Kindergarten News – November
Kindergarten News
November 2009
The crisp, cool fall mornings are a gentle reminder that it is time to celebrate the warm traditions of the changing season. We have so many exciting things happening over the next few weeks. Our theme for the month of November will be fall harvest and the history of Thanksgiving. This month we remember how our nation’s forefathers, the Pilgrims, and the native American Indians joined together in thanks for the harvest and the Pilgrim’s survival of their first year in America. Our Kindergarten/Gradeschool Thanksgiving Feast will be on Friday, November 20th @12:00. We will bill each student $5.00 to offset the cost of food etc. You do not need to send a lunch to school on that day.
We’ve are looking forward to talking to each of you during our conferences this week. It’s a great opportunity for us to gain further insight into these wonderful children.
Reminder: No hot lunch this week…early dismissal 11:55.
In Language Arts the children have been working in their Get Ready for the Code books and taking great pride and pleasure doing activities in them. We’re enjoying reading pre-decodable books and the children delight in recognizing many of the high frequency words. Each day we play fun games, read stories and do activities to help the children hear the sounds in words. Each time we read in class, we are working toward these goals and behavior strategies:
Activate prior knowledge
Make connections
Apply picture clues
Visualize images
Ask questions
Predict what might happen
Think about how the story makes you feel
Sum up the story
In Math we are beginning to work on numbers and number formations. We will play with “clean” finger paints, rub over sand paper numerals, and write in the air and on our backs. We’ve had fun singing math songs by Dr. Jean Feldman, “Macarena Math” and the “Numeral Song”. We are excited to be publishing our classroom telephone books. The children will each make a page with their self portrait and write their phone number. You can look forward to receiving your copy soon!
Notes and Reminders:
No school Wednesday, November 11th — Veterans Day
Thanksgiving holiday week begins November 23rd.
The Kindergarten Team
Mrs. Krout & Mrs. Fiore
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