Happy Friday! I hope you all had a relaxing Thanksgiving break. We had a great week adjusting back into our routine with a class wide favorite Pete the Cat* themed week. We read Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, Pete the Cat White Shoes, Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses. On Monday, students painted a large button that I taped to a popsicle stick and now it is a prop for all of us during circle time. We also all (myself included) wear party glasses when we read Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses. Our sensory bin this week was buttons, we completed lots of fine motor activities stringing buttons on pipe cleaners and strings, and used them as counters.
Next Friday is the field trip to Walt Disney Elementary for YAP/Special Olympics. If you haven’t already done so, please sign and return the permission slip! We will be departing Live Oak around 9:15 am and returning around 11:15. We will eat snack at Walt Disney. We will be able to make any necessary bathroom trips while at Walt Disney and I’ll bring diapers/pull ups from your child’s classroom supply. Please have your child arrive to school in clothes they can run and move in including closed-toed shoes. Looking ahead to next month, the December themes will be holiday related including gingerbread, lights, candy canes, and evergreen trees. The math focus will be rectangles and the color green. *If you don’t already own the Pete the Cat series you can purchase them through scholastic! Choose books with your child from the paper flyers or online at: scholastic.com/bookclubs.To order online, connect to our class using our Class Code (or look me up by our school name):TLTGH. Bonus: This month, you can pick a FREE Book (up to $5) when you place an online order of $25 or more!
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We did it! Halloween is over and the 30 days of practice really paid off! I thought everyone was amazing walking holding the rope and waving to all our fans. I loved all the cute costumes and I hope you all enjoyed the pictures I emailed to you.
Now that we are in November we are no longer taking a walk as one of our centers. The center is now a bathroom and sensory table center. Students are working on developing their independence in the toiling routine including all the hand washing steps. Especially drying our hands! Everyone is great at pulling the paper towel out of the dispenser we are now really focusing on the drying our hands. Centers are now 8 minutes each! We started the year with 6 minute centers and we are working our way up to 10 minute centers. I think in mid-January we will try 9 minute centers. Art this month will focus around turkeys and fall colors (red, orange, yellow, brown). Today we made turkey hats, they are super cute! We also glued tissue paper squares on half a paper plate for turkey feathers. We used a fork as a paint brush on another half a paper plate. This week we also hand painted new placemats for snack time! It is a bit of an odd month with several days off. This upcoming Monday there is no school for Veterans Day and then there is a week off for Thanksgiving. Then four weeks until winter break. It is going to be a busy time with lots of fun art projects and sensory bins. If you haven't already done so be sure to check out the awesome Scholastic books that are available and can be ordered online and shipped right to Live Oak! Choose books with your child from the paper flyers or online at: scholastic.com/bookclubs. To order online, connect to our class using our Class Code (or look me up by our school name): TLTGH |
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