11/03/2015

November 2nd-6th

Interim Testing-November 2nd-6th

Early Release November 6th at 1:00.  Please let your student's teacher know if you will be changing your End of Day departure by Thursday, November 5th.

LITERATURE
Chicken Little
The Three Little Pigs
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Focus:  Characters and Setting

MATH
We are taking Math Interims this week. Please make sure that your student gets a good breakfast and plenty of rest. 
During the months of September and October students will work on the following skills:
·         numbers 0-10 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
·         matching and sorting: size and shape
·         2-dimensional shapes
·         patterns :AB and ABB
Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING
Students will practice the basic handwriting strokes, pencil grip, and correct posture.
Drawing and Labeling Pictures

CORE KNOWLEDGE
Plants- kindergarteners will learn about the parts of a plant and what plants need to grow. We will be growing our own plants and completing an observation log.