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Upcoming Events
October 29 - costume parade (parents can visit to take photos at 11:40am & 3:30pm) October 29 - Paige's birthday November 3 - no school November 12 - Joshua's birthday November 24 - Family Gathering (11:00am for AM class & 2:45pm for PM class) November 25 - abbreviated day schedule November 26 - no school December - Rishi starts in our class December 3 - Scholastic orders due December 9 & 10 - conference day schedule - December 23 - celebrate Caden's birthday (12/31)
December 24 - January 1 - no school January 4 - return to school
October Themes: Apples (9/28-10/15) & Spiders (10/19-29) Books: 10 Apples Up on Top, An Apple a Day, I am an Apple, Chicka Chicka 1-2-3, 1 Little 2 Little 3 Little Apples, The Very Busy Spider, There Was an Old Lady Songs: Apple Surprise (spoken): Way up high in the apple tree, a little brown worm smiled at me. I winked my eye, and what do you suppose? A little brown worm dropped on my nose. - 10 Red Apples (spoken): 10 red apples grow on a tree. Five for you and five for me. Let us shake that tree just so, 10 red apples fall below.
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Little Miss (Mr.) Muffet
- Sensory: rice with apple colored poms to sort using tweezer, PlayDoh with apple cutters, pie tins and rollers to make apple pie, sand, spiders in foam dough and in PlayDoh
- Fine Motor: small popbeads, pegboards, links, spinners, tops, Hoppit frog game
- Building: Duplo table, blocks on light table
- Writing: free writing/drawing/coloring, dry erase boards, apple words, tracing
- Math: balance scales, roll dice & pick that quantity of apples from apple tree, roll dice & dot paint that numeral on apple tree, Itsy Bitsy Spider game
- Dramatic Play: Apple Stand, dolls, kitchen
- Floor Center: toss & sort beanbag "apples", building manipulative toys, puzzles, farm, using scooters to crawl like spiders to pick up quantities of spider eggs
- Special Center: computer
- Reading Center: books and reading around the classroom
Projects: making creative apple trees & counting their apples, stamping inside and outside of apples & counting their seeds, paperplate apples & writing about their colors, apple tree puppets, free painting on easel, yarn spiders, marble paint spider webs & writing about them Lessons & Activities: learning about the colors and parts of apples, tasting and graphing different color apples, looking at the insides of apples (shapes, seeds), balancing apples, sorting beginning sounds of words, graphing our favorite apple products (juice, applesauce, pie), sequencing apple growth, apple color & rotation patterns, matching ABC leaves to their apples, following directions on apples we pick from our class orchard, apples on a parachute (cooperation using the parachute), what are spiders & their characteristics, sorting by categories, sequencing The Was an Old Lady using pictures from the story, virtual fieldtrip about spiders, Simon Says using spiders on body parts (ie: "Simon Says put your spider on your toes") Home-School Connection Ideas: - While at the grocery store, discuss the various apples, colors, sizes, and other types of fruit.
- Make an apple product (pie, applesauce, etc). Work together to read the recipe, measure, and follow directions.
- Make patterns with items from your home (ie: penny, penny, paperclip, penny, penny, paperclip...); have your child continue the pattern or create his/her own pattern.
- While in the car or during another quiet time, play a category guessing game where all responses within that category are correct (ie: "I'm thinking of something that is a kind of fruit" - any response that is a fruit is correct). Encourage thinking of as many answers as possible. Some other category ideas include: furniture, vegetables, toys, clothes, body parts, things that write, things to read, animals that live in the ocean, etc.
Wish List: - 5oz paper cups
- paper plates
- antibacterial handsoap
November Theme: Birds Books: 5 Little Ducks, The Little Red Hen, Duck on a Bike, Over the River: A Turkey's Tale, 5 Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie Songs: - Owl in the Barn (spoken): A little boy went into the barn and lay down on some hay. An owl came out and flew about and the little boy ran away.
- Feathered Birds (spoken): 5 feathered birds sitting on the door, one flew away and then there were 4. Four feathered birds singing in a tree, one flew away and then there were 3. Three feathered birds looking at you, one flew away and then there were 2. Two feathered birds sitting in the sun, one flew away and there there was 1. One feathered bird looking like a hero, it flew away and then there were 0.
