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The Kindergarten Weekly News
10/ 23/17-10/27/17
This Week’s Themes
Our unit question for our 2nd reading unit is…How are animals and plants hat unique thing does a bear do in the winter? We will continue our theme this week of Pumpkins and How they grow…
Reading and Literature
Story: Bear Snores On
Comprehension: Realism vs. fantasy
Amazing Words: Sight Words: we, my, like
Phonological Awareness: Syllables, blending onset and rime, initial sounds, distinguishing rhymes and blending sounds to produce a word, segmenting the sounds in a word
Conventions: Adjectives for size, numbers, shapes and colors
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Letters: C, Q, O, G
Decodable Book: The Cap
Themed Activities: Pumpkin Sequencing Craft, A Pumpkin Grows Book, Pumpkin Puppet Craft
Math
This weeks Essential
Question in
Math: How do you sort objects? And Does the size of a shape change its name?
Objective: Find and describe flat shapes, explain decisions about classification of Triangles, rectangles, hexagons and squares.
Writing and Handwriting
This week we in our Handwriting Without Tears program we will be learning how to write the letters C, O, Q, G and continue practicing using the following verbiage when describing how to write/form the letters and numbers and they are all formed by using the following 4 Phrases: Big Line, Little Line, Small Curve, Big Curve. Please have your child complete the practice handwriting sheets that were sent home today in your child’s folder. We are also working in our journals and writing and drawing about the prompt that is given by teacher. Journal Page about what they want to be for Halloween.

3. Important Dates to Remember
Field Trip
Please make sure you return your child’s field trip for and payment on or before October 25th. We will need to start planning our groups for the trip and will need to know what students and parents will be join us!
Thank You!!
Fall Kindergarten
Celebration
We are still in need of parent helpers for both times AM and PM activities for our Fall festival. Please send back the attached page to the flyer that was sent home with the time you can help and the items you would like to donate.
Important Dates to Remember
October 25th- Permission slip for field trip due
October 26th- Book Bash at Peter Piper Pizza
October 27th-Field Trip
October 31st-Kindergarten Fall Festival
November 3rd- School Fall Festival 5-8pm
November 10th- No School Veterans Day Observed
November 3rd-Half Day
November 20th-24th- Thanksgiving Break
Donation Station
Thank you to those parents who have sent in items for our fall party and who have signed up to volunteer.
We really appreciate all your help and
support!
The Kindergarten
Teachers