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3/24/26
 
Happy Spring, Preschool families!
 
Thank you for your patience through the past few weeks without the newsletter as teachers prepared for report cards and conferences.
 
We've been having so much fun recently as we rounded out our Sandwich study. At home one night during dinner our friend Kiran was having tacos. Thinking about our classroom focus he asked his family "Are tacos sandwiches?" Kiran's family shared this with teachers, and we were so excited to hear how school was showing up at home! We decided to bring the question back to our crew, so we asked everyone if they thought tacos were sandwiches. Some people said yes, some people said no, so we invited Kiran's family in to help our class make tacos at school and think more deeply about the question. Kiran's mom and sister came in on Friday 3/13. Together we mashed up avocado and added other ingredients to make guacamole, then assembled tacos using hard shell tortillas, ground turkey, cheese and our freshly made guac. Some people changed their minds and decided tacos WERE in fact sandwiches, some still said no, but either way we had a delicious day!
 
Last week we asked everyone, "what's your favorite sandwich?" Some answers were expected, like peanut butter & jelly, while others were more surprising, like "cheez-its, cookies and apples on bread." We heard quite an assortment of responses, so we wanted to let our friends have the chance to make their own favorite sandwiches. We also wanted to share the fun, so we invited the 8th grade class to join us last Friday and they helped us make sandwiches.
 
We offered an assortment of sandwich fillings based on the "favorite sandwich" answers we heard earlier in the week. Our friends got to choose from Wow! butter (a soy-based peanut butter alternative), grape jelly, ketchup, pickles, three kinds of cheese, and goldfish (the store was out of cheez-its). 8th graders helped our preschoolers choose and assemble what they wanted on their sandwich, and we invited the big kids to make sandwiches too. This was a lovely community experience and it was interesting to see what our friends chose to go on their sandwiches. We had some new and bold combinations, like wow butter and pickles.
 
This week we had our friends recall the sandwiches they made with 8th grade and they drew a picture of what the sandwiches looked like. We will end our study over the next two days by revisiting the questions "Is a hot dog a sandwich?" and "Is a taco a sandwich?"
 
**Important Reminders:**
Tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon and all day Friday we will be holding Family Conferences. This means that there will be no school for students this Friday 3/27.
 
That will lead us into Spring Break, so your Preschooler will have off from 3/27 to 4/3. We will be back together on Monday 4/6. 
 
Finally our Spring school event Friends & Frames Bowling & Auction is coming up on  Saturday, April 25th. This is an event for the whole family and will be tons of fun! Information and fundraising details can be found with this link: Friends & Frames Spring Event
 
We hope your family has a wonderful Spring Break!
COMMUNITY CONNECTION
Some of the sandwiches we made were...interesting! This was a chance for our friends to pick whatever flavors they wanted, and some of the combinations were surprising for the 8th graders who helped us put them together. This gave us the opportunity to talk about respecting other people's choices, even if we don't agree with them. A new phrase we learned is "Don't yuck my yum!" which means to not say unkind things about something that brings someone else joy. This can be helpful to use at home too! And just as the assortment of sandwich fillings gave our Preschoolers ownership and control over the type of sandwich they made, we encourage you to have your Preschooler help you prepare your meals too!
 
 
Important Dates:
  • March 26th & 27th: Family Conferences 
  • March 27th through April 3rd: No School for students. School closed for Spring Break
  • Mon April 6th: School returns
  • Sun April 12th: Family Council Roller Skating Party
  • Fri April 17th: School closed for teacher in-service
  • Sat April 25th: Friends & Frames Bowling and Auction Event
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Questions to ask:
  • "What ingredients did you put in the sandwich?"
  • "What was the name of the 8th Grader who helped you make your sandwich?"
  • "How can you describe the taste of your sandwich?"
  • "What green stuff did you mash to make guacamole?"
  • "Whose family came to help you make tacos?"