November 3-5

 Hello Parents, 

    There is so much to be thankful for as we turn the calendar to November! As we begin learning all about Thanksgiving, we will start by celebrating one of our greatest blessing - the special friends and classmates who fill our classroom with smiles and kindness! Through read-alouds, songs, crafts and hands-on center activities, we will explore what makes a good friend and the many ways we can show kindness and care to one another! 

The annual CJF Book Fair will be taking place between November 2nd through November 6th, 2026. Our class will go to preview the Book Fair on Tuesday. The annual Ice Cream Social will take place on Tuesday, November 3rd from 6:00 to 7:30 pm in the Media Center. Parents are welcome to bring their children and buy books. Ice cream will be served in the cafeteria.  If you are unable to attend Tuesday night and would like to send your child with money on Wednesday or Thursday to buy books in school, you are welcome to do that as well!

Thankful Bags will be sent home on Tuesday! Please help your child choose something they are thankful for to place inside and return to school. Two friends will share each day during Morning Circle and will bring their bag home once they have shared! What a sweet way to learn more about our friends and all we have to be thankful for! 

Preschool Thanksgiving Feast letters will also be sent home on Tuesday.  We will be making a friendship salad with different fruits that everyone contributes and eat them out of an "ice cream cone" - cornucopia. Please send in the item you have checked off on your sheet on November 19th, the day of our feast! Please also contact me if you have ANY questions or allergy concerns for your child and this feast. 

Weekly Reminders:

•  Please send in winter change of clothes bag!

• Thankful bags filled and brought back!

Here is what we will be learning this week

Calming Strategy: 

• Balloon Breath

Classroom Commitment: 

• Big Voice 

Art: 

• Autumn Tree (using tissue paper)

• Friendship Trees (using two sets of fingerprints)

• Autumn Wreath featuring child's smiling face in the middle  

 Sensory Table: 

• Harvest Time: brown Pluffle filled bin with wooden farm pieces, tractor and vegetables 

• Feed the Turkey: corn filled bin with acorns, pumpkins and cranberries

Dramatic Play:

• Friendship Feast (set up the table with Thanksgiving table cover, plates, and serve your friends their favorite foods! )

Math/Fine Motor Table:  

• Color Counting Bear partner game (dice, cups, red, yellow, green cubes)

• Icecream Shop (dice,tweezers, pom poms, cones)

•  Name Game (name cards, letter magnets)

Writer's Center:

• Letter Ii songs, sensory activities, and letter hunt

• Create letter Ii using play-doh and wikki stix

Literature:

•  Bear Says Thanks by karma wilson & jane chapman 

• Thanksgiving If For Giving Thanks by Margaret Sutherland 

• I Can Be Your Friend - VeggieTales 

Early Childhood Specials Note from Mrs. Bedrin:

It's Best Friend week in Early Childhood!  We will be discussing what makes a good friend as we read Silly Goose's Big Story by Keiko Kasza on Tuesday  Even though Goose is often thinking only of himself, his friends still helped him when he really needed it and taught Goose a big lesson about being a friend! We will be going on a Friendship Parade, following directions and having a great time with our friends and instruments.  We will be learning a new song with sign language, too!  We will make friendship bracelets in art on Wednesday and make a card to give to a friend.  We will spend our time in PE on Thursday paired up with a buddy in a Teamwork Challenge.  See you soon, Besties! 

🌟Star Students: Line leader all day, helper during Morning Circle time, and a classmate we can always look to during our day to give them a special shout out! 

• T- Ryan (Halloween Day was too busy so Ryan will begin our week)

• W- Ellie

• Th - Liam P.

Let me know if you have any questions, and have a great week!