Mark Your Calendars:November 1- Send in a white pillow case for your child to use for a Thanksgiving craft projectNovember 3- Walking Field Trip to Fire station and Retirement Home (More info coming soon)November 11- Veteran’s Day ProgramNovember 15- PTA Meeting 6 pmNovember 16- Santa PicturesNovember 21 thru 25- NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Holidays

December 19-January 2- NO SCHOOL Christmas Holidays

Kindergarten Newsletter Our Theme:

Unit 4 Food: Week 1 Where food comes from Week 2 What’s for dinner Week 3 Food TraditionsEnglish Language Arts:

Comprehension: story sequence, making inferences, making connections to the story: schema, self to text connections, text to other text connections, text to world connections Sight Word: to, have, see and go

Letters: N and CMath:

Making sets, Numbers 0-10, Addition, Graphing, Collecting Data, Patterns

Homework: Please sign here that you have read this newsletter and marked important dates on your family calendar to ensure that your child is prepared for class activities.

_______________Week of October 31st due on Friday:

Monday: Letter N handwriting sheet. Make flashcards for to, have, see, and go.Tuesday: Page 2 of newsletter “Farmer Fred’s Day” activity and read the touch and read words and words you can sound out. Thursday: Read the Phonics story “We Can” on page 3 of the newsletter 3 times. Place all homework for the week in your child’s folder to turn in on Friday.

Week of November 7th due on Friday:Monday: Letter C handwriting sheet. Tuesday: Page 2 of the newsletter “You Decide” activity. Thursday: Read the Phonics story “Tap It! Nan Min” on page 3 of the newsletter 3 times. Place all homework for the week in your child’s folder to turn in on Friday.

Week of November 14th due on Friday:Monday: Practice flashcards. Read the sentences, words and stories from the newsletter 3 times. Tuesday: Practice flashcards. Read the sentences, words and stories from the newsletter 3 times. Thursday: Practice flashcards. Read the sentences, words and stories from the newsletter 3 times. Place all homework for the week in your child’s folder to turn in on Friday.

Touch and read each word.Weekly Reader will begin coming home this week. Please reread these magazines several

times with your child. Let your child touch each word as he reads. Make sure to go over the

activity page on the back.

Words you can sound out. (Tell your child to “bumpy blend” and them “smooth blend the sounds to put together the word.)