Hello Families!

Today was another fantastic day at Miller!

We practiced identifying non-fiction books and what makes these books non-fiction. I read a non-fiction book called “The Pumpkin Book” by Gail Gibbons. Gail Gibbons is a well known author of informational books. The children and I brainstormed a list of facts about pumpkins from the book.

We also practiced stretching for the sounds in words as we wrote facts about pumpkins. Here is an example of what I mean by stretching for the sounds. This is what a “stretched” sentence would like in kindergarten. This is also called phonetic spelling.

ex. Pumkns have sedz insid. (Pumpkins have seeds inside.)

ex. Pumkns gro on the grnd in sol. (Pumpkins grow on the ground in soil.)

We also exercised our fine motor skills as we tore paper to create our own jack-o-lanterns. The children traced their own oval and cut it out. They also used 2D shapes to create the face for their jack-o-lantern.

In addition, we prepared out little pumpkins for painting tomorrow by giving our pumpkins a “bath”. The children will be painting pumpkins tomorrow morning. 🙂

We are 10 canned goods short of meeting our classroom goal of collecting 100 canned goods. Please help us reach our goal of 100 canned goods to feed people in need.

Tomorrow is the Miller School pumpkin patch. We are SOOOOO excited for this event!

Friday, your child is encouraged to wear black and orange to school! They are allowed to wear a Halloween shirt or headband, but please no costumes. Costumes can be worn at Boo Bash that evening after school.

SURPRISE on Monday!!!- We are inviting parents to come to Kindergarten at 2:00 to join us for math games!

We cleaned our pumpkins to prepare them for painting!

We love pumpkins!

We are washing pumpkins to remove any soil before painting.

We are washing pumpkins to remove any soil before painting.

We are washing pumpkins to remove any soil before painting.

We are washing pumpkins to remove any soil before painting.

We are washing pumpkins to remove any soil before painting.

We are washing pumpkins to remove any soil before painting.

We are creating our jack-o-lanterns using ripped orange paper glued onto a pumpkins shaped piece of brown paper.

We are creating our jack-o-lanterns using ripped orange paper glued onto a pumpkins shaped piece of brown paper.

We are creating our jack-o-lanterns using ripped orange paper glued onto a pumpkins shaped piece of brown paper.

Homework: We were introduced to the letter Gg today! Your child can bring in a drawing or picture of something that begins with the sound for Gg. Always practice writing sight words and counting to 100.

Please remember the writing test will include writing P, p, G, g, and FIRST and LAST names. Thanks!!! The test is on Friday!

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof