Week of October 21-24, 2013

Week of October 21-24, 2013

Theme: My Family

Letter of the Week: O

Dear Families,

During the week, the children will be learning about families. Children will learn the names of family members, such as father, mother, grandfather, sister, and uncle. They will describe their own families and read about a storybook family. They will also learn that families can be different; they can be made up of different family members can do together.

Learning Together

• If you have a family album, look at the photographs with your child. Together, name the family members. Point out and name any family members that children have not met or who have passed away. If photographs aren't available, draw a family picture and name the pictured individuals.
• Plan a whole family activity, such as cooking a meal, playing a game, or having a picnic.
• Talk about ways family members help and support each other, such as by cheering at a fame or celebrating a birthday. Discuss with your child how he or she can help other family members.

We will be discussing our families this week. On Tuesday please send in a photograph of your family with the family members labeled so that we can discuss and share them with the class group. We will then graph the number of brothers and sisters and compare the number of these two groups. We can then compare numbers of brothers and sisters in the a.m. class to those in the p.m. class. 

Upcoming events:
Star of the Week: Gabe, a.m. class
October 24-Show and Share, Letter O
October 31-Halloween party for the children only. Your children can either bring or wear their costume to school that day. We will do some fun Halloween activities in the classroom and then go trick or treating throughout the school.