Week of November 22-23

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!  

Thank you all so much for sharing your family and friends with our JK class!  We had a fabulous Tuesday and it made our week terrific.  The JK class should be very proud of themselves.  They were so energetic and well prepared!

In the classroom, the JK class finished our 4 centers from last week on Monday morning.  We competed our questions about What is a Grandparent!  The JK kids had some very insightful answers including, grandparents have arms and legs, grandparents are babysitters, and grandparents love pictures like suns!  :)  

Monday was our rehearsal for Grandparents Day!  We were able to watch the Middle and Upper school students perform their songs and then we practiced with our K friends.  

Tuesday was so much fun!  The children all came dressed in their best clothes and with their best behaviors!  We started our day with our morning meeting.  We went in the gym to perform for soooo many people!  When they JK kids left the gym they had a quick free choice time, then helped prepare the classroom for our guests, and finally Mr. B came in to do some stretching with us!  

Finally after so much anticipation we were able to share with our Grandparents, special friends, or parents!  We had a great time making our pine cone turkeys and we hope that you all enjoyed them too.

Happy Thanksgiving!  

A Look Ahead: 

Our centers for the week of November 29 - December 3 will be the Language Arts center, where the children will be working on beginning consonant sounds.  The Math center, where the the children will be using their knowledge of shapes and patterns to create animals.  The Fine Motor center, where the children will be building their muscles by creating letters with magnetic boards and letters.  The Independent center, where the children will have a choice between the computers, listening to a book on tape, or working on the Leap Pads.  The Art Center, where the children will be making puppets for our Fairy Tale theater.

Our theme study for the next few weeks will focus on Fairy Tales including Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, and The Three Little Pigs.  We will be reading a variety of versions, comparing and contrasting them, retelling and sequencing of the stories, and lots of hands on projects!