This has been such a busy week!  I have really enjoyed talking with all of you during our conferences.

Centers

Science center was a big hit this week with another chemistry activity.  This week, the children discovered what happened when they mixed various materials.  (food coloring, soap, syrup, alcohol, vinegar, etc.)  We also begin taping up our boxes for Samford Hall.

Shared Reading

Our focus book was Do You Want to Be My Friend?  By Eric Carle.  The children loved making up the story for this wordless picture book.  With this book, we worked on opposites, initial sounds, letter recognition and sorting.  We also read many other books about friends and talked about the characteristics of a friend.

Theme

We began building Samford Hall this week.  As a class, we wrote a building plan.  Then, using the plan as a guide, we listed all of the jobs that we will need to do.  Finally, the children signed up for the job that they wanted to do.  We also talked about where we should put Samford Hall once we have constructed it.

Shared Journals

This week, we have really been working on the negation process.  Once the children have shared their stories, we talk about each story and try to decide which one should be written about.  During this step, the children give their opinions and justify them by explaining why they feel the way they do.  So far, this process has been difficult.  Everyone knows what story they want to choose, but getting them to explain why has been a challenge.  We will continue to work on this.

Important Dates and Notes:

**We really need big boxes to begin our construction projects!!

**We are out of snacks for the classroom.  Please send some in if you can or make sure that your child has a snack each day.

Thursday, October 20 – Golden Rule BBQ Night

Tuesday, October 25 – Trip to the Zoo

Elaine, Djokia and Camille work to tape up the boxes for Samford Hall.