Thanks for Thanksgiving

Hello Pre-K Famlies,

I sincerely apologize for not updating our classroom blog last week during our theme of "Scarecrows."  It has been a very busy time in our classroom as we wrapped up quarter 1 testing, prepared report cards, had dress up dates and more!  Thanks for being patient!  

This week and next week in Pre-K we will be learning about Thanksgiving and what it means to be thankful.  The children will be coming up with all different things they are thankful for.  We already had a great list started today including food, families, legos, toys, pets, cousins, and school.  It is so wonderful to hear them come up with these ideas all of their own.  Our letter for this theme is "Tt" and we will be focusing on numbers 5-7.  Please continue to work on letter sounds and counting at home.  

Some fun projects we will be creating include a patterned place mat for our special Thanksgiving treat, a fun water colored turkey, and My Tt Book, to name just a few!  For filling up the PBIS big shield, our classes will get to participate in a movie party.  The movie will take place this week Thursday and next week Monday.  Hooray for great behavior!  Within these next few weeks, each child will also participate in a vision screening at school.  There is a lot of things to fit in before our extended holiday weekend!  :)

UPDATES AND REMINDERS:

**The weather is getting chilly and the children go outside twice a day.  Please send your child to school in warm clothes including a winter hat, mittens, hats and boots.  If there is snow, they will also need snow pants.  We do not have extra mittens/hats to allow your child to wear if they forget.  Please remember to label each child's materials in order to help us keep them straight at school.  Already this year, I have a few pairs of gloves and a few hats with no names that no one is claiming.

**The November FBI workshop is schedules for THIS Friday, November 16th.  If your family signed up, we look forward to seeing you there!

**There is NO SCHOOL for all grades Wednesday, Nov. 21st - Friday, Nov. 23rd due to Thanksgiving break.

**December's FBI workshop is schedules for the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 7th and will be cookie decorating.  More info came home in your child's folder today.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

The Pre-K Christmas program is scheduled for Wednesday, December 19th and Thursday, December 20th.  The program will begin at 10:30 A.M. with refreshments to follow!