Check the Shutterfly site https://mrsgirbachskindergarten.shutterfly.com **This is where you'll find volunteer AND event sign ups. Conferences are coming up in November- please use this link to sign up for a conference time- I will meet with every family this time around- to give you an update on your child's progress thus far. Click here to sign up for a conference Theme This Week: Pow Wow/Native Americans Reading: Here are the concepts we will cover in Reading Street this week: Phonics: /k/ spelled Cc Phonemic Awareness: initial and final /k/ Comprehension: realism vs. fantasy NEW Popcorn Words/Sight Words: we, my, like Writing: The focus of our lessons this week: planning sentences, making sure we can read our writing (2 days), and staying on topic Math: This week we will work on: positional words, matching representations of numbers, number recognition and one-to-one correspondence | THINGS TO PRACTICE AT HOME: 1. Popcorn Words: I, am, the little, a, to, have, is, we, my, like 2. Counting by 1's to 100 3. Counting backwards 4. Name Writing- with one capital letter at the beginning only (first and last name) 5. Letter and Sound identification 6. Writing letters (upper and lowercase) THINGS SENT HOME THIS WEEK: None :) REMINDERS: 1. Field Trip- the field trip is not until the spring, but we need to secure tickets now. Please be sure to use this link to pay :) https://saline.revtrak.net/tek9.asp?pg=products&grp=33 (Information was sent home 2 weeks ago) 2. BooK Orders- sent home last week, I will place the order on November 18th. 3. If you haven't completed the turkey feather home project from last week, please consider :) They love looking at the turkey come together- with their feather! NOVEMBER SPECIALS SCHEDULE Click here to view |
1. STICKS...for Pow Wow, here are the details:
We need: 25 "growing sticks"- 1/2 inch in diameter and about 6 inches long
These really are just sticks- if you live near the woods and have down branches, this is a great place to collect them- we will need them cut to length before sending them in- please and thank you!.
IMPORTANT DATES:
November 15th- 50's Day
November 18th- Kindergarten Pow Wow
December 7th- Gingerbread Night 6:00-7:00pm
(information to come soon, but mark it on your calendar)
December 16th- Holiday Program, 9:30am
You'll want to mark this on your calendar- it is one of the bigger events of the year. We will perform at SALINE HIGH SCHOOL. The performance usually lasts about 30 minutes.
December 22nd, 9am: Pancakes and Pajamas
More information to come, but we will be serving pancakes for breakfast and wearing pajamas for the day.