Hello November!

Hello November!  It is amazing that we ended the week with the 53rd day of Kindergarten.  Zero the Hero sent us an email on the 50th day saying that he had hurt his toe and was unable to fly.  He asked us to read one of his favorite books.  It was a giant book about counting.  We love to count. Words of advice:  don't get caught up in the retailers push for Christmas to arrive.  Cherish the month of November and count your blessings.  Room 114 has so much to be thankful for and we will focus on that for the month of November.

In reading last week, we focused on a nonfiction text.  We read a book about being a nature spy.  We grabbed our magnifying lenses and decided to have a try at being a nature spy.  We were quite successful at it.  Our nature spy curiosity carried over into our pumpkin patch field trip.  Hopefully, we  will always be nature spies.


School picture money is due Monday.  Monday is also library day and Nancy's Italian Ice for $1.00.

There is a PTA meeting this Tuesday.  Return the yellow half sheet to order slices of pizza and drinks to make dinner easy for you.

Our field trip to the Pumpkin Patch was fun.  The children make me so proud by their behavior.  Thankful for beautiful weather and outstanding parents that assisted me in making sure our field trip was safe, successful and fun.  Our next field trip is scheduled for January 9 as we go to the Alabama Shakespeare Theatre to see Goodnight Moon.


I needed  more instruction time to cover literary elements of our poem from last week.  Poetry journals did not come home on Friday.  Look for two poems next Friday!

I will be testing this upcoming week on number sets from 0 to 5.  We will begin a new chapter on comparing numbers to 5 later in the week.  We will begin to use the vocabulary of same number, compare, greater and less.

We have new sight words this week of we, my and like.  We will be working with the initial and final sound of the letter Pp.   We will also dig deeper into adjectives for colors and shapes.  Look for the Family Teams handout in Monday's binder.  We are very busy with our literacy instruction.

We celebrated another classmate.  We enjoyed discovering things about him that we never knew.  We took that information and made a book especially for him.  I love the community of learners that is found in Room 114!


With the  53rd day of Kindergarten completed, I want to give you a heads up that on the 100th day of school, we do everything the 100 way.  One of the ways is to dress up as 100 year old ladies and gentlemen.  As Halloween accessories go on sale, you may want to keep in the back of your mind how to dress up your child as a member of the geriatric crowd. The 100th day of school will be in January.   Don't forget that  for our February 3 Stephen Fite concert, the children will be allowed to dress up as super heroes.  Just remember that the field trip t-shirt cannot be covered up when you are designing a super hero outfit.

This week, we will begin to make an effort of writing our names with lowercase letters except for a capital letter at the beginning.  Thanks for reinforcing this at home. 

There is a new policy in regards to birthday invitations. They can no longer be passed out at school, even if you invite everyone in the class. A class directory will  come home soon to assist in party invites and play dates.

Somehow the November book order fliers were never sent to me.  However, you can view the flier on line  here  (click on the word here.)  I am also sending home a holiday book order on Monday.  If you like to pay be check and want to order from the November on-line flier, just write down the title and the amount on a sheet of paper and send a check to school by 11.8.2013.  Or you can order on-line.  The books will arrive in time before we leave for Thanksgiving break.  Our code to order on-line is GL88R.  Book orders are optional.   Look under links to the right of the blog and find Scholastic to order on-line.

When Halloween falls on a Thursday, it is hard to concentrate knowing the excitement of the evening.  We did a lot of quick activities that kept us moving and the day flew by.


My first grader has requested my attendance on her upcoming field trip.  I will be out of the classroom all day on Thursday of this week to be a mom.  The children will be in good hands during my absence.  Contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.  I'm thankful for your support!

Upcoming events:
11.4  Picture money due
11.5  PTA meeting at 6:00
11.11 No school in observance of Veteran's Day
11.13  Spirit Night at Zakby's
11.22  Room 114's Thanksgiving Crafternoon 1:30-2:45  (come at 1:00 to help set up)
11.25-11.29  Thanksgiving Holidays - no school