Kindergarten Update October 29 - November 2

Hello Families,

As we end the month of October, I want to congratulate the students for their hard work in writing.  They read their "published" book to their Reading Buddies as well as Mrs. Allen's 2/3 combo class.  The older students wrote compliments for the kinders and it really made the little ones feel confident and successful in writing!  Please take a moment to read your child's published book.  Remember, this is the beginning of kindergarten and if your child wrote letters and/or words  (whether word are spelled correctly or not) this is part of the beginning stages of writing.  Let's all "CELEBRATE" the writing process with the students and congratulate them on an amazing job on their first book!  CONGRATULATIONS, KINDERS!

Halloween is on Wednesday.  We will have a parade at 8:30 on the lower playground.  The party starts at 9:30-10:30.  A BIG "THANK YOU" goes out to Alyssa and Jen for organizing the party. As a reminder, students may not wear scary costumes with blood or weapons.  Please have your child bring a change of clothes of he/she isn't comfortable wearing their costume all day.

Conferences are the week Nov. 5-9.  We have our regular schedule.  However, we do not have centers that week. I'll send out a reminder of your time on Monday.

Next week, we will start our Butterfly theme.  We will be discussing the life cycle of a butterfly and create art projects that replicate the stages of a butterfly.  Student will measure objects around the classroom using a non-standard measurement (butterflies).

Reading: The class has been reading books with short vowels.  Please practice these books at home. In RTI, we will be reading the book, The Lion and the Mouse.  Students will be asked to talk about characters, setting, and cause and effect. 

Word Wall Word:  "for"

Math: We will continue to use number lines for counting on and back.  We will also continue to count by 5's and 10's out loud.

We will be sending home a turkey to decorate.  This will be our new round of sharing.

Reminders:
Conferences are Nov. 5-9, please contact me if you don't have a time. 
No centers conference week
Picture retake - Friday, Nov. 2
No school - Monday Nov. 12  in observance of Veterans Day

Have a safe Halloween week!
Mrs. Christensen

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