We had so much fun celebrating friendship and spiders last Friday as we had our own version of Miss Spider's Tea Party. Thanks to the families that helped to make it come together - either from home or assisting in the classroom. The children thought it was a fabulous way to end the week. Check out the smiles from our first Crafternoon. More information will be coming soon about November's Crafternoon.
Our field trip is Tuesday to the pumpkin patch. Please dress your child in the yellow field trip t-shirt. The pumpkin patch is going to be crowded and it will be easy to quickly spot Room 115 with those yellow shirts. Check the weather because it looks like a turtle neck or a sweatshirt might be needed under the yellow shirt. Lunch was included in the price of the field trip. We will return to the school to have snack so please don't forget to send your child's snack.
We will be investigating the letter Zz this week as in "zebra in the zoo." Word wall words will be: see, nine, of, he. There will be no reading homework sheets on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. Enjoy the fun this week brings to a child.
Towards the end of the week we will begin addition. You will begin to hear your child use the following vocabulary words: add, is equal to, plus, and pair. The goal is for your child to understand that addition is taking two groups and putting them together to make a bigger group. Our October calendar pages will come home on Wednesday.
Since we are experts on knowing the letters of the alphabet, we are trying to figure out the order they come in. Try giving your child three different letters and tell him/her to put them in ABC order (the order they come in the alphabet.) Your child may need a visual of the alphabet to do this or may be advanced in their thinking to do it by reciting the song and nothing visual. Either way is perfectly normal. Try it at home. They like the challenge.
The book fair continues until Thursday. You are invited to pop into the school and shop with your child or you can send money. Remember to establish with your child the boundaries of items that can be purchased at a book fair because there are several novelties/toys that tend to catch a five year old's eyes.
The poem this week will assist me in helping your child learn his/her phone number. I imagine you will hear the song before the poetry journal comes home on Friday. If you did not send in a phone number that you wanted your child to learn, I need that Monday morning or I will select a number from the registration card. Please make sure the office has your current phone number in case of emergencies. I will do my first assessment of who knows their phone number on Wednesday, November 14.
We celebrated all week of making the healthy choice to be Drug Free. We had fun with our socks, hats, shades and team jerseys. We made a class chain of promising to be Drug Free and added it to the school chain.
Return library books, poetry journals and money if needed for Italian Ice on Monday.
With the holidays coming up and the new attendance policy this year, please make sure you contact the office in regards of pre-approving any absences. Family trips cannot be approved after the fact. I do not approve absences, that is handled through the office.
Halloween is very much on the minds of the children. I turned the focus into a much loved class written and illustrated book. View our costume desires. Please help me out and check backpacks and pockets on Thursday morning to make sure candy is not being brought to school.
Don't forget to make arrangements for the early dismissal at 1:10 pm on Friday, November 9. Also, the Just Give campaign ends this Thursday! Thank you for supporting our school.
Upcoming events:
10.29 Chappy's Spirit Night
10.30 Kindergarten field trip to the pumpkin patch
11.1 Just Give campaign ends
11.9 Blount dismisses at 1:10 pm for teacher professional development
11.12 No school in observance of Veteran's Day
11.21-23 Thanksgiving Holidays (no school on Wed., Thurs., Fri.)
Contact me with any questions or concerns. Have a great week of saying goodbye to October and Hello November! November will be exciting in Room 115 because our SMART board is scheduled to be installed after the Thanksgiving break!
Our field trip is Tuesday to the pumpkin patch. Please dress your child in the yellow field trip t-shirt. The pumpkin patch is going to be crowded and it will be easy to quickly spot Room 115 with those yellow shirts. Check the weather because it looks like a turtle neck or a sweatshirt might be needed under the yellow shirt. Lunch was included in the price of the field trip. We will return to the school to have snack so please don't forget to send your child's snack.
We will be investigating the letter Zz this week as in "zebra in the zoo." Word wall words will be: see, nine, of, he. There will be no reading homework sheets on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. Enjoy the fun this week brings to a child.
Towards the end of the week we will begin addition. You will begin to hear your child use the following vocabulary words: add, is equal to, plus, and pair. The goal is for your child to understand that addition is taking two groups and putting them together to make a bigger group. Our October calendar pages will come home on Wednesday.
The book fair continues until Thursday. You are invited to pop into the school and shop with your child or you can send money. Remember to establish with your child the boundaries of items that can be purchased at a book fair because there are several novelties/toys that tend to catch a five year old's eyes.
The poem this week will assist me in helping your child learn his/her phone number. I imagine you will hear the song before the poetry journal comes home on Friday. If you did not send in a phone number that you wanted your child to learn, I need that Monday morning or I will select a number from the registration card. Please make sure the office has your current phone number in case of emergencies. I will do my first assessment of who knows their phone number on Wednesday, November 14.
We celebrated all week of making the healthy choice to be Drug Free. We had fun with our socks, hats, shades and team jerseys. We made a class chain of promising to be Drug Free and added it to the school chain.
Return library books, poetry journals and money if needed for Italian Ice on Monday.
With the holidays coming up and the new attendance policy this year, please make sure you contact the office in regards of pre-approving any absences. Family trips cannot be approved after the fact. I do not approve absences, that is handled through the office.
Halloween is very much on the minds of the children. I turned the focus into a much loved class written and illustrated book. View our costume desires. Please help me out and check backpacks and pockets on Thursday morning to make sure candy is not being brought to school.
Don't forget to make arrangements for the early dismissal at 1:10 pm on Friday, November 9. Also, the Just Give campaign ends this Thursday! Thank you for supporting our school.
Upcoming events:
10.29 Chappy's Spirit Night
10.30 Kindergarten field trip to the pumpkin patch
11.1 Just Give campaign ends
11.9 Blount dismisses at 1:10 pm for teacher professional development
11.12 No school in observance of Veteran's Day
11.21-23 Thanksgiving Holidays (no school on Wed., Thurs., Fri.)
Contact me with any questions or concerns. Have a great week of saying goodbye to October and Hello November! November will be exciting in Room 115 because our SMART board is scheduled to be installed after the Thanksgiving break!
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