Ms. Carrie’s Classroom News –

Week of September 9th

The Buckner Fanning School at Mission Springs is a school where every

student matters and every moment counts.

“Providing an exemplary education grounded in faith and focused on the future.”

“Above all, love each other deeply.” 1Peter 4:8

Theme: All About Me

Letter: B Number: 2 Shape: Circle

Bible Verse: “A friend loves at all times.” Proverbs 17:17

Christian Education:

*We learned about Noah and sang Praise songs. *We went to Pre-K Chapel to sing Praise songs with Pre-K 4!

Circle Time:

*We began our week by celebrating our grandparents; we learned about how wonderful grandparents are. Thank you for visiting with us! It was a very special time! *We learned about our families. *We practiced the days of the week, the months of the year, and our birthday months. Please have your child learn the name of his/her birthday month. *We learned how to use a friendly voice by singing our Core Knowledge Social Skills song.

*We finished sharing our special treasure bags and began sharing our family handprints. We talked about whose hand is the biggest, whose is the littlest, and how many people are in our families. Awesome! Language Arts/Fine Motor Skills:

* We met Mr. B. He has beautiful buttons! * We made B’s with play dough. * We learned how to print a capital B. * We thought of 44 words that begin with B! Please help your child think of C words for next week. * We glued buttons on a capital B and stuck foam circles and ovals on our B page to make balloons. We had to take the paper off the back of the shape stickers. * We used our glue sticks to glue tissue paper rectangles on a balloon. The children did a great job – they used the glue sticks by themselves! * We popped the bubbles in bubble wrap, squeezed sand balloons, and sprayed water bottles; all these activities strengthen our fine motor muscles. * On Friday we colored pictures that begin with B; we had to listen to the beginning sound of each picture.

STEAM:

* We learned about bubbles! We learned that bubbles are always round and that they have air inside. Then we blew bubbles! * We sorted buttons. We made groups of colors; then we talked about why Ms. Carrie put some buttons in a group. (They were all circles.) * We learned about the number 2 and rainbow traced a 2.

* We dot art painted 2 “bubbles” on each page of our “Color Bubbles” book. * We made our own butter! Yum! * We bounced balls. * We played “Beach Ball Math”: we had to count the number of happy faces on a beach ball. We also played “Balloon Toss”! * We played “Bean Bag Challenge”: we rolled a dot cube and had to toss the bean bag on the number card that corresponded to the number of dots on the cube! * Our “Storytime STEAM Challenge” this week was to make a barn out of Legos big enough to hold our farm animal toys. We did this after reading Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown.

Art:

* We “monoprinted” with blue paint: the children made a design in blue paint and then we transferred our design onto paper!

Reminders:

*Sept. 16 – Monday - Fall Picture Day – We will take individual and class photos. Please refer to the flyers that went home. You can order the individual picture packets online or return the form and money on Monday. If you would like to order a class group photo, you need to return the order form and money on Monday.

*Sept. 17 – Moms’ Night at Kendra Scott at the Shops at La Cantera from 6:00 – 8:00. It’s a good opportunity for some early Christmas shopping! And 20% of the proceeds will benefit BFSMS! J

*Sept. 25 – “See you at the Pole” @ 8:00. We will meet at the flagpole to begin our day with our pledges and prayers.

*Sept. 27 – Early Dismissal Day at noon. We will eat our snacks at our normal lunch time since lunch will not be served today.

 

We love our Grandparents!    

                 

B is for Bubbles, Balls, and Butter!

Hayla’s and Kessler’s Treasures