Learning about our families

This week we focused on our families.  We listened to books about all different kinds of families, created graphs when questions were posed like: How many children are in your family? Who is the oldest child ?Who is the youngest child ?Does your family have a pet?

It was great seeing so many families at our Open School NIght.  Thank you all for taking the time to visit.  I hope the slide show gave you a pretty good picture of our first few weeks of school.

Next week we will celebrate the amazing apple crop that we have been enjoying.  If you would like to send in a few apples next Monday that would be great.  We will be sorting and classifying them, graphing them by different attributes and making something yummy to eat.

Having fun with shadows on these sunny days!

artists at work

sharing swallow--tail  chrysalis 

doing the Bean-Bag Dance

having fun with scissors

Making Friends

This week we continued learning about each other and finding out about our families.  We made a graph showing the number of children in each family. 

Speaking of families, we look forward to seeing you at Open School Night next Wednesday from 6-7.  Check out your child's art work and see a slide show of the first few weeks of school.

enjoying music class

meeting Carrot the Parrot in Music 

Exploring the outdoors

practicing using scissors

telling stories about our family pictures 

checking our our sphere

Meeting Mr. B our PE teacher and finding oiur way in the gym

Starting off our school year

Students have done a remarkable job getting to know the routines.  They are learning each other's names and figuring out how to transition smoothly from one activity to another.  It is impressive to see how well the students are helping one another and putting away materials. 

We would like students to learn more about each other and one way is for them to share a family picture.  Please send in a family photo next week and we will share them and create a display.  

Please note that Open School NIght in on September 16th from 6-7 pm.  We hope to see you there with your child.

I wanted to give you a schedule of our specials:

For the morning class we have:

Monday- Art and Spanish

Tuesday-P.E. (sneaker day)

Wednesday-LIbrary (return book for a new one)

Thursday- Music

The afternoon class:

Monday-  Library (return library book)

Tuesday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Thursday- P.E. (sneaker day) and Spanish

Footwear notice: please make sure your child has sturdy shoes for running and playing out on the playground every day.  Sneakers or sandals with backstraps and good gripping soles are best.

getting ready to head out to the playground

 making new friends and reuniting with old ones

morning meeting  "turn and talk" sharing

morning meeting "shoe greeting"

Spanish class

art class