Alphabet: *We will practice the capitol and lowercase letters. We will introduce P and Q , and practice handwriting and sounding those letters in our ABC books!
Word Wall:
*We will practice the sight word “of”.
Math:
*We will practice calendaring skills, counting to 10, counting by 10s and 5s, one to one correspondence, graphing, patterning, phonemic awareness, and shapes.
*We will work in our number books.
*We will practice sorting and classifying.
*We will continue our morning work folders.
Literacy
*We will continue the Harcourt and Fontas and Pinnel literacy programs.
*We will discuss Beginning, Middle, and Ending of stories.
*We will predict and summarize.
*We will work on sequencing events in a story.
*We will practice asking questions.
*We will discuss book orientation and fiction and nonfiction.
*We will practice writing sounds we hear in words (beginning, middle, and end).
*We will continue decodable books from Harcourt.
*We will continue our Power Half Hour literacy groups! These groups will be four days a week and involve intensive work toward literacy skills and reading!
*We will continue centers this week! I am considering changing the Wednesday center time to 9:15. I will talk with the Wednesday volunteers this week to discuss if this time would work for them. Let me know what you think!
Books: I have various fall and Halloween picture books, Too Many Pumpkins, A Tree For All Seasons, Pumpkin Pumpkin, There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves, Skelton and the Mummy, The Biggest Pumpkin, etc.
Writing:
*We will continue writer’s workshop and be writing in our Kindergarten Journals and Scribble Journals.
*We will practice proper pencil grip and handwriting.
*We will practice handwriting upper and lowercase letters and numbers to 10.
Announcements:
*READING FOLDERS are due Oct. 31!
Please be filling out your reading record, so your child can receive two new books. Remember once your child has completed 210 minutes of reading he/she will receive a prize and a new reading record! Please remember to practice the alphabet using the chart in this folder also! It is GREAT practice since we use the same chart at school!
*We have a field trip planned for November 4 to the SUU Braithwaite Art Gallery. Please sign and return the field trip permission slip so your student can attend! If you are interested in coming along, please let me know ASAP!
*First term ended Oct. 19. I will be sending progress reports soon! Please watch for these important papers coming home! You will need to sign and return that you have received them!
*The school Halloween carnival is Oct. 28th! I hope to see you there!
*We will have a Net Safety presentation on Nov 2nd to teach kids safety skills while on the internet.
*We will have a bus safety presentation on Nov. 1. The bus garage personnel will be visiting our school to teach us bus safety rules!
*Please work on Sight Word List #2 and Skill Sheet #2 with your child! We are practicing these words and concepts in class! Return the skill sheet as soon as it is completed. Make sure to sign each area the child has mastered. I have attached the Nov. skill sheet and sight word list #3.
*Please review test items with your child, so you know what to work on for the next test!
*Please check out our class BLOG if you need to access the newsletter. To access the blog, go to the school web page and click on Faculty. Click on my name below my picture and you will see our blog! I have been doing a lot of work on the blog! It is starting to look REALLY good! Jump on the web and check it out!
*Our class will be collecting box tops for education. If you have any of these, please send them in a baggie in your child’s homework folder! Thank you1
*Remember that if your child is going to be missing a day of school to call the office and excuse them. In addition, if you are going to be picking up your child early, please make sure you check them out in the office before picking them up from class.
*Remember that if your child is going to be missing a day of school to call the office and excuse them. In addition, if you are going to be picking up your child early, please make sure you check them out in the office before picking them up from class.
Early Out Wed. Times: AM class – 8:55-10:55. Please be on time to avoid tardies and classroom distraction.
*Birthdays None
(You may bring a class treat on the day we celebrate your birthday. Please bring treats for 27 students.) Optional
Leader: Freya Carlson for Oct. 31-Nov. 4 (You may bring a class treat on the Friday that your child is the leader. Please being treats for 26 students.) Optional
Our class Halloween party is Oct. 31st! Here are the treat assignments:
Mayce: 1 bag of Oreo double stuff cookies or Oreo Orange Halloween cookies
Freya: 1 jar orange icing and sprinkles
Aiden B.: 1 jar orange icing and sprinkles
Bekcham: 1 bag pretzel sticks
Moroni: 1 bag chocolate chips
AJ: 30 wrapped candies of choice
Abey: 30 wrapped candies of choice
Joshulynn: 30 wrapped candies of choice
Skyler: 30 wrapped candies of choice
Moises: 30 wrapped candies of choice
REMINDER: Please continue to remind your student to turn in their EAGLE FOLDER EVERY DAY! It would also be a good idea to remind your child on Monday to bring their blue READING FOLDER into the classroom to switch books! New books are always exciting!
HOMEWORK: We will have homework on Tuesday and Thursday. Please sign your name under your child’s name on the homework sheets. That way I know you have worked on it with your child. Please make sure you DO NOT have your child do homework with a pen, marker, or crayon.
