Thanksgiving Break Friday, Nov 25th-Nov 27th
Ms. Tiffany’s Weekly Newsletter
Friday, November 20, 2009
Parent Messages
Last night, we
had our 2nd Family Night at Coles Ferry Elementary. The topics of
discussion were based on how to talk to your child about abuse, the importance
of preparing healthy meals for your child, and how to read to and with your child effectively.
Thank you to
those parents who contributed to Emmelin’s farewell package. Unfortunately,
Emmelin was sick and did not have an opportunity to say goodbye to the class.
However, Mrs. Amy and I were able to take the gifts to her home and share them
with her before she left. She, as well as her parents, were very surprised and
thankful to know how much she was loved!
If you have
signed up to bring in something for our Thanksgiving Feast, please send in
those items by Monday, November 23rd.
Due to the short
week of school next week, we will NOT be sending home our Take Home Readers. We will
resume our Take Home Readers during the week of November 30th.
Important Reminders
November 24th- Pre K Thanksgiving Feast @ 12:30pm
November 25th-November 27th- Thanksgiving
Break
November 30th- Return to school
December 2nd- Wilson County Library Field Trip
December 17th- Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Field Trip
Focus Letter and Concept
This week, we began reviewing
the four basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, and rectangle. During our
study we read books about the shape of the day, sang and played a special
song/game with the shapes, shared our shape mystery sacks, and ate snacks that
represented the shape of the day .
Our letter of the week was letter “Ee”. We
talked about the sound that “Ee” makes, things that begin with the letter, and
met our letter friend, Elmo the Elephant.
In addtion, we completed a envelope sort, made an edible turkey (Thanks
to Mrs. Deago- Ryan’s mom), charted our favorite types of eggs (scrambled,
fried, or boiled), and constructed
the Earth with shapes. To compliment our letter study our nursery rhyme was
“Eeny Meny Miny Mo”.
Make Believe Play Concept
As we continue to expand on our study of
restaurants, the children are exploring the idea of make believe play in a sit
down restaurant, a drive thru, an ice cream shop, pizza parlor, and a fast food
restaurant.
During their make believe play periods the children
have the opportunity to take on the role of a waitress, hostess, cashier, cook,
customer, manager, worker, dishwasher, and server. Ask your child, which props
are used to act out these roles.
Parent and Child
Time
Each day, we
create a morning message and answer a mystery question. Ask your child to share
the morning message and the mystery question of the day.
Go on a shape
hunt around your house. Help your child locate an object that represents a
circle, square, triangle, or a rectangle.
Ask your child to
show/tell you how many sides and corners a circle, square, triangle, or
rectangle has.
Ask your child
what sound Ee makes. Give them clues about things that start with Ee.