Dear P3 Families,

We had an amazing Celebrate America Day this year!  We could not have done it without our wonderful parent volunteers who put in countless hours to turn our room into California, you guys ROCK!!!  Our students enjoyed every moment of their tour around the United States and were able to make beautiful crafts, taste delicious foods, and learn fantastic lessons.

We also wanted to thank our P3 families for the delicious Teacher Luncheon…It makes us feel so very special and loved!!!

November Studies Include:

Deserts

Animals, Plants and People of the Mojave

Reptiles

North America and the United States

American Art

Important Dates to Remember:

Wednesday, November 11th-Friday, November 13th: No School (Veteran’s Day/Teacher In-Service)

Monday, November 16th: Australian Animals Assembly @ 10:00

Thursday, November 19th: Picture Re-Take Day and Kindergarten Red Rock Field Trip

Wednesday, November 25th: 1/2 Day of School, Dismissal @ 11:15 (Thanksgiving Break Begins)

Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th: No School, Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Wednesday, December 16th @ 10:15 P3 Holiday Sing-A-Long

Snack and Flowers Provided By:

November 2nd-6th: Krauss Family

November 9th-10th: Barghi Family

November 16th-19th: Nivatvongs-Tobin Family

November 23rd-25th: Robinson Family

November 30th-December 4th: Urquidez Family

Monthly Volunteers:

Circle Presentation: Huang Family

Hands-On Activity: Urquidez Family

Cooking Project: Robinson Family

Practical Life Supplies Provided By:

Whole Wheat Bread: Sady Family

Pumpkin Butter Spread: Williams Family

Paper Plates: Nivatvongs-Tobin Family

Plastic Knives: Gross Family

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On a side note, there is a community fundraiser being held on Saturday, November 14th from 10:00-1:00 at Paseo Vista Park.  The event is in support of Kiera Powell who is 21 months old.  She was diagnosed with medulloblastoma brain cancer shortly after her first birthday.  Since that time she has endured five surgeries and five cycles of intense chemotherapy.  She has one more cycle to go followed by a stem cell transplant.  She is responding very well to her treatments.  Kiera has been through so much in her life and yet she still smiles and finds joy in day to day things.  Because of all of the medical treatments, her medical bills are piling up.  If you would like to, please come support her and her family to help raise money for their medical costs, as well as to raise awareness of childhood cancer.  Bring your family!  Lunch will be available with a donation.  This is a personal choice if you would like to attend, and is not  an FMS service project.

Hello P3 Families!

We have started learning the geometric solids in class.  You may hear some words such as: three/four sided pyramid, ellipsoid, ovoid, cube, cylinder, square based prism, triangular based prism, sphere, and cone.

We studied the parts of the seed as well.  The students enjoy learning broad vocabulary! Practice some of these words at home!

We did a special cooking project with Sara’s family, where the children were able to create their own apple snack with special dipping sauce.  The students love to work in the kitchen!

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Micah’s family came to work on an apple craft with our friends.  It was a beautiful day and we decided to create in our outdoor area.  Anything that involves cutting and glue is a favorite in P3.

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We have started our anatomy studies and the children have been using a wonderful new work in the classroom to find where different organs in the body are located.

Our students are working hard in the classroom and are moving along with their studies.  Ask about some of these familiar works to start up conversations about school at home!

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Our October Studies Include:

Anatomy

Five Senses

Mammals

The World and Continents

Vertebrates vs. Invertebrates

Parts of the Leaf

Celebrate America Day

Important Dates To Remember:

Tuesday, October 13th: Picture Day

Friday, October 16th: No School, Teacher In-Service

Thursday, October 29th: Half Day of School, Celebrate America Day (dismissal @ 11:15)

Friday, October 30th: No School, Nevada Day

Snack and Flowers Provided By:

October 12th-15th: Joe Family

October 19th-23rd: Moll Family

October 26th-29th: Tyler Family

Monthly Volunteers:

Circle Presentation: Joe Family

Hands-On Activity: Robinson Family

Cooking Project: Arieli Family

Practical Life Supplies Provided By:

Mini Marshmallows: Gross Family

Graham Crackers: Casas Family

Plastic Knives: Nivatvongs-Tobin Family

Chocolate Sunflower Butter: Smith Family

Paper Plates: Barghi Family

Pumpkins: Krauss Family

Hello P3 Families!

We have been busy bees in P3 learning new lessons and working together in our classroom.

We have been studying the apple and learning about how they grow throughout the year. It is interesting to watch the children absorb the information that is being read to them and then repeat it during question and answer time.  The information on the picture is the children’s words.

Safety studies has also been a theme we have been covering this month.  We have been learning about how to cross the street, staying safe in the car, being in a public place, what to do in case of a fire and how to be safe in the classroom.  We had a group discussion in circle to find out our students’ ideas on how to stay safe.

Being part of a community both in and out of our classroom is a very important lesson and it is something that should be discussed daily with our children.  We read a book in circle and then found out what the children thought they could do in their community to help make it a peaceful environment.  On September 11th, we talked about how we should be thankful for our firemen and policemen who keep us safe.  We read books about the daily lives of these community workers and then talked about why we are proud of our country.

