Week of 11/5

Dear Garden Room Parents,
 
We had a very exciting week in the Garden Room, as we started talking about Thanksgiving!!
 
Below is an update on the many fun things we learned this week:
 
Books we read:

• What Is Thanksgiving?, by Harriet Ziefert
• 10 Fat Turkeys, by Tony Johnston
• My Friend Bear, by Jez Alborough

 
Activities with Specialists:
 

• In Music with Noel, we sang I’ve Been Working on The Railroad and the A Bushel and A Peck.
• In Movement with Lindsay, we used colorful scarfs to paint a rainbow and we danced like turkeys.
• In Art, we painted using various round objects to create fun circular designs, and we played with various colored foam shapes. 
• In Library with Lindsay, we read Happy Halloween Biscuit, by Alyssa Satin Capucilli.

 
Classroom Activities:
 

• We made our Thanksgiving wreaths, using lovely colorful foam shapes, colored pasta and beautiful feathers.  
• We completed our classroom Turkey, using colorful feathers and glitter. (See our turkey on the classroom door).
• We made delicious corn, using orange and brown dot markers and colorful foam ‘kernels’.
• We created colorful Thanksgiving collages using fun sparkly stickers.

 
Theme: Thanksgiving
 
Highlight: As a class we enjoyed decorating the large wings for our classroom ‘turkey’ using colorful feathers.
 

• I’m A Little Turkey Song
  • I’m a Little Turkey
  • My Name is Ted
  • Here are My Feathers
  • Here is My Head
  • Gobble, Gobble, Gobble
  • Is What I Say
  • Quick Run
  • It’s Thanksgiving Day!!!

Reminders:

• Parent Teacher Conferences – are next week Monday 11/12 and Tuesday 11/13 – See you at your individual conference time.

• Save The Date – For Our Thanksgiving Class Party!!!  Every child must have a parent/caregiver in attendance.
• Garden 3AM – Monday, November 19th, 11:15 –11:45am
• Garden 2AM – Tuesday, November 20th, 11:15 – 11:45am

 
Picture Day

• Garden 3AM – Wednesday, November 14th, 2018
• Garden 2AM – Thursday, November 15th, 2018

 
Library books are due on:

• Thursday mornings – for 2AM
• Friday mornings – for 3AM

 
Have a great weekend,

Your Garden Room Teachers – Ms. Coleen, Ms. Naya and Ms. Mildred