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We have now moved into December with new themes to discover.  Our themes for the month include: Winter Environments, Europe, Holiday Art, and Winter Celebrations.  Our practical life and cultural areas are filled with new materials, and the children are having fun exploring and learning.

We have recently done some planting outside in our new garden boxes.  The children participated with digging holes, planting the seeds, and watering our plants.

Ms. Jessie (P1) has shared some amazing information during our Spanish class last week.  She showed pictures, clothing, arts and crafts, music, and instruments from her country of Costa Rica. She played music and taught the children a traditional dance.

Ms. Diana (P2) visited our classroom and discussed her country of Honduras. She shared cultural information and showed us a traditional dance called La Punta.

P3 has started our Service Project this week.  We have adopted a family through the Salvation Army and will be collecting donations outside our classroom through the week of December 13th. The children have helped to put together trail mix bags which are placed outside our classroom as well.  Through your generous donations, we will be able to supply our adopted family with clothing and items needed for the holiday.  Thank you for all your kind donations thus far.

Ms. Melanie (Julian’s mom) visited our classroom on Tuesday and discussed the traditions and foods that go with Chanukah.  She showed us the Menorah and talked about the story of Chanukah.

Our Red Rock Canyon Field Trip with the kindergarteners was a true success thanks to all our amazing volunteers!!

The children are preparing for our Sing -A-Long Program which will be held on Thursday, December 19th @ 10:15am.  Hope to see you all there!!

Upcoming Events:

Friday, December 13th – Kindergarten Assembly @ 8:30am

Thursday, December 19th – Sing -A- Long Program @ 10:15am

Friday, December 20th – Half Day Dismissal @ 11:15am – Winter Break Begins

Monday, December 23rd – Monday, January 6th – No School

Tuesday, January 7th – School Resumes

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P3 has been very busy these past two weeks.  We are covering the continent of North America and learning all about the three countries that make up North America (Canada, United States, and Mexico).  We are exploring the land, culture, food, famous land marks, climate, animals, and language of each country.  The children are enjoying working with new materials in our cultural area that help to teach these concepts; along with using our continent map of North America.

During our Desert Studies, we are learning about the various animals that live in our desert, and the way they survive and adapt to their habitat.

While Celebrating Thanksgiving this month, we like to focus on being thankful and discussed all the things we are thankful for.  We also read a book called “Thanksgiving is Here” and talked about the journey to the new land, and how difficult is was to sail across the Atlantic Ocean.

On Tuesday, November 12th we had a guest visitor who brought some reptile animals to share with us.  The children saw snakes, lizards, and a tortoise and learned all about their different habitats.

Our wonderful outdoor classroom with Ms. Val and Ms. Marian is looking beautiful with the leaves changing colors.  The children are busy raking the leaves, taking care of the garden, and watching the birds getting ready for Winter.  It truly is an incredible experience for our children to explore nature!!

On Wednesday, November 20th our Kindergarteners will be taking a field trip to Red Rock for some hiking and enjoying a picnic lunch.  Please look for an information sheet being sent home listing all the important details regarding the trip.  Also, chaperones need to arrive at school by 9:15am to be briefed on safety instructions.  Thank you!

Our older students continue to be great role models for the younger students by inviting them to share different works, and help to guide them and teach them.

Up coming events:

On Wednesday, November 20th – Kindergarten field trip to Red Rock

On Thursday, November 21st – picture re-take day

On Wednesday, November 27th – Half-day dismissal @ 11:15am for Thanksgiving Break

On Thursday, November 28th & Friday, November 29th – No School

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Wow……We had an amazing World History Day!!  We hope everyone enjoyed the day.  What an incredible and adventurous journey for all.  We saw sea creatures, dinosaurs, volcanoes, cavemen, pyramids, and walked through the Renaissance era.  The children got to taste different foods, explore the marvelous underwater life, learn all about the time of dinosaurs, and have fun with arts & crafts.  The children truly enjoyed every part of their day.  We appreciate the time our parents spent on helping to make this day joyful and full of learning.  Thank you to all our FMS families for helping transform our room into the age of  Dinosaurs.  Our room was filled with wonderful activities and experiences, such as: exploring with volcanoes, seeing the actual sizes of a dinosaur’s footprint,  digging for dinosaur bones, and trying to walk with dinosaur feet.  It was incredible to watch the looks on the children’s faces once they entered each different time period.

A few of Ms. April’s Students from E4 visited our classroom and discussed about the Timeline of the World and displayed a timeline from invertebrates to mammals.

We are closing out October themes and starting with our new November themes.  During the month we will be covering North America, Desert Studies, and Reptiles.  We welcome any parents in our room throughout the month of November who would like to share some information regarding our study of North America.  If you have any souvenirs, pictures, or even facts pertaining to North America, Canada, or Mexico; we would love to hear from you!

We would like to thank the students from Ms. Erics’a middle school class (E1) for visiting our room and sharing a song related to the different bones in the human body.  We also enjoyed borrowing her skeleton (not Ms. Erica’s personally…..lol) and learning the names of the different bones.

Our Kindergarteners will be taking another field trip to Red Rock on Wednesday, November 20th.  We will need some volunteers to join us on that day.  We will be leaving FMS at 9:30am and returning to school by 2:00pm.  Please look for a sign-up sheet posted outside our door soon if you would like to chaperone.

