Good Afternoon!

**We have several ‘beginning of winter’ illnesses going around. The general colds and coughs along with a few low grade temperatures. We did send home a child today with a fever. Just as a reminder, here is the link to our illness policy: https://www.weefriendskids.com/handbook-policies/

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Lulu interacted with the abacus this morning as she found several ways to make ten. Using the blue counters, she put one counter on one side and then nine counters on the opposite side. She used her one to one correspondence skills to count how many counters she had in all.

K.CA.1-2: Solve real-world problems, objects, or drawings that involve addition and subtraction within 10. Demonstrate the equation (e.g., 5=3+2 and 5=4+1)

When our pre-k/k children journal after group time, it’s the perfect time to use authentic assessment while children are kid spelling. Consonants are easier to hear (generally) and vowels usually come a little later. After children are done journaling, they have time to write about what they drew. Usually, children hear a vowel sound but aren’t quite sure what sound or letter they’re hearing. Children build an understanding of what vowels are and the different sounds that they can make.

K.RF.4.3: Recognize the long and short sounds for the five major vowels.

Children gathered in the reading area to read a few new stories this morning. The ‘Ladybug Girl’ series is becoming one of our favorites so a few new ‘Ladybug Girl’ books were added to our ever growing book collection.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce with shredded cheese, PPC clementines, and PPC broccoli/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC cantaloupe.

Wee Sprout– PPC broccoli/carrots.

Have a lovely night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/20