Week of 9/27 - 9/30

Hi Bumblebees,
Can you believe tomorrow is October already? These first months of school are flying by, and we are learning so much! Enjoy the pictures.

Reading Chester's journal about his fun weekend with Kate!
Painting our circles for our friendship circle! What do you like doing with your Bumblebee friends?
Zach showing us all the great C items he brought in the sound box
The class did a fantastic job singing and sharing the story in chapel on Tuesday. Thanks to all of you who came out to watch us! Unfortunately the teacher I asked to take pictures only got pictures of us singing....if you have any pictures of the little play we did, can you please email a couple of them to me? Sorry I don't have any!
Matthew took our "C" book home....The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle!
Painting circles to make our class caterpillar!
Our clowns juggle balls in an ABAB pattern!
Cap Day....and our Class Caterpillar....isn't it cute?
Look how well we're doing writing the letters we have learned so far. Please keep practicing!
Caps for sale! Another great "C" book....and funny too!
Making our very YUMMY caterpillars!
Licking the frosting was the best part!
Aren't they cute?
Playing a matching cookie game. (This was really hard for some of the kids. If you have a simple matching game at home, please play with your child!)
Congratulations to Riley and Yena, our star students this week! Great job!
Please check this picture and your child's backpack to see if they are responsible for anything this weekend. Have fun!
NEXT WEEK:
*The letter D (please send in a SMALL picture that fits completely INSIDE the letter envelope on MONDAY. Some kids are bringing in pictures that are too big for us to use, and we hate to not have them be able to participate!)
*Fire Safety
*MONDAY--the sign up sheet for our upcoming Parent/Teacher conferences will be available on our hallway table starting Monday
*THURSDAY--at 10:00 we are scheduled to have a real fire truck come and visit! Due to our large school size and safety issues we cannot have parents and siblings attend...but we will take pictures!

Please practice with your child:
*ABAB patterns
*simple matching games
*all letters A through D

Class wish list:
*Scooby Doo graham cracker bone snacks
*a couple dozen donut holes for a special "D" treat any morning next week
*2 dozen eggs (will need the morning of Thursday, October 14)

Week of 9/20 -9/23

Hi Bumblebees,
We sure love our families in the Bumblebee class! The kids had so much fun talking about all their family members -- please know you are well loved!

Reading Chester's journal about his weekend with Josue! FUN!
It's all about the letter B this week!
Making our family trees with our very own hands!
Happy 5th birthday, Matthew! We're so glad you're a Bumblebee!
Brianna showing us the great "B" items she brought in the sound box
B's climbing up our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree
Practicing B's
Learning bicycle and bow with Alphabet Al
Adding our apples to our family trees. Thanks so much for your help with this project!
Samantha took home our letter-of-the-week book, Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
And we made our own book, Barnyard Buddies!
Practicing writing the letter B and our names
We had so much fun reading the book we made! Our friends had to guess which barnyard animal was hiding in our barn! We made up some really good clues.
Drawing our wonderful families!
Which animals belong in a barn? And what sound do they make?
Congratulations to this week's star students. Josue, Yena, Sammy, Zachary, and Samantha! Great job!
We have lots of fun stuff going home this weekend! Please check this picture and your child's backpack to see what they are responsible for. Have fun!
NEXT WEEK:
*The letter C (please send in a C picture in your child's letter envelope on Monday).
*Friends
*TUESDAY--our class will be singing and sharing the Bible story in chapel on Tuesday morning. You are more than welcome to stop by and watch. Chapel is at 9:20 and we will be on stage for no more than 5 minutes. If you cannot make it, please do not feel badly! We will take pictures!
*WEDNESDAY -- Cap Day! Please have your child wear a baseball-style cap to school.

Please practice with your child:
*Writing their first name
*Counting past 10
*The letters A, B, and C (recognizing it, the sound it makes, writing it)

Week of 9/13 - 9/16

Hi Bumblebees,
We started the alphabet this week and know all about the letter A! We also studied and learned about our 5 senses and how they work! Enjoy the pictures.

Reading Chester's journal about his fun weekend with Riley!
It's all about the letter A this week!
Bumblebee, Bumblebee, What do you hear?
Each week we will be looking at items that begin with the letter for that week, and working together to write a class list of words that begin with that letter!
The pictures your child brings in the letter envelope each week go onto our "letter of the week" poster!
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom! Is there enough room for all the A's at the top of the tree?
Finding and circling just the A's!
We met our new friend Alphabet Al this week who taught us the A word active!
Yellow Day in chapel!
Yellow Day show-and-tell!

Yellow hunt around our room!
Our "letter book" of the week was There's an Alligator Under my Bed by Mercer Mayer. Your kids loved this book! Lauren took our ABC binder home and found us more words that start with A!
Using our 5 senses to hear, see, smell, feel, and taste popcorn! Watching it pop out of the air popper was so much fun!
What would you do if there was an alligator under your bed?
Reviewing colors in Spanish with Mrs. Keren
Practicing big A and little a
Do you have the letter A or a hiding in your name?
Using our sense of touch to examine different textures
Playing our 5 senses game. Fun....and learning at the same time!
Lots of fun stuff is going home this weekend. Please check this picture and check with your child to see what they are responsible for.
NEXT WEEK:
*The letter B (please send in a SMALL B picture in the letter envelope on MONDAY)
*Our families (if you did not send in your family tree "apples" please send them in on MONDAY!)

Please practice with your child:
*The Pledge of Allegiance
*Saying the days of the week in order
*Writing their first name
*cutting on a simple straight line
*simple ABAB patterns
*recognizing, writing, finding, sound out the letter A!

Class wish list:
*Clorox wipes (we need lots!)
*trays of watercolor paints
*empty/clean/dry baby food jars