The End of October!

Our field trip to the pumpkin patch is this Thursday.  The school buses are leaving the parking lot at 8:30 which means we will start boarding at 8:20.  Please make every effort for your child to be at school by 8:00 on Thursday so that I can get everyone situated, bathroom visits and field trip expectations conveyed to the children.  Your child must be dressed in the yellow field trip t-shirt.  The pumpkin patch will be crowded and those yellow shirts allow me to keep track of the children quickly.  The office will call you to bring the yellow t-shirt to school if your child comes dressed without it.  I will send an email out to chaperones on Tuesday with detailed information about the day. Lunch was included in the price of the field trip so do not send lunchboxes.  Do send a snack for your child to eat once we return to school.

 The children will wear the pumpkin t-shirts (pictured above) on Friday.  I will keep them at school and help the children change into them on Friday morning.  Friday is a regular day with quiet learning because I know there will be loud, crazy fun for the families on Friday night.

Monday is Italian Ice for $1.00.  Snack/juice for $5.00.  Also Monday is library day and the return of library books. While you are packing the back pack for Monday make sure the poetry journal is inside.

Our system does not set aside a day for parent/teacher conferences.  However, I am always willing to sit down with your and discuss your child.  Just contact me and we can find a time that is convenient for both of us.

 Our poetry journal last week allowed us to use our growing writing skills by practicing labeling a picture.  We know that good writers can label pictures.  Plus the poem entry is just a lot of fun to do and results in big, big giggles when we get to super sonic speed.  I hope your member of Room 114 shared it with you and made mom and dad participate.  Return poetry journals on Monday.

Book orders will be in binders on Monday for the month of November.  You may send one check (made payable to Scholastic) if you choose to order from more than one flyer.  Or you may order on line using our class code of GL88R . Book orders are due Friday.  I will place the order on Saturday with a turn around time of 5 school days.  Let me know if any of the books you purchase are Christmas Secrets.  I can arrange for the books to be delivered to you without your child knowing.  Book orders are optional and come home once a month. 

The children are working very hard with their reading.  We know that  practice makes better so don't skip your twenty minutes a night of reading, reading the decode-able paper book in Tuesday's binder, reading Monday's Family Times, plus high frequency word practice.  In reading this week  we will be working with the letter Ss.  Our high frequency words are:  see, look.   

In Friday's book bag there will be a special literary treat for your child.  Please read the note found in Friday's binder that will give you more information about the treat.  The information in the note will include how to use it at home with your reading practice.

 The Queen of Ten made a visit to celebrate the fiftieth day of Kindergarten. She brought a sweet treat that she called Zeros but some of the students called doughnuts. She even left us with an assignment to find different ways to make the number ten.  How did she know that was the next math concept that we will working on in math.  We will be spending a lot of time with the number ten because of its importance with our number system.  You can help out at home by helping us learn to read the number words zero through ten,

Last week we celebrated Red Ribbon/Drug Free Week.  We discussed keeping our bodies healthy.  We had a week of cowboys/cowgirls,  favorite hats, future occupations and team spirit  wear.  Check out these sweet, sweet friends by  clicking here! 

The highlight from last week was our first Crafternoon of the school year. We celebrated being a good friend in the same style that Miss Spider was in the book Miss Spider's Tea Party.   Thank you to those that supported our Crafternoon from home by sending in supplies and those that helped out in the classroom.  The children have no idea how well loved they are and how much their parents love every member of Room 114.  These pictures (click right here to view the fun) will make you smile and warm your heart.  Our next Crafternoon will be Friday, November 14.   Be on the lookout for information on how you can help us celebrate.

Thanks for supporting our classroom.  Contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.

Upcoming Events:
10.30:  Kindergarten field trip to the Pumpkin Patch (wear yellow field trip t-shirt)
10.31  Book orders are due (optional)
11.11:  No school in observance of Veteran's Day  
11.14:  Room 114's Thanksgiving Crafternoon  (classroom set up begins at 1:15 and the Crafternoon with the children will begin at 1:45)
11:19:  Pilgrim/ Native American lunch (10:45-11:10)
11.20  Pilgrim/ Native American lunch (10:45-11:10)
11.24 - 11:28:  Thanksgiving Break - no school