Mrs. Dougherty's Class Connection

What a difference in the weather from last week! We were so happy to see the sun shining, and I hear it's supposed to be a great week! We were very happy to go outside and play today. Our apple unit was so much fun, I hope you enjoyed your child's apple projects, I know they had fun making them! Thanks again for all the apples, bowls, and spoons, they helped a ton during the weeks.

This week we will be learning about the letter Gg and how great our Grandparents are! Here is a closer look at our week...

Monday
Today in the morning and the afternoon we worked on our letter Gg packet, it is amazing how well we are working and how much we've grown in just a few weeks, I can't wait to see the progress the children make by Christmas time!
For Art today we added glitter to green Gs!!
For achieving blue ribbon status, Dr. Stritch ordered pizza for the entire school! We enjoyed it at lunch time, and we saved our leftovers for our afternoon snack! Thanks Dr. Stritch!
**Milk started today** Just a reminder that November milk orders are due by Wednesday.

Tuesday
Recyclable Art
Library Day
In the morning we will be making a list of our favorite things to do with Grandma and Grandpa! In the afternoon we will be learning a song about our Grandparents and reading some books too!

Wednesday
Today during free play, we will be working on our art projects for the hallway ~ all Halloween themed. We will be making pumpkins and spiders!
We will start Chapter 3 in Religion today and start discussing how Jesus Welcomes Us!

Thursday
Recyclable Art
We will finish up our letter Gg packet and make a list of words that begin with G.
In the afternoon we will finish the packet too, and also practice printing the letter Gg on our dry erase board.

*No School On Friday AND Monday! Have a nice long weekend!
Mrs. Dougherty

I hope everyone is enjoying our beautiful weather! We are making the most of our time outside before it gets too cold. Many of the children are noticing the leaves falling and changing colors...so it is a great time to start our Leaf Unit! This week our unit is, "The Leaves Are Changing." We are also learning the letter Ll. This is a two week unit. In our sensory tub is a ton of Fall Leaves! We are having fun sorting them, crunching them, and looking at the different shapes. At our easel I put all Fall colors and I have encouraged the chidlren to paint fall leaves. They are looking great so far! Here is some info on the rest of the week...

Monday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLYSON!!

Tuesday
For our art project we colored fall leaves for the hallway. This completed our Halloween Hallways Display!
We began our letter Ll packet today. At circle time we talked about lots of words that began with the letter L and also looked at pictures. In the morning we had library class, and in the afternoon we collected leaves outside for our sensory tub. We had a lot of fun noticing the different colors and shapes of all the leaves.

Wednesday
Picture Retakes, I loved looking at all the pictures, I think everyone looked fantastic!
For our art project today we will be gluing crushed leaves on the letter L.
We will be going on a walk as a class to look at all the leaves around the school and all the different colors on the trees.
Today we will also be working on chapter 4 in Religion about how we are all special, including our animals.
Class Party volunteer forms are due today. I will send a letter home soon to those who asked to volunteer...thanks so much!
Today a letter explaining our Halloween party and parade will be sent home. Please take a minute to read and please let me know if you have any questions.

Thursday
Recyclable Art
In the morning and afternoon we will be playing different games with leaves. In the morning we will be playing "hide the leaf" and in the afternoon we will be playing "the leaf hunt." Both games are sure to be a good time!

Friday
Rest Towels are coming home.
For Art today we will be painting with leaves!
*Field Trip Forms are due today.**We will be learning a song this week about leaves, to the tune of London Bridge is Falling Down.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTA!!!

Have a great week!
Mrs. Dougherty

We are finishing up our unit on leaves this week, along with the letter Ll. Recess time has been especially fun with all the leaves on the ground!
I have added a few new stations to our free play time. We have a cutting table now, where the children practice cutting out different designs on paper. Another station is our "name station" where the children are using dry erase markers on their own laminated name sheet to print their name and trace their name. I also have a coloring table, where the children can free draw and also use some fall stencils to add to their pictures. So far, they seem to love all of these activities!
Here is a look at our week...
Monday
Today we worked on our letter Ll packet. In the afternoon I taught the class a Fall poem about leaves, it was a lot of fun to recite it back. We also found a few new toys to play with during free play! Serenity, one of the 3 year old preschoolers, mom donated a bunch of new things for our classroom. We now have a set of multicultural dolls, a big variety of dress up clothes, and also a brand new set of puzzles! She also gave us some art supplies that we are so excited to use. Thank you Mrs. Lindley!
Our classroom is looking great with all of our fall decorations too!

Tuesday
Today we will be finishing up our letter Ll packet.
We will also be practicing our Leaf song, "All the Leaves are Falling Down," and adding movements to it.
Recyclable Art

Wednesday
We will be working on our printing today. Two times a month, the children practice printing their name and the date and then they draw a picture, these are kept the entire year in their portfolio and will be sent home for you at the end of the year.
For our Art project we will be collecting leaves and make our own leaf collages on contact paper.

