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The Kindergarten Weekly News
10/ 10/17-10/13/17
This Week’s Themes
Our unit question for our 2nd reading unit is…How are animals and plants unique? The question of the week: What Can We Learn About Nature When We Look Closely?
Our new theme this week is Bats. We will be learning facts about Bats and
how they are unique.
Reading and Literature
Story: Nature Spy
Comprehension: Setting
Amazing Words: discover, spy, nature, acorn, pattern
Sight Words: have, is, be
Phonological Awareness: Syllables, blending onset and rime, initial sounds, distinguishing rhymes and blending sounds to produce a word
Conventions: Proper Nouns
Genre: non-fiction; informational text
Letters: U, V, W, X
Decodable Book:
Themed Activities:
Stellaluna sequencing and bat,
Rhyming Bat hat, bat fact, How to draw a bat writing activity.
Math
This weeks Essential
Question in Math:
When saying any given number what does that number word mean? Objectives: Arrange analyze, and draw qualities of 1 more beginning with numbers other then 1, Order quantities, from 10-1 and match numerals, count down from 10-1 state one less than a given number, arrange number towers and describe the pattern.
Writing and Handwriting
This week we in our Handwriting Without Tears program we will be learning how to write the letters U, V, W, X and continue practicing using the following verbiage when describing how to write/form the letters and numbers and they are all formed by using the following 4 Phrases: Big Line, Little Line, Small Curve, Big Curve. Please have your child complete the practice handwriting sheets that were sent home today in your child’s folder. We are also working in our journals and writing and drawing about the prompt that is given by teacher.

3. Important Dates to Remember
Field Trip
If for some reason you have not received a field trip information packet, please let your child’s teacher know so they can get you one. Please remember you need to take the volunteer training class to
come with us on the field trip.
Conferences
You should have received a notice from your child’s teacher about Parent /Teacher Conferences. Please make sure you sign up using the web address the teacher sent home and not the school link that was sent out. If you did not receive this notice please contact your child’s teacher. You will be instructed to sign up for your conference on a website PTCFast. If you have any problems or questions with this please contact your child’s teacher. We look forward to see all of you in a few weeks to go over your child’s progress so far in Kindergarten!
Important Dates to Remember
October 12th-Volunteer training at Mirage
October 13th- Scholastic book orders due
October 16th-20th-Parent Teacher Conference week
October 19th and 20th-Half Days
October 27th-Field Trip
October 31st-Fall Festival
November 3rd-Half Day
November 20th-24th- Thanksgiving Break
Donation Station
We are fast at work planning a fall festival for Tuesday, October 31st. We will be in need of volunteers in the morning and the afternoon on this day. We will also be asking for donations for the activities we have planned. We will be sending home information about this along with a sign up for volunteers and donations later this week, please let us know if you have any questions. Thank You!