All About Apples

     This week we learned all about apples.  Thank you to everyone who sent in apples.  The children listed (and I recorded) all the things we know about apples.  They came up with some great ideas!  Each child peeled their own apple and added it to the pot to make applesauce.  We followed a picture recipe to make the applesauce.  On Wednesday, the children tasted apple pie, applesauce, apple slices, and apple juice.  Then, we made a bar graph to show our favorites.  Apple pie was the winner in the morning and afternoon classes.  We counted the names in each column and discussed which one had the most and least names.  Popular works this week include; pumpkin hammering, torn paper jack-o-lantern, Mat Man building, drawing with dry erase markers at the easel, shaving cream and corn cob tweezing.  This week, we drew Mat Man for the first time.  The children will draw Mat Man once a month and the drawings will be collected in their portfolios to show progress.     
     We will continue with additional apple works next week and also talk about pumpkins.  We might even have pumpkin "guts" in the touch table one day.   

     Thank you to all the parents who have been volunteering in the classroom.  The children enjoy the 1:1 time and the chance to work on special projects. 

REMINDERS...
*If you would like to volunteer in the classroom, you can sign up on our   Class Shutterfly site (click the link to go to the site).  

*The cold weather is here.  Please make sure your child has a warm coat each day.  We will go out to the playground most days as long as the temperature is above freezing.  Also, please help your child learn to put on and zip his/her coat.  

*Please send in a winter change of clothes to keep at school.  We will send home the summer set when we receive the winter set.  Bathroom accidents and spills happen at school and I don't want anyone to have to wear shorts in the snow!  Please send a change of clothes is a Ziploc bag marked with your child's name.  

*We need cans of shaving cream.  Original Barbasol is preferred. 

*Don't forget to sign up for parent-teacher conferences (11/7 and 11/14) if you haven't already.  Conference confirmations with your conference time will be sent home by 11/4.

*Progress reports will be sent home the week of 11/4. 

*Classroom pictures are now being posted on a Shutterfly.com share site.  Click the link to go to the page. Class photos  

*No School 11/5 and 11/11.  

*Scholastic Book orders due 11/8.  Books make great holiday gifts!  Order now and get your shopping out of the way early.  Scholastic Book Clubs Online ordering