October News

 October 6, 2023

Dear PreK Families, 

Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up in early November, on 11/2 and 11/3. There will be an early release day on Thursday and no school on Friday. Please sign up for a time to meet and discuss your child’s progress during Parent Teacher Conference Time. All of the early childhood PreK Programs in our district use a program called Teaching Strategies Gold to rate individual student development and progress.  In the meeting we will review initial TS Gold social-emotional progress reports (for 3 and 4 year olds) for your child as well as, initial math and letter assessments (for students who are 4 or older). 

We have started reviewing/learning the uppercase letters using the Fundations Literacy Program. We will review 3 letters per week and should finish the introduction of the uppercase letter by the holiday break. Then we will learn how to write the uppercase letters. We learn the letters in the order of how they are written. Some letters have straight lines, some have curves, and some have a start and a jump to them.  

Recently, we completed a unit on the lifecycle of apples. We read Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins, Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss, and My Apple by Kaye Davies and Wendy Oldfield. We made a graph comparing our favorite color apples, we played counting and sorting games about apples, and we made applesauce and wrote a class book about it. Next, we are studying the season of fall. This will include pumpkins. If your child has a small pumpkin or gourd at home, he or she may bring it into class next week. 

You should have received information about school picture day. Please fill out the form and return the envelope to us at school, or complete your order on-line. We will have our pictures done early in the day on Monday the 16th. If your child is absent that day, there will be a picture retake day later in the fall. 

Thank you, 

Amy 

IMPORTANT DATES

10/9 NO SCHOOL - Indigenous Peoples’ Day 

10/10 NO SCHOOL - Teacher In-Service

10/16 - Picture Day

10/17 Early Release- pick up at 12:30

10/20 No PreK - ECP In-Service