Kindergarten Update

Dear Parents, October 15,2021

This week we will be adding Math. “Work Places” to our curriculum in addition to their Interactive Math lessons. Work Places are specific centers that support our Math curriculum and current focus. Students will work at their own space to play games or explore with manipulatives.

We have practiced our first Fire Drill this past week and the students were complimented by Ms. Thomas on how well they did. We will practice an Earthquake Drill this week.

We are looking forward to hosting our “Harvest Festival” this Wednesday October 20th! Students should come dressed as farmers or ranchers. Together with our room mothers we have some fun activities planned. We will have a photo booth for photos of the children as if they were at a farm, classroom lessons focused on harvest, a special snack provided by parent volunteers and pumpkin painting with our 8th grade buddies!

We will celebrate Halloween on Friday October 29th. For Halloween, your child may wear his/her costume to school. Please be sure that your child has an age appropriate costume and is comfortable. Please be sure to read Ms. Thomas’ communication this coming Tuesday for more specific information. We will prepare students in class as well. We will begin the day with our annual School Wide Halloween Parade. Parents are welcome to watch from the sidewalk as we walk the surrounding area. Following the parade we will come to the classroom for our normal schedule. We will visit the Carnival set-up by the Student Leadership Council (classes are scheduled to attend by grade) and enjoy a treat and activity sent in by parent volunteers. It is a minimum day; dismissal is at 12 Noon.

The SuperKid for next week is Gunnar. Thanks to Ashley for sharing her things.

What’s Happening in Class?

ELA/ SuperKids/ Writing/ Vocabulary- Introduce Unit 6- SuperKid Sal, identify Aa, recognize that words are made of letters, identify initial and medial a,listen for details in a song, understand the meaning of adventure,categorize pictures, follow oral directions, encode Cc for k, match upper and lower case letters,use prior knowledge, understand descriptive language. Recite lines of a poem rhythmically, Halloween vocabulary

Math.- Interactive Notebook – count sets to 10, count sets to 20

Work Places- Unifix Cubes, Pattern Blocks, Polydrons, Geoboards

Science- Pumpkin Painting

Social Studies- Pumpkin Report, Needs and Wants, Past and Present

Religion- Zones of Regulation, We Are Children of God, Jesus is the Good Shepherd, Meditation

Looking Ahead

Tuesday,October 19th– Free Dress for October Birthdays

Thursday, October 21st- The Great Shake Out, Earthquake Drill, 10:00 a.m.

Friday, October 22nd- 8th Gr. Fundraiser, Dollars for Jeans ($1 for jeans only: $3 for full free dress)

October 29th –Halloween Parade, Carnival, Party, Activities, Minimum Day

Sincerely, Mrs. Foster and Mrs. Halkias

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