November News

Dear Families:
Thank you to the parents who came with us on our Prospect Park Zoo Trip. The day was wonderful and we all had a great time. I hope you enjoy the photos. The children learned a lot about the animals and had a great time petting and feeding them. I think they all enjoyed the feeding of the seals. There will not be many days left like that one this winter but there will be many more trips to come.
I am looking forward to meeting all of you next week at the Parent Teacher conferences. Since we are only allotted ten minutes for each family, if you need more time to speak to me, we can arrange another date. The children are all doing great and I am going to love to speak to you about each one.
We are well into our new writing unit - Writing Like Scientists - and the children are writing beautifully. The Teacher College staff developer came into our classroom while we were working on this unit and could not believe how great the children were sounding out their sounds and writing the letters that they hear. I am so proud of them. The children are also really moving ahead with reading. It is very funny that they are reading the labels and signs around the room. They do not even realize that they are reading! For math, we are working of problem solving, patterns and measurement. The children love math - especially figuring out the problems. We will soon be moving into our new social studies unit - The Fireman/Firehouse Inquiry Study. We will be visiting Firehouses in the neighborhood so I hope that I can count on many parents to come with us on our walking trips. More on that later.
Fondly,
Ms. Graham