Yesterday you received two important notes.
1) The yellow note is about our upcoming workshop with Scientists-in-School. These workshops are always amazing, and I've selected a theme that I think will appeal to our group. The workshop is $8/child, and we will need 4 parents to lead centres. Payment is due December 3rd. You need only return the yellow slip if you wish to volunteer. Thanks!
2) Dewson is hosting a vision/hearing screening clinic in a few weeks. This is a great opportunity to have some quick check-ups done during the school day. In particular, if you notice your child doesn't seem to hear you, is uncomfortable around loud noises, gets headaches, isn't interested in listening to stories, or doesn't seem interested in print material, street signs or picture books, this may be a good reason to sign up. Sometimes what we think of as an attention issue, really just comes down to an eye or ear thing. Kindergartens get a good deal - both check-ups for $10. If you're interested, please return the form with payment by December 5th.
Today, I am sending home the complete December calendar. There are other dates to watch for, such as an after-school open-house type thing that we are preparing (stay tuned), another library outing and your December Scholastic opportunity. As I mentioned last month, if you would like to order gift books in secret, just write me a note so that I know not to send the books home with your child. Instead I will contact you to pick them up.
Now that I've sent the calendar home, I've just realized I forgot to number the school days and mark down when we have gym. This isn't hard to figure out. Monday Dec. 3rd will be a day 2 and we currently have gym every day 2, 4, 7 & 9. This works out to gym on Dec. 3, 5, 11, 13, 18 & 20. Our schedule may have to change in the near future, I will let you know if this affects our gym days.
Yesterday was a rainy day from beginning to end. We tried to spice it up with a few new activities.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed moon sand or play dough so far. We got out the play dough for the first time and it was VERY popular. Ask your student how we use this centre (e.g., are we allowed to keep our creations?). We were great about putting the play dough away properly so that we can have more turns another day!
This week, students are working on their printing and vocabulary with me. I've noticed that our group is very motivated to learn new French words, phrases, poems and songs, which is very rewarding for me! We have learned some amazing songs recently, such as Sur le Pont D'Avignon, Frère Jacques and Alouette. Ask your singer to teach you one!
Here are some daily questions we are really working on asking in French:
Est-ce que tu peux l'ouvrir pour moi?
Est-ce que je peux ranger mon déjeuner?