Thursday
Chapter 5 in Religion today. We will be working on chapter 5 this week and next.
Library in the morning and afternoon today!
Recyclable Art!

Friday
Today we will finish up with Letter Ll and practice printing letter Ll again. We are really enjoying printing letter L, as it is one of our easier letters :)
We will be making a leaf flip book today using our color words.

Here are a few reminders...
*Thank you to everyone who volunteered for a class party. A note will be going home to those who volunteered on Wednesday.
*Our field trip is on Monday! A note to our chaperones will be going home tomorrow...thank you! Please remember if your child is only here in the morning, please pack them a lunch and they will be staying the entire day. We will be eating lunch at 11:00 and leaving for the field trip at 11:30.
If your child is only here in the afternoon, please drop them off at school a little earlier, at 11:20.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Dougherty

What a wonderful time we had today on our field trip! The weather couldn't have been more perfect. When we arrived at the field trip we were able to take a tour and pet all the animals: pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, even a bunny. Then, we took a hayride to the pumpkin patch and we each got to pick our very own pumpkin. It was a great time and a great way to start our our pumpkin week! I will be posting pictures later on tonight or tomorrow. A BIG THANK YOU to all the parents/aunts who came on our field trip with us, it was a great help and it made our trip run very smoothly.

Here is a look at our week ahead...

Monday
In the morning we started learning about the letter Pp. In our sensory tub we have shredded paper, and the children have to search through it to find the letter p. At our easel we have orange and black paint to make pumpkins with. We also have some new orange and black playdough with Halloween cookie cutters.

Tuesday
For our art project today we will be finger painting a pink p with purple paint.
We will also start to decorate our Halloween trick-or-treat bags we will be using for our party.

Wednesday
Pumpkin Dissecting! In the morning and the afternoon, we will be dissecting pumpkins! When we are done, we will paint the pumpkins for a decoration in our classroom :)
For an art project today we will be making paper bag pumpkins!

Thursday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA!
Today we will be finishing up our Religion Chapter 5, as we will be discussing how Jesus was a Good Shepherd. I will also be teaching the class some songs about pumpkins.

Friday
Please have your child wear RED to school today. The entire school will be dressed in red for drug free awareness day.
We will finish up our letter Pp packet too. I have already seen a big improvement in a lot of our coloring and printing of our names and letters!

Friday is also the end of the 1st quarter of school, this year is flying by! Next Friday, November 4th, your child will be receiving a report card. This is not a typical report card, but rather a report showing your child's progress in preschool. There is a checklist that covers different skills such as; listening, speaking, reading, fine motor/writing, math, etc... Your child will have 3 assessments throughout the year, a Fall, Winter, and Spring assessment. In each section your child will have a check next to the skill saying "NE" = Not Evident yet, MP = Making Progress, or M = which means your child has mastered that skill. Do not worry if your child does not get many "M"s checked, this is the first time many of the students have been in school and the purpose of the checklist is to show improvement throughout the year. Overall the children are doing very well! These will be sent home next Friday, and I will go over them with you at Parent teacher conferences if you wish to attend.

Just a reminder that Monday is Halloween! Your child should wear their costume to school. If you have any questions regarding the parade or parties on Monday, feel free to ask.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Dougherty

Field Trip pictures will be up tomorrow!! I keep forgetting my camera at school. However, I was able to take some pictures of the kids carving our pumpkin this morning so that was a plus. :)

Here are some pictures from our field trip on Monday to the pumpkin patch. I also included some pictures from us dissecting our pumpkin. It was all a great time! I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Our First Field Trip! on PhotoPeach

Happy Halloween! We had such a fun time at our Halloween party today. Thank you to all the moms who helped out...Mrs. Panos, Mrs. Healy, Mrs. Nolan, Mrs. Gambino, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Willette, Mrs. Hernandez, Mrs. Mendez, Mrs. Romo, and Mrs. Paterimos! I loved seeing all the costumes too, everyone looked great!
Here is a look at our week...

Monday
Before each party, we had circle time and discussed our new letter, Hh. We were then busy all day
We will be discussing the letter Hh all week, along with different fall words that start with H, such as Halloween, harvest, hay, etc...

Tuesday
Milk orders are due.
Recyclable Art

Wednesday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLIE!
For our art project today we will be making happy faces on the letter Hh!

Thursday
Recyclable Art

Friday
Report Cards are coming home. Please sign the envelope and return next week. Remember, if you have any questions, I will be more than happy to go over them at parent teacher conferences next week on Thursday, November 10th.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Dougherty