Have a Happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving festivities

The week of Thanksgiving we will be reading the book STONE SOUP.  In celebration of Friendship and Thanksgiving, we will be making Stone Soup together.  We will peel and cut up the vegetables on Tuesday, November 22 and then eat our soup together on Wednesday, November 23 as part of our Thanksgiving celebration.  Also, as in the story of Stone Soup everyone in Kindergarten will bring an item to contribute to our soup and work together to create a delicious meal. 

The item our class is bringing is a carrot. Each child should bring one carrot to class by Monday, November 20.

We do need some more tribeads. Can you help with these? 

Thank you for coming to conferences!  I enjoyed talking to you all!

We are now doing a letter a week.  We begin to work on the sound of the letter, how the letter is written and we will look at words that begin with that letter as well as words that have the letter in it and at the end!

We are also beginning to learn sight words.  So far we have read I, see and a.  I gave you some sight word books to take home.  These are very important homework books for your child!  Keeping them in one spot would be very helpful for reading at night.  Get a shoe box or other small box, maybe a Ziplock bag or cutting a cereal box down  will give your child a book box of their own to keep these special books in!  We are learning a lot now and homework help at home will be very helpful!   Math homework

goes home almost every night.  Please take a few minutes and review it with your child.  We are now writing numbers 1-5.

Please refrain from sending candy and gum to school. We cannot chew gum at school. 

Mornings are chilly.  It’s a good idea to have mittens/gloves and a hat in their backpack!

We are near snow weather too!  PLEASE begin practicing with your child getting in and out of their snow clothes!  At school we start with snow pants, then boots, coat, hat and mittens are LAST!  That way they can try to zip their own coat! We don’t have much time to get in and out of outdoor clothing, so practicing ahead of time will help! 

Thank you for remembering tennis shoes!!             

Don't forget NO SCHOOL on Tuesday November 15 due to deer hunting!  GOOD LUCK hunters!  BE SAFE!
We started working on the letter S this week.  We are learning the sound and how to write it as well as listening for words that begin and end with the letter S. 
I hope the children are reading their sight word books every night to you.  There will be more to come this week!  Don't forget to fill out the BOOK IT calendar!