Fall is Here!

We have had fun this week as we have begun our Fall unit! Although it has been a short week, we have stayed busy! We have read some stories about the season of fall and we made a list of all of the things that remind us of fall- such as falling leaves, cooler weather, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. The paints were out in full force this week as we used water color to paint fall leaves and bright orange to make a huge jack-o-lantern. We also made torn paper pumpkins this week too. We're getting our classroom very festive for the month of October!

We focused on the letter L this week and the children have been so excited to point out L's that they find all around! We are continuing our October journals and I am already seeing a lot of progress as they are becoming more and more independent in sounding out words on their own. Please continue to work on writing both upper and lowercase alphabet letters at home as well as writing our names correctly- with a capital letter at the beginning and the rest lowercase.

**Don't forget**

• Field trip to Old Baker Farm on Monday! Please have your children to school between 8:30 and 8:45 on Monday morning. Wear CASA shirts! Pack sack lunches and an extra water. Return permission slips and $7 by tomorrow.
• Tuesday, October 26- CASA Open House from 5:00-6:00 and Spaghetti supper and silent auction at 6:00. Please return your reservation and dinner money if you and your family are planning on staying that evening after Open House.
• Harvest Hoedown- Friday, October 29! This is a fun day for the kids to celebrate! They should wear their cowboy and cowgirl attire for this day- no other Halloween costumes please. Be looking for information from our room moms about items to be sent in and activities planned for this day.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the fall weather!