Letter E Week
October 31, 2025
Dear TK Families,
Letter E week was full of energy! We experimented, we elected a “president”, and we exhibited our art. As we listened to Elvis Presley, the children worked on our star project. On Monday, we learned about the female artist Elizabeth Catlett. We discussed how her main art focus was on sculptures, particularly of Mexican and African American people. We gave each child a piece of clay which they turned into a beautiful sculpture of their own inspired by this artist. They used different tools to create designs and shapes. After the clay dried, each child painted their sculpture. Ask your child what their sculpture was!
On Wednesday, we had a class election for our class president. How perfect for E week! We discussed how people cast their votes for the candidate that they choose. Our TK election was between Derek the Dog and Olivia the Bear. Both “candidates” presented their side and why they wanted to become president of TK. Then, the boys and girls received a ballot and voted for their choice. At the end of the day, we announced the results – congrats to Olivia Bear THE WINNER!
We read the book The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper. We talked about how that little blue engine kept trying and trying and never gave up! After our discussion, we wrote a class book called I Know I Can, I Know I Can, I Know I Can! Each child thought of something that took a while for him/her to learn and something they felt proud about accomplishing. They drew a picture and wrote a sentence about this. Ask your child what they wrote!
We also had a fun Halloween celebration on Friday! Mini pumpkin decorating, Halloween bingo, and Roll-a-Jack’o-Lantern math were big hits! We loved seeing everyone in their costumes and eating a delicious and spooky Halloween snack!
A few questions to ask your child:
1. Can your child tell you about our “Who am EYE?” activity at the science table?
2. Can your child explain the “break an egg and spell the word” game? (Writing CVC words!)
3. Can your child tell you about our sinking egg experiment? What did they use to sink the egg?
Frolicking into a fun, fabulous week all about the letter F!
Have an excellent weekend,
Lynn, Mandee and Emily