A Peek at the Upcoming Week...and More

Upcoming Events:

Monday, Oct 26th - D Day (wear tennis shoes for gym) P/T Conferences

Tuesday, October 27th - E Day (remember library books)

Wednesday, Oct 28th - A Day (art) P/T Conferences

Thursday, Oct 29th - B Day (music) 1:35 Halloween Parade, Room parties 2:00 pm-3:00 pm

**If you would like to plan to come to the classroom at 1:25 to help us change into our Halloween costumes, that would be terrific. I would appreciate the help!

Friday, Oct 30th - No School

Tuesday, Nov 3rd - General PTO Mtg. 7pm in the library

Friday, Nov 6th - Picture Re-take Day

Sunday, Nov 8th - Music Program All Day

Wednesday, Nov 11th - Veteran’s Day Assembly 9 am

**Please note that only kindergartners with guests may attend the assembly. Other than that, kindergarten classes will remain in their classrooms. (The entire student body and guests simply won't all fit in the gym, and the assembly can be long for our attention spans.)

Wednesday, Nov 18th - Early Release Day

Trunk or Treat

This is the third year for Long's Trunk or Treat! It's always lots of fun! The Kindergarten teachers like to come up with a theme for our costumes...this year, it's Inside Out! 

I love seeing my Peeps in costume! They looked fabulous!! It was fun that so many friends got to come trunk-or-treating on a Sunday evening!

  

This is the third year for Trunk-or-Treating at Long! This year, it seemed like attendance was even bigger than last year! If you didn't get to come, maybe you can plan to next time. There'll be other fun activities to come to this year, too!

Time to Carve Jack-o-Lanterns!

Oh my goodness, we had SO MUCH FUN on Friday carving pumpkins! Parents, thank you so very much to those of you who were able to come, and donate a pumpkin! I appreciate your help so much! We could have done this as a group, but with your help, each child was able to be so much more involved. It was a wonderful experience in teambuilding and cooperation for the children! 

Each team had to decide what type of face to carve on their pumpkin. They agreed on the shapes, and divided up the jobs. They had to draw the facial features, scoop out the pumpkin, and collect the seeds! 

 

 

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 Carving pumpkins can be messy work...we love it!!

 

 

 

 

All during the week, we have read fiction and non-fiction stories about pumpkins. We've learned about the pumpkin life cycle--how pumpkins grow from a seed into a sprout, then a vine that produces flowers. The flowers become pumpkins! Pumpkins start off small and green, then they turn orange when they're ready to be picked. After that, you can carve them, and when they're carved they become jack-o-lanterns! Look at our six fantastic jack-o-lanterns!

Weekly Peep Report

Happy Sunday, Kindergarten Families!

We just completed another great week of learning!  I hope you had the opportunity to enjoy your children on their half day!  The weather has been perfect in the afternoons for playing outside!  The Peeps enjoyed the leadership assembly on Friday morning!Conferences are coming soon (October 26 and 28)!  Thank you to those of you that have confirmed a time. I am looking forward to having the opportunity to talk with you about your child's progress! Please know that our conference time is only 15 minutes long, and I will need to stay on schedule. If we feel that more time is needed, I am happy to arrange that with you. Report cards will be emailed to you from the district this week, most likely on Tuesday. If you have any questions that cannot wait until our conference, please let me know. I'd be happy to talk with you. (For first quarter, we don't mark a specific grade. Instead, we mark areas that need improvement, like we did on the progress report. Then there's a comment area on the report card to give you specific information on your child's progress. Our grades for second-fourth quarter are "Exceeds Expectations," "Meets Expectations," "Still Developing," and "Area of Concern." That's just for your future reference.)     Our class Halloween party will be on Thursday, October 29th.  Thanks to Mrs. Clarke for volunteering to organize the party for our class, and to all of the parents helping out, or planning to join us! Just a reminder that snacks and treats must be store bought, but they are not required to be individually wrapped. PLEASE be sure to have them approved by the nurse anytime up to the day before the party. 

Kindergartners love Halloween and really get excited about it!  As they are getting costumes planned, please remember that they must be appropriate for school, with no weapons or makeup.  Also, be sure to send them to school in a bag on the day of the party. Each piece should be marked with your child's name!  We will have lots of costumes in our room, and we don't want any pieces left behind!  Thank you for your help!

The Scholastic Book Fair is starting later this week, and runs through October 29. You can plan to visit the book fair during school hours, or on conference night, or even on party day. That's the best way for you to purchase books. You could also plan a lunch date with your child, and shop then! Our class lunch time is 11:45.

Kindergarten Weekly Report

October 18, 2015

ABC's and 123's

Reading: This week we've focused on letters d, e, and f. We're working hard to become letter sound masters; we use letter sounds when reading and writing. They are very important! In our shared reading lesons, we've been reading lots of fiction and non-fiction books about nighttime! We've made predictions about whether or not a book is fiction or non-fiction, and then read to find out if we were right. The boys and girls did a wonderful job working with Mrs. Schnitker when I was out with my sick daughter. (I hope the germs are staying away from your house!)

Math: We're reviewing the four basic shapes in our math lessons and activities (circle, square, rectangle, and triangle) and learning new ones (hexagon, octagon, trapezoid). We're continuing our practice with numbers to 10, with counting objects in a line and in a group. We've learned strategies to count numbers carefully: you can move them to be in a line, or you can mark them off as you count if they're on paper. Zero the Hero visited us on Friday! Can you believe that it was the 40th day of school?!

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Science: We've been excited to learn all about nighttime! We have compared objects in the night sky to objects in the day sky. 

A Peek at This Week: 

Monday: D Day (P.E.)

Tuesday: E Day (Library/Technology) 

Wednesday: A Day (Art) 

Thursday: B Day (Music)

Friday: C Day (P.E.)

October 25:  Trunk or Treat 4:00-6:00 p.m. 

October 26 and 28: Parent/Teacher Conferences (evening) 

October 29: Halloween Party!

October 30: No School (Conference Compensation Day)

November 8: Music Programs (The Kindergarten performance is at 1:00, and is called "Gotta Find the Goose!")

Pictures

Here are the children on Thursday afternoon, reading with Mrs. Schnitker before dismissal.

Zero the Hero visited us on Friday! It's the 40th Day of School!