November 18th-22nd, 2013

                                     Kindergarten News                                                  November 18^th-22nd

 

 Phonics

  We will begin learning the letter “S” as in sun and snake.  Wordlist #3 was sent home today in the communication folder, and it will be tested at the end of next week.  Please practice all week blending the wordlist words so that your child can find success reading them.

Math

We are working on ordering numbers through ten. The (standard) is for the children to be able to count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at one).

Reading

We will begin the story ”A Bed for the Winter”.  The genre is informational text, and and the comprehension skill is sequence.  The skill taught in our last story was “main idea”.  A good way to help your child with this is after reading a story together, discuss what the story was about.

FYI

.  There will be no school on Nov. 18^th due to an Act 80 day.  Parent-teacher conferences will be held from 12:00-6:00pm.  I am sending a second form in your child’s folder with your conference time on it because I accidentally skipped the time on some of the original forms.  Sorry!!!!

Monday November 18^th is the kick off for the Bowl for Kids Sake Event, Check your child’s folder for the fundraiser packets.

Pick up for the Fall Book Fundraiser is from 4:00PM to 7:00PM in the school gymnasium on Monday, November 25^th, 2013.

We will have show and tell for “S” on Friday.

Tuesday, November 19^th is day # 2 and we have Gym class.  Please remember sneakers! 

Have an incredible day!

 

November 11th-15th

                             November 11^th- November 15th

Kindergarten News

 

**Next week in Phonics we will be learning the vowel I i and its short sound as in igloo and inch, and its long sound as in ice.  Please review sounds and writing of all letters learned so far.  Boys and girls get ready for another tough week for Show & Tell.  We will always have show and tell on a Friday unless I tell you otherwise.

 

**In Math we will be identifying a missing piece in a matrix. Also we will learn to identify, create and extend the AB sound and movement patterns.

 

**In Reading we will begin the book “Bear Snores On” by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.  We will review the letter Cc and the /k/ sound, and we will be learning about patterns in nature.  The comprehension skill is “realism and fantasy” and the genre is “animal fantasy”.  The new high frequency words are: we, my, and like.  We are also working on the words- one, two, have, was, of, are, and into.

 

**Next week we will be beginning to learn about the “first Thanksgiving”, and closer to Thanksgiving we will be making pilgrim and Native American costumes, and discussing about the things that we are truly grateful for.

 

**I introduced some magnets this week, and next week one of our learning centers will revolve around them.  We packed a lot of learning in for the letter “M”.  We used real Mini marshmallows to graph, sort, count, pattern, and eat, and that was the best part!!!!!

**We read Laura Numeroff’s book “If You Give a Moose a Muffin” and then we did a story recall activity which was a nice challenge for the children.  One of our kidwriting centers is a painting center and the children are painting seasonal pictures.

         

Remember:

No school for students on Monday, November 18^th due to a scheduled ACT 80 day.  Look for the verification of your scheduled conference time in your child’s folder today.

 Monday November 11^th is day # 2 on the special class schedule.  We will begin the week with gym class so don’t forget your sneakers.

 

November 4th-8th, 2013

                             Kindergarten News                        November 4th-Nov. 8th

Next week in Phonics we will be working on the consonant letter Mm as in monkey and mom.  We will have show & tell on Friday as usual. Our theme will be a “mish mash” of M topics, and we will learn a little about magnets and measurement.  It will be “marvelous”!

**In Math we begin the Topic 4: Comparing and Ordering numbers 0-10.

**In Reading, we are introducing the story “Animal babies in grasslands.” Its genre is animal fantasy and the comprehension skill is setting.

Wordlist #1 should be in your child’s folder today.  Please review, sign and return it to me on Monday. I will be sending wordlist # 2 with your child in their Friday folder.  This copy does not have to be returned to me.  Have your child practice the words all week, and I will individually test them on Thursday or Friday.  I will then send the graded list home for you to review, sign it and return it to me.

Since the weather will be getting cooler, we ask that the boys and girls practice at home putting coats on themselves and zipping/buttoning them.  We often spend lots of time struggling with coats and zippers at this time of year.  Thanks for the help!

The Halloween parade and party were a big success.  Thanks to all the homeroom moms that helped to make this day a success!  We could not possibly do it without them!! It was nice to see all the families and friends that came to see the children in the parade.  We had a “Spook-tactular”

      The book orders are due on Monday, November 11th^th and our online activation code is GMXW8.  The October order should be here soon.  Sorry it’s late for Halloween.

      Parent-teacher conferences will be held on Monday, November 18^th, Conference forms are due back to the teacher by Monday, November 4^th.  If you did not return it to me, please send it A.S.A.P. if you would like to speak to me.  Parents will be notified of their scheduled times by the end of next week, Nov. 8^th.

Daylight savings time ends on Sunday, November 3^rd.  Remember to turn your clocks back 1 hour.  The student handbook states that once the clocks change, students are no longer able to wear shorts to school.  When the clocks move forward in spring then the students can begin wearing shorts again.  FALL BACK-SPRING AHEAD!!!!!

Monday is day # 2 and we have gym class.   Please remember to wear sneakers!!!!!!       Have a Nice weekend!