November 23-24, 2009 Dear Families, We Hope Everyone Has A

November 23-24, 2009 Dear Families, We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving break and enjoys spending time with family. From now until winter break we will be using small group time to review skills we’ve already been working on and assess progress each child has made since the beginning of school. No enrichment this week. Make sure your child has returned their library book so they’ll be able to check one out after break. Mrs. Mayer will be having her Winter Program Tuesday the 15th at 6:00 pm for Preschool-2nd grade. Doors will open at 5:30 pm, and students will need to report to their classroom by 5:45 pm. She will be sending home a letter soon explaining the program. Also, last year we had our second Holiday Brunch (technically a breakfast but we combine both classes to come together and eat with family/friends, participate in activities/crafts, and perform a few holiday songs for everyone). The breakfast will be on the 17th at 8:30 am in the cafeteria. There will be no afternoon preschool that day because we will all be together at the same time. Details for that will be coming home next week. *Don’t forget to check out the classroom blog: http://preschool-families.blogspot.com (There is a slideshow of some of the pictures we’ve taken on our class blog ) Important Dates: Nov. 25-27th- NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break) Dec. 9th- Early Release Day (NO PRESCHOOL) Dec. 15th- Winter Program at 6:00pm Dec. 17th- Holiday Brunch at 8:30 am with both classes Have a great week and Happy Thanksgiving! Ms. Sara, Ms. Mary, and Ms. Teresa

Nov. 23-24, 2009 Student of the Week: AM- Scarlet; PM- Breydon Monday Tuesday Arts and 3-D art Free choice Humanities Language Stringing colored Build and Arts/Fine pasta write word Motor center Math Where’s turkey Shape sorting concept books Science/Social Animal Mystery Studies encyclopedias socks Health Exhibit social Exhibit social Education cooperation cooperation Small Group Circle Time

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The Story of Thanksgiving

Dramatic Play: Housekeeping, Blocks: General, Sensory Table: pasta, Easel: water colors Kentucky Early Childhood Standards (goals we will focus on through activities above) Arts and Humanities: Develop skills in appreciation of music Language Arts: 1.2 Uses spoken language for a variety of purposes 3.2 Shows an understanding of the basic concepts and conventions of print Physical Education (fine/gross motor skills): 1.2 Performs a variety of locomotor skills with control and balance; 1.5 Performs fine motor skills using eye-hand coordination Health Education: Exhibits social cooperation Mathematics: Recognizes and describes shapes and spatial relationships Science: Asks simple scientific questions that can be answered with exploration Social Studies: Understands the roles and relationships within his/her family