Last week in October: October 26-30th (Walking Field Trip to the Cape Elizabeth Fire Station)

Morning Meeting

Activity: One Little Pumpkin

Ask your child to sing it to you and show you the actions!

Science

Learning about the scientific process.

Do you think this pumpkin will sink or float?

Conducting the experiment.

Do all pumpkins float?

How about this smaller one?

Recording the process.

Eleven children predicted sink.

Four children predicted float.

Scholastic News

Math

Squeezing in some more graph reading practicing.

Whole Group Reading with red words they have learned.

Fall emergent reader.

Practing careful match pointing under each word as she reads.

Quiet Time Choice: color word Smilin' Scarecrow.

K for ME read aloud.

First read aloud in our new unit Animal and Habitats.

Focus vocabulary

Sketching self portraits in pencil first.

Tracing over lines with a black sharpie.

Centers

Drama

The barber shop is still a popular choice!

Art Table

Writing & Drawing

Name book marks!

Blocks

Library & Listening

Also available at Library & Listening.

What does kindergarten spelling look like?  

Listening for sounds in words and writing the letter for the sound(s).

Science/Reading/Writing

Practicing labeling with Label a Pumpkin.

Read the word, where does it go?

Practicing cutting skills.

Quiet Time Choice: Dot-To-Dot: L is for leaf (1-22).

Library book exchange with Mrs. Rosenblum (our school Librarian)!

Mrs. Rosenblum gave each of the children a colorful labeled library bag.  Please help your child select a good spot to keep their bag and book at home.  When your child is finished with the book, please send it back to school.  We will keep them at school until the next swap opportunity.

Every other week your child will have an opportunity to return and select another library book to take home to share.  Please see November's Allied Art calendar.  

Going to Library on a regular basis will be in the next trimester (December).

Centers

Art Table

Q-Tip Painting (a pumpkin)

Centers

Writing & Drawing

A card

Wednesday we had a walking field trip to the fire station.

This mural is relatively new at the fire station

Thank you Phaedra!

Our group started with a fun video which explained a working fire station and roles of firefighters.

Lieutenant Sam Berman teaches (reviews) Stop, Drop, & Roll and it's importance.

practicing

What if a fire alarm goes off while you are sleeping.

Practicing stay low, crawl, and go.

The ladder truck.

Firefighter Jack teaching about what he wears to fight fires.

Firefighter Matt explains what each piece does to protect him.

Learning about all about a firefighter's equipment (an ax and a Halligan).

Teaching the purpose some of their tools and how they are helpful to firefighters.

The children were reminded to never hide from a firefighter, but to call out to them!

Challenge from the firefighters.

If your child works through this escape plan (with your help),

please have them put their name on it and return it to school.

One will be selected to win a trip to school in a fire engine!

Stations

Red Word work: (is)

Quiet Time Choice: white boards.

Math

2 shapes (circle and square page)

A book called All About 2D Shapes

We will review a couple shapes at a time.

Handwriting

Practicing the correct formation of lowercase d.

Independent work: Working in her handwriting book on lowercase d.

Practicing words that use the letters taught.

Stations

Modeling initial sound sort.

Say the object, determine it's first sound, and sort by letter.

Stations

Red Word Work: (see).

Stations

Three girls doing the station independently.

Stations

Reading

Centers

Math

Make 5 Game

Thursday's read aloud to discuss more fire safety.

Scholastic News

A fun real aloud Friday morning!

So many laughs with this one.

Math

Counting, recording on a graph, counting, and number writing.

Writing

Working on her personal recount.

They help each other to listen for sounds and write the sounds they hear.

Adding details to her illustrations and writing.

Friday we had a fall craft hour between recess and lunch.

Special thanks to Meghan Doherty (Mickey's mom) for helping man a craft option!
the extra hand was so helpful. ♥️

Most children enjoyed this block of time!

Making fall trees with Mickey's mom!

They traced their hands for the trunk & branches, and added color with tissue paper.

Candy corn collage.

They worked on these independently.

Proud of her finished collage!

Making a "Creepy Pair of Underwear!"

They were all very different!

So proud of his finished product!

We decided to hang them all up for the day!

If they finished a craft it went home in their Home/School Folder Friday.  

Check your child's folder.

We enjoyed this read aloud Friday afternoon.

There are fun movements some enjoy doing to add to the fun!

The self portraits are a work in progress, many steps.

They are mixing their own colors!

They'll dry over the weekend and we will revisit them at center time on Monday!

A fun month!

AABB Pattern

School pictures went home this week.

Make up Day: November 10th

Please send an email if your child will have their picture taken on Make up Day.

                                                Coming up this week: 

Wednesday: SEL

Thursday: Early Release (Fall Parent Teacher Conferences)

Yes, we have snack and lunch.

Friday: No School Fall Conferences

If you wish to be a chaperone for a field trip at any point this year (or volunteer in the classroom), please be sure all your requirements are up to date - thank you! 💕

It would also be greatly appreciated if you could visit PowerSchool and check to be sure you have entered an emergency contact other than the parent information.  

We will always contact parents first, but really wish to have a separate contact when you can not be reached, thanks!