PEEK AT THE WEEK

• On Monday we had therapy group with Mr. Joe and Mrs. Gallery. We made pumpkin pie cups with graham crackers, whipped cream, and pumpkin flavored pudding!
• We watched videos about different shapes and talked about the shapes we need to make a scarecrow. After we made our own scarecrows and practiced cutting with adapted scissors.
• We practiced counting with the poem, “Along Comes Mr. Scarecrow.”
• The children colored in their journals.
• We worked on our alphabet book. We are on the letter “I” so we used insects to decorate the page.
• We read a book about being leaders and talked about how each of us can be leaders in the classroom.
• The students painted a fall tree using corks to stamp red, yellow, and orange on for leaves.
• In art we played with shaving cream!

REMINDERS

Late start: Wednesday, November 16^th.

School starts one hour later than usual.

HELP WANTED

We are in need of disinfectant wipes to clean our toys.

If you can send in a package it would be greatly appreciated!!

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There is no school tomorrow, Tuesday, November 8th.

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• On Halloween we had ghost shaped pancakes for breakfast!
• In the afternoon on Halloween we went trick or treating at ASC. It was so fun to see everyone dressed up in their costumes.
• The students drew in their journals.
• We practiced counting with the poem “Along Comes Mr. Scarecrow.”
• We read a story about what animal do in the fall and then made a squirrel craft with leaves for a tail.
• The children painted at the easel with paint brushes made from pine tree needles.
• We practiced tearing paper for a crow craft that is hanging in the hallway.
• The students listened to songs about fall colors in music.
• We practiced counting objects to three on the white board.

REMINDERS

No school on Tuesday, November 8^th.

HELP WANTED

We are in need of disinfectant wipes to clean our toys.  If you can send in a package it would be greatly appreciated!!

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Tomorrow, Friday, November 4th is a half day.

Dismissal is at 11:45.

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• On Monday, we had therapy group with Mr. Joe and Mrs. Gallery. We explored Halloween sensory bowls.  We felt eye balls (peeled grapes), monster teeth (candy corn), brains (spaghetti), and witch fingers (carrot sticks).
• The students made fizzing pumpkins during a science activity. Each student scooped baking soda into a pumpkin container and then squeezed orange vinegar on top to make it fizz and bubble!
• We read “The Five Little Bats” and worked on counting and number recognition (1-5).
• The students stood next to a stack of pumpkins and we counted the pumpkins to see how many pumpkins tall everyone is.
• We read “It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse!” and talked about the different emotions of the pumpkins in the book (happy, sad, silly, surprised). After reading, we marble painted pumpkins and gave them facial expressions to match the different emotions we read about.
• The children painted mini pumpkins.
• The students decorated their trick or treat bags for our field trip on Monday.
• We read “Go Away Big Green Monster” with props.
• We made a pudding cup monster snack.

REMINDERS

• We are going trick or treating at ASC on Monday. If you would like your child to wear a costume please send in it their back pack.  We will change after lunch.  If you child does not have a costume we have one they can borrow. 🙂
• Friday, November 4^th is a half day. Dismissal is at 11:45.
• No school on Tuesday, November 8^th.
• Please turn in your preferred time sheet for parent/teacher conferences as soon as you can. I will be sending home confirmations soon.

HELP WANTED

We are in need of disinfectant wipes to clean our toys.  If you can send in a package it would be greatly appreciated!!

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• The children explored the inside of a pumpkin!
• We read a book about colors and then talked about the colors we like best.
• The students used cookie cutters to stamp pumpkin shapes.
• We worked on reading to ourselves. We practiced turning pages, looking at pictures on the pages, and holing the book right side up.
• The students put together a jack-o-lantern during an interactive story. We practiced pointing to our body parts that the jack-o-lantern has (eyes, nose, and mouth).
• The children made textured ghost paintings.
• We read a story about bats and learned a lot of new facts. After the story we wrote down the new things we learned.  Next, we worked on our fine motor skills and tore up paper to make a bat art project.

