October 24th

We had a busy week of learning!  We were thankful that the rain decided to go away late in the week.  We need our outdoor time.  As we transition into cooler weather, be sure to pack a jacket or coat for your kindergartner as the weather can change drastically from morning to afternoon.  Have your child practice zipping their coats, too.  

Halloween Party/Parade

We will have a Halloween Snack/Party at 10:15am on Friday, Oct. 31st.  The costume parade will begin at 10:45am.  Families are welcome to attend and watch the parade.  Following the parade, parents will come in to sign out their child from the classroom.  Students should wear their costumes to school on Friday.  Please remember that students may not bring toy "weapons" to school as part of their costumes.  

Upcoming Field Trip

We will be going to the Grand Rapids Public Museum/Planetarium on Monday, Dec. 8th.  We will arrive at the museum about 9:40am and will be leaving the museum at 1:00pm.  Students will need to bring a lunch that day as we will be eating at the museum.  Parents attending should meet us at the museum by 9:35am.

The following parents were drawn as lead volunteers for the museum and will not need to pay admission upon arrival:  Kate Clark, Colleen Wickerham, Samantha Kaminski and Rachael McCarty.  We will still need a lot of helpers, so if you did get drawn and are able to attend, we would love to have you meet us there!  Thank you all!

Jan 27th--The Grand Rapids Symphony Lollipop Concert--The following parents were drawn to attend:

Kaylee Smith and Brooklyn Cowan.  

We will have many more opportunities for help at upcoming field trips.  I appreciate all of you willing to help!

Reading

Theme:  What's the Weather?

*Locating parts of a book (title, cover, table of contents)

*Letters/Sounds:  Tt  and building words with /a/  /m/  /t/  and /s/

*Taking picture tours/walks through a book

*Using an illustration to tell a story

*Make connections to our own lives when we read a book

Sight Words:  of

Review Words:  a      the     and       go    he   had    I     see   you    has   we

Writing

*Using sight words to write simple sentences

*Capitalizing the first word in a sentence

*Space between words

*Period at the end of the sentence

Math

*Number sequencing 0-10

*Number formation 0-10

*Greater than/less than/equal to

*Two dimensional shapes--circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, hexagons

*Sorting and classifying objects 

Reminders

*Send a snack daily

*Library books are returned on Thursdays

*Literacy Bags returned on Mondays

*Send a water bottle daily

*Once a month ice cream Fridays are free for all :)

Take a Peek at our Week

Team work...Sorting and classifying shapes