashion lately. If your child has them, that is fine as long as they keep it on their wrist. However, they cannot trade them or give them away, because of Eaton’s policy against toys. Please make sure they wear them and are not playing with them!
Another reminder is to please come to school on time! Once the kids enter the classroom door, then school has officially started. Unfortunately, if you come in after we have closed the door, your child is marked “Delayed.” This record will be counted on your child’s progress report.
Have a wonderful three-day weekend!
This was a fun week for us! Next week is a short week and it will also be filled with lots of special activities. It is Red Ribbon Week, and we have our Halloween parade and party too! Unfortunately, I will not be at school from Wednesday to Friday next week. I am very sad to miss Halloween especially because I love to take pictures of all the children in their costumes =( My husband has a conference that he is presenting at and I will be flying with him to attend the conference. We have a substitute coming and it is very important that the kids remember to follow the rules. Please remind them to be on their best behavior!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts: Our journal entry this week was to write about spiders. We practiced capital letters, spaces, periods, and sounding out words. We also learned how to draw a spiderweb! In literacy centers, our letter of the week was T. You can see our computer center illustrations for the letter T in our website, under “Classwork.” The story of the week was called Alice and Greta. Keep practicing writing the listening center sentences about your child’s favorite part. We start the sentence with: I like when __________.
• Social Studies: Congratulations to Sreenidhi, who was chosen as our seventh Star of the Week! You can read about her in the “Classwork” section of our website, and click under “Star of the Week.”
• Math: We started our next chapter on comparing sets. We learned to use the words more, less, fewer, greater, equal, and same, to compare two sets of objects. We also learned how to use the > greater than, < less than, and = equal sign to compare numbers. The last few problems in our math worksheet had us practice word problems such as: Draw more ducks than ponies. We practiced how to solve these problems.
• Computer Lab: This week we finished our October Kidpix illustrations of our Pumpkin poem. We practiced making a background for our pumpkins including a ground, sky, moon, and stars! You can see these drawings in our “Classwork” section of our website!
• Science: We finished our Pumpkin, Pumpkin books about the life cycle of a pumpkin! Have your child share with you the stages of how a pumpkin grows: seed, sprout, plant, flower, pumpkin, green to orange, and then it is picked and carved out to become a Jack O’Lantern!
• Enrichment Day: Thank you to all the parents who came to help during this special school-wide event! Our first presentation was by two dentists, and they taught us how to take care of our teeth. They gave us toothbrushes! Our second presentation was by the sheriff and they gave us stickers that looked like badges! The third presentation was by the librarians from the Cupertino Public Library. They gave us applications for library cards, if you don’t already have one! The last presentation was by several Kindergarten moms, and they taught us how to make pumpkin pie! The recipe is in today’s Friday folder!
• Pumpkin Patch: Thank you for all the parents who came to chaperone on this trip. We decorated our own little pumpkins and also pet some farm animals. We had a great time!
Eaton has had some problems recently with the silly band bracelets that have been in fashion lately. If your child has them, that is fine as long as they keep it on their wrist. However, they cannot trade them or give them away, because of Eaton’s policy against toys. Please make sure they wear them and are not playing with them!
Another reminder is to please come to school on time! Once the kids enter the classroom door, then school has officially started. Unfortunately, if you come in after we have closed the door, your child is marked “Delayed.” This record will be counted on your child’s progress report.
Have a wonderful three-day weekend!
Friday, October 15, 2010
October 15, 2010
Dear Families,
In the next 2 weeks we will be having lots of special events at school. If your child is allergic to any of the following, please email me asap: milk, canned pumpkin, instant vanilla pudding mix, cinnamon, ground ginger, graham crackers, raisins, cookies (without nuts), juice.
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts: Our journal entry this week was to write about pumpkins. We practiced capital letters, spaces, periods, and sounding out words. In literacy centers, our letter of the week was R. You can see our computer center illustrations for the letter R in our website, under “Classwork.” For listening center, if your child had trouble sounding out the words to write their favorite part, please practice this skill with them at home. I say it is like a rubber band and we’re stretching out the word, saying it very slowly to hear all the letters. Keep practicing!
