Mrs. Burt and Ms. Massey’s October 2014 Newsletter Dates to Remember  October 1 st Cici’s Pizza Night (5:00-8:00)  October 3 rd Wear Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness  October 6 th Fire Safety Day with a visit from the Fire Department  October 8 th International Walk to school Day  October 14 th Fall Frolic Field Trip  October 22 nd Career Day  October 31 st Fall Carnival (morning) Sharkathon Dates October 9 th Sharkathon Pep Rally October 10 th Spirit Day (wear SCES shirts) October 13 th Looking for Healthy Habits (wear crazy glasses) October 14 th Teaming Together towards excellence (wear team jerseys) October 15 th Wild about Learning (wear crazy hats) October 16 th Crazy About Caring (bring in a canned good for Fort Mill Care Center) October 17 th Sharkathon Run- wear Sharkathon Shirts Future Happenings Concepts Themes: Good Foods to Eat, What Animals Need, Pumpkins/Fall, Nocturnal Animals, Community Helpers. Reading: Inferring, Sequencing, Rhyming Words, Asking questions to understanding reading. Math: Numbers (comparing, beginning addition) What Happening? Reading: We have been learning reading strategies. Eagle Eye encourage students to use pictures clues to help them sound out words. Lips to Fish encourages students to get their mouth ready for the first sound in a word as they put their finger under the words they are reading. Have them show you at home. Writing: We are working on writing Personal Narrative stories. We have been learning that personal narratives need characters, settings, and a problem and solution to the story. We have been encouraging students to stretch out their words and record the sounds they hear….AND begin putting finger spaces in between words. Math: We have been learning numbers 1-10 and will begin working on numbers We have been comparing numbers. Parent Resources From Supporting an Early Reader Choosing the correct book matters a lot,” says Dr. Lesley Morrow of Rutgers University and a past president of the International Reading Association. Here are some suggestions for selecting good books for your Kindergartener: Get books that rhyme and books with clear, attractive illustrations and strong texts. Pick books on subjects your child is interested in. If he or she takes a trip to an aquarium, borrow a book on sharks or dolphins. Ask other parents, friends, and teachers to share favorite book titles with you. Check online for lists of award-winning books for children. The International Reading Association website ( features Children’s Choices, a downloadable annual list of books chosen by young readers. Explore different genres with your child: storybooks, picture books, informational books, fairy tales, poetry, magazines, diaries, newspapers, and more. Sight Words: And, I, the, see, we, my, a, go, in, up, is, at, do, on, by it, to, the, and, big, can, me, said, all, you, be, for, of, so, stop, not, one Letters of the week: a, b, m, p, m, k, g, I, w, h, I, o, f, v, t, d, n, u (work on writing these letters and recognizing the letters names and sounds. We are focusing on differentiating lowercase from uppercase) Numbers: 1-20 Comparing Number (greater than, less than, equal to)