GSES Pre-K News
A Peek Into Our Week
Literacy
Our unit for the next week is, My Five Senses. During this unit, we will talk about how our senses work together to help us learn about the world around us. We will talk about each of our five senses (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting), and your child will give examples of how each sense helps him/her daily. We will read books about each of the five senses. Your child will participate in activities that help him/her understand the specific job of each sense.
Math
In math, we will be creating scarecrow glyphs. Glyphs for Pre-K students can be described as a pictorial form of collecting data. This is a fun way for students to get to know more about each other while creating a interesting piece of art. Reading a glyph and interpreting the information represented is a skill that requires deeper thinking.
Handwriting Without Tears
This week students will be introduced to the letter formation of upper case T. The terminology that we will use in class is “Big line down. Little line across the top.” Students will generate a fluency word list of initial T words after hearing the book, Alpha Tales.
Technology
It has been a fantastic beginning to the school year! Students have been hard at work learning about Digital Citizenship, navigating appropriate websites, and being introduced to Microsoft Programs. Students have also learned how to use multiple apps that have lent themselves to some very meaningful work in the classroom. I have created a webpage for GSES students to help them navigate to appropriate websites. Please visit www.gsestorres.weebly.com for some fun educational websites your child can use at school and at home. Students will be learning how to use many apps this year! Some of the apps we will be using are listed below. These apps will be used to create and show our thinking!
PicCollage
BookCreator
Doodlebuddy
Popplet
iMovie
Geoboard
ShowMe
Explain Everything
Thinglink
PuppetEdu
PicPlayPost
Chatterpix
Feltboard
Fall Recipe for Play - Pumpkin Spice Latte Oobleck
In our current center rotation, we have been experimenting with a fun scented fall recipe for play. If you are a coffee drinker, then one of the first scents that may come to mind is the pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks. If you don't drink coffee, you probably can't relate, but for most of us who love coffee, Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes mark the start of fall. We wanted to incorporate the scent of a pumpkin spice latte into our play, and boy has it been a hit!
Pumpkin Spice Latte Oobleck Recipe:
Supplies:
- 4 cups cornstarch
- 3 cups water
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
- 2 tablespoons cooled coffee
Directions: Oobleck is made by combining equal parts of water and cornstarch. To make our pumpkin spice latte Oobleck use cooled down coffee. Mix the Oobleck lattes with your hands or big spoon. One word of advice is to add the water (or coffee) sparingly. Watery Oobleck will not be thick enough to be a solid. The cool thing about Oobleck is that it is both a liquid and a solid. You can scoop up a handful, and almost immediately it runs out between your fingers. Add water slowly to ensure the texture is thick enough. Serve up in a paper coffee cup.
Recipe from: Learn, Play, Imagine
Speech Screening- November 2, 2015
Ucoming Dates
Friday, October 16- Carnival T-Shirt Day
Saturday, October 17- GSPO Carnival
Sunday, October 18- Episcopal School Sunday
Friday, October 30- Halloween Parade and party
Halloween Party
Friday, October 30th from 1-2 pm in the Cottage. Students may wear their Halloween costume to school, but please leave any accessories (masks, brooms, swords, etc.) at home, so they will not be misplaced. Please join us at 8:00 for our Halloween Parade and come back at 1:00 for the party.
Scholastic Book Orders- Due Friday, October 16
Pumpkin Contest
The Library Pumpkin Contest is here! Bring a carved or decorated pumpkin to the library ON WEDNESDAY, October 28 (pumpkins must arrive before 7:50 am). Pumpkins will be judged on Friday, the 30th. You can choose to base your pumpkin on a fiction or non-fiction book character, or make a GSES spirit pumpkin. Email Lindsay Marchant with questions lmarchant@gsesdallas.org.
Birthday Shout-Outs
October 13th- Jacob Feather
October 14th- Nate Huddleston
October 17th- Sara Sidi