Week of November 18-21, 2013

Week of November 18-21, 2013

Theme: Helping My Community

Letter of the Week: E

Dear Family,

During the past few weeks, children have been exploring the concept of community. They have learned about the various parts of a community, the places that are common to most communities, and the people who help within them. This week, children will learn about how they can help in their community. They will talk about how they can be efficient classroom helpers and how they can help on a regular basis at home. Additionally, they will explore ways in which recycling helps a community.

Learning Together

• Ask your child to tell you about one way in which he or she helped a teacher or a classmate at school. Then talk about additional ways that he or she can help in the classroom, such as by cleaning up, sharing, helping with pets, listening politely, and following directions.
• Together, plan a project such as baking, planting or cleaning, and have your child think of ways in which he or she can help you complete it.
• Talk with your child about ways to reuse or recycle items in your home. Have your child help you recycle appropriate items such as newspapers or bottles.

At the end of last week we talked about how our moms and dads help us and these are some of the responses I got:

Moms help:

• play with us
• make us dinner
•  us stay safe
•  us fall asleep
• us wash dishes
• drive to the grocery store
• us stay healthy
• take us to the doctor to get a shot
• us close the curtains
• us fix the TV

Dads help:

• us play catch
• practice activities
• us play baseball
• us get a band aid
• us buy toys
• us buy soccer cleats
• us clean the basement
• us clean the garage
• us ride a motorcycle.

This week we will be focusing on what the children can do to help at school and at home. Each child will complete a book page about what they can go to help at school and at home. We will also be completing some recycling sorting activities and thinking of different uses for items.

Next week will be the Thanksgiving Feast. The morning class will have their feast from 10:15-11:00 and the p.m. class will have their feast at 1:30. We will be on Thanksgiving break starting November 27-December 1.

 

Have a great week.