Mrs. Morano’s Pre-K News Week of October 10, 2017 This week’s theme: The people in our family. ELA Math Our trade book for the week was Quinito Day & Night by Ina Cumpiano & Jose Ramirez. It’s a book that uses describing words (adjectives) to introduce and tell about family members. Our vocabulary words for the week were: brother, family, father, grandparent, mother, and sister. In math we began to talk about how when we count, we can arrange the objects in any order. For ex, four teddy bears will still be four teddy bears no matter which one we count first. Handwriting Our letter of the week is letter H. We have been practicing writing the letter H as well as thinking of words that start with the /h/ sound Science We discussed personal safety and ways to keep ourselves and others safe. For example: If we cough or sneeze, we should cover our mouth. We should always wash our hands before eating or after using the bathroom. We never put anything except food in our mouths. If something is on the floor, such as a piece of paper, pick it up so we don’t slip and fall. Social Studies We discussed the describing words found in this week’s trade book, such as neat, messy, fast, slow, tall, and short. Then we discussed how some of these traits could apply to our families. Next, we made a T chart comparing how families are the same and how they are different. Religion . News & Reminders Scholastic Book Orders are due this Tuesday, October 17th, 20017. If you have not sent in your $1 donation for Halloween, please do so by Wednesday, October 18th, 2017. Congratulations to Mrs. Ramdhanie and Mrs. Haribaran! They are our class parents. Thank you for volunteering! I am looking forward to their assistance this year.  In Religion we learned that God gave us helpers. We also learned that Jesus helps us by teaching us how to love God. We talked about people in the community who have helped us such as doctors, the mailman, the sales clerk at the store, the priest in our church and the teacher at school. The children then made an award card to thank someone who has helped them.