• Social Studies: Congratulations to Paul, who was chosen as our sixth Star of the Week! You can read about him in the “Classwork” section of our website, and click under “Star of the Week.” On Monday, we learned about Christopher Columbus since it was Columbus Day. We made a project that taught us that the world is shaped like a sphere, and that Columbus sailed in a ship from Spain in 1492. Ask your child to tell you about him!
• Math: We finished our second Unit on identifying patterns and shapes. We reviewed the skills from this chapter and took our Unit test today! We started glancing at the next chapter on numbers from 1-5 and comparing sets using the words: more, fewer, and same.
• Computer Lab: This week we started our October Kidpix illustration about a poem we have been learning called, “Pumpkin.” We practiced using the oval and rectangular tools to make our pumpkins, and we added faces on our pumpkins to make them Jack O’Lanterns. We will finish the background next week.
• Science: In the next two weeks, we are learning the life cycle of pumpkins. We read several non-fiction books about how pumpkins grow and change. We are comparing the life cycle of pumpkins to the life cycle of apples that we had learned in September. This week we learned some vocabulary words such as seeds, roots, sprout, buds, or vine, and we are making our own books to learn about the pumpkin life cycle. Have your child teach you about how pumpkins grow!
• Library: We will not be visiting the library or having library journal homework for the rest of October because this week and last week was the book fair, and then we don’t have school on the last Monday of October. Instead, I will just pass out the homework packets on Monday in your child’s daily folder. I encourage you to keep finding books and reading daily to your child! On Monday, we did get to visit the library and make a wish list of books that we wanted. Thank you for those of you who bought books for our classroom from the book fair! I appreciate your generosity!
• Friday Fun Centers: This week we started learning about scarecrows and we read many books about scarecrows. We took a close-up picture of our faces and made a scary expression. We used these photos to make our scarecrows, using square wallpaper pieces and other decorations. Also, we made a spider hat and learned a short poem about spiders!
• Fall Portraits: Today we took individual pictures which are used for school files. Thank you for turning in the photo envelopes today if you were interested in purchasing them. If your child was absent today, there will be a make-up picture day next month.
Make sure to visit our website! I have been updating it every week with information about the Star of the Week and now computer center drawings that we do for each letter of the week. In addition, about every 2 weeks I upload the computer lab drawings we make, as well as photos of our classroom decorations. Take a look at this month’s artwork in our classroom! I also took a few pictures to show you what our literacy centers look like. There are no close-up pictures of the students, but you can see them in action during listening center, computer center, and vocabulary center.
Have a wonderful weekend!
In the next 2 weeks we will be having lots of special events at school. If your child is allergic to any of the following, please email me asap: milk, canned pumpkin, instant vanilla pudding mix, cinnamon, ground ginger, graham crackers, raisins, cookies (without nuts), juice.
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts: Our journal entry this week was to write about pumpkins. We practiced capital letters, spaces, periods, and sounding out words. In literacy centers, our letter of the week was R. You can see our computer center illustrations for the letter R in our website, under “Classwork.” For listening center, if your child had trouble sounding out the words to write their favorite part, please practice this skill with them at home. I say it is like a rubber band and we’re stretching out the word, saying it very slowly to hear all the letters. Keep practicing!
• Social Studies: Congratulations to Paul, who was chosen as our sixth Star of the Week! You can read about him in the “Classwork” section of our website, and click under “Star of the Week.” On Monday, we learned about Christopher Columbus since it was Columbus Day. We made a project that taught us that the world is shaped like a sphere, and that Columbus sailed in a ship from Spain in 1492. Ask your child to tell you about him!
• Math: We finished our second Unit on identifying patterns and shapes. We reviewed the skills from this chapter and took our Unit test today! We started glancing at the next chapter on numbers from 1-5 and comparing sets using the words: more, fewer, and same.
• Computer Lab: This week we started our October Kidpix illustration about a poem we have been learning called, “Pumpkin.” We practiced using the oval and rectangular tools to make our pumpkins, and we added faces on our pumpkins to make them Jack O’Lanterns. We will finish the background next week.
• Science: In the next two weeks, we are learning the life cycle of pumpkins. We read several non-fiction books about how pumpkins grow and change. We are comparing the life cycle of pumpkins to the life cycle of apples that we had learned in September. This week we learned some vocabulary words such as seeds, roots, sprout, buds, or vine, and we are making our own books to learn about the pumpkin life cycle. Have your child teach you about how pumpkins grow!
