No school on Monday!!
Events
of the Week: We’ve had a busy week learning a lot of new things! Our
theme this week was fall. We learned
about informational books (nonfiction) by reading several books about fall. We noticed that informational books usually
have a table of contents, an index, a glossary, and photographs instead of
drawings. After reading informational
books, we made a list of important details that we learned about fall. We paid special attention to the changes that
are happening all around us. Our sight
word was “it”. During our interactive
writing workshop, we made a book called “It is Fall”. Please have your child touch read the book to
you. We also learned about the letters
“Kk” and “Ll”. Don’t’ forget to practice
letter and sound identification with your child at home. Flash cards made from index cards are a great
way to practice. In math, we counted and
wrote numbers 1-5. Please practice
writing these numbers with your child at home.
Reading Workshop: This week during IR time I started reading
with students individually checking their understanding of concepts of
print. I’m using a level A text with
sight words they should know (Ex: I See.).
I am asking your child questions such as, “Can you show me where to
begin reading?” “How many words are in that sentence?” “Where would you read
next?” “Can you point to an ending mark?”.
I’m also looking to see if they are using the picture for clues.
Important Dates:
·
Oct.
12: Fall Break-No School
·
Oct.
13-16: Fire Safety Week
·
Oct.
19-23: School Bus Safety Week
·
Oct.
19-21: Parent/Teacher Conferences
·
Oct.
19-23: Book Fair
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Oct.
20: School Pictures
·
Oct.
26-30: Red Ribbon Week
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Oct.
30: Halloween Party 11:45-12:30
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parent-Teacher
conferences will be held October 19th- 21st. All
parents are expected to schedule a conference time. You may sign-up online at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4aacae2ba6f58-parent If you do not have internet access, please let
me know a good time range for you (3:45-7:30) and I’ll contact you about
setting up a time. I look forward to
meeting with you.
Halloween Party
Our Halloween Party will be October 30th. We will eat a
sack lunch in our classroom before parents arrive for the party. After lunch, we will begin changing into
costumes at 11:30. Parents are welcome to help at that time.
Parents may also start setting up for the party at this time. At 11:45 we
will parade through the school in our costumes. The party will begin
after the parade, at approximately 12:00 and last until 12:30. Please
remember to send your child’s costume to school that morning! Do
not bring it with you—you never know when you might be delayed unexpectedly. *Special
note about costumes—NO weapons of any kind allowed, please keep blood and gore
to a minimum!
Box
Top Challenge!!!
Please turn in your Box Tops, Labels for
Education, and Best Choice labels. The classroom with the most
submissions by November 15th will receive an ice cream party!
Send them in with teacher name and grade and PTA will do the rest.
Reading Challenge!
Our 1stquarter
reading journey is ending today. Your child will participate in a
read-a-thon next Friday for completing this reading journey. This quarter
all kindergartners will participate in the read-a-thon. Our goal for 1st
quarter was to encourage reading with your child every day and to and complete
the different activities. Be looking for the 2nd quarter
reading challenge coming home soon. Next
quarter your child will be required to complete a certain number of activities
to participate in the end of quarter celebration. Thanks!
Next
Week:
·
Our
theme will be Fire Safety. The Clever
Fire Department will come to our school to teach us important fire safety tips.
·
We
will work on adding details to our writing by writing a fun story about a
scarecrow.
·
In
math, we will begin a unit on comparing and ordering numbers 0 to 5.
·
Our
sight word will be “he”. Our letters for
the week will be “Jj” and “Ww”.
Have a Great Weekend!!
Mrs. Wenger
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