We have also started our peace curriculum that will continue with new lessons throughout the school year.  We always begin with learning our Silence poem and our Peace Rose lesson.

Enzo’s mother came into our classroom for a special circle presentation about the life cycle of plants and different types of fruits and vegetables.  She also read the beautiful story “The Giving Tree”.  Thank you for coming to our classroom to share such a wonderful lesson!

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Our students have been working on learning new and challenging works, focusing on fine motor skills and working with their friends.  Each day brings new and exciting discoveries!

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Snack and Flowers Provided By:

September 28th-October 1st: Sharpe Family

October 5th-9th: Premat Family

October 12th-15th: Joe Family

September Volunteers Include:

Circle Presentation: Grimaldi Family

Hands-On Activity: Urquidez Family

Cooking Project: Dunn Family

Please see Miss Kat to schedule dates/times for activities!

September Practical Life Supplies Provided By:

Playdoh: Tyler Family and Moll Family

Apples: Robinson Family, Nivatvongs-Tobin Family, Huang Family, Barghi Family, Sciscento Family, and Joe Family

Important Dates to Remember:

Friday, September 25th: PTO Movie Night

Tuesday, September 29th – Friday, October 2nd: Book Fair

Thursday, October 1st: 1/2 Day Dismissal @ 11:15, Parent/Teacher Conferences

Friday, October 2nd: No School, Parent/Teacher Conferences

Wednesday, September 30th: Kindergarten Field Trip to the Fire Station from 12:45-2:15 (please wear FMS shirt and comfortable walking shoes)

Friday, October 9th: PTO Fall Festival and Craft Fair

Tuesday, October 13th: Picture Day

Friday, October 16th: No School, Teacher In-Service

The first two weeks of school have been wonderful.  It has been a pleasure getting to know our new families and it has been great to see familiar faces.

We have spent our circle time reviewing classroom procedures such as walking on the line, rolling out a work mat, carrying a tray, pushing in chairs, lunch time manners, circle manners, and how to interrupt a teacher.  They are doing wonderfully, we have such a sweet group of children!

Now that we have all of our phase-in students on campus, we will begin our cultural studies during group time.  This month we are studying the following subjects:

Safety and Community Building

Nutrition and Food Groups

Living vs. Non-living

Land and Water

Apple Studies

Parts of the Seed

If you have not provided your email to us yet, please see the clipboard outside of our classroom!

If you missed our Parent Orientation, please see Miss Kat to receive an informational packet and to ask any questions that you might have.

September’s Snack and Flowers Provided By:

September 8th-September 11th: Smith Family

September 14th-18th: Parimi Family

September 21st-September 25th: Hsiao Family

September 28th-October 1st: Sharpe Family

September Volunteers Include:

Circle Presentation: Grimaldi Family

Hands-On Activity: Urquidez Family

Cooking Project: Dunn Family

Please see Miss Kat to schedule dates/times for activities!

September Practical Life Supplies Provided By:

Playdoh: Tyler Family and Moll Family

Apples: Robinson Family, Nivatvongs-Tobin Family, Huang Family, Barghi Family, Sciscento Family, and Joe Family

Important Dates to Remember:

Monday, September 7th: No School, Labor Day

Thursday, September 17th: PTO General Meeting

Friday, September 25th: PTO Movie Night

September 29th – October 2nd: Book Fair

Wednesday, September 30th: Kindergarten Field Trip to the Fire Station from 12:45-2:15 (please wear FMS shirt and comfortable walking shoes)

Hello P3 families!

The past few weeks have been filled with fun activities.  We took our field trip to Springs Preserve.  The children enjoyed exploring all of the science activities and seeing the different desert animals.  We learned about flash floods, and how we need to recycle and reduce our use of water here in Nevada.

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We learned about some of the animals that live on the amazing continent of South America.  These animals are some of the children’s favorite.  They love learning about the rain forest and all of the many species of plants and animals that live there.

Our studies this month included learning about the parts of the bird.

We also learned about the parts of a chick.

We have started exploring the different layers of the rain forest: forest floor, understory, canopy and emergent layer.

Our Earth Day celebration was a lot of fun.  Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers that helped to make this a special day for the students.

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Lane’s family came to make “Earth Day Cookies” with the friends.  They looked like the world after they were baked and tasted delicious!

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Important Dates to Remember:

Friday, May 8th: Mother’s Day Tea from 9:30-10:15

Monday, May 25th: No School, Memorial Day

Friday, May 29th: Kindergarten Late Night from 5:00-8:00

Wednesday, June 3rd: Kindergarten Moving Up Ceremony (times to be announced)

Friday, June 5th: Last Day of School, Dismissal @ 11:15

Snack and Flowers Provided By:

April 27th-May 1st: Lemos Family

May 4th-8th: Wilson Family

May 11th-15th: Yamaguchi Family

May 18th-22nd: Bristol Family

May 26th-29th: Ghaneian Family

Practical Life Supplies Volunteers:

Lemons: Reid Family

Organic Sugar: Weddell Family

Plastic Spoons: Smith Family

Paper Cups: Joe Family