"What have you been learning about this month?"

Martin--It's fall.

Emanuel--The trees--their leaves fall.

Diana--Circle.

Yulissa--Numbers.

Edwin--September.

Jammal--The calendar.

Itamar--The pattern. Red, blue, red, blue, red, blue.

Alexis--"S" for September.

Jordi--"S" says "sssss."

Adriana--A circle.

It was a great day!

Today it was raining.
We didn't go to the playground.
We did the bear hunt.
We saw a bear.
We didn't see a real bear.
It was pretend.
It was fun.
We did the Hokie Pokie.
You shake your hair.
It was a great day!

Something very exciting happened today!

We saw firetrucks.

We saw police.

We saw smoke.

There was a fire on the house.

The firefighters saved them.

They put the smoke out with the water.

Nobody got hurt.

We didn't go to the playground.

It was raining.

Then we went to the playground.

It was not raining.

It was a great day!

Today, we began talking about fall.
Fall is when the leaves change colors.
They fall down.
It is autumn.
Red.
Gold and brown.
It's cold.
It was a great day!

This week, we learned...

"Circle!" (Diana)
"A circle is a ball." (Itamar)

"Red." (Adriana)
"Apple is red." (Elena)
"The kids drew red circles." (Itamar)

"The calendar." (Adriana)
"It tells what month it is!" (Jammal)

"Mi family." (Emanuel)
"My mom is family." (John)
"My brother is in my family." (Martin)
"Mi ma and mi pa are my family.' (Alexis)

It was a great week! (Yulissa).

Today we talked about families.

"How many people are in your family?"

Mrs. Phillips 3

Diana 6

Itamar 7

Jammal 6

Emanuel 5

Brandon 4

Edwin 4

Alexis 6

Martin 7

Mrs. Leon 7

Adriana 6

John 6

It was a great day!

What did we do at school today?

"I put my hands in my lap." (Jammal)

Brandon was playing in sand.

John has a new best friend. His name is Brandon.

Edwin played with the computer.

"Pintura (paint)." (Elena)

Alexis drew a circle for us at group time.

Adriana found a red toy for us at group time.

We are learning about circles and red.

"We did the Tootie Ta and the family dance." (Itamar)

It was a great day!

What did you do at school today?

Lavado manos (wash my hands)--Diana.

You gotta eat food--Itamar.

Alexis played with the dollhouse.

Ride bikes--Emanuel.

I need a helmet--Jammal.

Brandon is our new friend.

Brandon liked playing in the sand.

We talked about families.

We thought about who is in a family, and we wrote it down.

It was a great day!

Working Hard

Today, our friends were working hard at school.

Martin and Jordi worked together to build a house.

"We built a house. We have animals inside (Martin)."

"Just we build a house (Jordi)."

It was a great day!

What did you do at school today?

John--"I'm working with my friends."

Emanuel--"build a house"

Alexis--"I'm seeing you with binoculars."

Axel--"esto (this)"

Martin--"jugar en parque (play on the playground)"

Edwin--"jugar afuera (play outside)"

Itamar--"we doing a cake"

Elena--"come (eat)"

Adriana--"letters"

Jordi--"I play."

It was a great day!

All Together!

Today was the first day that all of our friends came to school together.
We had circle time.
We went to the playground.
We practiced what to do when there is a fire alarm.
We measured how tall we are.
It was a great day!

Another First Day!

Friday was the first day for the rest of our friends.

Jammal, Emanuel, Diana, Yulissa, Johns, Edwin, and Alexis came to school.

We wrote about our favorite centers.

It was a great day!

The 1st Day of School!

Today was the 1st day of school for some of our friends.

Martin, Nolberto, Axel, Itamar, Jordi, Adriana, and Elena came to school. We made a chart about what center we like best.

Martin likes the computer.

Nolberto likes the puzzles--especially the horse puzzle!

Axel likes the blocks.

Itamar likes Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head.

Jordi likes the playdough.

Elena likes painting.

And, Ariana likes blocks. It was a great day!