Week of October 18 - 22, 2010

I would like to thank all of the parents who helped out at the Fall Festival on Thursday! Even though it was a rainy day and the festivities were held indoors, the children had a wonderful time. The day was well planned and very organized! I cannot thank all of you enough for all you do! If any parents who have clearances are interested in planning the Halloween party, please jot me a note. The party basically consists of planning a snack, drink, and a game or two. Even making a simple craft would be great. Any parents who would like to help at this or any other party, please let me know by note or email.
This week in phonics we are working on the letter Pp. We will have show and tell on Friday. Please help your child find a small object at home to bring in that begins with the letter p. Thursday, October 21 will be pajama day. Children are allowed to wear pajamas to school for that day. Please consider the weather when dressing your child as thin nightgowns will probably be too cool to wear as well as spaghetti straps on tops or sleeveless. Please have the children wear regular shoes or sneakers that day as well. We will have different P activities and a special treat that starts with the letter P as well.
In reading, we will be working on the story "Julius". This is a story about a pet pig who may be messy but is still loved by his family. Our focus skill this week will be to identify the characters of a story.
In math we will be discussing ordinal position of objects, story problems, and putting events in proper order or sequence.
As the end of the first quarter is approaching, we will begin to assess the children on their knowledge of the letters and sounds we have covered in phonics including letter l, o, g, h, t, and p. We will test sight word knowledge on words I, am, the, a, my, little, and love. You may want to review these at home starting next week. Our math assessments will be based on the knowledge of patterns, shapes, number to 30 ( reciting), and recognizing numbers to 10.
Monday will be day 1 in our four day cycle. We will have art class. Have a wonderful weekend!