Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Week of October 5th

October Theme: Clothes 
This month the students will be discussing the fall season and observing the changes that this time of the year brings . This months theme will be clothing. Clothing is a perfect medium to learn colors, size, numbers and texture. The students clothing investigation will help students use skills in literacy, math, science, technology and the arts. 


Math: Measure clothes with counting cubes
Science: White socks experiment 
Art: Clothing collage 
Writing: Draw your favorite clothing item
Blocks: Find the shapes in the quilt 
Library: Clothing books 
Dramatic Play: Clothing items 

Books of the Week

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Llama llama Red Pajama
by Anna Dewdney
Uncle Nacho’s Hat by Harriet Rohmer

Reminders 
• School Closed on Monday, October 12th 
• Hispanic Heritage Month Presentation Wednesday, October 14th 
• Ms. Sanchez will be out Thursday, October 22nd 
• Halloween Parade Friday, October 30th 
• Children arriving after 8:00AM will be marked late 
• No peanut based food in the classroom allowed


 Home School Connection
• Talk to your child about clothes
• Discuss the different texture of clothing
• Look at clothes labels and explain size 
• Show your child how to zip his/her sweater and tie shoe laces
• Ask your child about clothes 

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