Weekly Newsletter-October 18-22nd

 

Dear Families,

This week, we have worked on the letters s, p, x, and k. Students were asked to build, sort, and read these words.  We have also worked on the star words "in" and "at" Be sure that your child knows these words and the other star words that have been previously introduced. This week we read the story Pumpkin, Jack.  It is a fiction story where the main character, Tim, grows a pumpkin and all the steps it takes to grow a pumpkin.  During this story, we learned about new vocabulary words of mold and generous.  Ask your kindergartner what these words mean.  We also learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin.  Do you know that pumpkins are at one-time green!?

In writing, we are working as a class to create show and tell stories.  In these stories, we look and think about an object.  We next draw our object, then write about it, and last we can add more.  We work hard at spelling words that we don't know how to spell.  Our goal is to write down all the sounds that we hear in a word.  It is okay if it is not spelled correctly, we can always go back and get it fixed later.  We also work on doing all star work.  This means that we stay in the lines, have no white spaces, and use colors that make sense.  We can make pictures the way that we want when it is free-choice time.  During writing time and other times during the day, our goal is to do all-star work.


Reminders:
Tomorrow is early dismissal!  Be sure your child knows the going-home plans.

Wear black and orange tomorrow!

Next week is Pumpkin Days!  Your child can bring in a pumpkin that is decorated (not carved) and have it displayed in the library.


Thank you!