Hello Room 108 Families,
What a great week of school! We are really starting to develop an amazing classroom community! The students are starting to build relationships with others as they play and learn together! I am really looking forward to what the rest of the year is going to bring for us!
New Daily Schedule
Please see our new daily schedule:
What Did We Learn About This Week?
Apples, apples, and… well… more apples! We practically had apples coming out of our ears this week! It all started when the students discussed their favorite types of apples and how they grow. To get a better understanding of an apple life cycle, the students studied two different time-lapse videos of how apples grow:
The students practiced their recall skills by putting a picture book together of the life cycle of an apple. The students explained how you have to plant an apple seed into the ground first to grow an apple tree. After the tree grows, flowers grow on the branches. Apples grow from the flowers. Once the apples are fully grown, people can pick them to eat.
The students practiced their fine-motor skills by lacing a piece of yarn through the holes of different apples. Quite a few students said, “I can feel the muscles in my fingers getting stronger!”
We tasted different types of apples, too! The students tasted samples of red, yellow, and green apples. After tasting them, they discussed which apple they liked the best. We practiced our math skills by graphing our favorite apples on apple trees in the hallway.
The students agreed that most students liked the red apples because the red apple tree had the most apples. (As you can tell, no one liked the yellow apples… haha!)
Next Week at Salina…
- Monday, October 24: School 8:15 AM-3:00 PM
- Tuesday, October 25: School 8:15 AM-3:00 PM
- Wednesday, October 26: School 8:15 AM-3:00 PM
- Thursday, October 27: School 8:15 AM-3:00 PM
Pajama Day – October 31!
Preschool is going to have PAJAMA DAY on Monday, October 31! Your child can wear their pajamas to school!
Fun Weekend Activity Idea!
Our class has been spending a lot of time building with cups in the Block Area. This is fun because it allows the children to use real-life materials for learning purposes. This weekend, I encourage your child to build with cups! As they build, they can count how many cups they are using to build a tower.