Mrs. B's Kindergarteners

Our class feast is coming up. Thursday, November 19th at 11am AMK will have a feast to celebrate Thanksgiving and our learning of working together.  Each student brought in a soup ingredient that will be made into stone soup. We will also be having rolls, fruit and veggies, dessert and sparkling cider.

Please let me know if you would like to join your Kindergartener for the feast.

No homework this week! A November-Thanksgiving packet will be coming home Thursday. It is filled with mazes, letter writing practice pages, letter sound worksheets and coloring sheets. 

Conferences start this Friday, 11/ 20 at 7:45 am.  If you arrive before your scheduled time, have a seat near the classroom door.  Be ready to discuss reading, writing, and behavior.  Progress reports will be handed to you that day:)

November is here and our literacy centers are in full swing. Tuesday through Thursday, we start with a mini-lesson on comprehension strategies then move to our centers for the remander of the morning learning block. 

We are learning all about trees in science.  Parts of a tree, what trees need to survive and what part do they play in our world are just a few things we have learned so far!

Math Games- This week, two new math games were introduced: Spill the disks and Number War.  These are two wonderful games that can be played at home. 

Spill the Disks (coins or buttons- 2 colors) : We are working on combinations of 10.  Start with 10 of the same coins. Place them in a plastic cup or bowl.  Shake the cup and spill the contents out.  Have your child count the Heads and Tails, then create the number sentence. Spill the coins at least 6 times. For example:

H           T  

6    +     4 = 10

Number War:  This is the classic card game that we all grew up with. Split the card deck (numbers 1-10 only) in half with faces down..  At the count of three, show your top card.  The player showing the higher number takes the pile. Continue until all the cards end up with one player.  If the numbers are the same, lay 2 cards face down, then flip the 3rd.  Player with the higher number wins the stack.

I have been gone, off at a writing training where I am learning, and relearning ways to incorporate the writing process and the 6+1 traits(ideas, word choice, sentence fluency, organization, conventions, voice, and publishing) into our AMK schedule.   I will be gone tomorrow, October 21st, as well.  I hope to come back with a notebook full of ideas and projects!

Next Friday is the Stillwater Harvest Festival. The entire school will be dressing in their costumes and parading down the halls at 1:45. Then classroom celebrations start at 2:30. 

Because we are only in school in the mornings, we will be having our own AMK (with Mrs. P’s class) costume parade around 11am. After showing off our costumes to the other classrooms, we will celebrate the harvest and halloween season with our own party at 11:15!

Costumes may NOT include weapons of any sort, masks or scary face paint and must be able to fit into a bag.

AMK had their first taste of Art Docent! It was exciting and we learned how to make leaf prints.  I am looking forward to each and every lesson:)

REMINDERS:

• Please pack only 1-2 snacks that can be easily opened and eaten in 10-12 minutes.  Thank you.
• October Book Orders are DUE Friday, 10/30.
• Monthly Homework DUE the week of 10/26

Have a great week!