9/28: Five Senses

• The students will learn about their five senses and their parts of the body that correspond to each sense.

10/5: Leaves

• The students observe the differences in leaf shape.
• The students observe the different fall colors and the fun we can have with leaves.
• The students sort a variety of fall objects.
• The students learn different textures and identify them.

10/12: Apples

• The students will describe an apple using all of their sense.
• The students will discuss the shapes apples come in.
• The students will taste test red, green, and yellow apples.
• The students will explore the inside of an apple.

10/19: Pumpkins

• The students will identify feeling words such as happy, sad, scared, etc.
• The students will guess and count how many seeds are in a pumpkin.
• The students will practice measuring to make a treat.
• The students will practice team work.

10/26: Bats

• The students will learn about the life cycle of a bat.
• The students will research facts about bats.
• Halloween Classroom Party (October 31^st)

Letters of the week

• 9/28: Dd
• 10/5: Ee
• 10/12: Ff
• 10/19: Gg
• 10/26: Hh

Sight word of the week

• 9/28: But
• 10/5: Can
• 10/12: Me
• 10/19: I
• 10/26: Go

Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:

• Have students describe things at home using their senses.
• Go on a family walk to see how many different kinds of leaves you can find together.
• Take a trip to an apple orchard.
• Make homemade applesauce from your child’s favorite apple.
• Bake pumpkin seeds.
• Take a trip to a pumpkin patch.
• Research other nocturnal animals.