DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Monday, Oct 31st—Halloween Party
-Tuesday, Nov 1st—No School—Professional Dev.
-Thursday, Nov 10th—No School—Conferences
-Monday, Nov 14th—Delayed Start
-Tuesday, Nov 15th—No School—Deer Day
STUDENT OF THE WEEK:
Our student of the week is Claydon Ingleright. Claydon enjoys riding his bike, skateboarding, playing baseball, and jumping on his trampoline. Claydon’s favorite place to go on vacation is Kalahari and he would like to be a firefighter when he grows up. Congratulations to Claydon on being Student of the Week!!
READING:
We have briefly introduced ALL of the letters of the alphabet, and now we will begin a more in-depth approach as we focus on a letter each week. This week we will be focusing on the Letter M and the sightword the. Our focus book for comprehension and vocabulary this week is Mouse Mess. We will also be reading several books about Monsters to help us learn about the letter M and get into the Halloween spirit! This week I will be launching Literacy Stations with the students. Students will be divided up into small groups of 3’s and they will travel throughout the classroom working at various stations with their team. I will be supporting and guiding the students as they work cooperatively within their teams. This is a hands-on approach to literacy and teaches the students independence and accountability. In a few weeks, after the students become familiar with the routine and expectations, then I will be pulling small groups of students to work on specific skills and strategies. We are beginning to ‘set the stage’ for incorporating the CAFÉ Reading Strategies, Read-to-Self, and Partner Reading, which we will gradually be introducing in the coming months.
ASSESSMENTS:
The next few weeks I will be assessing the students’ learning in preparation for Report Cards and Parent Teacher Conferences. In Kindergarten, the majority of our assessments are completed one-on-one. Please remind your child to always to their best at school. I look forward to sharing with you at conferences!
WRITING:
This week we will be reading The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything. We will be reenacting the story together as we talk about Organization. We will also be writing and illustrating 2 more class books, There’s An ____ Under My Bed & There’s A ____ In My Closet, which you will be able to check out at conferences. We will also complete an interactive writing together (Drawing a Monster) as the students work on identifying rhymes and practice adding details. We will finish up our October Journals this week, which I will save to share with you at conferences.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week we will read several stories related to Halloween and Pumpkins. On Thursday, we will be carving a jack-o-lantern together and counting the seeds. We will begin learning about ‘our democratic right to vote’ and what that means as we ‘vote’ on what kind of mouth to give our jack-o-lantern.
MATH:
This week we will work on ordinal numbers (first, second, third . . . ) and continue to practice writing numbers, counting objects, and matching the total to the corresponding number. Students will also be using a balance to weigh pumpkins and gourds and we will use ‘inchworms’ to measure different lengths of monster feet.
MOBILE DENTIST:
Just a reminder that the Mobile Dentist will be at our school on November 7th & 8th. Please return your forms ASAP if you are interested in having your child seen by the Mobile Dentist.
HALLOWEEN PARTY:
Snack Sign-Up
1 dozen plain doughnuts- Xavier Ramon
1 dozen plain doughnuts- Xavier Ramon
1 dozen plain doughnuts- Xavier Ramon
1 can of white frosting- Camden Powell
1 can of white frosting- Camden Powell
1 bottle of Halloween sprinkles- Maisie Eling
1 bottle of Halloween sprinkles- Baylie Eisenga
1 bag of candy corn- Ali Wright
1 bag of candy corn- Kaden Abrahamson
1 large bottle of apple juice - Aiden Shepardson
1 large bottle of apple juice - Blayn Hughston
1 large bag of cheese popcorn- Ali Wright
1 large bag of cheese popcorn- Tyler Hubbard
2 dozen plastic knives- Mattalyn Canfield
Halloween plates (24)- Kasey Shank
Halloween cups (24)- Taylor Agar
Parent Volunteers for the morning of October 31st
Amanda Ramon, Karen Abrahamson, Cassie Shepardson,
Jessica Ouwinga, Kristen Hughston, Roxanne Eisenga, Kristin Shank
Please send your child’s costume to school in a bag; we will be dressing at school and then changing back into our regular clothes for the afternoon. We ask that children NOT bring any items to school that would appear to be a weapon such as knives, guns, or swords.
Parent volunteers should plan to arrive right away in the morning around 8:00. I will need parents to help set up activities in the lunchroom as well as help students change into their costumes.
We will start our Kindergarten parade around 8:45 and our activities in the lunchroom will be from 9:00-10:30.
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