- Turkey Jerky: (Hokey Pokey): You put your right wing in, you put your right wing out, you put your right wing in and you flap it all about. You do the Turkey Jerky and your turn yourself around, that's what it's all about. (continue with left wing, right/left claws, beak, tail feathers)
Centers: - Sensory: PlayDoh w/alphabet cutters, sorting feathers in rice table using tweezers, foam putty with faces
- Fine Motor: beads, nuts & bolts, popbeads, piggybanks
- Building: making birdhouses with wood blocks
- Writing: beginning sounds, free writing, stencils, sequencing stories, preposition mini-book about turkeys, writing about where we want to fly to
- Math: count & sort, roll dice & feed animals, counting birdseeds on numbered birds
- Dramatic Play: kitchen, dollhouse
- Floor Center: puzzles, balancing various size eggs on different size spoons, toy sets, Lego set
- Special Center:
- Reading Center: books & environmental print
Projects: owl puppets, making feathers to combine into a large class bird, turkey headbands, bluejay handprints, hen sitting on hay Lessons & Activities: learning characteristics, types and categories of birds, sorting beginning sounds, following directions with beanbags, Birdie Birdie Where is Your Egg game Home-School Connection Ideas: - Go bird-watching in your yard. Make a graph of colors to record the colors of birds you see together.
- Make a birdfeeder by spreading peanut butter on a pinecone, then rolling it in birdseeds. Hang it where your child thinks the birds will see it best. An alternative birdfeeder can be made by stringing Cheerios on yarn and attaching a small bell to the bottom.
- Point out when there are geese flying south for the winter. Talk about why they fly south and when they'll come back.
- Play rhyming games. Say a word, such as "cat" that has a common ending sound (-at, -an, -it, -ing). Encourage your child to think of as many rhyming words as possible. This is difficult for young children, however the practice is benefical.
- Hide an item in a room of your home, then give hints to your child about where to find it (ie: "It's behind a type of furniture" or "It's next to something blue"). You could also use "hot/cold/warm" clues.
Wish List: - Kleenex
- Lysol/Clorox wipes
- Family Gathering item (to be assigned)
Upcoming December Theme: Gingerbread Curriculum: Our preschool curriculum is based on the CT Preschool Curricular Goals and Benchmarks. Through an integrated approach, we focus on all areas of development, including cognitive, language, social, emotional/behavioral, self-help/independence, fine motor, gross motor, creative expression/aesthetic, and sensory processing development.
Classroom Information AM Class: Caden, Jonathan, Quintin, Nicholas, Thomas, Shelby, Jocelyn, Paige, Zach, Will, Rishi (December) PM Class: Kaitlyn, Rilee, Alvin, Ethan, Joshua, Jacob, Kevin, Angelina, Chelsea Teacher: Dana Vitterito Student Teacher: Carly Herchuk (Sept-Dec) Paraprofessionals: Suzette Williams & Norene Kilburn Speech Pathologist: Marianne Goguen Physical Therapist: Mary Smoragiewicz Occupational Therapist: Mary Reilly Daily Schedule: Tabletop, Circle Time, Snack, Books, Centers, Story & Group Lesson, Closing We will also go outside as time permits throughout each week. Specials: Students will go to Gym and Music classes each week. Sneakers are required in order to participate in Gym class. On Mondays, the morning class will rotate on a weekly basis between going to Gym and Music. The afternoon class will go to Gym and Music on Days 3 & 4, which will rotate on a 7-day cycle. To avoid confusion, students are encouraged to wear sneakers every day. More information: Additional information about our classroom will be sent in the mail prior to your child's first day of school, as well as sent home in your child's folder during his/her first week.
Schedule Conference and Abbreviated Days: Please refer to the school calendar for conference and abbreviated schedule dates. The schedules for those days are as follows: | | Regular Day | Conference Day | Abbreviated Day | | AM | 9:05-11:50 | 9:05-11:10 | 9:05-11:05 | | PM | 12:55-3:40 | 11:10-1:15 | 11:05-1:35 |
Weather/Emergency Schedule Changes: It is parents' responsibility to listen or watch for early dismissals, delayed openings, and cancellations. The schedules for those days are as follows: | | Early Dismissal | Delayed Opening | | AM | 9:05-11:05 | Cancelled | | PM | Cancelled | 12:55-3:40 |
Contact Information School Telephone: 648-5020 Classroom Telephone: x1412 Email: Use link at top of webpage or email address sent home first day of school Bus Company: 528-2244
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