A note from Ms. Poteet…
Mark your calendar…
Our Thanksgiving Play will be on Tuesday, November 22nd at
11:20 am. All families and friends are
invited. You are encouraged to stay
afterwards for lunch. Please return the
lunch order form sent home last week by Wednesday
if you plan to purchase lunch from the cafeteria. The Kindergarten Team is looking for parents
interested in revamping last year’s props for the play. If you are interested please e-mail me!
Don’t forget to send in a bag of large colored feathers by Tuesday. We will use them to make Native American
headdresses. All students will get to make a
headdress even if they are not a Native American in the play. If
your family would be willing to donate a bag of large colored feathers, we
would appreciate it! I found them last year at Wal-Mart for two
dollars.
Now that all students know how to check out books from the
library, your child may visit the library before school throughout the week to
check out a book. Before students may
check out a new book, they must
finish their morning responsibilities in class. After completing their
responsibilities, I will send them down to the library. They must
return to class before 7:50 am. This is a
privilege that Ms. Clark and Ms. Wanda permit kids to do. If they aren’t make good choices in the
library (Ms. Theresa and I will not be in the library with them), they will
lose the privilege to check out books independently. We will continue to visit the library on
Friday’s.
It is starting to get chilly outside. Please make sure your child is dressed
appropriately because we will go outside everyday unless it is raining.
What
are we learning?
Reading Workshop
This week we are
learning about schema. Students will
work on making self-to-text connections.
We will be visiting the school library on Friday.
Writing Workshop
With the Holiday’s just around the corner, we are going to
take advantage of the kid’s excitement of Santa coming. On Monday, we are going to start our
persuasive letters to Santa. We will
focus on writing a greeting, introduction and persuading Santa to bring us our
desired gift. I will continue to remind
kids of the audience of their letter (Santa).
On Friday, we are writing in our Family Journals. Please take time over the weekend to read
your child’s letter to you and respond.
Word Study
This week, we will explore the word families -ad, -ap,
& -ag. Ask your child about the word
family chants for all three. We will
also learn how to read and write these words that will be added to our Word
Wall: little, down, do. Have your child sing you the songs for these words.
Math
We are learning how to add and
subtract in our heads, reviewing counting, number recognition, and sequencing
numbers 0-20.
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Math Home Link
Family Note:
Children enjoy counting, and they find ways to practice
this skill all the time. In addition
to counting by 1s, children are learning to “skip count” by 10s. When your child counts by 10s help him or
her connect the counting words with the concept of making groups of 10. Counting fingers (and toes) is an excellent
way to begin.
Activity:
Count all the fingers in your family. Count by 10s. Count by 1s to double check.
Draw the fingers of all the people in your family. Try to write the numbers of fingers.
What else could you count by 10s? (Practice counting several different objects
by 10s.)
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Social Studies
For the next couple of weeks, we
will visit the gym the practice for our Thanksgiving Play. Throughout week we
will discuss how the pilgrims lived on the Mayflower and in the new land.
Reminders
*Send in a healthy peanut-free snack
and water bottle (with a pull up spout) every day.
* Our classroom gets very chilly
sometimes. Please send in a light jacket
or sweater for your child to keep in their back pack.
* Sign your child’s weekly planner
every night!
* Library book due every Friday!
Related
Arts Schedule
Monday Music
Tuesday PE
Wednesday PE
Thursday PE
Friday PE
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