Week of November 10, 2014

Week of November 20, 2014

 Theme: In Our Community

Letter of the week: I

Dear Families:

This week, children will begin to explore the concept of a community. They will learn that a community is a place where people live and work. Children will talk about the parts of a community, such as places to live, places to play, places to work, and the community members who work in those places. they will also learn to recognize the common needs of all members of a community and discuss good practices for playing and working safely in the community.

Learning Together

• Take a walk in your neighborhood with your child. Point out buildings such as houses and apartment, stores, schools, the public library, hospitals or medical centers, the post office, and the police and fire stations. Talk with your child about what goes onion each building and who works there.
• Plan to visit an elderly neighbor with your child. Talk with your child about something fun the two of you might do with your neighbor.

Next week I have set up a grocery store in our dramatic play area.  If you have any empty containers from food could you please clean them out and send them to school so we can add them to our grocery store.  The children will have the opportunity to shop in the grocery store, cut out coupons, make a shopping list, and scan and collect money for groceries. The children will be able to take on different roles in the grocery store such as: stocking the shelves, checking out customers, and delivering food to the store. 

We will also read stories about a variety of places and services that are available in communities. We will work together to make a list of places and services we have in our community including community helpers. The children will use stickers to create their own communities. We will also practice some map skills by using a community map and finding different places on the map and driving a car there. We will also practice matching numbers by parking numbered cars in a parking garage. 

On November 24th we will be having a Thanksgiving Feast at school in which families are invited to join us.  I will be sending a sign up shortly for items we will need for the feast. 

I wanted to make a correction in last week's newsletter. The p.m. class has a new friend and I believe I spelled his name wrong, his name is Prathyush. 

Reminders:

Show and Share is on November 13th for the letter I.