Happenings in Mrs. Bernosky's kindergarten for October 7th-11th

Kindergarten News October 7th-11th, 2013 Next week we will be learning the consonant letter “Pp, as in pink, and pumpkin, and to celebrate we will have a Pajama Party on Wednesday, October 16st. More information will be sent home next week. We will have “show and Tell” for letter “P” on Friday as usual. Picture retakes will be on November 1st. If you are not satisfied with your child’s picture and want it retaken make sure you return the first package on retake day. Any child absent for the original picture day will be photographed. Thank you to all of the homeroom parents and other volunteers who are working so hard for our Fall Festival. It will be held on Thursday, October 17th, rain or shine. If you can help in any way to make this day fun for the children please get in touch with one of the homeroom parents. Our theme for next week is fire prevention. Discuss a designated meeting place with your children in case of a fire in your home. Wilburton Hose Company will be having an open house on Wednesday October 9th @ 7 o’clock and it is opened to the public. We are beginning our unit in science about trees. We will be working on a science journal that will come home when we have it completed. Phonics- letter “P”. Math- We will be finishing up the last lessons in unit 2 and doing the pretest and test for this unit next week. I will be sending it home for you to sign and return. We will also be beginning unit three, which has a concentration of numbers 6-10. Reading: We will begin the new story” Dig, Dig, Digging. The skill is classifying and categorizing, and we will be talking about machines, and how they help people. The boys and girls are doing a good job on their “All about Me” posters. We are doing approximately 3 posters a week, and we are going in alphabetical order. The children have a book order in their folders that will be due October 11th. Thanks to those of you that are ordering on line because we get free books for online orders. Monday will be day 4 on the school rotation and we were scheduled to exchange library books but due to a problem in the library we will not be able to get new books this week. Please check your child’s behavior chart for the dates of our kindergarten events and for your child’s record of classroom behavior. Listening is crucial to learning. Have a terrific weekend!