The deadline to sign the Google Doc
and pay for our upcoming field trip to Stages Theater (on November 30th) is November 13th, though the
sooner, the better!
If your kinder has not brought in a
non-perishable food item, it is not too late! The Food Drive will last through
this week and will end this Friday, November 10th.
On Friday, the 10th, as well as next
Friday, the 17th, the school store will be selling Gobble Grams. Please see
below to read a note from Mrs. Riz (the school counselor as well as the school
store leader):
"Gobble Grams will be $2 and
students will have an opportunity to write a message to peers or staff on why
they are grateful for them. The gram will include t-day swag (non edible). Each
gram will be delivered to homerooms November 21st in the
morning."
This Friday, the 10th is Picture
Re-Take Day. If your kinder is having his/her picture taken again, please send
in his/her photo packet back to school. Once the new pictures have been
developed, you will receive the new packet. Please let me know if your kinder
will be re-taking his/her picture so I can ensure his/her picture will be
taken. Please also send uniform clothes to school to be changed into after
pictures.
This Friday, the 10th (so many things
happening on Friday!), we are also celebrating Veterans Day. We will be
honoring veterans as well as learning more about veterans during an assembly
Friday afternoon. The Veterans Day program begins at 2:30 pm. You are more than
welcome to join us! If you plan to attend and would like to take your kinder
home with you after the program, please let me know so we can ensure your
kinder's end-of-day things are with us. If you would like to learn more about
Veterans Day and why we celebrate Veterans Day, please watch the following
short videos:
The Disguise a Turkey
"homework" is due next Wednesday, November 15th, though you can send
them to school early or whenever you finish disguising him/her.
The book fair "preview"
flyer will be sent home on Wednesday, the 15th, as well. Please see the next
email regarding the book fair and Grandparents Day.
Give to the Max Day is Thursday,
November 16th! Help support our school by making a donation (big or small!) to
Cologne Academy. You can donate that day or any day up until the 16th.
The goal and incentive for Give to the Max is below:
$15,000 - All School Non-uniform Day
$20,000 - Monday after Easter NO
SCHOOL!
Grandparents Day 1:00-2:10, our Fall
Party 10:50-11:50 AND November's OSA 2:30-3:15 is Tuesday, November 21st.
NO SCHOOL November 22nd through November
24th.
Please, please keep sending your
kinder's winter gear to school, including snow pants, winter coat, snow boots,
hat and gloves (waterproof gloves/mittens are the best!). Even though there is
no snow on the ground, it can get very chilly and the snow pants help keep the
kinders warm :)
LITERATURE
Focus: Character and Setting
Core Knowledge Stories:
Chicken Little
The Three Little Pigs
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
MATH
During the months of November and December students will
work on the following skills:
· numbers 0-20 (ordering, identifying,
representing, and writing)
· tally marks
· matching and sorting: shapes
· reviewing 2 -dimensional shapes, shapes in pictures
· reviewing left and right
· patterns :ABC and ABB
· comparing, ordering, and measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a
ruler in inches
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
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
Students will practice the basic handwriting strokes,
pencil grip, and correct posture.
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.