• Library: We will not be visiting the library or having library journal homework for the rest of October because this week and last week was the book fair, and then we don’t have school on the last Monday of October. Instead, I will just pass out the homework packets on Monday in your child’s daily folder. I encourage you to keep finding books and reading daily to your child! On Monday, we did get to visit the library and make a wish list of books that we wanted. Thank you for those of you who bought books for our classroom from the book fair! I appreciate your generosity!
• Friday Fun Centers: This week we started learning about scarecrows and we read many books about scarecrows. We took a close-up picture of our faces and made a scary expression. We used these photos to make our scarecrows, using square wallpaper pieces and other decorations. Also, we made a spider hat and learned a short poem about spiders!
• Fall Portraits: Today we took individual pictures which are used for school files. Thank you for turning in the photo envelopes today if you were interested in purchasing them. If your child was absent today, there will be a make-up picture day next month.
Make sure to visit our website! I have been updating it every week with information about the Star of the Week and now computer center drawings that we do for each letter of the week. In addition, about every 2 weeks I upload the computer lab drawings we make, as well as photos of our classroom decorations. Take a look at this month’s artwork in our classroom! I also took a few pictures to show you what our literacy centers look like. There are no close-up pictures of the students, but you can see them in action during listening center, computer center, and vocabulary center.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Friday, October 08, 2010
October 8, 2010
Dear Families,
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts: Now that we finished previewing the alphabet keep books, we are starting to put the letters and sounds together to form words. This week, we started our writing journal on Monday. Every Monday we write in our journals. We always complete the front page together and then students have free writing on the back, as long as they stay on topic. We learned why it is important to write the date on our journal entries, and we practiced writing a complete sentence about Fall altogether. This is an opportunity for me to teach students what a complete sentence looks and sounds like. We talked about how there is a capital letter in the beginning of sentences and a period at the end. We also used a “two-finger space” or some used their erasers to mark spaces between words. Students illustrated their journals and on the back, they tried to write their own sentences about Fall.
• Literacy Centers: Our letter of the week was M. You can see our computer center illustrations for the letter M in our website, under “Classwork.” For listening center, we tried writing and drawing about our favorite part in the story. It is similar to what they do in their homework each week with our library journal and books.
• Social Studies: Congratulations to Madhav, who was chosen as our fifth Star of the Week! You can read about him in the “Classwork” section of our website, and click under “Star of the Week.”
• Math: We worked on the next chapter in math, which was more on patterns. We are practicing being able to say the patterns and use letters to identify the patterns. Students have to be able to create their own patterns as well. Please look over your child’s work and practice having them show you different patterns.
• Computer Lab: This week we continued working on our fall patterns page in Kidspiration. We used different fall foods to finish our patterns, and then we made our own patterns at the very bottom. You can see these fall pattern pages on our website, under “Classwork.”
• Science: We continued talking about Fall. In addition to learning about fall leaves, we also talked about how some animals prepare for winter. Some animals, like squirrels, collect food in the fall, or other animals, like bears, may get ready to hibernate. We also have been talking about pumpkins and we learned a song called, “5 Little Pumpkins!”
• Buddies: We saw our buddies on Thursday. We read the story, “Rainbow Fish,” which is about a beautiful fish who finds that sharing and being happy is more important than being selfish and lonely. We talked about how being kind to others is important. Then, we made our own fish using tissue paper and foil.
• Art: Today in Friday centers, we made handprints of a spider and we also made a pumpkin project.
• PE: We practiced skipping, jumping, hopping, galloping, and balance skills!
On Monday, we will be visiting the book fair. At the book fair, we get to browse all the books, and students try to write down a “wish list” of titles they would like. They bring home these wish lists to you so that if you go back to the library, you will know which books to purchase. If you are able to help write titles for the children, please come to the library at the following times. The more help, the better, so anyone is welcome.
