News from Ms. Mikki November 13th, 2017
Thank to everyone who attended Stone Soup!  This has been an annual tradition for many years and is probably one of my most favorite.  After watching the video, I’m not sure how many have a future in stage performances, but they sure did look cute standing up there.  LOL!   Ms. Jessie and I would like to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!  Safe travels if you’re traveling.  If you are still around Thursday morning, we hope to see you all at the Clever Turkey Trot.  Meet us at the Middle school at 8:00!  A donation of diapers is appreciated, but not required!   IMPORTANT INFO FOR PRE-K NEXT YEAR… Applications for preschool enrollment will be available at Santa Bash.  If you are planning on attending preschool next year, you will need to fill out an application. Inclement Weather Policy:  If the district calls for a “Late Start” preschool will be cancelled for the day.   TUITION DUE FOR NOVEMBER:  $90 or $150 if you want to pay for Nov/Dec together.
November Learning Targets: I can describe the action in a picture. I can respond appropriately to questions about the location of an object I can put on my jacket, shoes and backpack myself without help except for zippers, buttons and tying	Literacy: This week we read  Run Turkey, Run!, 10 Fat Turkeys and  Stone Soup.   Reading strategy to use at home: Picture Walk Before we read a story, I pick out a couple of pages to look at.  We look at the pictures on the page and make predictions of what we think might happen on that page.  When we get to that page we determine if our predictions were right.
Math: Counting and Number identification-  We practiced counting 1-10, matching numbers on our turkey feathers to the numbers on our turkey.    We also started making our Class Family book.  We shared our “family” page and counted each of the members in our family.  T	Science Center: Roll with it!  We set up some ramps and experimented with different objects to see which ones roll and which ones don’t.
	Dates: November 20-24th:  Thanksgiving Break-  NO SCHOOL November 30th:  Skating Party 6:00-8:00 at Skateland November 30th:  Picture Retakes- 9:00 in the Y gym December 1st:  Forms due for the KidSight Vision Screening.  You only need to send the form back if you DO NOT want them to be screened.   Dec. 6-7th:  KidSight Vision Screening December 7th:  PAT Santa Bash 5:00-7:00-  FEMA shelter December 20th-Jan. 3rd-  No School- Winter Break

Ms. Mikki’s News Nov. 10

News from Ms. Mikki
November 10th, 2017
STONE SOUP IS THURSDAY!!

Please send in your Stone Soup RSVP and your assigned canned veggies.  We also would like for everyone to send in a new PLAIN square pot holder.  Any color besides black will be fine.  We are also asking everyone to bring a dessert or bread item to share that evening.

HOMEWORK:  Please check your child’s backpack for this weekend’s parent child activity.  They each need to complete their “Family” page and return it to school on Monday or Tuesday.  Please let this be a child driven activity.  They can cut out pictures of people in their family, or they can draw pictures of people in their family.  THey will be laminated so please don’t decorate them with anything other than photos or drawings.

Thanksgiving Vacation-  November 20th-24th.   NO SCHOOL

TUITION DUE FOR NOVEMBER:  $90 or $150 if you want to pay for Nov/Dec together.
November Learning Targets:
I can describe the action in a picture.
I can respond appropriately to questions about the location of an object
I can put on my jacket, shoes and backpack myself without help except for zippers, buttons and tying

Literacy:

 This week we read Growing Vegetable Soup and Mean Soup.  We shared our favorite and not so favorite vegetables.

Silly Soup-  We created a bowl of Silly soup too.  Ask them what we put in it.  (dinosaur, dog, boots, cat, monster, elephant, etc)
Math:

Shapes and sorting:  We used our canned vegetables to put a twist on sorting.  We sorted by color and by vegetable.
Science:

Sensory bags-  We used our sense of touch to play with various things in sensory bags in the science center.  We also observed leaves and pine cones in the sensory table.  They compared colors, shapes and sizes.

Dates:

November 11th:  PAT/PreK Mommy and Me Spa Day  9:00-10:00 a.m. in Ms. Mikki’s room
November 16th:  Preschool Stone Soup-  6:00 in the FEMA shelter.
November 17th:  Clever Wear orders are due.  https://cleverchristmas2017.itemorder.com/
November 20-24th:  Thanksgiving Break-  NO SCHOOL
November 30th:  Skating Party 6:00-8:00 at Skateland
December 7th:  PAT Santa Bash 5:00-7:00-  FEMA shelter

Picture Retakes

CLEVER ELEMIDDLE RETAKE PICTURE DAY 11/30/17

Ms. Mikki's News Nov. 3rd, 2017

News from Ms. Mikki November 3rd, 2017
A huge THANK YOU to our homeroom moms for organizing such awesome Halloween parties! I sent home book orders this week.  Those orders will be due on Friday, November 10th.  I will not be sending home a December book order, so here’s your chance to stock up on books for Christmas.  You can order online using our class code:  QC78V. Please send in your Stone Soup RSVP and your assigned canned veggies.  An invitation was sent home last week.   We also would like for everyone to send in a new PLAIN square pot holder.  Any color besides black will be fine. Favor Please:  Please make sure your child is finishing their breakfast before they enter the classroom in the mornings.  We have specific health codes that we must follow when it comes to serving foods.  This also goes for outside drinks.  They may bring their own water bottles  to keep in their cubbies, but they need to be clearly labeled with their name. Thank you for your cooperation.  .   TUITION DUE FOR NOVEMBER:  $90 or $150 if you want to pay for Nov/Dec together.
November Learning Targets: I can describe the action in a picture. I can respond appropriately to questions about the location of an object I can put on my jacket, shoes and backpack myself without help except for zippers, buttons and tying	Literacy: This week we read some Halloween themed books.  Our favorite was Go Away Green Monster. We shared what each of us was going to dress up as for Halloween.  We’ll be turning our list into a class book.
Math: Shapes and sorting:  We continue to practice naming shapes and sorting by one attribute (square, circle, triangle, rectangle).  Eventually we will move to sorting by two attributes (all of the yellow triangles, blue squares, etc).	Science: Sink or float:  We had fun choosing objects in the room and predicting if they would sink or float.  Ask them if they can remember what the pumpkin did in the water.
	Dates: November 11th:  PAT/PreK Mommy and Me Spa Day  9:00-10:00 a.m. in Ms. Mikki’s room November 16th:  Preschool Stone Soup-  6:00 in the FEMA shelter.   November 17th:  Clever Wear orders are due.  https://cleverchristmas2017.itemorder.com/ November 20-24th:  Thanksgiving Break-  NO SCHOOL November 30th:  Skating Party 6:00-8:00 at Skateland December 7th:  PAT Santa Bash 5:00-7:00-  FEMA shelter