This Monday marks the autumn equinox, when the whole earth receives equal amounts of daylight and darkness. Consistent fall weather will surely be on its way soon! Please continue to wear lots of layers!

This week, we continued our work on social thinking. We talked about how our brain is our thought maker and our heart is our feelings keeper. The ability to think of others, play collaboratively, and build lasting friendships all begin with our thoughts. We’re practicing noticing our own thoughts while also considering others’ as we act and react. Your child may have mentioned our red, yellow, and green thoughts—very similar to a traffic light!

In Literacy, we began a new unit that takes us on a journey with scientists, learning how their curiosity and drive to discover answers help them succeed. While reading, we are practicing our comprehension and reflecting on the characters and events of the story. We are also exploring the alphabet—learning each letter and sound, and noticing how we use our tongue, lips, and breath to make them.

In Social Studies, we’ve been working on our Civics unit, which focuses on how to be a good citizen. We’ve discussed being unique and the importance of contributing to a community. This week, our lessons will explore including others, equality, and listening.

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Looking ahead, I’d love for our class to pick lemon balm from the garden and make our annual lemon balm cookies. The recipe is simple—lemon balm, butter, confectioners’ sugar, flour, and lemon zest. Please let me know if this will not work for your child.

I would also like to begin having tea time in the classroom. Again, please let me know if this will not work for your child.