Hello Families!

We have been busy this week with November’s exciting curriculum! We began our study on North America. Ms. Jessie shared fun stories of her time growing up in Mexico as a little girl. She brought in clay pots, a beautiful hand sewn dress, and sugar skulls which Ms. Jessie told us they make around the time of Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead, a time to celebrate loved ones that have passed). She introduced us to her favorite artist, Frida Khalo, and showed us pictures of her art. Ms. Julie spoke about her time growing up in Costa Rica. She brought in lots of colorful clothing, artifacts, and music to share. We saw a video about the animals, culture and landscape in Costa Rica.

In P1 we have talked about pictographs, plants and animals of the desert. This week our Kindergartners went to visit Red Rock Canyon. We are so excited to hear about the things they discovered and desert plants and/or animals they saw! We are excited to see our older friends give lessons to the young ones. This opportunity teaches so many positive things to the children. We hope you enjoy some of the lovely photos we have taken of them working together.

We hope everyone has seen our new garden boxes in the front courtyard. We will be planting in our box this Friday, 11/22.

Don’t forget about the Holiday Bizarre tomorrow from 12-5pm in the multi-purpose room to help support the local community.

Reminder: P1 will be dismissed at 11:15am next Wednesday, November 27th to begin our Thanksgiving Holiday. School will be closed the following Thursday 11/28 and Friday 11/29.

Enjoy your long, holiday weekend, Happy Thanksgiving!

Sincerely,

Ms. Jessie, Ms. Brianna, Ms. Julie

Hello Families! P1 would like to give one more big thank you to all the families that helped make our first World History day a success. The room was transformed so well into the Paleozoic Era, everyone had a great time making trilobite fossil replicas, erupting volcanoes, wrapping each other up as mummies, and some of our friends even ate crickets! We look forward to another great day next year.

Please read the following reminders:

11/8 NO SCHOOL Teacher In-Service Day (tomorrow)

11/11 NO SCHOOL Veteran’s Day (Monday)

11/12 Reptile Discovery Assembly (Tuesday)

11/21 Picture re-takes (Thursday)

I would like to invite our afternoon friends to attend our Reptile Discovery Assembly Tuesday, November 12th at 10:00 am in the Multipurpose Room.

Our assembly for the African Drum and Dancers will be rescheduled for January.

Please remember to label your child’s coat/jacket/sweater with first name or initials on a tag. These items get easily misplaced or confused with another child’s when they have a duplicate. Also the outdoor classroom does not get sun until the afternoon, if your child would like to go out with Ms. Val they need a jacket in the morning. We are also promoting independence during this transition of seasons, please assist but allow your child to dress and put on their own winter attire.

We finished our unit on Anatomy with a guest from P2 who came in to show us real x-rays of bones. We really enjoyed it! Thank you for your time Dr. Montes.

For the month of November we have exciting units about the continent we live on, North America; the animals, biomes, famous landmarks, and much more. We will take a look at reptiles, deserts, the people, plants and animals that live in the Mojave Desert. And of course P1 will talk about what we are thankful for and how we can be kind to others.

Have a wonderful, long, holiday weekend off. See you Tuesday!

We hope everyone enjoyed the Fall Festival, our school PTO did an amazing job. We have a busy few days ahead of us preparing for World History Day. Thank you to all the parents who have helped us so far, we’re looking forward to a fun, successful day in the Paleozoic Era! We hope our afternoon friends are able to join us. Please remember P1 will be dismissed from school this Thursday at 11:15am and there will be NO SCHOOL Friday.

P1 is slowly transforming into the very first time era of history, when life first began. We have been discussing microscopic, single-celled organisms, invertebrates, and other living things that developed in the water. We have been talking about volcanoes and how land began to form. Thank you to those who have shared items from home including trilobite fossils.

Monday, October 28th at 10:00am we will have guests from African Drum & Dance. I would like to invite our afternoon friends to join us for this performance.

Big thank you to all the families that provide our room weekly with healthy snacks, flowers, bananas and crickets for our lizard. We appreciate all the things you do to make your child’s experience here at FMs the best it can be! Have a great week!

As the leaves begin to change color, so does the weather. Please make sure all sweaters and jackets are labeled with your child’s name. We have been working on covering our cough and properly blowing noses with hand washing to avoid spreading the little germs around our classroom. Remember to keep your children home if they aren’t feeling well, have a fever, and/or green mucus. This time of year they need lots of rest and healthy meals.

This week we began our study on mammals, the skeleton of different animals, parts of a pumpkin, and vertebrates vs. invertebrates. We took a close look at our hermit crab, an invertebrate.

Thank you for making the time to come in and meet us for parent-teacher conferences. It was lovely meeting all of you again! Also thank you for the scholastic books we received, looking forward to adding them to our library.

Thank you to Officer Lynn DeSpain, (Zoey’s mom) for coming in and sharing safety information about being a police officer.

Please remember picture day is next Tuesday, the 15th and we hope to see everyone tomorrow at the annual PTO Fall Festival!!

Hello families! We welcome the start of a new season and new month! There are lots of exciting things coming up in October.

10/4/13   There will be NO SCHOOL due to Parent Teacher Conferences! There is a sign up sheet on our clipboard, please let us know if you need a different day so we can schedule something for your convenience.

10/11/13   PTO will be hosting our wonderful Fall Festival on Friday, October 11th, stay tuned for details, this is an event you don’t want to miss! Tickets are on sale now!

10/15/13   Picture Day is Tuesday, October 15th!

10/24/13 World History Day will be 1/2 day. Primary students will be released from school at 11:15.

10/25/13  NO School Friday, October 25th

Last week we finished up our unit on Parts of an Apple, Safety & Community Building, Health & Nutrition, and the Food Groups. We also learned about Living vs. Non-living, Land, Air & Water! For the month of October we will discuss The World & Continents, Mammals, Anatomy, and Vertebrates vs. Invertebrates. If you have any special books at home or something to share that will serve an educational purpose for one of our curriculum themes, please bring it into P1 to share!

Thank you so much for visiting our blog. We appreciate your continued support as a valued family here at FMS! Have a wonderful week!