Gingerbread Man You can't Catch Me

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving week off!  Over the next week we will be learning about the Gingerbread Man and what happens.  This week we made Gingerbread cookies and acted out the story “Run, Run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man” The students were the fox and we all took a big bite of cookie!  It was a yummy treat for the end of the week.

In our math unit we finished working on big and small and long and short.  Please try to continue and encourage the use of saying “big and little” and “long and short” in your everyday talks with your little ones.  This will only reinforce what we are learning at school.  Next we will cover matching and sorting items as this is a foundational skill when using our math skills to graph.  At the end of the week we will graph which portion of the Gingerbread cookie everyone will eat.

Over Thanksgiving Break you were encouraged to please help your child decorate a flag and puppet to be symbolic of your culture and heritage for our upcoming Multicultural Week (12/5 -12/9/16).  This is a great opportunity to share your family’s culture, customs, and traditions with your child.  Thank you to those parents and students that have already turned theirs in, they are displayed on the students lockers.

Please remember:   IMPORTANT

Please do not use edibles on the flag or puppet.  The flag will be displayed on your child’s locker and the puppet will be carried by your child in our Diversity Parade on Friday, December 9th.    

Please write your child’s name on the back of each item and return them to the teacher no later than Friday, Dec. 2nd.  Parade times for the morning & afternoon sessions are 9:15 am and 1:15 pm.

ECS Multi-Cultural Night is next week!!!!  December 6, please mark your calendar!  This is a great way to learn about other cultures!  Some of the countries are Mexico, Japan, China and India!  What a yummy time to get together, we will enjoy lots of treats!

Please remember with the weather getting colder we go outside nearly every day.  According to FISD we will be outside, weather permitting when it is 32 degrees.  Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately and in layers they can take off and put on themselves with minimal assistance independently.  Also, please keep all belongings labeled so they do not get lost at school.