Halloween
Please
send your children to school on Wednesday dressed in their Halloween
costumes. We will have a school-wide parade at 10:00 on the blacktop in
front of rooms 7, 8, and 9. Please remember that children's costumes
cannot include weapons of any kind or fake blood, and masks can only be
warn for the parade. Afterwards, children will return to K2 for pizza lunch and special
Halloween-themed centers. I believe we still need one more volunteer for a Halloween center. Please see the Sign-Up Genius. If your child is going to Champions
or other day cares after the party, you will want to pack an extra bag for party items,
especially the pumpkins they will be bringing home that day (we are decorating the pumpkins they brought for our STEAM day).
Blue Bags
So that the children do not have too much to carry with them after Wednesday's party, I will be sending home the Blue Bags on Tuesday. Please make every effort to return the Blue Bags on Monday so that I can turn them around in one day. Thank you for your cooperation!!
Blue Bags
So that the children do not have too much to carry with them after Wednesday's party, I will be sending home the Blue Bags on Tuesday. Please make every effort to return the Blue Bags on Monday so that I can turn them around in one day. Thank you for your cooperation!!
Language Arts
Our letters this week are Uu and Vv. Our sight words are at and in. Including this week's words, we have now introduced thirteen sight words that your children should recognize: I, see, my, like, a, can, to, go, the, we, me, at and in. Your
children should be using these words to both read and write simple
sentences like "I can go to the store." or "I see my mom." Please
encourage them to read the sentences to you each week that come home in
the Wednesday envelope.
Our stories this week will be Halloween-themed.
Our stories this week will be Halloween-themed.
Math
We
are spending the next couple of weeks reinforcing number concepts.
These include knowing what one more and one less than a number is,
recognizing written numbers to 10, recognizing instantly how many dots
are on a ten frame, and counting objects.
Science/STEAM
We
wrapped up our unit on pumpkins last Friday with pumpkin-themed STEAM
centers. Children measured height and circumference of their pumpkins, and counted the ribs on their pumpkins. They also
tested if their pumpkins sank or floated and dissected a pumpkin. Additionally, they constructed bridges that could support a small pumpkin. Perhaps the biggest hit on Friday was the "pumpkin volcano." Children filled a carved-out pumpkin with baking soda and vinegar, and were thrilled with the results! It
was a fun day of exploration and learning!
Upcoming
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 after-school ones, 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:
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. No need to provide any costumes-- those are what parents in
our class will be busy cutting in the next few weeks. This event is
definitely a great photo-op!This Week's Helpers & Activities:
Monday: Return Blue Bags (Yvonne), Daily 5, Centers (Jenny & Elena)
Tuesday: Daily 5, Centers (Yvonne & Hiromi), Blue Bags go Home
Wednesday: Halloween Parade & Party, Pizza lunch
Thursday: Daily 5, Centers (Brandie & Belinda)
Friday: Story time with Grandma Gail, Daily 5, STEAM Centers (Pablo & Claire)
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 @ 1:30
11/19-11/23: Thanksgiving Break
Thursday 12/20: Nutcracker Performance
12/21-01/04: Winter Break
