October 20th

No School on Monday.  Enjoy a little fall break!

Thank you for attending conferences this week.  I enjoyed sharing all the wonderful things your child is doing already in kindergarten!  

Halloween Party/Parade

Your kindergartner may wear their costume to school as it is a 1/2 day of school.  We will be having  some morning festive activities and at 10:15am we will have a special Halloween Snack Time.  Parents are welcome to join us during our snack time and stay for the parade that will begin at 10:45am.  Parents attending can take their child home after the parade, prior to the buses arriving at 12:00pm for our 1/2 day dismissal. 

Sign up below to donate to our Halloween Snack Time!

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Field Trip!

Mark your calendar...We are going to the Grand Rapids Public Museum/Planetarium on Monday, Dec. 4th.  We will need lots of parent volunteers to meet us there!   We will be there from 9:45-1:00pm.

All parents attending will need to fill out a Volunteer Consent Form and submit it with a copy of their driver's license to the office.  More information to come!

Phonics

Letter focus this week:  Aa and Mm

We are learning more about their sounds and how to form the letter.

New Heart Word:  the

(These are the irregular words that we must learn by heart.)

Math

We are learning to...

*Count and compare groups of objects up to 10. 

*Write the numbers 0-10

*Determine if a set of objects in less than/greater than/equal to another

Writing

We are learning to...

*Tell a story by illustrating

*Label our story with beginning sounds

*Retell our stories

*Form letters correctly and neatly

*We are learning to illustrate a beginning, middle and end of a story.

This week we illustrated a story about planting a pumpkin seed.

Science

We learned that plants need water and sunlight to grow.

Reminders

*  Send a snack daily.  Be sure it is separate from their lunches and easy to find.

*  Return library books every Thursday.

Take a Peek at our Week...

Reading with our new heart word:  the

Comparing quantities

Equal!

The Lion Heart Assembly...learning how important it is to feel 

and know that you belong.  

First Sound Fun with our Alphabet Charts

Learning about the parts of a book.

First sound Bingo with students being the "teacher"!

Have a Fun Fall Weekend!  

I am off to see Colton at the University of Alabama this weekend.  Roll Tide!