Hello Kindergarten Families!  Happy 10^th week of kindergarten!

This week we will begin a new card marking. I finished your child’s first kindergarten report card! You will receive your child’s report card at parent-teacher conferences. Please be sure to see me if you did not get a reminder for your scheduled appointment time. PLEASE be on time for your parent-teacher conference.

Tomorrow there is a meeting for all parents with Mr. Awada at 9:00 AM in the cafeteria.

There will be no school on Tuesday, Nov. 8^th for our awesome students!

The first night of conferences is Thursday, November 10^th. Scheduled appointments begin at 4:00 and will end promptly at 7:00 pm.

Homework: Practice letters, books, and sight words in your child’s reading bags. Write first name and last name, count to 100, write numbers 1-20. I have been noticing that books and items are missing from the reading bags we are sending home. Please help your child to put these items back in their reading bags when you are finished with them at home.

Please be sure your child comes to school wearing a jacket and gym shoes every day. When the weather begins to get cold enough for gloves and hats, please write your child’s name in these items.

Spelling: Please help your child practice writing the following letter this week: Qq and Kk.  In addition, please help your child practice writing his/her first name. *The test will be on Friday!

1. Q
2. q
3. K
4. k
5. Your child’s first name and last name. Please be sure there are no backwards letters and that only the first letter in each part of the name is uppercase. The rest of the names should be lowercase. Recognizing and writing names are very important and will be practiced every day!

Ex. Ryan Smith    not…RYAN  or ryansmith.

Reading: This week we are returning to narrative story elements, such as setting, characters, and plot. We will also practice re-telling with beginning, middle, and end. In addition, we will introduce rhyming words!!! (ex. hat/cat, fish/dish) The children will also continue working on blending sounds to read a word. (ex. b-a-t blended reads bat) We are still practicing our independent Daily 5 time with Read to Self, Work on Writing, and Word Work. We will begin Listen to Reading as another independent Daily 5 choice. Please encourage your child to read their sight words and books from their reading bags each day! Please practice the following sight words: (These are words your child needs to recognize and read by sight.)

Review: up    no    and                    NEW words this week will be:    yes   said    on

Math: We will continue to practice recognizing and writing numbers 0-20 as well as representing the quantity the number represents. We will also continue to practice counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s. In addition, we will practice comparing numbers to see which is more (or greater) and which is fewer (or less than).

Science: We will begin a new unit on physical science called “Pushes and Pulls”. We will observe and discuss these two types of forces.

Social Studies:  We will begin a new unit called “How do I get what I want?” We will introduce the concepts of needs and wants. (ex. clothing, food, water, shelter, and air are needs. Computers, toys, and candy are wants.)

Writing: We will begin our first unit on Opinion Writing. Opinion writing is writing that tells how one feels or what one thinks about a topic. We will practice writing our opinions as a reflection to the narrative stories that we read. (ex. I think the Little Red Hen should share her bread because it is nice to share.)

Thanks for all you do!

Have an amazing week!

Mrs. Mehrhof