AM Book Fair Visit: 9:10am – 9:30am
PM Book Fair Visit: 1:10pm – 1:30pm
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts: Now that we finished previewing the alphabet keep books, we are starting to put the letters and sounds together to form words. This week, we started our writing journal on Monday. Every Monday we write in our journals. We always complete the front page together and then students have free writing on the back, as long as they stay on topic. We learned why it is important to write the date on our journal entries, and we practiced writing a complete sentence about Fall altogether. This is an opportunity for me to teach students what a complete sentence looks and sounds like. We talked about how there is a capital letter in the beginning of sentences and a period at the end. We also used a “two-finger space” or some used their erasers to mark spaces between words. Students illustrated their journals and on the back, they tried to write their own sentences about Fall.
• Literacy Centers: Our letter of the week was M. You can see our computer center illustrations for the letter M in our website, under “Classwork.” For listening center, we tried writing and drawing about our favorite part in the story. It is similar to what they do in their homework each week with our library journal and books.
• Social Studies: Congratulations to Madhav, who was chosen as our fifth Star of the Week! You can read about him in the “Classwork” section of our website, and click under “Star of the Week.”
• Math: We worked on the next chapter in math, which was more on patterns. We are practicing being able to say the patterns and use letters to identify the patterns. Students have to be able to create their own patterns as well. Please look over your child’s work and practice having them show you different patterns.
• Computer Lab: This week we continued working on our fall patterns page in Kidspiration. We used different fall foods to finish our patterns, and then we made our own patterns at the very bottom. You can see these fall pattern pages on our website, under “Classwork.”
• Science: We continued talking about Fall. In addition to learning about fall leaves, we also talked about how some animals prepare for winter. Some animals, like squirrels, collect food in the fall, or other animals, like bears, may get ready to hibernate. We also have been talking about pumpkins and we learned a song called, “5 Little Pumpkins!”
• Buddies: We saw our buddies on Thursday. We read the story, “Rainbow Fish,” which is about a beautiful fish who finds that sharing and being happy is more important than being selfish and lonely. We talked about how being kind to others is important. Then, we made our own fish using tissue paper and foil.
• Art: Today in Friday centers, we made handprints of a spider and we also made a pumpkin project.
• PE: We practiced skipping, jumping, hopping, galloping, and balance skills!
On Monday, we will be visiting the book fair. At the book fair, we get to browse all the books, and students try to write down a “wish list” of titles they would like. They bring home these wish lists to you so that if you go back to the library, you will know which books to purchase. If you are able to help write titles for the children, please come to the library at the following times. The more help, the better, so anyone is welcome.
AM Book Fair Visit: 9:10am – 9:30am
PM Book Fair Visit: 1:10pm – 1:30pm
Friday, October 01, 2010
October 1, 2010
Dear Families,
Thank you for coming to your parent-teacher conference this past week! I really enjoy the time to meet with each of you and get to know your child a little bit better. A copy of your conference will be sent home next week for you to keep. It is always difficult having a substitute in the classroom because they are unfamiliar with our procedures and routines. Mrs. K let me know that everything went ok and hopefully the children enjoyed having her as a substitute! I will be back in the classroom on Monday.
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts: We finished our letter books by working on W, X, Y, and Z. Also, we had our first literacy centers experience on Wednesday. Every Wednesday, we will get to listen to a story and complete a listening worksheet, draw a Kidpix picture of the letter of the week, and we will work on a page in our dictionaries. This week’s letter was S. For the dictionary activity, I provide 15 different S words and pictures. Students get to choose 8 S words of their choice to write and illustrate in their dictionary. In listening center next week, I will be having them draw and write about their favorite parts. In computer center, they need to draw a large picture starting with the letter of the week.
• Social Studies: Congratulations to Tess, who was chosen as our fourth Star of the Week! You can read about her in the “Classwork” section of our website, and click under “Star of the Week.”
• Math: We worked with Mrs. K this week on patterns. We practiced naming different patterns by saying the object (apple, orange, apple orange, etc) and by using letters (A, B, A, B, etc). We also practiced the ABB, AAB, and ABC patterns. Also, today in Friday centers we did a fun project that goes with the book, “Ten Apples Up On Top.” We glued a picture of ourselves with 10 apples on our head! Then we practiced writing our numbers from 1 to 10.
• Computer Lab: This week we used a new program called Kidspiration. We began by learning about the program, typing our names, and working on a patterns page. We used different fall foods to finish patterns. We will be continuing this activity next week.
