Kindergarten Newsletter: Nov.9th----Nov. 13th

I hope you all had a great first week of November.  It has been a very busy one for us in Kindergarten; learning about the Pilgrims and the Indians; getting our room  ready for conferences; planning for our Thanksgiving Feast.  We have also been taking advantage of the beautiful Fall weather by enjoying some long recesses, which we missed in October.

Remind your child to return his/her Ascension Library book by the following Thursday.  Many of our students are forgetting.  This is the first year Kindergartners have been allowed to check out books from our Library.  We don't want to lose the privilege.

Our Specialty Classes

Monday, AM:Spanish  PM: Art/Computer

Tuesday, AM:Music     PM:PE

Wednesday, AM:Art    PM:Spanish and Reading Parent

Thursday, AM:Library  PM:Music

Friday, AM:PE               PM:Music

Weekly Subjects/Material Covered

Religion: Zaccheus and his story: the man who climbed a tree to see and hear Jesus. The experience changed his life. Also, Jesus was a child just like us.  We discussed the things we do that Jesus probably did too.

Math: Counting, comparing, and writing numbers through 10.  Reinforced our knowledge of Ordinal Numbers.

Reading: We continue working in our L,l Letter Book.  We are trying to hear and read the short vowel sounds in the middle of words, like can, mop, or sit. We are also writing these short words.  Play rhyming games with your children often so they are familiar and "hear" words that have the same middle and ending sounds. We are also beginning to write our ideas by ourselves; using the "best guess" method of spelling. Encourage your child to "write" their ideas as much as possible at home. This provides opportunities to express and organize his/her thoughts, without getting worried about spelling.

Handwriting: We have been practicing our C,c's; O,o's; and G,g's, D,d's, S,s's  and L,l's on paper, on wipe-off boards, and on the Promethean Board.  As they practice these letters at home, watch their letter formation.  Remember the letters should rest on the lines and begin at the top and go down.

Social Studies: Thanksgiving: Indians, Pilgrims, and the Mayflower.

Science:We are experimenting to see if we can produce raisins from grapes. This seems to take a long time.  As one of our bright students said, we don't have enough sun.  We also did an experiment with light that the class enthusiastically enjoyed.

Calendar Dates

11/9: Picture retake day.

11/10: No H1N1 vaccination today. Notification of rescheduled date will be coming.

11/11-11/12: Kindergarten Conferences; No Kindergarten classes these days.

11/13: No School.

11/25: Our Kindergarten Feast: Early dismissal at 11:45.

11/26-11/27th: Thanksgiving vacation

Birthdays

November 1: Will Loynd

Have a great weekend! Looking forward to meeting with you at Conferences.

Mrs. Marilyn  Bergmann