On Wednesday, October 30th we had a guest speaker. Dr. Montes, a radiologist, visited our room and discussed the different bones in our body.  He shared ex-rays of various bones and shared stories that went with each ex-ray.

Up Coming Events:

Friday, November 8th – No school  – Teacher-In Service Day

Monday, November 11th – No school – Veterans Day

Wednesday, November 20th – Kindergarten Field Trip to Red Rock

Thursday, November 21st – Picture Re-Take Day

Wednesday, November 27th – Half-Day dismissal at 11:15am

Thursday, November 28th & Friday, November 29th – No school – Thanksgiving Break

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As we close up the first month of school, we are already so impressed with the students in P3.  Not only have we all settled in nicely to the routine, but we have also shown great progress and independence within the classroom.  Friendships are growing and our class community is blossoming.  It sure is a wonderful place to be in P3.

In September, we had an exciting guest visit our classroom.  Zoli’s dad who is a fireman came to our room and discussed the importance of fire safety.  The children loved seeing the full fireman’s protective suit and listening to the air tank which hepls them to breathe in a fire.  The children had lots and lots of questions (which were really lots and lots of stories!!!), and enjoyed hearing all about the life of a firefighter. We also had a police officer visit our class and discussed all the duties of a police officer.

The children have been enjoying Spanish class with Ms. Jesse and learning new words and songs Spanish.

We ended our September themes, and started our new October themes with pumpkin studies and learning all the bones that make up our skeleton. Our practical life, science, and cultural areas have been changed over to match the October themes, and the children have been exploring with new materials. The children have been reading books, learning the different parts of a pumpkin, and studying the names of several bones in the body.   In the practical life area, the children are pouring, spooning, tweezing, sorting, and transferring which is building up their fine motor skills.

Our older student are becoming great mentors for the younger students and helping them throughout the day with certain activities. Example:  One of our younger students is greeting a visitor in our classroom and our older student is helping her remember what to say.

On Thursday, October 3rd, our Kindergarteners went on their first field trip to the Fire Station.  We learned how the firemen live at the fire station and how a typical day goes for them.  During our tour, the firemen got an actual emergency call and had to stop our tour of the fire station and go on their call.  We were asked to walk outside the firehouse and stand off to the side while the firemen got their gear and loaded up the trucks.  We watched them pull out of the fire station with their lights and sirens, heading down the road.  It was very exciting to see.  We then headed to the park down the street for some fun in the sun.  It was a successful field trip thanks to all our parent volunteers.

Last week we enjoyed meeting everyone at our parent/teacher conferences.  It was a pleasure sitting down and discussing your children and getting to know you all better.  We are so pleased with their progress thus far, and we are excited to spend the school year learning and growing with your children.

This Friday is the Fall Festival!!  We hope to see you all there!!

In a few weeks we will celebrating World History Day and P3 will be changing over to Dinosaurs for the day.  We will need some parent volunteers to help with setting up and managing activities in our classroom on that day.  If you are interested in volunteering your time for this great event, please let us know. Thank You!

Important Reminder:  All jackets, sweatshirts, and hats need to be labeled with your child’s name.  Thank You!

Upcoming events:

Tuesday, October 15th – Picture Day

Thursday, October 24th – World History Day –   1/2 day dismissal @ 11:15am

Friday, October 25th – No School – Nevada Day

Monday, October 28th – African Dancers Assembly

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We had an amazing time in P3 these past two weeks.  The children are getting used to the routines, and are very excited about learning and working with our materials.  They are continuing to learn to work on their work, which will help to foster independence and confidence within our classroom.

This week we explored the parts of an apple.  We had a hands on discussion on the parts of the apple, and had the children use their senses to see, feel, taste and touch the difference amongst the various apples we had displayed.

In our Science area, the children learned about Living vs Nonliving, Vertibrate and Invertibrate,  and more about choosing healthy foods to eat. They are using different materials within our science area to help reinforce these concepts.

The children are learning new songs related to our continents, and continue to practice the names of each.

Music – We have gotten to know our music teacher Ms. Gloria by now, and have had a great time singing new sings, playing music games, and learning to play some instruments.

Outdoor Classroom – By now everyone has had a chance to visit the outdoor classroom with Ms. Val, and enjoying all the wonderful activities that are offered (gardening, painting, arts & crafts, bird watching etc.).

Another exciting event that has started is our “Reading Buddies” with E4 students.  Every Friday for 20-30 minutes, the children join together with their reading buddies and share books together.  Its a great way to build relationships and community within our school.

Parent/Teacher conferences – There will be no school on Friday, October 4th due to Parent/teacher conferences.  Conferences will start at 8:00am til 4:00pm – with 15 minute time slots.  Please look for the sign up sheet in next few days.

Our kindergarteners will be taking their first field trip to the Fire Station (which is located down the street from FMS).  We will be departing at 1:10pm and returning by 2:30.  We will need nine chaperones to join us on this field trip.  Please look for a sign up sheet posted outside P3.  Thank You.

Class Visitors:

On Tuesday, October 24th – We will have a Fireman come to our class and speak about fire safety.

On Wednesday, October 25th – We will have a presentation on Community Safety.

Upcoming Events;

Friday, October 4th – No school due to parent/teacher conferences

Friday, October 11th – PTO Fall Festival

Tuesday, October 15th – Picture Day

Thursday, October 24th – Half Day, International Children’s Day (dismissal @11:15am

Friday, October 25th – No School, Nevada Day