Community Helpers and Letter Ii

This week was a short three day week, we enjoyed "Fall Break" at the beginning of the week.  But we still had plenty of time to learn all about community helpers!

The students enjoyed completing the community helper puzzle sets.

 Making doctor hats

 And doctor bags

 Tool belts

 Tasty firetrucks and traffic lights!

 We read many great books that taught us some of the important jobs of community helpers.  We also learned about fire safety and that we need to "Stop, Drop and Roll"!

 We learned the most from the community helpers themselves!  On Friday, many community helpers visited our school and talked to us about their jobs.  They also showed us some of the equipment and tools they use to do their jobs.  This was so exciting, the students loved learning from these special guests.

Purvis Fire and Resuce

 Sheriff's Department 

 One of our favorite guest was this very brave police dog.

 ASAP Ambulance 

 Bo's dad is a State Trooper, everyone loved asking questions and Bo was very proud of his dad.  Mr. Jason let all the students get in the car and make the siren and horns go off!  Super cool!

 Pearl River Valley Power Association

Cody's dad works with the Emergency Management.  He had many cool tools and lots of equipment to share with us.  Cody was very proud to have his dad at school with us.  Thank you, Mr. James!

 Everyone got coloring books, crayons and rulers from the community helpers.  What a fun day!!  We are very thankful for all they do to help our community and we loved having them at our school!

 This week we learned the letter Ii, Joseph and Jacob brought "indian hat" and "Ironman" for Show-and-Tell.  Incredible!!

 Happy Birthday, Cayden!

 Happy Birthday, Morgyn!

 Student of the Week: Logan

Coming Up...

Phonics: Ss and Ff

Math: Addition 0-10

Thematic Unit: Pumpkins

Monday, October 17 (tomorrow!) - We will be learning the letter Ss, don't forget to wear "Silly Socks" to school!

Monday, October 17 - Report cards will be sent home.  Please review your child's progress, sign and return the following day.

Tuesday, October 18 - 50th Day of School - Wear your clothes from the 1950's as we celebrate 50 days of school.  Kindergarten will participate in a Sock Hop beginning at 12:35 PM in the gym!

Friday, October 28 - Pumpkin Patch field trip to Mitchell Farms, Collins, MS - Wear your class T-shirt to school on this day.

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"Fire Safety" and "Letter Ii"

This week the students enjoyed a little break from school, "Fall Break" was Monday and Tuesday, so we had a three day school week.  We ended the week with "Class T-shirt Day" on Friday.  Everyone looked great in the class shirts!

The letter of the week was "Ii".  We learned the short sound and students brought in some great pictures for the letter wall and show and tell, such as "iguanas", "iguanodon dinosaur", "igloo" and many other great "Ii" pictures.

I is also for "inchworm", we used pipe cleaners to look like inchworms crawling on the letter I.

 October is "Fire Prevention Month", so we discussed fire safety.  Next week the fire department is coming to visit us too!

We learned to STOP...

 DROP...

AND ROLL!

Putting together a firetruck puzzle 

Making a Dalmatian fire dog hat 

Firetruck snacks

Great books about fire safety

To continue practicing numbers 0-10, students made play-doh numbers

 Student of the Week: Paige

 Coming Up...
Phonics: Ss
Math: Topic 5 - Numbers 6-10
Thematic Unit: Pumpkins

Monday, October 18 - Since we will be learning the letter Ss this week, wear "silly socks" on Monday!

Monday, October 18 - Report Cards will be sent home, please review your child's progress, sign and return Tuesday.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact me, I am always willing to discuss your child's progress and school experience with you.

Tuesday, October 19 - 50th Day of School!!  We will celebrate the 50th day of school with a 1950s Sock Hop!!  Wear a costume from the 19502 to school on Tuesday.

United Way Fundraiser: Please send loose change and donations for United Way, we will collect these in our class and the class with the highest amount raised will be rewarded with a pizza party.  Also, check the school calendar from United Way dress up days.  Students may bring a dollar and wear their costumes from home one these days.  Wednesday is "sports day" and Friday is "camouflage day".

Friday, October 29 - Pumpkin Patch Field Trip: Kindergarten Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch at Mitchell Farms in Collins, MS - Teachers and students will leave from PLE by bus at 8:15am, parents attending the field trip may follow the buses from the school on may met us at the Pumpkin Patch.  Parents will need to buy a ticket for the Pumpkin Patch when they arrive ($7.00) and they will receive an armband from Mitchell Farms so they can participate in the activities of the day.  While at the Pumpkin Patch students will enjoy a hay ride, maze, pet farm animals, pick their own pumpkin from the patch, and much more!  Also everyone will eat lunch at the farm, if you signed up to send your child's lunch from home please remember to do so on this day.  We will return to school at approximately 1:15pm. 


Supply Need: If anyone has ACORNS, please let me know.  We have a fun "sink or float" science experiment we would like to try with acorns.  If you have any you could donate to our class please send them to school.  Thanks!



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