Week of September 24-27

Weekly Theme: Meet My Family

Color: Green

Letter: L-Show and Share-An item that starts with the letter L

Last week we had the opportunity to talk about our classroom and to develop a set of classroom rules. The children did an activity in which they chose pictures and decided if the people in the picture were making good choices or bad choices. After sorting the pictures we used the good choice pictures to develop classroom rules. The rules that we developed include:

1. Be a listener.

2. Use a quiet inside voice.

3. Use gentle hands.

4. Keep hands to self.

5. Use walking feet inside.

6. Wait your turn.

Hopefully this activity will give the children ownership of the rules and will be make it easier to remind them.

We made a yellow sunshine for yellow week and the children made a picture of themselves from a small cardboard cutout. The sunshines are hanging in our window in the classroom and we are going to use the cutouts on another wall in the classroom to create a circle of friends.

Next week we will be talking about our family. On Thursday I sent home a family tree, please fill this out and return it ASAP we will be using the information for some sorting activities and to create a classsroom counting book.

On Monday the a.m. class will be celebrating Clifford's birthday. Scholastic is broadcasting a celebration of Clifford's 50th birthday party at 10:00 so the a.m. classes are participating in it and making Clifford dog ears to wear to the party. This broadcast is only at 10:00 so unfortunately the p.m. class will not be able to participate it this activity. There will be other opportunities for the p.m. class to participate in a variety of activities.

We will be using Legos for letter L to replicate designs, make patterns and paint prints. We will also be making Lid Ladybugs.

We are going to be reading the story "The Napping House" and we will do several activities such as sequencing the events of the story. On Thursday please have your child bring their Letter L Show and Share item and because it is green week please have them wear the color green on Thursday.

Last week I entered journal entries into everyone's cubby on Life Cubby. You should have received an invitation to join so that you can view your child's cubby. If you did not receive one please let me know so that I am able to go back and send one to you. I will be updating cubbies with more pictures soon.