I cannot believe that the first quarter of kindergarten has come
and gone! I guess the saying is true, time flies when you are having fun!
Here is the November newsletter plus an update to where we are headed in
reading and math. Thank you for your continued support!
THE BOOK-IT PROGRAM FROM PIZZA HUT CONTINUES!
Wow! I was very impressed with the number of
students participating in this in October. So again, this month when you read
to your child for ten minutes or when your child read to you, please initial
the day on the calendar attached. When your child has twelve days signed,
he/she will receive a certificate for a free personal pan pizza! The calendars
are due back to me on December 1st. Happy Reading!
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
Monday:
Music (*Remember to wear tennis shoes!)
Thursday:
P.E. (*Remember to wear tennis shoes!)
Friday:
Library (*Books are due every week!)
November
5th- 7th: Parent Teacher Conferences; Half Day dismissal
@ noon
November
5th-7th: Book Fair in the Library!
November 7th: Field trip to Alberta Bair; A Very Hungry Caterpillar
November 7th:
Scholastic Book Orders Due Back; If you want to order
online our classroom code is MFK6Q.
November 11th:
Veteran’s Day Breakfast in the commons. All active
military or veterans
with ties to Meadowlark School are
invited to enjoy
breakfast with their guest(s) from 7:00 to 8:15.
November
18th: PTA meeting @ 6:00 p.m. in the Library
November
20th: Picture Re-takes
November
20th: Skate Night from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. @ Skate World
(701 S. 29th Street
West)
November
25th: Early Out; Dismissal @ noon.
November
26th-28th: No School! Happy Thanksgiving!
MATH AND
READING GAMES FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER:
The math game for this month is heads or tails. The
players take 10 pennies and toss them on a table. Next, one player sorts the
pennies into two groups, heads or tails. Then that player writes the number
sentences to show how many heads and tails are showing. (for example: 4+6=10)
The game continues until all combinations of ten have been recorded.
Also coming home this month are a set
of cards to play memory with. We are going to begin working in depth with the
“teen” numbers. This is a game to help your child recognize each of the “teen”
numbers and 20.
For reading practice
segmenting words. This is breaking words down to each individual sound. Ask
them to get the /m/ /i/ /l/ /k/ for you instead of saying the word milk. Your
child will need to break the words down into individual sounds and then blend
the sounds back together to form the word. Also work on counting syllables in
words.
Reading Update:
In
second quarter we will move on to our second unit in our reading series. This
unit is more hands on and science based. It is all about using our five senses
(sight, hearing, smell, feeling, and tasting) to discover the world around us.
We
will continue to review/learn letters A through Z by name and sound.
We will also introduce digraphs: two letters that make one sound.
(For example: th, sh, ch, wh)
HIGH
FREQUENCY WORDS:
and,
we, he, she, me, it, is, in, no, this, look, like, have
Review
words: I, see, the, can, a, an
Reading Strategies: What do good readers do?
Make
Predictions
Look
at Picture Clues
Making
Connections: Book to Self, Book to World, Book to Book
Identifying
Important Information
Comparing and Contrasting
Math Update:
We will continue
to work on oral counting, number recognition up to 10, and sorting. Please
remember that your child must be able to explain how he/she sorted objects and
know which has the most/least.
This quarter we
will work in depth with numbers greater than 10, up to 20. We will also be working on counting to 100 by
10s and 1s, being able to count forward from any given number, comparing
numbers, correctly naming shapes, and knowing different attributes of each
shape.
Shapes to know:
circle, triangle, square, rectangle, trapezoid, rhombus, pentagon, and hexagon.
Happy November!
