Dear Unicorn Families!
The
squeals of excitement this week made my heart burst with pride as I watched
your children so excited to learn and get their hands dirty! We estimated, measured, cleaned, counted and
recorded information about our pumpkins.
I would like to thank the three moms that came to help on Tuesday. You made the day run smooth and I truly
appreciate the clean pumpkin seeds (Total number of seeds – 2765)! The learning will continue as we watch and
record information about our pumpkins as they decompose in the garden over the
next couple of weeks.
We
will also deepen our understanding about seeds, learn the parts of a seed, and look
at the life cycles of a food producing plant, a flowering plant, and a
non-flowering plant. We will also
discuss how seeds travel. In reading, we
will finish up our author study on Mem Fox.
We will continue to talk about characters in a book and compare them
with other books. In the near future we
will use poetry to look deeper into mental imagery. We will continue to write personal narratives. We will make sure each story has the details
that it needs to be a complete story.
We have been working on Geometry. We have been
manipulating shapes and looking at multiple ways to make a hexagon. We have
also been filling in a shape with more and fewer blocks. We will continue to
explore shapes by describing and sorting them.
Spelling starts on Monday. I spoke with many of you about this at
conferences. Spelling is individualized. I have children starting in multiple
different places based on their skills. Please check your child’s backpack for
the letter and the words they are to study this week on Monday. Tests will be Friday each week. I will send the new set of words home each Monday.
I
plan on adding a handful of items to the other information page on the website
this weekend. The first is a playdough
recipe. Playdough is a great hands-on
way to do a variety of learning and this batch will last 6-12 weeks in a sealed
zip lock bag or Tupperware. I will add
some suggestion on books to read with your child or have your child read on
their own. We talked about cooking with
pumpkin during this week. I will put up
the recipes that I have cooked with children in the past.
There
are many upcoming events on the Sunrise calendar. Currently the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser is
going on. Box Tops are due this week for
the fall collection. There will be
another collection in February as well.
The money goes toward helping to buy items for the classroom. Spiders and Cider is coming up on Friday,
October 27th. There are
plenty of volunteer opportunities if you would like to get involved in the
school community and you can find them on the FFO website.
I
hope everyone has a wonderful fall break.
Mrs. Berk
