Friday Newsletter
Friday, November 19, 2010

This week in preschool we talked about Thanksgiving and why we celebrate it! We discussed Pilgrims and Indians and how life was for them. Who knew that they didn’t have a Walmart! We worked hard on our Pilgrims, Indian, and Mayflower stick puppets and enjoyed putting on a puppet show. We worked on the letters T and H and had fun learning how to correctly write the letters. Our turkeys look fantastic! We practiced our cutting skills, coloring and pasting and even got to use real feathers on them. We even talked about proper table manners. Mrs. Ruskan and I performed a little skit, with me being the piggy and she using her manners. Everyone did a great job correcting me and reminding me to use my manners. In our Math center, we enjoyed a Thanksgiving matching game and in the Art center we enjoyed making and counting turkeys out of play-do. Our drama center was a great place for someone to visit if they were sick. There were many Dr’s in the house! Mrs. Nemeth brought Art class to us and we all loved the Indian headdresses we made.

We were all so excited for Thursday’s assembly. We got to meet Jane Lavascio. She is the author of the Casey and Bella books that we have been reading in class. Next week, our focus will be on turkeys and the food we eat for the Thanksgiving celebration. We will also be enjoying some traditional Thanksgiving Day foods on Wednesday. Please remember that next week we will not have school Thursday and Friday! Also, our room is in need of hand sanitizers and antibacterial wipes to help keep down the spread of germs. It’s that season for runny noses! Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Gilberti