REMINDERS

• Please turn in your preferred time sheet for parent/teacher conferences as soon as you can.
• Don’t forget to turn in your child’s permission slip for trick or treating at the administrative offices on Halloween! They really go all out for our students and it is so much fun!
• Our class goes to the book fair on Tuesday, October 25^th at 2:00.

Mohamed turns 3 on Saturday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOHAMED!!

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PEEK AT THE WEEK

• On Monday, we had a group therapy session with Mr. Joe and Mrs. Gallery after we had our pictures taken. Joe and Mrs. Gallery worked with us on oral motor skills.  We also practiced scooping with spoons.  The children also had the chance to dig through peanut butter to find raisins to work on their fine motor skills.
• We read a story about a boy who visits a farm and talked about how we saw many of the same things on our field trip last week.
• The children drew in their journals.
• We sang Old McDonald had a Farm. The children choose the animals that would come next in the song.
• We played at the sensory table with the addition of farm animal toys. While we played we tried making animal noises.
• The students finger painted red barns.
• We practiced counting with Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.
• We read a story about how leaves change colors in the fall. After, we painted with fall colors at the easel.  The children mixed yellow and red paint together to make orange.

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Tomorrow, Friday, October 14th is a half day of school.

Dismissal is at 11:45.

Lunch will not be served.  We will have a snack.  🙂

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• This week we started a farm theme to prepare for our upcoming field trip.
• The children finger painted pigs in mud with chocolate pudding. It took some of us longer than others to find out that we were using pudding instead of paint, but everyone got around to tasting.
• We read “I went Walking” during story time and practiced making animal sounds of the animals in the book.
• We sang “Old McDonald had a Farm” over and over. 🙂 The children took turns pulling farm animals from a bucket to decide which order we would sing in.
• The students helped make butter! We poured heavy whipping cream into a container with marbles and shook it until it became a cream like consistency.  We tried our butter on crackers at snack time.
• The children worked on their fine motor skills with our button and peg jars. This is one of our favorite activities to do when we have some extra time.  The children love practicing and cheering for one another.
• Some of us took a trip to the farm! We got to ride horses, pet all sorts of farm animals, feed a baby goat, and go on a hay ride!  We had so much fun.

REMINDERS/UPCOMING EVENTS

• Picture Day is this Monday, October 10^th. If you would like to order pictures please return your order form with payment.  You can also order online if you choose.
• Friday, October 14^th is a half day of school. Dismissal is at 11:45.

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• On Monday we had our first group therapy session with Mr. Joe and Mrs. Gallery. The students made apple prints with Mr. Joe and read a story about farm animals with Mrs. Gallery.
• Later in the week we used the apple prints we made with Mr. Joe for math. We all took turns rolling a large die, then we counted how many dots it landed on and put that number of seeds on our apple prints.
• We conducted a fun apple bubble science experiment. We cored apples, filled them with orange juice, and then blew bubbles into the juice with a straw.  Next, we added milk to the orange juice and blew more bubble.  We found out that the bubbles lasted longer when the milk was added.  We all tried to blow bubbles, but it was tricky so I blew bubbles for the kids and let them pop them with their fingers or straws.  They loved popping all the bubbles!
• During story time we read, “There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed some Leaves!” The children were able to help tell the story with props.  Each child had a chance to “feed” the old lady something from the book.
• We painted cinnamon scented apples by adding a sprinkle of cinnamon to our paint and we used our handprints for the apple leaves.
• The children explored the sensory table for the first time! It is currently filled with oats.  We used spoons, cups, and bowls to fill, dump, and scoop the oats.

REMINDERS/UPCOMING EVENTS

• Please return your free/reduced lunch forms as soon as possible. If this form is not completed you will be billed at the end of the month.
• Send in any box tops you are collecting at home. The school wide contest is still going on.
• Picture Day is October 10^th. If you would like to order pictures please return your order form with payment.  You can also order online if you choose.
• Our field trip to the Real Life Farm is October 6^th.  If your child is not attending the field trip with us they will have to stay home that day.   If you have changed your mind and want your child to come it is not too late to send in their permission slip.  Parents are welcome to come, however you will need a background check ASAP.  Our secretary in the office can do this for you.  Once you have it done you are all set for 3 years.  Please call or e-mail me with any questions.

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