October 30th 2009

Friday News
Friday, October 30th 2009

Happy Halloween!! We had another busy week of preschool! We truly enjoyed all of our Red Ribbon Week Activities. On Monday, we did our Pumpkin Hunt, following clues that led us to finding our pumpkin with the 8th graders in the library. We also made spiders that are decorating our school’s main lobby to remind us not to get “caught in the web” of making bad choices. On Tuesday, we collected cans for the food back in the area. On Wednesday, we met with 2nd grade to paint pumpkins and read Halloween stories. On Thursday we wore our team jerseys and practiced tracing the letter “H” for Halloween!

Friday, of course, is Halloween! We were all so excited about our costumes and dressing up for our party. At our party, we played pin the nose on the Jack-o-Lantern, bean-bag toss, Pass the Pumpkin, and decorated pumpkin cookies for snack. Thank you again for all of the helpers and those of you who donated items for the party- I truly appreciate your help!

Please remember that next week, we have 3 regular days of school and 2 days off. The school follows an Early Dismissal Schedule on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, but our preschool schedule remains the same. School is closed Thursday and Friday. I will see or talk to everyone at some point on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday as we meet for our conferences. If you need to change the time of your conference, please let me know as soon as possible with a note so we can hopefully arrange something else.

Be safe as you go out trick-or-treating, and have fun!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Remaly

October 23rd

Friday News
Friday, October 23rd 2009

This week we finished our unit on leaves by taking a “Leaf Walk” and looking for the special colors of fall. We used these leaves to create “My Book of Leaves.” The children know the colors of fall leaves, and we also talked about sizes and shapes. We sorted by color and counted, too!We introduced our theme of “pumpkins” and patterned big and little pumpkins. We made a story board for “Five Little Pumpkins.” The children have enjoyed reading this story together. Their story board will come home next week and they can share it with you, too.

Next week begins Red Ribbon week here at OCS. You should have received information about the week’s events. We painted a pumpkin this past week that we will hide for the 8th graders to find. They painted and hid one for us, too! We will use their clues to try to find a pumpkin in our school somewhere! We also have a few spirit days next week, so please see your notice for the information.

Friday the 30th is our Halloween class party. Please remember it begins at 10:00 a.m. for parents. I think we have all of the goodies that we need- thank you so much to everyone who is willing to help out on this day. It should be lots of fun. I can’t wait to see all of the great costumes that I have been hearing so much about.

I have attached the recipe we used to make Pumpkin Pie Playdough- it’s very easy and the kids loved it. It made our whole room smell delicious.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Remaly

October 23rd

Friday News
Friday, October 23rd 2009

This week we finished our unit on leaves by taking a “Leaf Walk” and looking for the special colors of fall. We used these leaves to create “My Book of Leaves.” The children know the colors of fall leaves, and we also talked about sizes and shapes. We sorted by color and counted, too!We introduced our theme of “pumpkins” and patterned big and little pumpkins. We made a story board for “Five Little Pumpkins.” The children have enjoyed reading this story together. Their story board will come home next week and they can share it with you, too.

Next week begins Red Ribbon week here at OCS. You should have received information about the week’s events. We painted a pumpkin this past week that we will hide for the 8th graders to find. They painted and hid one for us, too! We will use their clues to try to find a pumpkin in our school somewhere! We also have a few spirit days next week, so please see your notice for the information.

Friday the 30th is our Halloween class party. Please remember it begins at 10:00 a.m. for parents. I think we have all of the goodies that we need- thank you so much to everyone who is willing to help out on this day. It should be lots of fun. I can’t wait to see all of the great costumes that I have been hearing so much about.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Remaly

October 16th

Friday News

We finished our unit on “trees and leaves” this week and practiced letters “T” and “L.” We still have our leaf work displayed in our classroom, and it will be coming home early next week. We will begin our week on Monday talking about Pumpkins in preparation for our class trip on Friday, October 23rd. Our target letters will be “P” and “O” for the color orange! Next week, we will also be making Pumpkin Pie Playdough for use in the classroom. I will send home the recipe we use with next week’s newsletter- it’s awesome!

I am so happy to report that our behaviors have been “soaring!” Our kite system is working out very well, and the children are really working hard to always do their best.

This week in centers the children had practice with chalkboards and chalk to practice some of the letters we have learned. They also worked on copying patterns at the math center. The art table is always a favorite, and they are getting a lot better at coloring inside the lines! We have been playing our instruments that we made in class, and enjoying moving to music.

We had a special assembly called, “Dragons and Dreams” on Thursday of this week and are attending another one with a visit from author Dar Hosta on the 21st. It’s so nice for the preschoolers to be a part of these school-wide events.


I hope everyone received the information about Halloween, as we begin our planning for a fun day.

Have a wonderful weekend- stay dry!

Mrs. Remaly

Friday, October 9th 2009

We had a great, fall week in preschool! We continued our unit on leaves and trees, and worked on the letter “T.” All of the children can identify the beginning letter in their name, recognize their name in print, clap how many syllables are in their name, and recognize most colors. We have finished up letters “A” and “T” and will move onto “L” next week. Take any opportunity to point out these letters as you see them in your environment to help your child remember them. We have practiced writing the numbers “1” and “2” so far, and will move to number “3” next week as well.

We made ABAB patterns with different colors of leaves, and graphed our favorite color leaf. We will be taking a nature walk outside in the next few days to see what color leaves we can find so that we can sort them by color and count them.

On Thursday, we participated in Jumpstart’s “Read for the Record.” We joined Miss Lunghi’s 2nd grade class to help break the record for most people around the world reading Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We did a great sequencing activity and colored the pictures from the story.

Please remember to send in your permission slip for our field trip! We look forward to a great day at the Pumpkin Patch!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Remaly

October 2nd, 2009

Friday News
Friday, October 2nd 2009

Dear Parents,

The children were busy this week starting our unit on “trees and leaves.” We introduced the letter “T” and had the chance to trace it, find pictures that started with T, and trace it in shaving cream. We began our fall leaves book by identifying the colors that fall leaves can be. We made fall tress by counting out a certain number of leaves to glue on. These trees are displayed in our classroom this week and will come home later next week.

I unfortunately had to miss 3 days of school this week because I was out with the flu. Mrs. Ruskan did an awesome job taking over and keeping the kids going on our usual routine!

We have continued clapping the syllables in our names, and enjoying our centers. The children have been really interested in building with Lincoln Logs in the block center. We have some great pictures to share!


Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Remaly