week of Oct 21-25

Dear Sunshine families,     

I hope everyone that made it to Bizi Farms had fun; the weather was great! We will bring our experience at the farm to the classroom. We have pumpkins to cut open and explore and we will do some farm art activities.

Social/Emotional- We will visit Kindred this week on Wed and Thur. The kids will have an opportunity to decorate cards to hand out to the grandma's  and grandpa's.

Art- The kids will make their own red barns; we will also make stained glass pumpkins for the windows.

Math/Science- We have 2 classroom pumpkins. One of them will get cut open; cleaned out and carved, The other one we will decide as a class what we will do with.

Literacy- This week we will read; The Big Red Barn, Mrs. Wishy Washy's farm and Marley and the Runaway Pumpkin.

 

Extras:

I hope everyone will join us next Tuesday from 5:30-6:30. We will have our annual Halloween Read-in upstairs in Jason Lee hall. Kids can wear costumes; we will have a costume contest, and read fall stories together. It's a great family event and another excuse to wear costumes!

                                Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

 

Dates to Remember:

J Oct 23rd and 24th Kindred

J Oct 29th Halloween Read in 5:30-7:00

J Nov 7th Conferences-No School

J Nov 8th No School

J Nov 11th No School-Veteran's Day

week of Oct 14-18

Dear Sunshine families,     

We had so much fun last week decoratedfor fall and making applesauce! This week we will talk about farms and pumpkins! Our Bizi farm fieldtrip is this week; Thursday and Friday. We will not be in class those days; we will meet at the farm at 9:45. We will meet rain or shine. It is a good idea to dress in layers; wear boots or old shoes and have an extra set of clothes in the car. Also; there is grain to feed the goats. The machine takes quarters.

Social/Emotional- Our Bizi Farm trip is here! I'll have directions out this week and we will plan to meet there at 9:45, our trip starts at 10:00.They have asked that only one adult attend with each enrolled child, extra adults are welcome to attend, they will just need to pay at the patch.  Younger siblings are welcome as well, children 1 year or younger are free, children older than 1 year will need to pay at the patch.  The cost this year is $5.00 per child.  The price includes: visiting the animals, mini-maze, hay pyramid, covered hay ride to the patch and a pumpkin.  Children will receive a bag for their pumpkin  must be able to carry their pumpkin from the patch without adult assistance.  Parents may purchase extra pumpkins at the patch for the going rate per pound. 

Art- The kids will make pumpkin prints, wax paper stained glass pumpkins and

Math/Science- This week we will begin our fall assessments; we will work one on one and in small groups to assess and document fine motor skills, letter and number recognition and counting skills.

Literacy- This week we will read; Marley and the runaway Pumpkin, Mrs. Wishy Washy's Farm and Who took the farmers hat?

 

Extras:

A sign up sheet is out for conference times. Conferences are schedule for November 7th; this is a no school day. Friday November 8th is also a No school day as the church has an event in the building that day.  If Thursday Nov 7th doesn't work for you please let me know and we will schedule a different conference time.

We have begun dyeing shirts. If you haven't paid for yours please do by the end of the week. If you haven't signed up for one but do want one let me know.

ASQ's need to be turned in as soon as possible. We will use these as an assessment tool for conferences which will be held in November.

                                Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

 

Dates to Remember:

J Oct 11th ASQ's Due back

J Oct 17th and 18th Bizi Farms field trip

J Oct 23rd and 24th Kindred

J Oct 29th Halloween Read in 5:30-7:00

J Nov 7th Conferences-No School

J Nov 8th No School

J Nov 11th No School-Veteran's Day

week of Oct 7-11

Dear Sunshine families,     

Fall is in the air and we this week we will begin talking about fall harvest! A favorite fall produce in the NW is apples! This week we will taste them, paint with them and cook with them.

Social/Emotional- Next week we will be going on our first field trip. We will go to Bizi Farms. I'll have directions out this week and we will plan to meet there at 9:45, our trip starts at 10:00.They have asked that only one adult attend with each enrolled child, extra adults are welcome to attend, they will just need to pay at the patch.  Younger siblings are welcome as well, children 1 year or younger are free, children older than 1 year will need to pay at the patch.  The cost this year is $5.00 per child.  The price includes: visiting the animals, mini-maze, hay pyramid, covered hay ride to the patch and a pumpkin.  Children will receive a bag for their pumpkin  must be able to carry their pumpkin from the patch without adult assistance.  Parents may purchase extra pumpkins at the patch for the going rate per pound. 

Art- The kids will make apple prints, paint paper plate apples and make apple trees.

Math/Science- The kids will help chop apples to make homemade applesauce. We use plastic knives to cut the apples and really reinforce safety during this project.

