Mrs. Morano’s Pre-K News Week of November 2, 2018 This week’s theme: Things families do together for fun. Math ELA In math this week we worked on extending patterns and counting backwards. Our trade book for the week was Antonio’s Birthday Fiesta by Maria Mola. The story centered around the family preparing for two very special birthdays and the fun times they shared together. Our vocabulary words for the week were: guest, music, party, picnic, playground, trip . We also had a lot of fun reading and retelling the story Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley. Handwriting Our letter of the week was letter U. We have been practicing writing the letter U as well as thinking of words that start with the /u/ sound Science We took a short Nature Walk with Ms. Fasano’s Class in the school yard. We read Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert together. Students gathered a few twigs and leaves and returned to their classrooms to make their own Leaf Man leaf pictures. We had a lot of fun! Social Studies We discussed how our lives are organized around time. We talked about how we have breakfast in the morning and go to school. Our school day is organized around time on a schedule so we can be sure to get everything done and still have time for lunch and fun things. In the evening, we have dinner, spend time with our family, etc. Religion . News & Reminders Next Thursday, November 8th is our Walk-a-thon. Friday, November 9th students do not have school. The faculty will be participating in a Professional Development Day. In Religion the children learned that Halloween is related to a celebration of all the saints. We read about Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and how she tried to help people. The children learned that Halloween is the night before the Feast of All Saints. They are encouraged to let their light shine by doing good deeds like Jesus would want us to. We made St. Gregory puppets to celebrate all Saints Day. .