Trees

Week of October 30 – November 2

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This week we will finish out our Halloween theme finishing out with ghoulish, ghostly, and BOO-
tiful centers. We will finish out our Halloween day by frosting sugar cookies and decorating
them to look like Jack-o- lanterns.

The rest of the week we will be finishing out our trees study by discussing the seasons and how
we need to start changing what we wear because of the temperature. This is a great lead into
our next study which is clothing!!

Our letters of the week are R and S.

REMINDER FOR HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES:
On Halloween we have a building wide parade at 9:30. Parents can arrive at 8:45 and go directly
to the gym where Principal Ms. Trish will provide glazed donuts for all. You can have your child
already dressed in their costume (parents make sure to either put the costume over their
clothes or pack clothes to change into….we will change them after the parade) At 9:15 the
students then report to their classrooms and parents can go find a spot to watch the parade. If weather permits we then walk out the back doorsof the gym and parade around the building. Parents, Grandparents etc. then stand outsidealong the sidewalks and take pictures as the kids parade around the school. Anyone is welcometo watch. PM students and family are welcome to join the donuts and parade as well. We will
walk to together AM and PM and PM parents you can retrieve your child at the end of the parade.
Classroom treats are welcome to hand out to each child but there is no classroom party and we will not be eating the treats at school. They will go home in the child’s backpack. If you decide to send treats in just make sure there is enough for each child (AM 10 and PM 9) and we will help the students disburse them
to their friends.

Tree Unit Week 3

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Miss Lindsey here blogging and filling in for Miss Peggy. We had so much fun last week and will continue this week learning about trees (this is week four of six.) We will talk about food that is grown from trees and the letters O and P. We have several fun activities planned around the letters including painting with purple paint, stamping the letter O, making letters out of orange play-doh and re-visiting the book Henny Penny.

A big thank you to all of the parents that brought in snack last week.

REMINDER: Next Thursday, October 19th is picture day for the entire DAP program. Please return the picture order on Thursday the 19th.

If you do not receive an e-mail from me with the subject “Filling in for Miss Peggy” by Friday evening please e-mail me at Lcamardo@fairviewpark.k12.oh.us so I can add you to my contact list.

More Trees

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Who Lives in Trees?

This week we will be revisiting the Grouchy Ladybug and read Henny Penny.  Remembering the story of Henny Penny, an acorn falls on the chicken’s head and she thinks the sky is falling.  When in actuality it is an acorn that falls.  Who lives in trees that might eat or hide acorns?  We will discuss this with the children and perhaps get some interesting answers? The letter  M and N are our letters for the week and we will be measuring for Math.

This will be the first week that Mrs. Lindsey Camardo will be subbing for me.  The children will call her Miss Lindsey.  Again if you are in the building stop in and say hello.  She is very qualified to do my job and your beautiful babies are in good hands.

We did not get to apple tasting last week as it was a super busy week with Fire Safety and the afternoon field trip. This week we will revisit apple tasting and graph how many children like each flavor.  Yum!

Henny Penny

Tree’s, tree’s everywhere!!

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Trees- Week 2

This week we will be focusing on the question: What are the characteristics of the trees in our community? We will be using our senses to discover this answer.  We will be tasting different apples and comparing tastes and preferences. One of our books this week is The Grouchy Ladybug along wth revisiting Our Tree Named Steve.  For math we will be working on solidifying our counting to 5 skills. As many children are able to count beyond five we encourage them to do so.  But for those who need the constant review of counting to 5 , we will support their learning. Our letters of the week are K and L.  We will be painting our K with keys and decorating our L with leaves.  The children always seem to love this unit and their attention to details and conversations about the trees is always interesting.

REMINDERS: Picture day for DAP is October 19th!

 

PM CLASS ONLY: Our first filed trip is this Thursday October 5th.  We will start out our week with a visit from Miss Debi Abela from the ELI program.  She will be coming every Monday of our field trip week to go over what we will see when we get there.  She also sends/brings in some great hands on activities that we will use in our centers ( both AM and PM classes) just because she brings really cool stuff!!

Please have your student in their room by 11:45 AM.  The bus will leave the district promptly at 12 Noon.