• Social Studies: We read about Johnny Appleseed on Monday. His birthday was on September 26th and he is famous for planting many apple trees! We learned how to make applesauce in class. Thank you to Madhav and Shaunak’s mom for peeling, coring, cutting, and boiling all the apples you brought last Friday. In class, we used potato mashers to smoosh the apples, then we mixed in water, cinnamon, and sugar. Afterwards, we ate our yummy applesauce!
• Science: We are talking about the Fall season. We learned that leaves changed color. Today in Friday centers, we made tissue paper apples with Ms. Shama!
• Music: We saw Ms. Disney this week on Tuesday. Mrs. K was the substitute so I was not there. Ask your child what they sang! Thank you to the music volunteers for helping to manage the kids. It is really important the kids know when to be silly and when to listen to directions!
• Art: We saw Ms. Abada yesterday for art class. We used chalk and pastels to draw a beautiful pumpkin sitting on the grass at night. The office is actually using our drawings next week as decorations for the beginning of October! Please stop by the office to see our beautiful pumpkins! Thank you to all the art volunteers!
• Assembly: Today we had an assembly by Kaiser called “Healthy Living.”
Have a great weekend! Be sure to check out our website for some updated photos and work!
Thank you for coming to your parent-teacher conference this past week! I really enjoy the time to meet with each of you and get to know your child a little bit better. A copy of your conference will be sent home next week for you to keep. It is always difficult having a substitute in the classroom because they are unfamiliar with our procedures and routines. Mrs. K let me know that everything went ok and hopefully the children enjoyed having her as a substitute! I will be back in the classroom on Monday.
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts: We finished our letter books by working on W, X, Y, and Z. Also, we had our first literacy centers experience on Wednesday. Every Wednesday, we will get to listen to a story and complete a listening worksheet, draw a Kidpix picture of the letter of the week, and we will work on a page in our dictionaries. This week’s letter was S. For the dictionary activity, I provide 15 different S words and pictures. Students get to choose 8 S words of their choice to write and illustrate in their dictionary. In listening center next week, I will be having them draw and write about their favorite parts. In computer center, they need to draw a large picture starting with the letter of the week.
• Social Studies: Congratulations to Tess, who was chosen as our fourth Star of the Week! You can read about her in the “Classwork” section of our website, and click under “Star of the Week.”
• Math: We worked with Mrs. K this week on patterns. We practiced naming different patterns by saying the object (apple, orange, apple orange, etc) and by using letters (A, B, A, B, etc). We also practiced the ABB, AAB, and ABC patterns. Also, today in Friday centers we did a fun project that goes with the book, “Ten Apples Up On Top.” We glued a picture of ourselves with 10 apples on our head! Then we practiced writing our numbers from 1 to 10.
• Computer Lab: This week we used a new program called Kidspiration. We began by learning about the program, typing our names, and working on a patterns page. We used different fall foods to finish patterns. We will be continuing this activity next week.
• Social Studies: We read about Johnny Appleseed on Monday. His birthday was on September 26th and he is famous for planting many apple trees! We learned how to make applesauce in class. Thank you to Madhav and Shaunak’s mom for peeling, coring, cutting, and boiling all the apples you brought last Friday. In class, we used potato mashers to smoosh the apples, then we mixed in water, cinnamon, and sugar. Afterwards, we ate our yummy applesauce!
• Science: We are talking about the Fall season. We learned that leaves changed color. Today in Friday centers, we made tissue paper apples with Ms. Shama!
• Music: We saw Ms. Disney this week on Tuesday. Mrs. K was the substitute so I was not there. Ask your child what they sang! Thank you to the music volunteers for helping to manage the kids. It is really important the kids know when to be silly and when to listen to directions!
• Art: We saw Ms. Abada yesterday for art class. We used chalk and pastels to draw a beautiful pumpkin sitting on the grass at night. The office is actually using our drawings next week as decorations for the beginning of October! Please stop by the office to see our beautiful pumpkins! Thank you to all the art volunteers!
• Assembly: Today we had an assembly by Kaiser called “Healthy Living.”
Have a great weekend! Be sure to check out our website for some updated photos and work!
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