Halloween Fun

So many wonderful costumes for our Halloween Parade.

2 Batmen - Patrick & Max B

2 Captain America's - Dustin & Gabe

Dorothy - Charley

Iron man - Max

Angry bird - Jack

Vampire - Collin

Belle - Elena

Sleeping Beauty - Molly

Snow leopard - Maeva

Elsa and Anna - Cora & Maeve

Bunny - Annie

Teenage Ninja Turtle - Colin L

Fireman - Alex

Fairy - Abby

Cat - Dylan

Wonder Woman - Emma

Mickey Mouse - Mason

Scare Crow - Benny

We shut the lights off to see the big and small Jack-o-lanterns that we carved light up.

We walked down all 3 hallways of Steward.  We had so many big brothers and sisters to visit as well as Max B's Mom whose a 3rd grade teacher.  We had to go see Miss Reid's class in the Library and Mrs. Truhart and Mrs. McCarthy's classes were in the gym.  We even sang to the office staff in the Lobby.  

   

             

        

        

    

Snack Time

We frosted our big bagels with "orange" cream cheese and added raisin faces.  We added red food coloring to our apple juice to turn it orange and had jack-o-lantern clementines for our special snack.

                                  

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Parade

Hello Everyone!  Our Halloween Parade will be next Friday, October 30th.  We did not send out an invitation to families, but a few have asked about coming in to watch.  You are more than welcome to join us if you would like to, although when we go into the different classrooms there is typically not enough room for families to join us there.  

We will be parading to the classrooms of the siblings of some of our preschooler's and sing a song for them.  I will take lots of pictures to post on our blog.  If your child does not typically come on Fridays, please arrive a few moments before 10 in the circle driveway.  One of the preschool teachers will meet you outside. We will have a special snack and then change into our costumes for our Parade.

Halloween Parade Schedule

(Times are approximate)

Miss Sideri (1st Grade) -  Ethan  ( Max)    11:00

                           - Emma (Hannah)

Kindergarten

Mrs. Ragan - Colin T (Maeve)   11:10

Mrs. Craven - Aidan A (Emma)  11:15

1st Grade

Mrs. Truhart - Jacob (Zachary) 11:20

              -  Brooke H (Collin)

       - Lillian (Jack)

2nd Grade

Mrs. Ford - Gabriele (Elena)   11:25

Miss Reid - Ella (Alex)    11:30

Mrs. Madden - Thomas (Patrick) 11:35

Mrs. McCarthy - Tristan (Gabe)   11:40

Mr. Killiam - Lilly (Abby)  11:45

Orange Day

We went on a Color Hunt to find lots of  "orange" things around our classroom this month.  The following are some of the things we found: an orange pillow an orange coffee maker orange paper orange pumpkins orange trucks orange cones orange pails orange juice & more. Some of the children founds the same types of things, but we also noticed many of the differences between them (different types of paper & trucks)
Go on a Color Hunt at home to see if you can find at least 5 orange things.  Make a comment on our blog to tell us what you found (no more than 10 things).  We will share and discuss all the different things that everyone found at home.  

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 Snack Time

 We had orange goldfish and orange carrots for snack one day and orange goldfish and orange clementines another day.  We used our math skills to count 10 goldfish.  If the children want a whole clementine, they can peel it themselves.  The children have all been so good about trying things they don't think they like.  Some times, they end up liking it and asking for more.

   

Lots of orange outfits in the writing center.

More orange in the block area.

PreK Standards:  Physical Sciences

6. Sort objects by observable properties such as size, shape, color, weight, and texture. 

Compare numbers.

MA.4.  Count many kinds of concrete objects and actions up to ten, using one-to-one correspondence, and accurately count as many as seven things in a scattered configuration

Reading Buddies

Miss Sideri's First Grade Class came to visit our class this month for a special Story Time.

Hannah's big sister, Emma and Max's big brother, Ethan are in Miss Sideri's Class.  It was so successful that we hope to continue to do this twice a month so that all the children will be able to participate.  

Miss Sideri couldn't believe how well our preschoolers listened when she read a story and talked about Reading Buddies. We learned about EEKK, which is elbow to elbow, knee to knee with our buddies so that you can read 1 book together with your buddy. 

Miss Sideri's class had folders with many books that they were able to read to our preschoolers.  We also learned about "turn and talk", which is where Miss Sideri gave a couple of ideas about what what the buddies would talk about (favorite part of story or what they will be for Halloween).  The children had such a wonderful experience with the "big kids".  

Looking forward to the next visit from Miss Sideri's 1st Grade Class!

                        

                         
                   
                         
                       
                         

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
MA.10.   Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate literature read aloud.

Our Preschool Friends

We have met many new friends in our class this year and have been busy learning all of their names.  Many of the children come on different days.  We made a class book of all our preschool friends for our book area.  You can print the pictures and have your child make their own book for home.   Have your child "read" their Preschool Friends Book to you when they finish.  Please click on the "Friends" link below to look at all of your child's new preschool friends.

Friends

Walk A Thon

We had a lot of fun walking and jogging around the big playground for the Walk a thon.  Thank you so much for the support in Fundraising for our school!

We walked around the playground 4 times.

Volunteer Needed

Thank you so much for those of you that have helped me with many of my classroom preparations.  I am in need of a volunteer to help with the students name puzzles (cutting letters, contact paper and velcro dots to adhere letters).  Let me know if you would be able to help.  Thanks so much! 

Circle Day

Some of the children wore something that had a circle shape on it, some children brought a circle shaped something to school and everyone went on a circle hunt and found lots of different things around our classroom that had a circle shape.

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Some of our Circle Day Activities included:

circle snack (bagels, crackers)

circle poem

circle CD song

circle puzzles

circle sticker pictures

circle paintings

and more

Circle Poem

(Sung to the tune of: If you're happy and you know it.)

A circle is a shape that goes around

A circle is a shape that goes around

A circle is a shape that goes round and round and round

A circle is a shape that goes around

How many seeds are in the apple?

We cut open one of our small red apples and made predictions about how many seeds may be inside.  There were lots of good guesses.  We counted 6 seeds.  Cora, Maeve and Juliet all made the correct prediction that there would be 6 seeds inside the apple.

The children also made predictions as to what would happen to the apple that we cut up.  Some of the predictions were:

rot

get old

turn brown

get smooshy

and even "rust"

 (we discussed how metal is something that may rust)

We left a whole apple, and apple sliced in 2 to see the star, and the cored apple on the discovery table to observe and discuss.

I hope your children have told you our special  story using a real apple.

Once upon a time

there was a little red (green or yellow too) house

with no windows and no doors

a chimney on top and a star inside.

Help your child tell this special story as you slice an apple in two to reveal the special star inside.  They like to copy my exaggerated way of telling the story.  Lots of fun!

Apple Taste Test

We had an apple taste test at school.  Everyone tasted a piece of the red delicious apple, yellow delicious apple, and green granny smith apple.  The results are below.

11 children liked the red delicious apple the best.

 5 children liked the green granny smith apple the best.

 7 children liked the yellow delicious apple the best.

 1 child didn't like any of the apples.

Way up High in the Apple Tree

Way up High in the Apple Tree

2 red apples smiled at me

I shook that tree as hard as I could

Down came the apples

Mmm, mmm, good!