Fall Fun!

Dear Families,
Wow! It is hard to believe that we are approaching the end of October! Where did the month go?
The students are growing and learning and I delight to see them chattering to each other and using their language in natural settings.
We are going to have some fun this week as we explore the concept of Halloween, Fall treats and looking at the changes of the season (Fall leaves, hopefully not snowflakes!)
Here is a Peek of the Week:
Monday: We will have fun creating some beautiful leaf rubbings.
Tuesday: Who can make the silliest Pumpkin Faces? We will cut out various paper pumpkins and make each one unique!
Wednesday: Miss Tanya will be our own favorite Witch as she stirs up her bubbling Witch's Brew! This will be a Group Activity
Thursday: We will make some Edible Spiders...Yummy

Friday: Come and Join us for our Halloween Party!
The kids will have fun going from station to station playing games and getting treats! Your student is encourage to wear a costume.
Happy Halloween!!

Here is the vocab.- owl, squash, pumpkins, pumpkin patch, fairy, trick or treating, spider, candy corn, witches, pumpkin seeds, spooky/scary, clown, bat, skeleton, ghost, carve, jack-o-lantern, mask.

Show and Tell
Children are encourage to bring items that relate to our theme. For ideas, bring books, pumpkins, various fall vegetables, a part of a costume etc.
Show and Tell is an important time for the students as they get very excited to show what they have brought and use their language to give clues about what they have hidden in their back packs.

Recycle

Hello Families!
Now with the Fall winds blowing the leaves and other things around, it is time to be mindful of keeping our school clean! We are excited to give the children an opportunity to be responsible and help keep our environment looking good! We will teach the children how to recycle and how to reuse items so we do not add extra waste to our Earth.

Here is a Peek to our Week!
Monday- We will call this our Earth Day as we will walk around our school and pick up trash to keep our school looking neat and clean!
Tuesday- We will reinforce this same principle and clean up inside the school and our classroom.
Wednesday- We will make creative collages out of recycled materials!
Thursday- We will have fun making some beautiful water bottle vases.
Friday- We will take a mini- field trip to the Goodwill store. If you have any old clothes or items to be donated, please bring them in so we can bring them to the store. Make sure, it is a few items so the children can easily carry them.

Vocabulary will include these words: disposable, Goodwill, used, cans, metal, newspaper, yard, recycle symbol, Spring cleaning, tote bag, leftovers, plastic containers, empty/full, recycle bin, compost, new, glass.

Show and Tell
Please have your child bring in a recycle item to talk about. We like items that relate to the theme. If you need an idea, just refer to the vocab words. Thanks for making Show and Tell a meaningful conversational experience!

Dinosaurs

Hello Families!
Here we are moving into another week and a new month! Time passes quickly and the students are doing well learning all they can. We are coming upon that time for Fall Conferences. There is a Fall Conference sheet next to my door. Please take the time to choose a time for you to come in for a meeting. I will have conferences starting the week of November 9th. There are times to meet that week @ 2:00, 3:00, or 4:00. Each conference will be for approximately one hour in order to discuss the progress and future goals for your child.

Here is a Peek at the next 2 weeks October 5th- 9th
October 12th-14th

Theme: Dinosaurs
Week 1

• Monday- Dinosaur Dig! We will be having fun searching for dinosaur eggs and bones on the playground.
• Tuesday- We will make some ferocious dinosaur puppets!
• Wednesday- Watch out! We will make an erupting volcano!
• Thursday- Yummy! We will have fun making dinosaur toast.
• Friday- We will create some colorful dinosaur eggs.
• Week 2
• Monday- We will explore different textures in our Touch and Feel Box
• Tuesday- We will have fun picking apples!
• Wednesday- We will make some delicious apple pie from the apples we picked!
• Remember there is no school on Thursday and Friday due to MEA. Have a relaxing long weekend!

For Show and Tell

Please bring in anything that pertains to our dinosaur theme. It can be plastic dinosaurs, pictures of dinosaurs, or maybe a favorite book about dinosaurs.

Here is the vocabulary for the next 2 weeks:

dinosaurs, brontosaurus, T. Rex, stripes, weak, teeth, tail, squeak, strong, bones, huge, tiny, roar, above, below, horns, nostril, dinosaur eggs, fat, long, spiky, scared, slow, fast, claws.