We have been busy workers in P3 the past two weeks.
The children have learned about healthy habits such as brushing their teeth twice a day and flossing once, to wear a helmet while riding a bike, and the rules about coughing and sneezing to prevent the spread of germs.
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- P3’s Healthy Habits
We had a special visitor, Officer DeSpain, who spoke about the duties of a police officer. She presented important safety information such as always wearing your seat belt while in the car and being careful of strangers. We also had a discussion about other community workers and what the children might want to be when they grow up.
For another lesson, we talked about the different seasons throughout the year and the appropriate clothing to wear. The children had fun determining what item matched with each season. We took a vote and P3’s favorite season is… FALL (with Spring coming in a close second).
We began learning about different land and water formations as well, including terms such as isthmus, lake, island, ocean, bay, cape and so on.
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- Land and Water Forms
We spent a day gardening in our garden box in the courtyard. Thank you to our amazing volunteers. The children have already learned about the parts of the seed and will be studying leaves and roots this month.
We have also started reviewing some of our shapes and geometric solids. We learned shapes such as curvliniar triangle, quatrafoil, square, circle, triangle, and pentagon. The geometric solids we have reviewed are the cube, cone and cylinder. A great way to practice these at home are to find the different shapes in everyday objects.
We have changed over our classroom works for the month of October, and this month’s studies include:
Anatomy and the Five Senses
Mammals
Vertebrate vs. Invertebrate
Pumpkin Studies
The World and Continents
Children Around the World
Parts of the Leaf
Mark your calendars – International Children’s Day is Octover 30th! Please see our classroom door to sign-up for donation items if you are interested.
Snack and Flowers Provided By:
October 6th – 10th: Mentley Family
October 13th-17th: Ghaneian Family
October 20th-24th: Smith Family
October 27th-29th: Perry Family
Practical Life Supplies Provided By:
Pumpkins: Michel Family
Pickles: Mohlman Family
October Volunteers:
Cooking Project: Coleman Family and Michel Family
Hands-on-Activity: Tien Family
Circle Presentation: Perry Family
ICD Volunteers: Ghaneian Family, Tyler Family, Dannin Family, Reid Family, Robinson Family, Perry Family, Rosales Family, Kimani Family, Arieli Family
Important Dates to Remember:
Friday, October 10th: PTO Fall Festival!!! See you there!
Tuesday, October 14th: Picture Day
Friday, October 17th: No School, Teacher In-Service
Thursday, October 30th: Half Day, International Children’s Day (ICD), Pick-Up @11:15
Friday, October 31st: No School, Nevada Day. Happy Halloween!