Literacy- This week we will read; Apples For Everyone, Apple Trouble and Fletcher and the Falling Leaves

 

Extras: We have begun dyeing shirts. If you haven't paid for yours please do by the end of the week. If you haven't signed up for one but do want one let me know.

ASQ's need to be turned in as soon as possible. We will use these as an assessment tool for conferences which will be held in November.

                                Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

 

Dates to Remember:

J Oct 11th ASQ's Due back

J Oct 17th and 18th Bizi Farms field trip

J Oct 23rd and 24th Kindred

J Oct 29th Halloween Read in 5:30-7:00

J Nov 7th Conferences

J Nov 8th No School

Nov 11th No School-Veteran's Day

Sept 30- Oct 4

Dear Sunshine families,     

        This week we will jump into fall! We will begin creating projects to decorate our classroom. We will also talk about fall weather; wind, rain and cool days. we have some art projects to go along with weather.

ASQ's are being sent home this week. This is a developmental assessment tool to gage where every child is at. It helps us determine what area's to focus on in class and as a school. Please work with your child to fill it out and send it back in to me or Maria. In the coming weeks we will also begin doing in class assessments in class and will go over them during conferences in November.

Social/Emotional- I sent the" all about me" book home last week. If you did not recieve one please let me know. As the kids return them we will present them at circle time. Also; we need an individual picture of your child. If you have sent one in, thank you; if not we'd love it if you could get it to us soon.

Art- We will do windy art using a blow dryer and rainy art with spray bottles. We will also make fall leaves for the classroom.

Math/Science- Over the next couple weeks we will chart our weather patterns and count how many days we have rain and how many are windy.

Literacy- This week we will read; Fall, What the Wind Blew In, and

Volunteer Time- Carnival is this Friday!!! We still have many spots to fill for the dino dig. Please take a look at the sign up and see if you can help. We need 2 people for each 30 minute time slot. There are also opportunities to help during the day for set up and after carnival for take down. Sign up are on Maria's door. Carnival bracelets will be on presale until Wednesday for $10; after that they will be $15.

Extras: This year we are tie dying purple shirts for the sunshine class. These shirts can be worn to field trips and when we walk over to kindred. There is a sign up sheet if you are interested a shirt; please mark what size you would like. Samples are posted on the large bulletin board so you can get an see what the sizes look like.. We are asking for $5 a shirt to cover the cost of tie dye materials.

                                Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

This week's songs

ABC song

The weather song

What's the weather? What's the weather?

Do you know? Do you Know?
Do you see the sun out? Is there rain all about?

What's the weather? What's the weather?

 

Dates to Remember:

J Oct 4th Carnival 5:00-7:00

J Oct 11th ASQ's Due back

J Oct 17th and 18th Bizi Farms field trip

J Oct 23rd and 24th Kindred

J Oct 29th Halloween Read in 5:30-7:00

week of Spet 23-27

Dear Sunshine families,     

        Things are starting to get busy around the school! This week is picture week. Our class is scheduled on Monday at 9:30 and Tuesday at 9:35. If your child doesn't attend either of these days feel free to bring them by for individual pictures and we will do a class picture as well.

        Friday is our first fund raiser; Laps or LAPS. Laps for LAPS is a mini-walk/trike/ride-athon, the mini-course will be in the parking lot on the 33rd street side of the building. If the weather is not coopaerative we will set up a course upstairs in Jason Lee Hall, Parents are welcome to participate with children.  Children may walk, ride in a wagon or stroller or ride their own trike or scooter (just remember a helmet) each class will have a 45 minute time frame.  Each lap completed will go toward your pledges.  Our class is scheduled from 6:15-7:00.

ASQ's are being sent home this week. This is a developmental assessment tool to gage where every child is at. It helps us determine what area's to focus on in class and as a school. Please work with your child to fill it out and send it back in to me or Maria. In the coming weeks we will also begin doing in class assessments in class and will go over them during conferences in November.

 

Social/Emotional- The "All About Me" books were not quite ready to go out last week. They will go home this week. These are books that you can work on as a family and send back to school; each child will share their book at circle time. These books will stay in the classroom for the school year; the kids enjoy looking through them throughout the year.

Art- The kids will create their own chicka chicka trees and paint palm trees.

Math/Science- The kids will practice forming letter and numbers out of rolled up playdough. I have large letter and number cards they can use as guides for the fun activity.

Literacy- This week we will read; Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Chicka Chicka 123. We will also play a letter game with the Chicka Chicka tree at circle time.

Volunteer Time- Carnival is coming up! This a great night of family fun, but we need your help to make it a success. There are many volunteer opportunity. Our class is in charge of running the dino dig. We need 2 people for each 30 minute time slot. There are also opportunities to help during the day for set up and after carnival for take down. Sign up are on Maria's door.

