Week 13- November 4- November 8

Happy Friday families!

What a fun week we had together in kindergarten! It was the BEST first week back for me! The kiddos welcomed me back with so many sweet hugs and kind words. You should be so proud to have such loving children. 

If you missed the opportunity to buy books at the book fair this week, have to fear! We are having our very first Scholastic Book Order in November. Your child came home this week with a magazine to flip through. If you'd like to order please do so at 

https://clubs.scholastic.com/home, 

enter our class code when prompted, QDR6N 

Orders will be due Tuesday November 12.

Happy Birthday Christian!

Happy Birthday Cambree!

   

Don't forget to scroll down to see pictures from our week! Here's a look at next week:

Spalding: We will continue to learn our double letter phonograms this week by adding 5 new phonograms. When saying phonograms with cues you will say the sound, have your child repeat it, then give them the cue, your child will not repeat the cue. 

Cues are:

er (her)

ir (first)

ur (nurse)

wor(works)

ear(early)

 If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask. 

Sight Words: This week we will begin reviewing list 4 and adding it to your child’s sight word ring soon.

Literature: This week our story will be another African trickster tale, “The Great Tug-of-War.” Our poem will be, “There Once was a Little Girl.”  Please continue to read nightly with your child as well as practice their sight words. They are off to a great start! 

This week we will use part of our literature time to give our students an opportunity to complete their first service project.We would love to show our students the satisfaction of giving back and helping others. For November students will write thank you letters to the troops for Veterans Day. Our kindergarten goal is to write 200 letters! If your family would like to participate you are more than welcome to send letters in your child’s green folder and I will turn them in. 

Math: Our unit for this week will be covering length and size. We will begin by using every day items to measure school supplies and ourselves! These items will include unifix cubes, paper clips, yarn, and various body parts. We will use the language of shorter, longer, tallest, smallest. 

Science: We are exploring magnets this week! Students will learn that magnets have 2 poles and that they can attract and repel other magnetic things. Scholars will get to experiment with magnets around the classroom. They will predict what things a magnet will attract and what it will not.

History: We will be learning about the continent of Europe. Scholars will become familiar with the names of a few countries in Europe as well as their famous landmarks. We will learn more about European castles and why castles were important in medieval times.