Week of October 10, 2022

"Thank God for Small Favors"

Our beautiful fall leaves are now on display with our PreK-4 friends' in our Hallway Gallery!

We got messy this week!!  Notice how only 8 fingers are painted?  Ask your little creepy crawler what we made that has 8 legs!!  They are now on display in our classroom!

D is for Dog!!

We loved using fall colors to make our Fall Trees!  They are now on display in our Classroom Art Gallery!  (aka our closet doors!)

We played indoors a lot since it was so rainy outside this week...

Our artists' fall color masterpieces are so beautiful!!

D is for Dots!!

We LOVED learning about firefighters and their fire engines!!

We even made a pretend fire... It's the first step in a multistep project that we are working on!!

More Indoor Playtime...

Our Full Week Friends worked so hard this week!

We loved helping the firefighter get ready!

We used cookie cutters with our playdough for the first time this week too!!

Our little legs walked soooooo far at the STS Walk-a-Thon!!  

We helped raise funds for such great causes with all our hard work!

Weekly Recap and a Sneak Peek at Next Week:

We packed this short week of school full of learning fun with letter Dd, Dogs, Fall, Halloween, Firefighters, a Virtual Fire House Field Trip, The Walk-a-Thon, Singing and Dancing and so much more!  This upcoming week will be just as short and just as much fun!  We will continue to explore Letter Dd, Number 2, our Sense of Smell, the color orange, triangles, the Season of Fall and firefighters and fire safety.  Our PreK Fall Fun Day is 10/12 and our Roxbury Fire Fighter Visit is on 10/14!!!

Dressing for the weather:  As the weather begins to get colder, please dress your child for outdoor play.  I recommend sending your child in a well fitting, warm hat as opposed to wearing a hood as their vision is obstructed with their hood as they run and play on the playground.  Layers are always a good idea as well as we will continue to keep our classroom windows open (even with the heat on) throughout the upcoming months to better ventilate the classroom.  Having a sweater or sweatshirt over their outfits in addition to outerwear is always a good idea so they can peel them on and off if they get warm or chilly.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE label everything with your child's name!!  If you can't find a good spot, use a sharpie and write their name or initials on the washing instructions tag on the inside of the garment.  

Emergency Clothing Bags:  If your child has had to dip into their supply, please send in additional items.  Now is also a good time to send in long sleeves and long pants for us to have in your child's bag in the event of an emergency change of clothes.  

This Week's Focus will be on:

Letter of the Week: Letter Dd
Numbers of the Month:  2 
Color of the month: Orange
Shape of the month: Triangle
Themes: The Five Senses, Season of Fall, Counting 0-2, Sorting, Halloween, Fire Safety & Community Helpers
Religion: Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals

Show and Tell:  NO Show and Tell this week due to the short week and firefighter visit. We will resume next Friday.

Dates to Remember:

October 7th and 10th- NO SCHOOL - Teacher Professional Day & Columbus Day

October 12th- 🍂🍁Fall Fun Day🍂🍁

October 14th- Fire Fighter Visit  🚒🔥

October 28th- Halloween Tag Day:  8th Grade School Wide Fundraiser- Wear your Halloween Colors!

October 31st- 🎃PreK MORNING Halloween Parade - 11:15am 🎃:  Details coming home soon... Our Parade is separate from the Big School's  AFTERNOON Parade. 

December 9th:  Save the Date- 🎄Tentative PreK Christmas Show🎄

Hope you have another dynamite week!

🍁🍂🍁🍂
Paula Dobres