Little Blue Bulletin: 11/12-11/14

It was great to see so many K/1 families at the movie this week. We hope you enjoyed our community event. Also, if you haven't returned the bottom portion of the orange traffic flyer, please do so on Monday. We need 100% participation.

Upcoming Events:
Field trip on Monday. We will be going to the Flint Center to see "Aesop's Fables II". The buses will return before lunchtime.

PLEASE REFER TO THIS LINK AND KEEP TRACK OF ALL OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS!

The Little Blue Village Calendar

Sharing Change!
11/17: Share a special family ritual
11/24: No sharing - short week
12/01: Special ways your family celebrates the season

A family ritual is something that your family does on a daily, weekly, or yearly basis.
For example:
• My family eats dinner together every night.
• My family has game night on Wednesday nights.
• My family goes to Tahoe each December to ski.
Please remember to share one ritual, and add some details about what your family does.
Do not share 3 different events.

BOOK BAGS!!!
First grade parents only!
We know that there has been some mix-ups lately with the book bags. We now have all the books and direction cards in the correct bags. If your child receives a repeat bag, please have your child do a text to self connection instead. To help us, please make sure your child returns the book and activity in the same bag as it was sent in. Thank you.

There will be no homework folders on Fridays due to the book bags.


Review of the week:
Language Arts:
This week we wrote autumn poetry, visited the computer lab, and practiced prompt writing. For a short week, we packed in quite a bit!

Math:
This week we continued to learn about time and calendar. Please take time each day to talk about the calendar and clock. Here is some vocabulary to help lead your discussions.

• days of the week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
• yesterday, today, tomorrow
• Months of the year: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec
  
• minute
• hour
• elapsed time (time it takes to do something)
  
• order of events

Science:
In science, we continue our studies of trees. Please go for a walk and use the following words to describe trees.

• bark
• branch
• twig
• leaves
• trunk
  
• deciduous
• conifer
• serrated edges
• needles

Finally, we want to remind everyone that the weather has been unpredictable. Here are a few tips to keep your child (and yourself!) healthy:

• Dress in layers: always have a short sleeve shirt underneath.
  
• Some sweatshirts are hard to take off, leave them at home!
• Wash hands before eating, or after touching your face/nose.
  

Thanks,
The Little Blue Teachers