October 15-19

Ms. Thompson, Kindergarten

DATES:

Oct: 15 Delayed start

Oct 25 Half day—11:35 dismissal

Parent/Teacher conferences

Oct 26 Half day-dismissal 11:35

Oct 31 Halloween parade/party

Nov 1. Pj and popcorn party

Nov 2:  NO SCHOOL--Teacher Professional Development

Our photographer has had some eye issues so retakes are being rescheduled at a later date (possibly in 2 weeks).

STUDENT OF THE MONTH:

Lindsey

Lindsey wants to be a hair stylist when she grows up.  She likes to read Barbie books and play babies with her sister!  Her favorite color is purple and likes to eat pizza.  Lindsey is 6 and wants to learn to read!

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES:

Progress reports went home last week.  We have parent teacher conferences coming up next week.  Notes going home with this note!

Remember Kindergarten report cards are different that the other grades—ours go home November 21.  At conferences we will discuss progress so far and what the next steps are.  We will look at fall screening that has been done so far.  I look forward to meeting with you!

READING:

Letter Ss

Sight word:  see

We are reading Senses at the Seashore

We are continuing focus on listening and comprehension skills.  We have a new Beanie baby strategy—Stretchy Snake reminds us to stretch out the sounds to figure out a word as we read.

WRITING: 

Journal writing daily

Working on our small moment story—adding detail, spelling out words.

MATH:

Practice counting. Writing and reading numbers 1-10.  Students will learn about number stories and how to solve simple stories.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:

October is Fire safety and prevention month.  We will read fire safety stories and watching some videos.  Practice a fire drill at your home, have a meeting place outside.  We have practiced fire drills at school as well as tornado drills.

We will be finishing up our senses unit.

Have a great week!

Melissa

melissa.thompson@mcbain.org