September News

 September 23, 2024

Dear Families,

 

To coordinate with our All About Me Books, we are asking families to do a project at home. You will find a piece of construction paper and a glue stick in your child’s bag. Please make a collage about your child. You may include photos of your child and family members, and or pictures of your child’s favorite things. Images can be photographs, drawings, or cut out from magazines and glued onto the paper. We will laminate them and hang them up at school. Feel free to email me a few pictures that you’d like to put in the collage if you do not have a printer. 

We have begun lessons from the Bridges PreK Math Program. Bridges is the same math program that is used by the other grades in our school. In the first unit during September, students have been focusing on sorting, counting, patterning, graphing, and comparing. We have made calendar markers, participated in counting games, and started exploring the math manipulatives we’ll be using this year. 

This month we have been learning about the lifecycle of an apple. We have been reading many books including fiction and nonfiction titles, including: 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 and we have been  playing counting and sorting games about apples. At the end of this week we will be comparing apples in math and doing a class cooking project and making a book about it. Please send in an apple by Friday, 9/27 for your child to contribute. 

This year, our class is reading with Scholastic Book Clubs! You’ll have access to expertly curated, affordable books that help boost your child’s reading skills, build your home library, and maybe even create moments of quality time you can share together. The first order is due Sep 27, 2024.

 

Plus place an order of $25 or more and you can pick a FREE $5 book (use code READS at checkout).

Shop Our Class Page: https://orders.scholastic.com/K3677

Shop Flyers: https://clubs.scholastic.com/all-flyers

 

Invite relatives and friends to help your child discover the joy of reading when you share our class page link. Every order benefits our classroom, helping us earn FREE books and resources that every child can enjoy.

 

Thanks so much for your support!

Thank you, 

Ms. Zayas

IMPORTANT DATES

10/11 NO SCHOOL - HSD In-Service

10/14 NO SCHOOL - Indigenous Peoples’ Day 

10/15 NO PreK - ECP In-Service

10/16 School Picture Day

10/18 Farm Day

11/4 Early Release @12:30 PTC

11/5 NO SCHOOL - PTC

11/11 NO SCHOOL - Veterans Day