November Reminders!

~November Reminders~

~November Family Projects~ Thank you for sending in your turkeys.  We love sharing the projects.  The turkeys are currently hanging in the kindergarten hallway for all to see!
~Mystery Readers~  A note went home explaining this activity.  During the months of November and December we will have family members coming in to read to the class.  We like to keep it a surprise in our classroom.  It adds to the excitement.  Please try to arrange for someone in your family to participate in this activity.  We have had a few mystery readers so far and the children absolutely love it!  Please let me know if you would like to participate and haven't yet signed up.  
~Family Pictures Wanted!~  Please send in a picture of your family by Monday.  The picture should be 4x6 in order to fit inside a project we are making.  The children love learning about their friends' families.
~50th Day of School!~ Please see the note in your child's folder.  Next Tuesday is our 50th Day of School!  We will be celebrating by dressing up like children from the 1950s.  We will also be working on many different fun crafts throughout the entire day with all of our kindergarten friends. 
~Family Celebration~ We will have a small family celebration on Friday, November 22nd at 12:00 during American Education Week.  You are invited to come in and work on a project with your child and see some of things we are working on in our classroom.  The Book Fair will also be taking place on this day.  This is a great opportunity to shop with your child.  You can also eat lunch with the children at school at 12:50 if your schedule allows for it.  A yellow note was sent home last week.

Word Wall:  We have begun adding 'heart words' to our Word Wall!  We added I, a, & the this week.  We refer to these words as 'heart words' because we do not stretch out the sounds in these words...we have to know them by heart! We will add three new words each week.  

Writing:  We are working very hard on writing 'true stories' during writing workshop.  The children are doing a terrific job adding details to their pictures and trying to write labels and words to make their stories even better!  I am so proud of our kindergarten authors.

Math: We are wrapping up our unit on Ten Frames and are spending some time comparing numbers and groups of objects.  We are focusing on the words greater, more, fewer, and less as we compare different groups. 

Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,
Eileen Browne :)