Language Arts
Our letters this week are Ss and Tt. Our sight word is we. We will read a variety of pumpkin-themed books this week, both fiction and non-fiction. We will start off with Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell. We also have been learning how to read and spell color words with some songs we sing for each color. This week, we will wrap up our color songs with the color white.
We continue to post work to our See Saw accounts. Last week, we posted a Chatterpix project of your child voicing a "Creepy Carrot." This is based on the book Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds. If you haven't had a chance to check this out, please do! The children did such a great job with their animated voices.
Math
We are wrapping up our module on numbers to 10. Some kindergarten year-end standards that you should be aware of are:
- Children should be able to count to 100
- Children should be able to count on from any given number between 1 and 100. For example: 49, 50, 51, 52, 53.
- Children should be able to write numbers to 20
- Children should be able to recognize numbers to 20 and count out objects to 20, no matter what the arrangement of those objects (in a line, scattered, in a circle)
We will be reading non-fiction books about pumpkins. At the end of the week, we will end our pumpkin unit with some pumpkin STEAM activities to further explore pumpkins. We will even be dissecting a pumpkin to check out all the different parts of a pumpkin that we've been studying! I already have Mary & Karla helping with these centers, but could use one more helper. Please email me if you could come in on Friday from 1:30 to about 2:40 or so.
Art Vistas
Our second Art Vista lesson will be this Wednesday the 24th. Thank you to all the Art Vista volunteers for presenting these lessons.
Upcoming Events
Halloween:
The Halloween Party & parade is on Wednesday, October 31st. Children are encouraged to wear costumes to school. If your child goes to daycare afterward, s/he may want to bring a change of clothes for comfort. Just a reminder that Halloween costumes worn at school cannot have any weapons as accessories. Also, fake blood or masks that prevent children from being able to see are not allowed. The school-wide parade is at 10:00, on the primary blacktop (near rooms 7, 8, and 9). Come out and watch the fun! Our classroom party will follow after a break for pizza at about 11:45. It will be center-style, with four party stations.
Conferences:
I am looking forward to meeting with each of you beginning Monday, November 5th for your child's conference. All conferences will be held in the office conference room, except for the afternoon conferences, which will be held in the classroom. The conference room is located in the main office, 2nd door to the right after you walk through the swinging half-door. To confirm your conference time, please click here. Please note that you can no longer edit this form. If you need to change your conference time, please email me.
Friendship Feast:
To
give you an opportunity to plan ahead, the Friendship Feast will be on
Friday, November 16th at 1:30. If you can take some time off work to
join us, this is a pretty fun and special event. We ask each family to
send in a dish for the event-- either a traditional Thanksgiving dish or
a dish from your family's cultural background. We always enjoy the
wonderful mix of foods that we get. Both K1 & K2 kindergartners
come together for this event, and sing some songs at the beginning. The
children from our class will be dressed as Pilgrims, and the
children in K1 will be dressed as Native Americans. Thank you to Janette, Hiromi, and Eden for cutting these costumes for us.This Week's Helpers & Activities:
Monday: Return Blue Bags (Hiromi), Daily 5, Centers (Jenny & Nisha)
Tuesday: Daily 5, Centers (Kassie & Sarah), District-wide no homework night
Wednesday: Art Vistas, Recess 101, Blue Bags go home
Thursday: Daily 5, Centers (Brandie & Ellen)
Friday: Story time with Grandma Gail, Daily 5, STEAM Centers (Mary & Karla)
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday 10/31: Halloween Parade & Party
11/5-11/15: Parent-Teacher Conferences
Monday 11/12: No School: Veteran's Day
Friday 11/16: Friendship Feast
11/19-11/23: Thanksgiving Break
Thursday 12/20: Nutcracker Performance
12/21-01/04: Winter Break
