SEPTEMBER

Welcome Back to School!
Week/Date: September 15-18
Theme/Letter: Back to School
Books/Songs: Llama Llama, Back to School, The Kissing Hand, Stanley The Dog: The First Day of School, If You Take a Mouse to School, The Day the Crayons Quit
Crafts: Handprint first day craft, watercolor crayon 
Skills: Introduction to daily classroom schedule/routine/color/shape review, name recognition

Week/Date: September 22-25
Theme/Letter: Friendship/Introduction to Emotions/Manners
Books/Songs: Stick and Stone, How to Spot a Best Friend, When You Need a Friend, The Rainbow Fish, Roo, the Roaring Dinosaur, Sadie and the Bully, The Color Monster
Crafts: friendship bracelet, color monster marble painting, and thumb print friendship tree
Skills: Beading, Self-portrait, friendship snack recipe

Week/Date: September 29-Oct 2
Theme/Letter: Apples/Letter A
Books/Songs: Applesauce Day, Bad Apple’s Perfect Day, Ten Apples Up on Top, How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Crafts: Apple stamping, “caramel” apple, tissue paper apple
Skills: Sorting different colored pom-pom “apples”, 1-2 direction activity (filling the apple basket with the correct apple), Apple tree counting activity, apple lifecycle

Classroom Needs/Upcoming dates:
-After school activities begin October 1 (lunch bunch).
-We will begin individualized student assessments in October.
-School pictures will be the week of October 6-8
-NO SCHOOL on Wednesday, October 21 due to a teacher-training day.
-Wednesday, October 28th - Halloween parade/Trunk or Treat.

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