November has arrived and we continue to move along.  First report card marking will end this week.  Parent Teacher Conferences will be November 14, 20, and 21 and I look forward to sharing your child’s progress with you at that time.  I will send home a reminder of your time slot.

Congratulations to our BOOK-IT readers who read for 20 minutes every night and turned in their calendar for a free pizza coupon!  Good job readers and you showed great responsibility by completing your calendar and turning it in on time!  (Fits right in with our Social Studies unit on responsibility and rules!) Parents, thanks for your support.

My November Students of the Month are Jason Anderson and Fatimah Alharbi.  Congratulations!

Important this week…

TUESDAY 11-5  NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS  District Professional Development for all teachers

WEDNESDAY-Library Book due             Please have your child (responsibility) pack her/his book the night before so they can check out a new one.

FRIDAY  1-8  Half Day for students      11:45  Dismissal    End of first card marking

Here is a peek at our week…

READING-We will finish our Unit about Friends.  Please continue to listen to your child read at home.  It is so important to help them read with accuracy and fluency.  In addition, it does wonders for their confidence.  Continue to work with PREDICTING when you are reading with your child.  Look for clues that can predict what will come next or what will happen at the end of a story.  I asked the students to predict what color Mr. Denison would wear to school last Friday.  They predicted green.  When he walked in wearing green, I asked them what clues they had used to make their predictions?  Good thinkers, Kindergarteners!

WRITING-This week’s lesson focuses on writing lists.  You can allow your child to really be involved with writing lists at home.  Let them write a few grocery items down is a list.  Or have them write a list of 3 or 4 things they need to do this week.  Many students can stretch out a whole word spelling it!  If not, they can at least get the beginning and ending sounds and letters.  Please make sure to let them say/stretch the word.  Don’t jump in and make the sounds for them…they need to hear the sounds themselves.  Then they will connect the letters that goes with the sounds.

MATH-We will continue with number recognition and playing a game with Dominoes.  We will also work with more than, less than, with a game called Monster Squeeze!

SOCIAL STUDIES-This week we will extend our “Friends” unit to the community.  We will read a non-fiction article about Helping Hands.  How can we help friends in our community?  How can we be responsible, thoughtful of others, kind?

SCIENCE-Earth Science

Of course, READ TO SELF and READ TO SOMEONE is included every day.  Their stamina for reading and staying focused with their individual reading is increasing!  They are proud of it too!

Have a great week and remember to vote on Tuesday!

Mrs. Smith