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.