Week of 10/1

Dear Koala Room Families,
 
Great seeing you last night!

​We had a great week learning about Fall in the Koala Room!
 
Books we read:

• The Leaves on the Trees,  by Thom Wiley
• Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, by Julia Rawlinson
• Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf,  by Lois Ehlert
• We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt ,by Steve Metzger

Places we went:

• We danced in Movement with Lindsay
• We ran around like Bears on Roof!
• We wowed Noel with our singing! 

Classroom Activities:

• Learned about three different types of leaves: Oak, Elm, Maple and Gingko
• Learned about the letter F
• Made a list of the F words as a class
• Wrote F's and our names in shaving cream
• Made a story sequence of an apple being eaten
• We sorted leaves by size into 3 different groups
• Read How We Know It's Fall and made a list 
• Practiced cutting with scissors
• Drew pictures of ourselves while listening to Mat-Man

 
Theme this week:

• We talked about Fall

 
Next week we will talk about  Fall and focus on Apples!
 
Enjoy the photos and have a great weekend!
 
Sincerely,
 
Cortney, Jane and Sarah