Week of November 17-20, 2014

Week of November 17-20, 2014

Theme: My Community

Focus Question:How does a community help me?

Letter of the Week:  U

Dear Families,

During the upcoming week, children will explore the activities in their community and how the people within it help and assist them. they will talk about community helpers, such as the school nurse. They will learn about "rush hour," when people travel in vehicle to and from work and school. They will learn to recognize buildings in which people go to work. 

Learning Together

• Tell your child about where you and/or other members of your family go to work. If possible, visit that place.
• Ask your child to tell you the name of his or her bus driver.
• Take your child along when you go to the grocery store, gas station or other locations in your community. Talk about how the workers  help you, your family and others in the community.

This week we will have the community post office at preschool. The grocery store was so much fun, all of the children had fun buying food, stocking shelves and checking out purchases at the cash register. If you have any junk mail at home that you would like to contribute to the post office we will have more mail that the children can deliver. 

Activities:

• The children will make their own letters to deliver in mailboxes in the classroom.
• We will sort "mail" (beanbags) by color as we deliver our mail on our bikes when we go to the gym.
• We will be making a craft for letter U.
• Our story this week is "Rush Hour."
• Officer John will visit us in preschool on Monday to tell us all about how police officers help us in the community.

Don't forget:

• Show and Share on Thursday, November 20 letter U. 
• Thanksgiving Feast on November 24th, a.m. 10:15-11:30, p.m. 1:45-2:30
• Thanksgiving Break: November 26-30. Return to school on November 30th.