I hope you are all enjoying this beautiful fall weather as we begin the month of November. We are getting ready for a fun and busy time of the school year. Below are some highlights.
Reading: We have been working hard on practicing some of the components of our Daily Five literacy activities. The children have been doing a great job reading to self and reading to someone. This week we will add listening to stories~ on tape, cd, and the computers. I am so proud of the children and their efforts during our literacy block each day.
Letters and Sounds: Thank you to our 'Letter Experts' last week for helping us learn all about the letters Ww, Zz, and Kk. This week is a short one. We will learn about the letters Ee and Vv. We have been singing our letter songs and working on our ABC books each day.
Handwriting: Last week we finished our unit on Jump Frog Letters. We will continue working on learning about uppercase letters with straight lines. During our handwriting time we have been practicing sitting up straight, correct pencil grips, and simply trying our best each day. We are also learning how to print our first names conventionally. The children have grown so much since September in their willingness to write. This is helping them to begin writing in their journals, labeling pictures, and creating books as well!
Math: We are learning all about counting and writing our numbers throughout the day. We are using manipulatives, playing games, reading counting stories, creating graphs, counting with our voices, and much much more! Sometimes we use paper and pencil for extra reinforcement, but we are often using hands on learning during math.
Extras:
Homework~ Thank you for working on your family turkey projects. I hope that you are having as much fun creating them as we are having sharing them! This week I ask that you dig up a family photo to send into our classroom. We will be talking about our families throughout the next two weeks as we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving.
American Education Week~ You are welcome to visit our kindergarten classroom on Tuesday, November 15th at 11:00. Kindly let me know how many people will be visiting in order to help me plan accordingly.
Book Fair~ The Scholastic Book Fair will be held at Eagle during American Education Week (November 14th - November 18th) Please contact the PTO if you are able to volunteer some time help out with this event.
Parent Teacher Conferences~ I am in the process of confirming conference times. Please return the note that was recently sent home. I will do my best to honor your dates and times.
Thank you for your ongoing support. I'm looking forward to another great week of kindergarten learning!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Eileen Browne :)
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