Extras: We have some space available on Thursdays and Fridays; if you are thinking about adding a day of preschool these days have very small class sizes. These are also the days we do a lot of our cooking projects, special in class activities and field trips. Let me or Maria know if you are interested in adding a day!

                                Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

This week's songs

ABC song

The more we get together
The more we get together, together, together,
The more we get together, together, together
The happier will be!
Your friends are my friends and
My friends are your friends
The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together, together, together
The happier you’ll be!

       

Dates to Remember:

J Sept 23^rd ASQ’s go home

J 23^rd – 26^th Class Pictures

J Sept 27^th laps 4 LAPS 4:00 – 7:00 pm

J Oct 4th Carnival 5:00-7:00

J Oct 11th ASQ's Due back

J Oct 17th and 18th Bizi Farms field trip

J Oct 23rd and 24th Kindred

J Oct 29th Halloween Read in 5:30-7:00

week of Sept 16-20

Dear Sunshine families,

         This week we will talk all about me! We will weigh and measure each child this week to keep in their portfolio's. We will also make handprints and footprints and create self portraits.

This week is our first trip to Kindred. Kindred is the assisted living facility across 33rd street. We walk across as a school and join the people living there (we call them the Grandma's and Grandpa's) to sing song with them. We leave at 10:15 and it takes about 20 mins.

Social/Emotional- We will be sending "All About Me" books home this week. These are books that you can work on as a family and send back to school; each child will share their book at circle time. These books will stay in the classroom for the school year; the kids enjoy looking through them throughout the year.

Art- Using a mirror to look in the kids will have an opportunity to create self portraits. We will also create handprints and do some finger painting! On Thursday and Friday we will trace and decorate each child's body.

Math/Science- In class this week the kids will help me make a couple new batches of play-dough.

Literacy- This week we will read;

Volunteer Time- Anytime you are looking for volunteer opportunities check Maria's door. She posts current and upcoming volunteer activities and sign ups. We are accepting donations of school supplies in exchange for some of the volunteer time. I will have put 2 lists of supplies that can be donated in exchange for 15 minutes of volunteer time and 30 of volunteer time. If you have any questions let me know :) Thank you in advance for making our school great!

Extras: We have some space available on Thursdays and Fridays; if you are thinking about adding a day of preschool these days have very small class sizes. These are also the days we do a lot of our cooking projects special in class activities and field trips. Let me or Maria know if you are interested in adding a day!

                                Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

This week's songs

The more we get together
The more we get together, together, together,
The more we get together, together, together
The happier will be!
Your friends are my friends and
My friends are your friends
The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together, together, together
The happier you’ll be!

       

Dates to Remember:

J  Sept 18^th Kindred @ 10:15

J  Sept 19^th Kindred @ 10:15 & 2:00

J  Sept 23^rd ASQ’s go home

J  23^rd – 26^th Class Pictures

J  Sept 27^th laps 4 LAPS 4:00 – 7:00 pm

J  Oct 4th Carnival 5:00-7:00

Week of Sept 9-13

Dear Sunshine families,

        We spend last week getting familiar with our schedule and routine, everyone did great! This week we will begin talking about friendship and how to be a good friend. We will do projects in pairs and

Social/Emotional- During table time this week the kids will pair up and do a 'you and me' comparative sheet. Each group will do two so each child can take on home.

Art- We will paint book bags on Monday and Tuesday and begin taking them home Thursday and Friday. We will also make friendship handprints.

Math/Science- On Thursday and Friday we will do our first cooking project of the year. We will be making chocolate chip cookies! We will make the cookie dough in class together and bake it in the kitchen. Each child will get one cookie to eat in class for snack and will take one home to share.

Literacy- This week we will read; Who took the cookie from the cookie jar, When the doorbell rang and Just me and my friend.

Volunteer Time- Each year we ask that families donate 2 hours of their time per child. we have many opportunities available to do this. 1 hour can be done for the classroom and 1 hour for the school. This year we are accepting donations of school supplies in exchange for some of the volunteer time. I will be putting a 2 lists of supplies that can be donated in exchange for 15 minutes of volunteer time and 30 of volunteer time. If you have any questions let me know :) Thank you in advance for making our school great!

        The weather looks nice for the week which means we will be outside for playtime. The bikes will be out; children need to bring a helmet from home in order to ride bikes at school. Also; we cannot apply sun block at school so it's a good idea to do so before class starts.

 

       

                                Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

       

 

 

 

Dates to Remember:

J  Sept  10^th Tuition due @ NOON

J  Sept 18^th Kindred @ 10:15

J  Sept 19^th Kindred @ 10:15 & 2:00

J  Sept 23^rd ASQ’s go home

J  23^rd – 26^th Class Pictures

J  Sept 27^th laps 4 LAPS 4:00 – 7:00 pm