Turkeys, what turkeys???

WOW! What a GREAT job the students did with the homework assignment "Disguise a Turkey."
We'll post pictures next week!!

What's happening in the Kindergarten Classroom?

We know that as parents you often wonder exactly what your child is learning in school. Students frequently "forget" what they've done or may just not want to be conversational after a long day at school. Here are some of the concepts being taught at this time:

MATH:
Number recognition, counting orally, sorting, graphing

READING:
Matching uppercase letters to lowercase letters, sight words, predicting words based on context, genre, and retelling.

WRITING:
Drawing a picture for a story (quick sketch), labeling, stretching out words to hear their sounds, writing sentences with familiar words, matching writing to a picture.

HANDWRITING:
Frog Jump Letters: E,F,P,D,B,R,N and numbers 1,2,3.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Holidays (Thanksgiving), mapping, past and present

SCIENCE:
Sorting materials

The End of the Month

November is almost over!
We will only have 3 short weeks in December!
Please continue to practice sight words at home.
Remember, we have a field trip on the 16th of December and a concert the night of the 17th.
We are sending home forms for those who are in need of some winter help. Please return ASAP if you think you could use it.
We hope you have a great , enjoyable and relaxing vacation. There will be no homework next week!

Thanks for coming to conferences!

Thanks to all those that made it to conferences! In Mrs. Gorbe's room all but 1 of the families made it in for a conference! Great job!

Here are some "cues" for working on the following uppercase letters (writing them). We use the same four terms for all of our handwriting program:
1. Big line

2. Little line

3. Big Curve

4. Little Curve

So far we have done:
E, F, P, D, B, and R and numbers 1 & 2

E: Big line down, frog jump up, little line, little line, little line

F: Big line down, frog jump up, little line , little line

P: Big line down, frog jump up, little curve

D: Big line down, frog jump up, big curve

B: Big line down, frog jump up, little curve, little curve

R: Big line down, frog jump up, little curve, little line

1: Big line down

2: Big curve to the corner, walk away (little line)

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent teacher conferences are Wednesday November 5th in the pm. and Monday November 10th in the p.m.

NO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26

Don't forget, no school Wednesday Nov. 26th
Enjoy the long weekend!!!

Important News Updates!!!

1. We are going to the Wharton Center on December 16th for a Kids Concert. We will be taking a bus. Two chaperones per classroom will be allowed.



2. Kindergarten Winter Concert will be held Wednesday, December 17th, 6:30 p.m.