Greetings KC Families,
I don't know about you but I am ready for a restful weekend! It was a busy week in Howard house and we could use some rest from all the fall festivities :)
Picture re-takes are next Tuesday 11/05. Please fill out the paper in your child's green folder to let us know if you'd like your child's picture redone. It's officially sweater season and with that please remember to label your child's sweater.
Here's a look at next week.
Spalding: We will continue to learn our double letter phonograms this week by adding 5 new phonograms. When saying phonograms with cues you will say the sound, have your child repeat it, then give them the cue, your child will not repeat the cue.
Cues are:
er (her)
ir (first)
ur (nurse)
wor(works)
ear(early)
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask.
Sight Words: This week we will begin reviewing list 4 and adding it to your child’s sight word ring soon.
Literature: This week our story will be another African trickster tale, “The Great Tug-of-War.” Our poem will be, “There Once was a Little Girl.” Please continue to read nightly with your child as well as practice their sight words. They are off to a great start!
This week we will use part of our literature time to give our students an opportunity to complete their first service project.We would love to show our students the satisfaction of giving back and helping others. For November students will write thank you letters to the troops for Veterans Day. Our kindergarten goal is to write 200 letters! If your family would like to participate you are more than welcome to send letters in your child’s green folder and I will turn them in.
Math: Our unit for this week will be covering length and size. We will begin by using every day items to measure school supplies and ourselves! These items will include unifix cubes, paper clips, yarn, and various body parts. We will use the language of shorter, longer, tallest, smallest.
Science: We are exploring magnets this week! Students will learn that magnets have 2 poles and that they can attract and repel other magnetic things. Scholars will get to experiment with magnets around the classroom. They will predict what things a magnet will attract and what it will not.
History: We will be learning about the continent of Europe. Scholars will become familiar with the names of a few countries in Europe as well as their famous landmarks. We will learn more about European castles and why castles were important in medieval times.
We had the best time yesterday celebrating our Read-a-Thon. We had a school assembly, had a group of 3rd graders read to our class, had a party and finished our day with some awesome guest readers! I came home with a full-heart and a very tired body! Thank you all who donated time or treats to our party. A big thank you to our class moms for diligently planning a fun experience for our scholars. Here's a look at our fun day.
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