Week of 10/29

Dear Panda Room Parents,


 
We had a great week in the Panda Room learning all about Halloween Bats and Spiders.

Books we read:

• When Tilly Turtle Came to Tea,  by Carol Pugliano-Martin
• Clifford's Halloween, by Norman Bridwell
• Nightsong, by Ari Berk and Loren Long
• Bats at the Library, by Brian Lies

 
 
Classroom Activities:

• Had our Letter of the Week “T”
• During centers we read Clifford's Halloween which ends by asking the reader what Clifford should dress up as. The children had to come up with an original idea, draw it and write it! This is an emergent reading skill that we will be working on all year. 
• In our math center the children learned that bats eat fruit. They were each given a number to practice number recognition and had to count that many pieces of fruit for their bats in a bat cave. This also helps with 1:1 correspondence 
• During classroom art the pandas did crayon resist watercolor paintings to make spooky spider webs
• We also had a rocking Halloween party and went trick-or-treating... it was certainly a treat!!!

 
Theme this week:

• We talked about Halloween, Bats and Spiders 
• Next week we will learn about Families and Homes

 
Reminders:

• 11/9 - Leaf Hunt-- EVERY CHILD NEEDS AN ADULT
• 11/12-11/13-- Parent Teacher Conferences
• 11/15-- PICTURE DAY!!!

 
Have a great weekend,

The Panda Room Teachers