Kindergarten News

Kindergarten News

Week of Oct. 20-24, 2014

 

Thank you for coming to the RCE Fall Festival.  It was a huge success.  It was fun to hear the kids talk about it today!

Reminders for this week:

1.  Keep sending your Pete the Cat reading logs each Monday.  If you do not get your log back today, your child is finished!  Reading party details will be forthcoming as we get closer to December.  There is still time….so keep reading.

2. If you haven’t sent your Blessington Farm permission slip back to your teacher, do so ASAP.  If you are joining us, let your teacher know and she will send home a chaperone form for you to complete/return.

3.  Complete and return the Dogs of Character permission slips, as well.

4. Thursday and Friday are noon dismissal days.  We do eat lunch at school, but everything happens earlier J

We look forward to conferencing with you!

 

 

Theme: Fall is in the air!

 

Reading:  This week we will enjoy Halloween and Fall stories!  We will identify characters and setting.  We will retell using story arcs.  At literacy stations we will complete our nursery rhymes and fairy tales unit with a variety of activities, such as sequencing, sentence construction, and writing

 

Writing:  This week we will make literacy connections to Halloween stories while using these stories as a basis for our own individual book making/writing! We will focus on use of capitals, periods, and appropriate spacing as we write.  We will incorporate sound words (Swoosh!) during writer’s workshop. We continue to focus on using illustrations to better tell our story.

 

Word Wall Words:  REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, I, the, a, the, and, to, is, it, NEW WORDS FOR THE WEEK:  can, see

Word Study: We will focus on the letter sounds of J and W.

 

Math: During math workshop, we will measure (length and width), create/extend patterns, create numeral sets, count to 50, review ordinal numbers and problem solve.  This week we will focus on drawing a picture to solve problems. 

 

Science: We will explore the fall changes around us! 

 

Social Studies:  Creating and using maps! We will also learn the meaning behind these US Symbols:  Statue of Liberty, Washington Monument, US Flag, Lincoln Memorial, Liberty Bell, and US Seal.

 

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Make a list of J and W words. 
• Tuesday:  Measure the length and width of your bed. 
• Wednesday: Write a simple sentence using Can and See.    Do you have a capital and a period? 
• Thursday:  Count to 50!  Now pick a number and count backwards J

·       Friday:   This weekend if you have time, visit www.raz-kids.com