This week is a great week to learn about the letter P. We will be talking about pumpkins as we get ready for Halloween! During the week we will read both fiction and nonfiction stories about pumpkins. The students will learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin, brainstorm adjectives to describe a pumpkin, make a pumpkin out of shapes, and make predictions about stories that have pumpkins in them. We may even eat some pumpkin bread...YUMMY! There are other great things that start with the letter P as well...like pizza and popcorn..and we may read about them too. As always, students will learn the correct formation for the letter p and practice writing words that start with our letter.
This week we will finish our final set of jolly phonics sounds. At this time, your child should be getting pretty good at using the sounds to read and write simple words. It is important to practice these skills at home so that your child becomes confident about their abilities. We will continue to work with our sounds and motions throughout the next few weeks as we blend and read words in the classroom.
We do have our first field trip tomorrow. We will be leaving school around 10:15. Students will need to eat a snack before we go on the trip as we will not be back until 1:30. Please remember to send a snack and a sack lunch to school with a drink. Since we will be returning to school after our scheduled lunch time, hot lunch will not be available for us tomorrow. The kids will eat lunch in the classroom and then have recess as usual. I am sure they will all love the play The Cat and the Cupcake! You might want to talk to them about polite behavior during a show.
Our school Halloween parade and party is on Friday. Please read the guidelines that were sent home to you carefully. It is important that each child follow the costume rules and you will want to know about the parade and party.
As you know, it has been getting colder and jackets have started to come to school. It is very important for you to put your child's name in their coat. Sometimes the kids take their coats off in the lunchroom or at recess. Without names in the coats, it can be difficult to get them back to their owner. When you come for conferences, there will be a lost and found table in the hall by the office. You may want to check that out if you have been missing items already. One thing that is very helpful to me is for you to work on teaching your child how to put on their coats (pull their sleeves back the right way) and how to zip them. It is SO difficult, not to mention time consuming, to have to help each child 3 times a day when we go out for recess and get ready for home.
Thank you for your cooperation and support! Have a great week!
