We have been busy bees in P3 the past two weeks…
We started by learning about how to be a good citizen. The children came up with ideas of taking care of your pests, cleaning up your yard and parks, using quiet voices at school and listening to our teachers, keeping our oceans clean, and to be a gentle and kind person.
We also learned about the parts of the seed and the parts of the apple. They learned words such as exocarp (the skin of the apple), mesocarp (the flesh of the apple). We also learned about different types of apples and how they grow! Did you know that a bee needs to take the pollen of one apple flower to another apple flower for an apple to grow??? Let’s take care of our bee population!
For patriot day, we talked about our flag of The United States of America. We learned that the flag is red, white and blue. The flag has 13 stripes for the 13 original colonies and 50 stars, one for each state. The children were able to color a picture of a flag and we also talked about, “How does our flag make us feel?” Their answers were amazing and touching. (see picture)
Natalia’s mom came to P3 and talked about apple seeds and read a book about Johnny Appleseed. Thank you for joining our classroom!
Charley’s dad came to our class on Monday to talk about fire safety. He is a paramedic for the Henderson Fire Department and taught our friends important fire safety lessons. Thank you Mentley family! Remember these rules:
1. Stop Drop and Roll
2. Get Low and Go
3. Don’t Hide, Get Outside
We have also talked about food groups and different healthy and safety habits such as brushing our teeth and eating plenty of fruits and vegetables.
Skyler’s mom and dad came to our classroom to do our first cooking project. The children made apple smiles and they were both adorable and delicious! Cooking and food preparation is a great hands-on experience for our students! Thank you Thanh-Do Family!
September Studies Include:
Parts of the Seed
Safety
Community Building
Nutrition
Food Groups
Apple Studies
Living and Non-living
Land, Air, Water
Important Dates to Remember:
Friday, September 19th: PTO Movie Night
Tuesday, September 23rd: Kindergarten Field Trip to the Fire Station @ 12:45pm
Monday, September 29th-Friday, October 3rd: Book Fair Week
Thursday, October 2nd-Friday, October 3rd: Parent Teacher Conferences
Snack and Flowers Provided By:
September 22nd-26th: Muchow Family
September 29th – October 3rd: Thanh Do Family
Practical Life Supplies Provided By:
Bananas: Perry Family
Apples: Singh Family