Important Dates

Here are some important dates to keep in mind

December 4th - Conferences for parents only please.

December 18th - Family Party at 10:40

December 24th through January 2nd - Winter Vacation
Return to school on January 5th.


Activities this week:
Rug:  Farms and Farm animals
Sensory Table:  Finding and sorting shapes by color in tinsel
Easel - Painting turkeys and pinatas
Dramatic Play - Grocery Store
Magna Doodles

Small Groups:
Making a group pizza 
Counting milk containers
Counting coins
Making the first letter of our names with colored pasta

Stories:
Hooray a Pinata
Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza
Dandelion

Cold Weather

Brrr!  It’s Cold Outside

Fall has been chilly and winter is almost here!  The Lucky Ducks will be going outside when the weather is 25 degrees or warmer.  Please send your child to school everyday with clothes that will keep them warm when we go outside, such as:

*gloves/mittens

*hats

*winter boots (when there is snow on the ground).

*snow pants (when there is snow on the ground).

*warm winter coat

Our outside time is at 10:00.  We will be making the determination at that time if we will be going out.  We are outside for 20 minutes each day.

If your child wears boots to school please send in a pair of sneakers/shoes for your child to wear.  Boots are very cumbersome for children to play in.

Please be sure all of your child’s belongings are labeled.  At times, items will get mixed up.  Kindly return them the next day so we can get them back to the rightful owner.  Likewise, if something is misplaced, let us know so we can be on the look out for the item.

If you have any questions please contact me.  

Scholastic Pajama Drive

The Great Bedtime Story

Pajama Drive

Dear Parents,

It’s time for the annual Scholastic Reading Club Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive benefiting

Pajama Program, a nonprofit organization that provides new pajamas and books to children in

need—especially those living in group homes, shelters, foster care, and orphanages.

Since 2009, caring classrooms across the country have risen to the challenge and donated nearly 250,000 pairs of new pajamas. The Scholastic Reading Club has more than matched those numbers with nearly 600,000 new books donated to Pajama Program.

Our class wants to be a part of this drive so that we can help make a better bedtime for these children. Together we can help the Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive reach even more kids with pj’s and books.

If you and your child are able to participate, please have your child bring in a new pair of

pajamas to school by December 5, 2014   The Lucky Ducks will be collecting the pajamas to be donated.

Here are some simple guidelines for the pajamas:

• Pajamas must be brand-new.
• Pajamas in all sizes are needed—from newborn to adult.
• Pajamas must be in complete sets or nightgowns.
• Pajamas in children’s sizes must be manufactured as pajamas—this ensures that they are flame-retardant and safe.

Thank you for helping us share the gift of a good night’s sleep and a sweet bedtime story.

Katie Roofe

Lucky Ducks

PS: You can find out more about the drive and the program at: scholastic.com/pjdrive

Friends

OWL Unit 2 Weeks 2

This week we will begin our unit on Friendship. We will talk about how to be a good friend, and ways to resolve conflicts with friends. Through the books in this unit, children will hear about the importance of being who you are, helping friends, enjoying special times together, and getting along. In addition to listening to stories, children will begin working on identifying rhyming words and beginning sounds. 

Theme Concepts:

• A friend is someone that we like and spend time with
• We can have more that one good friend
• Friends like to do things together
• Friends share and help one another
• Friends may get mad at each other, but usually friends can work out their problems
• We can make new friends and keep our old ones too

Week of November 10-14th

Reminders:

BOOK BACKPACKS ARE DUE BACK WEDNESDAY!

(There is no school on Monday November 10th or Tuesday November 11th!)

Books for the week:

The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by: Philomen Sturges

A Letter To Amy by: Ezra Jack Keats

Dandelion by Don Freeman

Small Groups:

1. Connecting Lines (Drawing vertical and horizontal lines)

2. Pizza Matching - Adding the correct number of slices
3. Uppercase Memory
4. Numeral Matching

Choice time:

Dramatic Play - Lucky Ducks will set up a grocery store. They will make signs, stock shelves and get the store ready to be opened next week.
Easel: Color a pizza picture

Library Area: Books about friendship

Writing Table: Writing to Friends
Literacy - Letter Matching Wheels
Art - Decorating Turkeys
Art - Drawing with chalk

Preschool Life Skill 3 - When a teacher gives you directions you do them right away.

Social Thinking: Following the Group Plan

Friends

OWL Unit 2 Weeks 1&2

This week we will begin our unit on Friendship. We will talk about how to be a good friend, and ways to resolve conflicts with friends. Through the books in this unit, children will hear about the importance of being who you are, helping friends, enjoying special times together, and getting along. In addition to listening to stories, children will begin working on identifying rhyming words and beginning sounds. 

Theme Concepts:

• A friend is someone that we like and spend time with
• We can have more that one good friend
• Friends like to do things together
• Friends share and help one another
• Friends may get mad at each other, but usually friends can work out their problems
• We can make new friends and keep our old ones too

Week of November 3-7th

Reminders:

BOOK BACKPACKS ARE DUE BACK WEDNESDAY!

(There is no school on Tuesday November 4th!)

Books for the week:

The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by: Philomen Sturges

A Letter To Amy by: Ezra Jack Keats

Small Groups:

1. Friendship Bracelets

2. Journal Page - I like to play with ....
3. Counting manipulatives

4.  Fine Motor: Making Pizza

Choice time:

Easel: Color a pizza picture

Library Area: Books about friendship

Writing Table: Writing to Friends

Dramatic Play: Pizza Shop

Sand Table: Marble Mazes
Rug Toy: Trucks

Preschool Life Skill 3 - When a teacher gives you directions you do them right away.

Social Thinking: Following the Group Plan