Week 12 Oct. 29th-Nov. 1st

 Tuesday October 29th

We started our day off with a little bit of sound detection.  Students had to help me pick out the sounds that each Halloween word started with and color in the words that started with a particular letter.

During Religion, we read a story about All Saints' Day and talked about a parade of saints.  We also took the time as a class to discuss what a saint is and how they are special friends in heaven who help us to communicate with God.

We finished our day off with some ice cream for snack on the playground and soaked up the nice weather.


Wednesday October 30th

We went back to rhyming words today during our alphabet and phonics time.  Students were given two pictures and had to determine if they were rhyming or not rhyming.  This was the first time that students worked in a more individualized way by coloring the answers on their papers before we discussed the answers in class.

During Religion, we continued to discuss All Saints' Day.  We watched a video by Superbook to help us better understand what this special day is all about.

During our whole group at the end of the day, students got to try a new game on the smartboard.  The board had 6 windows displayed and students had to click on the windows to match the number of objects with the written number.  After the 6 windows were matched, students were given 6 more with higher value numbers.


Thursday October 31st

Today was party day!

We started our morning by decorating our bags for trick or treating and ate some yummy breakfast to fuel our day.  The students then went through haunted hallways of Vogelweid and proceeded to parade around the school to show off their costumes.


After the parade, students changed out of their costumes so we could start the real party. (This was a big fail on my part as I forgot to get a picture of the whole class in their costumes)

During our party, students saved trapped spiders from their webs, built towers made of ghosts, put spiders onto their webs and practiced throwing ghosts across the room.




We finished our day with some smores trail mix and a spooky episode of Spidey and his Amazing Friends.

A huge thank you to all of the parents who contributed to our first classroom party! Our day was so much fun with your help!

Friday November 1st
Today was All Saints' Day so we started our morning with mass.  All of the students did a wonderful job and I am so proud of how well they have been with our school masses.
After mass, we returned to the classroom to eat snack and have a quick brain break before recess time.
We ended our day with a Praise Assembly, where students learned the important of saints as well as prayer.  Students also got to dance and sing with the big kids and loved every minute of it.

Important updates and reminders
We are starting to learn our songs for Christmas caroling at the Capital.  Information about the performance will come closer to time. Please encourage students to also practice at home.
Friday, November 8th is a $1 dress down day.  Since we do not wear uniforms in PreK, students can pay a dollar to wear their PJs to school.
On Monday, our "disguise a turkey" project will be coming home with students.  There is a letter attached to the template provided.  All turkeys must be returned by November 15th.
With the new month comes colder weather.  Please make sure that students have a jacket as our morning recess is rather cold.  Please also make sure your student has extra clothes that are appropriate for the change in weather.

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