The Letter of the Week is F. We learned about our puppet Friendly Frog who lives on a farm and eats flapjacks with his family. Arianna brought back our Letter bag with 5 things that began with the letter F. We talked about our families and friends. We even tried fishing in a pond with a makeshift fishing rod. Everyone didn't get a chance so we'll keep our pond around for next week. 

 

    Star of the Week- Orion

 Friday Bear had a visit with Bulmaro and his family. They went to visit Bulmaro's aunt for lunch on Saturday. Friday Bear went shopping for Halloween costumes. I wander what they'll be on Halloween. Finally, they enjoyed watching cartoons and a scary movie together!   

 

 

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During the month of November we'll learn about Thanksgiving. We made a Thanksgiving turkey with feathers that tell what we're thankful for and proudly display it on our bulletin board. We also, have our handprint turkeys hanging in the hall.

 

Our next First Friday mass is on November 6. We'll be going to mass with our6th grade Prayer Partners on this day.

 

During Math we'll be counting on the calendar and with our classmates. We will be learning to use Ordinal numbers ex. first and making sets of apples and leaves.I have noticed that many children are confusing the number 2 for number 6 so we'll be working on number 2.

    Our class schedule includes Circle Time, Religion, Mathematics, ILA(Reading and Writing), Learning Centers, Social Studies/ Science, and Specials.

Every morning begins with Circle Time. At this time we greet each other and learn the days of the week, we count, sing, and read a story. We also talk about what we are going to be during the day.

Everyday at school we will pray in the morning, at meals,and in the afternoon. We read stories from the Bible, learn about Holy days and seasons like Advent, and talk about how God made all of us and everything on Earth.

The children will learn to count,recognize numbers, make sets using similarities, and identify shapes and colors. We will also identify and make patterns.

We use a great program to learn the Alphabet that includes a special puppet with a story , activivities, and songs. We work on an Alphabet book during the year and the completed work is sent home in June.Each week we'll have a new "letter of the week" and one child will be given the Letter Bag.They will be asked to place 5 things that begin with the letter and return it to school.
 
Our class also has a special puppet named P.Mooney and the children love all the stories, activities, and songs taught by this very interesting puppet. We learn many things but most importantly we learn to listen to each other and communicate our ideas to the class.

A very special time each day is the Learning Centers where the children get to play and yes learn. I'll explain the centers more when you've had a chance to see the classroom.

Please check out the schedule of Specials under- Important Information and Classroom Schedule.
 Note,there was a change in our Library time. We'll still go on Friday but at 9:45 instead of 12:45.