September Class Activities
Language Arts
Apples
**Johnny Appleseed, Color words** 
All About Me **My Birthday, Family, Friends, Pets, Favorite Foods**
Some
Books we read this month are.....
The Birthday Cake, Houses, In the Mirror and I am Frightened
of......all
by Joy Cowley 
Letter/Sounds
we focus on this month...
Aa, Mm, Cc, and Hh
Mathematics
Patterns using different colors **i.e. red apple, yellow apple, red apple, yellow apple, etc.**
Patterns using different shapes **circle, square, circle, square, circle, etc.**
Identifying Shapes **circles, squares, triangles and rectangles**
Writing Activities
Focus is on making sticks, circles using the correct lines, writing his/her first name and the letter of the week. In October, there will be more time spent on journal writing activities which encourage the students to begin using "invented" spelling and illustrations.
Some of our favorite recipes for this month are...
Crockpot
applesauce - this includes 25 apples (any color), 3 cups of sugar and some
red hot candies...simmering in the crockpot on high for 2-3 hours....it
sure does make the classroom smell yummy all day!
Purple Cow shakes! - this simple recipe combines 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream in a cup with some grape soda ! MOO!
THIS WEEK'S SECRET QUESTION IS: WHAT COLOR WAS SCAT THE CAT AT THE END OF THE STORY?
