Scholastic Pajama Drive - We are collecting new pajamas of all sizes until December  9, 2016

December 1st is our day for conferences.  Please remember this is a time for adults only.

Scholastic orders - Please order by December 2nd at noon - The coupons we sent home are active on December 1st.  If these books are a surprise please let me know and we will send them home in a bag.

Save the date:  December 22nd at 10:30 is our family party.

This week in the Lucky Duck Room.

Stories -
Dandelion by Don Freeman
Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

Small Groups
Making a Dandelion puppet
Coloring a rainbow fish by following directions (ie color 3 scales blue)

Choice Time
Lemonade stand
Sensory Table - Stringing Pasta
Playdough
Rug - Trains
Blocks - Small Wooden Blocks
Number Puzzles

Pajama Pinata Party

We wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving.

November 23, 2016

Today we are having our pajama and pinata party.  Yesterday the Lucky Ducks were busy decorating our Pinata box that we will open today.  We also made play dough turkeys during our art time as well. 

Stories this month
Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza
Mathew and Tilly
Hooray A Pinata
Letter to Amy

Small groups
- Today - Color a pinata by number
-Yesterday - Sequencing a pizza
Last Week
-I can be a good friend- selecting things we can do to be a good friend
-Decorating Stationary and Mailing Letters (I hope you all received them!)
- Journal Pages

Choice Time:
Lemonade Stand
Pizza Art
Ipads
I am thankful for Handprints
moon sand
puzzles

Scholastic Pajama Drive

The 8th-Annual Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive

Dear Parents,

It’s time for the annual Scholastic Reading Club Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive benefitting 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 400,000 pairs of new pajamas. The Scholastic Reading Club has more than matched those numbers with nearly 900,000 new books donated directly to Pajama Program headquarters, where they are then distributed across the country by Pajama Program.

Our school wants to be 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 9, 2016.

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.

The BECC Staff

If you have any questions please contact, Katie Roofe at roofe@bpsk12.org

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

Unit 2 Friends

No School on:

November 8th

November 10th

November 11th

November 24th

November 25th

We are beginning our next unit (Friends). In this unit, students will be talking about friendship, how to be a good friend, and ways to resolve conflicts with friends.  We will work on this unit through November and December with some Gingerbread Man stories read along the way in December.

Theme Concepts:

• A friend is someone we like and want to spend time with.  Friends like to do things together.  They enjoy each other’s company.
• We can have more than one good friend, and we might like to do some things with one friend and other things with other friends.
• Friends usually share with and help one another.
• Friends may have arguments and get mad at one another.  Usually, friends work out their problems and continue to be friends.
• We can make new friends and also keep old friends.

Key Vocabulary will include:

Friends

Party

Lemonade

Pinata

Pizza

Dough

Envelope

Listen

Share

Compromise

October 31 - November 4

Books for the week:

Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philemon Sturges

A Letter To Amy by Ezra Jack Keats

Small Groups:

- Counting Dinosaurs

- Alphabet Memory

- Matching letter tiles to friendship vocabulary

Choice time: Choice Time will remain for 2 weeks given the November Calendar.

Art Table: Coloring

Library Area: Books about friends

Dramatic Play: Setting Up a Grocery Store - Students are busy making signs for the items on the shelves. When the get to 'play' they will first create a grocery list by selecting 3-4 items and writing down the names of those items.

Rug Toy: Rescue Heroes

Blocks - Open

Math Table - Puzzles

Literacy Table - Letter Matching

Sand Table - Looking for letters

November 7 -11

Books for the week:

Matthew and Tilly by Rebecca C. Jones

Small Groups:

• Grocery Store Counting and Coloring
• - Friendship Bracelets