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Looking Back... (Week of October 26)
We had a spooktacular week in Pre-K!  We had fun preparing for Halloween by making creepy crafts like a sparkly ghost, a haunted house, and five pumpins on a gate.  We also completed a directed drawing activity that helped us to create spider webs and we enjoyed painting our pumpkins and adding black, orange, and purple glitter.  We read an informational text that helped us to learn interesting facts about Halloween.  We also enjoyed several spooky fictional stories about this fun holiday.  We discussed different costumes and symbols of Halloween.  We practiced our Halloween rhymes and had fun wearing our costumes on Friday before working together to complete our large Halloween puzzle.  Our classroom celebration was a success, and we thank you so much for contributing supplies!  Our religion lesson helped us to learn about the fun of pretending and the safety rules we can follow on Halloween.  We ended our week by learning a bit about the saints in preparation for the Feast of All Saints on Sunday.

We spent time this week reviewing the letters we have been learning about.  We worked on writing the letters and matching them.  We also practiced identifying their sounds and matching words with beginning letters.  We had fun in the literacy center playing a letter matching game, a word building game, and Alphabet Bingo!  In math, we enoyed a trick-or-treater addition game and a ghost subtraction game.  We also read two Halloween counting stories and added two shape pages to our notebooks.  We had fun completing a Halloween shape sorting activity on Friday.  

Looking Ahead... (Week of November 2)
It is hard to believe that we are beginning another new month together.  We will say "Goodbye" to October and "Hello" to November this week by exploring a favorite fall them: the farm.  We will identify animals and people that live on a farm and the different jobs people do there.  We will work on a tractor craft and a handprint farm animal craft after enjoying fictional farm stories and an informational text.  We will read several versions of The Little Red Hen, then compare the different characters and story elements after completing a comprehension activity and a hen art project.  We invite everyone to wear their flannel and/or plaid with jeans (anything similar would be great) on Thursday for Farmer Day (note that this is competely optional).

Our letter of the week will be Ff and we will have fun learning all about this fantastic and funny letter.  We will complete a letter Ff sound sorting activity and make a list of words that begin with Ff after working on a letter Ff feather craft.  Students are invited to bring in an Ff item for Show and Tell on Thursday if they would like to do so and they may like to cut out a small letter Ff picture for our classroom book.  In math, we will play a farm object counting game and a shape pattern game.  We will work on an animal graphing activity in the math center. 

Online Resources
*You can see a video about our school here!

*You can see Ms. Stone's version of "Bear Hunt" here.  This is a favorite activity every Monday.  You can see her reading stories here and here.

*Fine motor activities are very important and will help the children to strengthen the muscles in their hands.  We do many of these activities in school and some of them can be done at home as well.  If you are seeking activities that can be done outside of school, you may like to refer to this list of fun and practical fine motor activities.

*School will be closed on Friday, November 6, for the professional day.

*School will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, for Veterans Day.

*Everyone is invited to wear plaid/flannel with jeans on Thursday for Farmer Day.  Note that this is optional and anything similar that you already have will be great.  There is no need to buy anything new for this occasion.  

*Everyone is invited to bring in an object that begins with Ff on Thursday for Show and Tell.

*Full-day students should bring lunch and one snack to school.  We ask that you separate the two by putting them into separate bags and writing "lunch" or "snack" on the bag.  Please include a drink with both along with any utensils that may be needed.  Thank you!

*If you have not yet received a Remind message from me, please let me know.  Thank you!

*Please be sure to leave all toys at home (unless they are for Show and Tell).  Thank you!

*Please let me know if you have any questions at all throughout the school year.  I can be reached at mmcelroy7211@ndsnet.org.