October 27th

Reminder!  Tuesday, Oct. 30th is a 1/2 day of school.

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. 

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:  Ss and Tt

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

New Heart Word:  I    like

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

Review:  the

Math

We are learning to...

*Count and compare groups of objects up to 10. 

*Write the numbers 0-10

*Sort groups of objects by different attributes (size, color, shape, quantity)

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 learned to use our heart word in our stories and add more labels.

Reminders

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

*  Return library books every Thursday.

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Have a great weekend!