Wednesday, October 18, 2017

October News

October 17, 2017

Dear PreK Parents,

We have had a busy time at school so far this month. We did a study about farms, farm life and why farms are important to us. We read many books including: The Big Red Barn, Mrs, Wishy Washy, Ba Ba Black Sheep, From Cow to Milk, and Wake Up, Big Barn.  

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Farm day was a great success. Here are some pictures from the events of the day. In the morning class, we visited the sheep and saw Mr. Fred shear the sheep. We saw the goats and got to pet and feed them. We were able to observe the bunnies in the cage. The morning class got to milk the cow and see the oxen.  We also got to try some homemade ice cream from Billings Farm.


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In the afternoon, class, we very busy as well. We visited the Holly the horse and the alpacas. We saw the oxen work together and got the brush and pet them. The highlight of the afternoon was going on a tractor ride.

This week, we have started to learn about the fall season.  We will be doing some work with pumpkins as well. If you have any pumpkins at home that you would like to send in, we would love to have them. We cannot guarantee that you will get them back. We will take pumpkins of any size, shape or color. We will compare them, and we will cut one open to learn about the inside of a pumpkin and the pumpkin life cycle. Thank you for your help!

This month, Mrs. Hutchins, the school nurse will be conducting vision and hearing screenings on all students. If there are any discrepancies in the assessments, she will give you a report to bring to your doctor.

In the classroom, we have started to work on the alphabet using the Fundations Literacy Program. This is a multisensory program that all students in grades PreK to 3 use in our school. In math, we have started doing some work around collecting, sorting and classifying. These are activities that are very common for PreK students to do, as they are developmentally appropriate.  You can encourage this at home too. 

The students are paying attention to the calendar and know that Halloween is getting closer. We will celebrate Halloween with a special snack in the classroom. We will put out a sign-up sheet for donations next week. We try to have some healthy choices because the children will get lots of treats from trick or treating. Please do not send in candy with your child for snack. Please do not send your child to school in a costume.

Parent teacher Conferences also coming up at the beginning of November on the 2nd and 3rd. There will be NO PreK on those days so that we may have time to meet for conferences. Next week, there will also be a sign-up sheet for parents to choose a time to meet.

Important Dates:
10/20: Nos School PreK In-Service
10/26: Picture Retake Day
111/2 and 11/3: No School for PreK Parent Teacher Conferences

Thank you,
Mrs. Zayas & Mrs. Paronto

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