Week 2 FALL AND HALLOWEEN
Dear Spoede Pre-K Families,
It was so great to meet with you all to discuss your student's progress this semester. I hope you had a great long weekend. We continued to work on all things fall and having to do with Halloween.
Here's what we did this past week.
Monday - Our day began introducing our new TA to the class. Bridget Ayres joined us on Monday, coming from Old Bonhomme Elementary school. We sang our Willoughby Wallaby Woo name song to introduce her to our names. We also went around the circle passing Mable, our elephant, as we introduced ourselves and shared what we did over the weekend. New jobs were assigned and we showed Ms. Ayres our morning routine. In centers, the students cut apart their names on a pumpkin and glued them back together. We outlined a spider web with oil based crayons and then painted with water color paints to decorate the web. We will make handprint spiders to add to our spider webs during Red Ribbon / Halloween week. We also used paint to make finger print leaves to match a numerals on each tree. Finished up some assesssments with Ms. D to share at conferences.
Tuesday - For morning work, we colored a Witch by numbers. We learned how to make the Letter Cc and then worked on the letter Cc in our Handwriting Without Tears Workbooks. We only completed half of our spider webs on Monday so we finished painting of our spider webs. We traced fall pictures using push pins and carpet squares. With Attribute blocks, we worked on sorting by color, shape and size with Ms. D. Enjoyed the sensory table filled with spooky halloween creatures. In the afternoon, we enjoyed Music, including singing and movement with Ms. Li.
Wednesday - Made torn paper mosaic acorns by tearing paper into little pieces and gluing them onto an acorn template. Added a face with googly eyes. Worked on precision painting using a cue tip and filling in the dot outline of a cute pumpkin. We also Illustrated a page about what students will be for Halloween.
Thursday - We had so many adults visit on Thursday which made for a really interesting morning. First, Dr. Koenig read a story about Pumpkin Day at the Zoo based on a real zoo's that provide pumpkins to their animals. She dress up for the part. The students really enjoyed the story. Tim, our Westminster student came and worked with the kids until 11:00. At 11:00, Addie, a Catalyst Student from the LHWHS came to work with us because Ms. Keisker's Kindergarten class (who she usually works with in the afternoon) was at lunch and Ms. K wanted a place for her Catalyst student to help out. We welcomed her help. She read a story to our class while we set up centers and then helped at a Center where the students used a hole punch to find the letter Cc and used a push pin to trace the Cc. We used our donated pumpkins to make pumpkin prints with orange and purple paint. We also worked on This is My Letter Cc Book. Finally, we used dot paint pens and dotted the Letter Cc.
Upcoming Events and Reminders
Mon. Oct. 26 - 30. Red Ribbon Week. (See below for Themes for the week)
RED RIBBON WEEK:
Red Ribbon Week is the week of October 26th! Themes for each day are:
Mon., Oct. 26th - Dream of Healthy Choices (Pajama Day)
Tues., Oct. 27th - Team Up Against Bad Choices (Jersey Day)
Wed., Oct. 28th - Give Bad Choices the Boot (Western Day)
Thurs., Oct. 29th - Hats Off to Being a Role Model (Hat Day)
Fri., Oct. 30th - Say Boo to Bad Choices (Halloween Costumes)
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Halloween Parade & Party Details:
1:45pm - Parents allowed in to begin preparing classrooms and/or to find their spot to observe the parade. All guests are required to sign in at the Visitor Aware tables set up outside.
2:00ish - Parade begins.
2:15 - 3:15pm - Halloween Parties in Classrooms. Students may leave with their parents at the conclusion of their class party, but any student leaving early should be signed out by the parent. Sign-out sheets will be shared with teachers prior to Friday, 10/ 30.
Join us for a spooktacular night of Trunk or Treat, a photo booth, prizes for the best decorated trunks, and more! Want to decorate a trunk? Only 35 spots are available, so register here and register early! Participating trunks should bring enough candy for approximately 300–400 kids. Not decorating a trunk? Register here and join the fun! Please bring a bag of candy to the front office to help keep our trick-or-treaters stocked! A bathroom will be available onsite. Important: Participating vehicles must be parked by 6:00 PM and cannot leave until the event concludes at 7:30 PM. ____________________________________________________________________________ |
Visitor Aware & Background Checks |
Visitor Aware Sign-InAll visitors - parents, grandparents, and/or other family members - who plan on attending a school function during the school day this year will be required to sign in via our Visitor Aware System. These events include Halloween Parties, Valentine's Day Parties, Chorus and Grade-Level Performances, the Spelling Bee, and other school functions that occur during school hours. If you have never registered with the Visitor Aware System, we encourage you to complete your registration before Classroom Halloween Parties on October 30, 2026, in order to expedite your check-in. |
WHAT IS VISITOR AWARE? |
Visitor Aware is the system we use to sign visitors in when they attend events at Spoede Elementary School. Your first registration takes a few extra minutes. Once you have registered, signing in for future school events is super quick and easy! NEW TO VISITOR AWARE? Here's what you can do: 1. REGISTER - Stop by the Spoede main office anytime during the school day to register in Visitor Aware. 2. GET SET UP AHEAD OF TIME - Complete your registration before Halloween Parties so you don't have to spend extra time doing it when you arrive. Stop by the Spoede main office during regular office hours to pre-register! 3. YOU'RE READY! - When you come to future school events, you can quickly sign in using your Visitor Aware account. If you have already used Visitor Aware, you do NOT need to complete this first-time registration again. |
Parent Participation on Field Trips |
This year, any parent or family member seeking to attend a school-sponsored field trip with Spoede students MUST have completed, signed, and turned in the Volunteer Registration Form (linked HERE) as well as completed the subsequent background check process. If you have any questions about that process or would like to confirm that you or another member of your family has completed that process, please reach out to the Spoede office at (314) 432-4438. ______________________________________________________________________ Panorama Climate/ Culture Survey for Spoede Family
Your responses directly help us:
Thank you in advance for your participation. ________________________________________________________________________________________
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Hope you enjoy the pictures from the week.
Monday
Cut apart names on pumpkins that are glued back together in correct order.
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