Oct.

18-21, 2010
Dear Families,
We hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. Thank you for the apple donations!
Green apples were the favorite among the classes.  This week we’re talking about
pumpkins. They will get to explore the outside and inside of the pumpkins, make
pumpkin pudding, count/match pumpkins and hammer nails into pumpkins. Progress
reports will go home next week. We will also send a letter explaining how to read the
assessment report. If you have questions and would like to set up a conference to discuss
your child’s report, I would be glad to meet with you after the reports go home.

***As the weather is getting cooler, make sure to send a jacket/coat with your child
because we will go outside even in the colder weather. Also, go ahead and send in winter
extra clothes. As we get your child’s winter clothes, we will send home their summer
extra clothes. Please remember to send new clothes back if we have sent home dirty
clothes.

Items for the classroom: (below are a few items we need for the classroom. If you would like
to donate something, please let us know)
1. Clorox Anywhere spray (we want to use this to sanitize the tables between classes and at
the end of the day to help stop the spread of germs)
2. Bag of Play sand for our outdoor sand table
3. Pumpkins for carving in the classroom
As always, thanks for your help and support!!!
Don’t forget to check out the classroom blog: http://preschool-families.blogspot.com

**** Library books are due by Thursday****

IMPORTANT DATES:

Oct. 27th-NO PRESCHOOL (Early Release Day) Parent training at

the Early Learning Village from 12-1:30 (more info to come)
Oct. 28th- Fall Harvest Celebration and Costume party (letter sent
home today)
Oct. 29th- Fall Festival
Nov. 2nd- NO SCHOOL (Election Day)

Have a great week!

Ms. Sara, Ms. Mary, and Ms. Teresa

Red Ribbon week is October 25-29. Below are the themed days 
Monday Oct 25– Heroes are drug free – wear red/white/blue
Tuesday Oct 26– Follow Your Dreams, Don’t do drugs – pajamas
Wednesday Oct 27– Team up against drugs – team wear
Thursday Oct 28– Dress for success by being drug free – dressy
clothes
 Oct. 18-21, 2010
Student of the week: AM-Kyra; PM-Caydon
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Arts and Cut out Cut out Pumpkin shapes Make jack ‘o
Humanities pumpkin shape pumpkin shape and stamp pads lantern
and decorate and decorate
Language Write/draw Black and Push pin Hammer nails
Arts/Fine Motor October words orange pom pumpkin into pumpkins
poms with shapes/ 5 little
tongs pumpkins
Math Pumpkin face Pumpkin Pumpkin veggie Pumpkin
match number match match seriation (big to
little)
Science/Social Sort big/little Orange silly Orange silly Shuck corn
Studies and hard/soft putty and putty and
spiders spiders
Health Exhibit Exhibit Exhibit Exhibit
Education independent independent independent independent
behavior behavior behavior behavior
Small Group Handwriting Without HWT write Counting Make pumpkin
Tears (HWT) Build
letters BR BR pumpkins pudding
Circle Time 2nd Step lesson Big Pumpkin Too Many LIBRARY
“5 little Pumpkins
pumpkins” “5 little pumpkins (books due)
Dramatic Play: Housekeeping, Blocks: General, Sensory Table: sand, Easel: paint

Kentucky Early Childhood Standards (goals we will focus on through activities above)
Arts and Humanities: 1.1 Develop skills in and appreciation of visual arts
Language Arts: 2.2. Observes to gain information and understanding; 3.1 Listens to and
responds to reading materials with interest and enjoyment (listens to stories, participates actively
in story time)
Physical Education (fine/gross motor skills): 1.2 Performs a variety of locomotor skills with
control and balance
Health Education: 1.3 Exhibits independent behavior (putting away belongings, preparing
snack, putting coat on, etc.)
Mathematics: 1.1 Demonstrates understanding of numbers and counting
Science: 1.1 Explores features of the environment through manipulation (describes objects in
terms of similarities and differences)
Social Studies: 1.1 Differentiates between events that happen in the past, present and future

One for Books

We are having a change war at BPE. This is a program that helps our book fair that is coming Oct
25th – 29th. Scholastic Book Fairs matches the money we collect with a book donation to one of three
nonprofit organizations that gives families more access to books. Funds collected will be used to
purchase books for our students and classrooms.
Classroom Competition:
Monday (Oct. 18th) – Penny War
Tuesday (Oct. 19th) – Nickel War
Wednesday (Oct. 20th) – Dime War
Thursday (Oct. 21st) – Quarter War
Friday (Oct. 22nd) – Dollar War