Notes for the Week:
 Please do not hesitate to contact me for any reason. Please call me at
899-3075 ext. 2161 or email me at nash@wlake.org
 Our Halloween Party will be October 29th at AM class: 9:00-9:45 PM
class: 1:30-2:15. Students can wear their costumes to school.
 There is no school for all students on Tuesday, November 3rd
 Looking for acorns~ Need something to keep the kids busy? Have them
find acorns and bring them to school!
 No school on Tuesday, November 3rd
 Have questions regarding your child’s conference? Be sure to email or call
me.
Week of: October 26th-29th November 2nd-5th Fall PM~ Letter Uu & Cc
Sensory Table: Smashing Pumpkins: Hammers and gold tees!
IB How the World Works~ An inquiry into the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural world (physical and
biological) and human societies;
Central Idea: Environmental relationships change over time.
Key Concepts: change, causation
Related Concepts: patterns, similarities/differences, sequences
Lines of inquiry: Changes in nature How people respond to changes People’s responsibilities for the environment
Attributes: Inquirer: seasons, day/night, environment Principled: responsibility in natural environment and community
Thinker: planning for seasonal changes, acquisition of knowledge
Attitudes: Appreciation
Curiosity Independence
Transdisciplinary Skills: Thinking: acquisition of knowledge, evaluation, analysis, application
Research: observing, planning, formulating questions, interpreting
The Ohio Department of Education has developed standards appropriate for preschool children. These standards are
incorporated throughout our day. Standards are always a part of our circle, craft and snack activities. Each week we
will highlight several standards that are specifically identified for the weeks activities. To review the standards please
visit my website.
Monday: Greeting & Planning Time: Changes, changes everywhere! List the changes we see outside during the
season of Fall. What things don’t we think about too often and let’s add them to our WONDER WALL I wonder why
the flowers in my garden are dying? I wonder where the birds go when it starts to get cold. I wonder why the leaves
change colors. As we move through the week we will find the answers to our wonders.
Work Time: Fall Placemats ~ beautiful new placemats with all of the fall colors in a pattern!
Large Group/Language Activity: Where do you think the pumpkin is hiding? Is it under number 7?
We will listen to the tape: Big Pumpkin while we follow along in the book. This story is a Halloween classic and a
favorite of Ms. Donna’s and mine! After listening to the story, we will talk about the different characters in the book.
How did you know the Mummy was a girl? What kind of voice did the vampire have?
Tuesday: Greeting & Planning Time: Read: I Can Save the Earth by: Allison Inches
What changes did the Little Monster make to help save the earth?
MAT MAN
Read: The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything
Work Time: Finish Placemats
Leaf sort~ first let’s sort by size, then color, and lastly shape.
Large Group/Language Activity: Where did that pumpkin go today? Maybe he is under number 11?
Read: The Night Before Preschool by: Natasha Wing We will be learning that print carries meaning and
also using new words that represent spatial concepts.
Wednesday: Greeting & Planning Time: PM: SHOW-N-TELL Where is the pumpkin?
Why Do Leaves Change Color? By: Betsy Maestro
Work Time: HWT ~ worksheet page
Letter of the week book
Season sort
Large Group/Language Activity: Language lesson with Ms Karen
Thursday: Greeting & Planning Time: Read: Room on the Broom By: Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Halloween Parties AM class: 9:00-9:45 PM class: 1:30-2:15
Room on the Broom Video Pumpkin Bowling! This will be a ton of fun. I wonder if the pumpkin will roll straight
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: The Night Before Preschool by: Natasha Wing~ Rhyming patterns &
characters and setting
November 2nd-5th Fall PM~ Letter Cc
Monday: Greeting & Planning Time: Read: Clifford Goes To Dog School by: Norman Bridwell (Yes, you
should read that book for the millionth time — and try not to sound bored. Your child is mastering
many skills with each re-reading.)
Print Knowledge: recognizing the left-to-right and top-to-bottom directionality of print.
Work Time: Fall tree craft
Name writing & scissor skills
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: Big Earth, Little Me By: Thom Wiley
What can you be responsible for here or at home? Pick a picture and tell us how you can be responsible.
Tuesday: Greeting & Planning Time
NO SCHOOL
Wednesday: Greeting & Planning Time: PM: SHOW-N-TELL
Read: Pumpkin Pumpkin by: Jeanne Titheringtonn Where is the pumpkin? Small, medium, big fall sort Read:
Work Time: HWT ~ worksheet page
Letter of the week book
Acorn counting & weighing
Large Group/Language Activity: Language lesson with Ms Karen
Thursday: Greeting & Planning Time: When the Earth Wakes By: Ani Rucki
Pass the pumpkin game: Pass the Pumpkin: Pass the pumpkin, pass the pumpkin. Pass the pumpkin round to me.
When it stops, I’ll take something out and tell you what I see. (Sung to the tune of Clementine). Our pumpkin will be
filled with fall and Halloween pictures. Each child will have the opportunity to reach in, pick an item, name the item
and place it under the correct category of Fall or Halloween. We will count the items and graph which category has
the most pictures.
Work Time: Acorn counting & weighing
Small group game
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: Clifford Goes To Dog School by: Norman Bridwell
Rhyming ~ig, it, ose. og, ake. Major events in a story. We will be drawing a picture of our favorite event in
the story.