October Press Release
News and Notes:
* Please remember to send 25 peanut free snacks for our snack bucket at the beginning of this month. Thanks for keeping our snack bucket full!
* Please remember to notify the school of absences and dismissal changes!
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Upcoming Events:
October conferences are scheduled this month October 12-14! Please arrive at the time of your conference! Thanks so much! I look forward to meeting you to talk about your child!
October 1 Jog-A-Thon
October 14 No School (some conferences are scheduled today)
October 15-16 No School (Fall Break)
October 29 Collaboration Day (School starts @10:40am)
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October Trojans & IB Theme "How We Express Ourselves":
Week of:
Oct. 5 Jaxson/Science: My Body
Oct. 12 No Trojan/ Science: Fall
Oct. 19 Xavier/Science: Five Senses
Oct. 26 Annie /Social Studies: Fall, Scarecrow (Halloween)
*We will continue our Weather lessons this month also!
*We will continue our Weather lessons this month also!
*We can’t wait to see your child’s personal poster and “show and tell” bag! Click on the Trojan of the Week Information tab above for more information!
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Curriculum Highlights:
* Word Work (Spelling)—In August, we started our phonics/handwriting program. The focus was on getting the kids familiar with materials and procedures that we will use daily (30 minutes). Each week new letters will be introduced. So far letters t, b, f, m, n, i and u have been covered! Please review these letters and their sounds for extra practice!
*Writing—We have been learning and using multiple strategies for gathering writing ideas. Students are: building stamina as writers; learning how to write independently; using our "Where Writers Get Ideas" class anchor chart during writers workshop; and turning & talking with friends to brainstorm writing ideas! This month we will focus on writing more words and/or letters in our stories by sounding out words slowly. Please help your child practice saying words slowly, listening to each part of the words, and write the letters that they hear!
*Math—This month we will continue working on counting to 20, recognizing numbers 0-20, one to one correspondence, and identifying/counting sets to 20. We even learned how to count to 10 in Spanish! Please help your child practice writing numbers 0-20. Go higher if your child is ready to go further!
*Reading—We are continuing to learn about the parts of a book, concepts of print, how to pick "just right" books, and how important it is for us to pay attention to what we are reading.
Please read daily with your child and ask questions about the story to see how well they understood the book! Raz Kids is a great reading option!
Please read daily with your child and ask questions about the story to see how well they understood the book! Raz Kids is a great reading option!
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Class expectation:
We are continuing to review classroom expectations in our classroom, school building, and playground. Respect is what most of our conversations are about. For example, respecting others personal space by keeping our hands and feet to ourselves. Rough playing (pushing, hitting) is also occurring. Please continue this conversation at home.
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Homework Suggestions:
*Please help your child practice shoe tying.
*Practice the following sight words: I, like, can, will, we, be, see, go, a, the, and, am, my, and all color words!
*Practice writing name the kindergarten way (capital at the beginning the rest lowercase)
*Read the underlined sentences above under Curriculum Highlights for other homework suggestions.
*Please help your child practice shoe tying.
*Practice the following sight words: I, like, can, will, we, be, see, go, a, the, and, am, my, and all color words!
*Practice writing name the kindergarten way (capital at the beginning the rest lowercase)
*Read the underlined sentences above under Curriculum Highlights for other homework suggestions.
*Family Craft: A black piece of construction paper and an orange piece with a pumpkin drawn were sent home!You can cut out the pumpkin, glue it to the black piece of paper, and decorate the pumpkin any way you want! Sequins, stickers, glitter, yarn, google eyes, and any other kind of material can be glued on it! See if you can find a way to add facial expressions on your pumpkin! Please return these promply so they can be displayed!
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Class Wishlist: The following items are needed for science experiments next week!
*10 2 litter bottles
*6 paper towel rolls
