This week we finished our spider unit. Here is a look at the week!

 Centers

Language Arts- The children completed a beginning sound activity looking at the letter ‘s’ and corresponding picture.  

Math- Spider patterns with manipulatives.

Art- Spider glyphs- The children were asked specific questions about spiders and had to build their own spiders based on their answers.

Fine motor- Weaving a spider web! This was a tricky task for many, but great practice to reinforce their fine motor skills.  

Journals- The prompt this week was, ‘Spiders like to..’  The kiddos are starting to add more details to their pictures as they dictate their responses to me! 

Enjoying the warm weather on the playground and exercising our bodies.  

Spanish- This week in Spanish we celebrated Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). We had a fiesta(party) in which we decorated and ate skull cookies. We also made Dia de los Muertos lanterns! The PK kids counted in Spanish Calabaza Semilas(pumpkin seeds) and even said what color the seeds were! Here is a link to a great YouTube site that has lots of great rhymes and songs in Spanish, some songs like, Mono Loco, Cinco Monitos, and A Mi Burro they can sing and even translate! https://www.youtube.com/user/ToobysSpanish

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SPIRIT WEEK MONDAY-FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7-11

Each day we will show our school spirit by dressing in a fun way!

MONDAY: PAJAMA DAY wear warm comfortable sleepover clothing today!

TUESDAY: FAVORITE COLOR DAY wear a lot of your favorite color today!

WEDNESDAY: FANDOM DAY wear clothes to represent what you are a fan of sports, cartoons, Disney etc!

THURSDAY: CRAZY HAIR/HAT DAY

FRIDAY: BLUE AND GOLD DAY wear Roycemore colors and Roycemore gear!

     

What a fabulous week in Pre-K! The Halloween centers and Carnival ran so smoothly and the children were engaged in a variety of games, art activities, and even a moon bounce! It was exciting to see how independent they were and willing to try new activities. Thank you to the parents who volunteered in the classroom and for bringing in a creative costume for your child. I appreciate all your hard work. The children loved dressing up and sharing what they were with friends. Many laughs and good times were shared this week. 

Carnival

PK Halloween Party

SPOoky Science with the Upper School Students

This week we began our spiders unit. Here is a look at the week:

Centers

Language Arts- The children played a game where they used their fly swatters to squish the spider based on the letter called and shown to them.

Art- The children created spider webs using glitter and crafted their own spider out of construction paper. 

Math- Spiders counting book. The children had to recognize the number and create that many spiders on their web. We also learned the popcorn words, ‘I’ and ‘see’. These stories are great to read at home and reinforce their learning.  

Fine motor- Beading and play dough with our Halloween scene mats.

Reminders/Next Week

CONFERENCES- November 1-4. Please sign up for a 30 minute session using the link sent in the email.

Grandparents Day- November 22

Pumpkin Carving Night

It was great seeing so many families at Pumpkin Carving Night! Thank you for coming and all your support.  It was a nice turn out and the kiddos really enjoyed themselves.

Morning Meeting

In morning meetings we had a variety of whole group activities.  In the beginning of the week, we labeled the parts of the pumpkin, used picture cards to sequence the lifecycle, and sang many songs! The children enjoyed watching the life cycle video online as well as the story, Franklin’s Pumpkin for a fiction tale. 

We also took a closer look at a pumpkin using our five senses.  We counted the lines, measured the pumpkin with cubes, touched the prickly stem, opened up the pumpkin and touched the pulp and slippery seeds! It was great to see the children’s reaction.  The kiddos came up with a list of adjectives to share their thinking.

Centers

Language Arts- The children read the lifestyle of a pumpkin emergent readers. 

Next, they completed a sequencing activity where they could color the pictures and show how a pumpkin grows.  

Art- The children mixed shaving cream, orange paint, and glue to make a gooey mixture to create a pumpkin.  Next, they cut shapes out of construction paper to make a Jack-O-Lantern face!  These were fun to make and the kids enjoyed getting their hands messy.

Fine Motor-The kiddos rolled play dough on fall play dough mats to make different shapes.  They added leaves to the trees, made faces for the Jack-O-lanterns, and faces for different scarecrows. 

Math- Counting games with pumpkin manipulatives. 

Playing with friends on the playground.  

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THIS WEEK:

PK/JK Halloween Party- Friday, October 28th from 9:30-10:30  Please remember to bring in food/treats that you signed up for!  It is very much appreciated :)

Spooky Science with the Upper School students on Thursday!