Preschool Newsletter

Happy Halloween! And happy end of October, tomorrow starts our Thanksgiving/November Fun. All of the children had a blast on Pumpkin Day, thank you for helping us with supplies to make the fun happen.

As the holidays get closer, please let me know if you are planning on going out of town during the school week. That way I can let the office know and your trip won't get interrupted by a call from the school.

There is an early release this coming Friday.

This is our last week in our Family and Friends Unit! For week 4 we will focus on My Community. We are going to learn about the different people that live, work, or play close together. We are going to explore the people in their community who keep them safe and healthy.

Our Vocabulary this week: community, neighbor

Photo discussion cards: firefighter, police officer, mail carrier, construction worker, neighbor

This week's letters: F, f, O, o

For math we are looking back at our attribute words and how to sort things into different categories. Words like: blue, circle, classification, rectangle, red, square, triangle, yellow

For our calm down strategy, we will be working with two strategies this week. S.T.A.R. and Balloon breathing.

November 4 - Early Release

November 11 - NO SCHOOL Veteran's Day

November 18 - Early Release

November 23-25 - NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break

December 2 - Early Release

December 15 - Early Release

December 16 - NO SCHOOL - Teacher Work Day

November starts begins our holiday fun with Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving. We will have a special favorite foods feast before Thanksgiving break. The favorite food feast will be the day before Thanksgiving break, and the kids can pick their favorite food to bring in and share with the class. I will send out more information as it get closer.

Don't forget to turn your clocks back an hour one on Sunday!

• Uses drawing, scribbling, letter like forms, random letter strings and/or dictation to express thought and ideas.
  
• Understands and uses some question words (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
• Recognizes letters in their name,.
• Correctly names shapes. (Squares, circles, triangles, rectangles.)
  
• Uses number words to indicate the quantity in small sets of objects (e.g., 2, 3).
• Places objects in one to one correspondence.
• With support, follows classroom routines and manages transitions.
  
• Begins to display socially competent behavior with peers.
• Follows basic health practices (e.g., puts dirty tissues in trash, washes hands, covers mouth when sneezing) with occasional reminders.

So excited at how well they are doing with the firefighter method of putting their coats on. There are some that are still having trouble remembering the steps, and we will continue to work on them in class. Some of them are standing on the opposite side of the coat and end up putting their coat on upside down.

1. Check the sleeves
2. Put it on the ground
3. Stand by the tag or the hood
4. Hands in the sleeves
5. Up and over their head, as their arms slide into the sleeves

Bradley - 913-651-6915, 1 Bradley Circle

Ike - 913-651-6663, 1 Eisenhower Circle

Email: jgerecke@usd207.org
Website: https://eisenhower.usd207.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=517799&type=u&pREC_ID=770691
Location: 1 Eisenhower Circle, Fort Leavenworth, KS, USA
Phone: 9136516663