Week of November 9, 2020

 Fun with Friends Week

Potato Head Senses was such a fun wrap up to our Five Senses Unit!

Fall "LEAVES" us so happy!!!

We were "blown away" by all the fun on such a windy Monday! 

We have so much Fun with our Friends on our playground!

Sensory Sand was so cool to play with!

(We had no idea that we were working on our fine motor skills!)

We used all of our senses by popping our own popcorn! 

Ask your little taste tester if they were a thumbs up or a thumbs down!!

We just keep piling on the fun on our playground!

Weekly Recap: We loved learning about foxes and frogs as we learned the letter Ff this week!  We also learned about All Saints Day.  We were so excited that our incredible school was named after a Saint too!  We continued to learn about the Season of Fall and are learning some new songs for November.  Ask your little musician to put on a little show for you.  Here are the prompts... "Autumn leaves are falling" and "Five fat turkeys are we."  We also love doing the "Turkey Pokey!" I hope that gets them motivated to sing and dance for you!  We had such a fabulous time wrapping up our Five Sense Unit with some Potato Head fun and POPCORN POPPING!!!  Be sure to ask your little one all about it!

A Sneak Peak at Our Upcoming Week: We will begin learning Letter Gg and continue with Gg next week as well due to the shortened week.  We will be focusing on the meaning of Thanksgiving, working on the color brown as well as AB Patterns (abab, green-red-green-red, etc.)  We have been working so hard in school on working on our independence skills like: getting our own supplies, snacks and water bottles, trying to put on our own masks, picking things up on our own when they fall from the table, cleaning up our toys, putting on our backpacks, etc.  Please continue to encourage independence at home as well.  You might be AMAZED at how much your little munchkins can actually do for themselves!!

Reminder: PreK-3 will be in session full day during the Main School's Conferences on Nov 23rd and 24th.  The Main Building will be having early dismissals during their conference days which will affect our Noon Dismissal. We ask that the families who pick up at noon to please join the Main Building Carline.  We will be dismissing your children from the Main School's Main Entrance during those days as well as on Nov 25th.  THE LINE IS LONG and WILL TAKE MORE TIME as well as a great deal of  patience.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation.  We hope to have our Learning Center Parking Lot back soon.  Please refer to the notice that came home through our child's folder this week. (PreK Conferences will be held in January.) 

8th Grade Fundraisers: Flyers went home on Friday.  Please note that they are double sided.  Family Portraits are due Nov 12th - event is on 13th and 14th.  Meatball Madness is Saturday Nov 21st - preorders and curbside pick up only due to COVID restrictions.  

This Week's Focus will be on:
Letter of the Week: Gg
Number of the Month: 3
Color of the Month:  Brown
Shape of the Month:  Square
November Themes:  Signs of Fall, Counting 0-3, Sorting, AB Patterns, Pumpkin Science, Thanksgiving, Families, Sharing
Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, Thankfulness, "My Family Cares For Me"

Show & Tell:  NO SHOW AND TELL this week due to the shortened week.

Dates to Remember:

November 13th:  NO SCHOOL - in honor of Veteran's Day

November 20th:  School pictures retake day

November 23rd and 24th: Regular School Days for PreK/ Half Days for the Main Building

November 25th: NOON DISMISSAL for all students- No After School Care
November 26-27:  NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break

December 5th: HSA possible Breakfast with Santa

December 18th (snow date Dec 21st):  PreK Christmas Show with virtual audience info to follow
December 23rd: NOON DISMISSAL for all students- No After School Care
December 24- January 3rd: NO SCHOOL - Christmas Break

Hope you have a GREAT week!

Paula Dobres