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