Fire Fighter Visitor

Our class loves visitors, and we were excited to have a fire fighter (parent of a pre-K student) come to talk with us about fire safety on Monday. He told us three main tips in case of a fire:

1. Get up!

2. Get low!

3. Get out!

He reminded the students about the importance of having a safety plan for getting out, as well as making sure their homes have smoke detectors. He let me try on his fire fighter outfit, and he promised the students that if they all memorize their addresses and phone numbers (another safety issue) and check with their parents about smoke detectors and safety plans, he would come back and let them try on the outfit. How cool! (I will send home a letter about this in Thursday folders this week!)

In other news, we are learning about perpendicular lines in Math. These lines come together to form right angles- see the photos below. Usually they are a horizontal and a vertical line intersecting (or meeting), but they can also be two oblique lines intersecting to form a right angle.

We also made our favorite book titles into cookies as we compared the joy of reading to the joy of following a good recipe. We put all of our key ingredients together for reading success!

Mmm! Cookies and reading!

Thankful

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In light of the week of Thanksgiving approaching (don't forget- there is no school next Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday), I wanted to thank you- students, parents, blog followers, and friends- for everything. I am so thankful to work at Saint Ann with amazing teachers and families like you.

Have a blessed holiday with your family and friends, and remember to give thanks for all that you have too!


Here are some photos from visitors we had this week that taught us about safety in crossing streets and alleyways. Enjoy! We had a lot of fun!

Reading and Bike Safety Visitors

We love visitors, and we had two sets of visitors this past Thursday.

The first group of visitors were men from KPMG. They read a book with us (The Mixed-up Alphabet), did an ABC order activity, and even brought us gifts. :) Thank you KPMG! We love to read!

Each student received 2 new books!

In the afternoon, we had more visitors. They came to talk to us about transportation and how to safely walk places and cross the street. They also brought us a gift (coloring books)- thank you! These visitors are coming again next Thursday.

Please remember to send in the permission forms so that your child can go on a walk around school with our visitors.

We had a great day and we learned a lot from our visitors!