Happy Halloween!

It's hard to believe that October is almost over. During the last two months the students have learned so much. They are beginning to read and write independently already. It certainly is an exciting time in kindergarten!

In Math we just finished Chapter 3 and we will begin Chapter 4 next week. We will be learning about numbers 6-10. Continue to practice writing numbers 0-10. Some of the numbers are very tricky to write! We will also continue talking about before and after on a number line.

In Language Arts we are reviewing setting, character and sequence. We will be learning about main idea next week. So far we have focused on letters Mm, Tt, Aa, Ss and next week we will practice Pp. We have also been learning that nouns are naming words and they name a person, place, thing or animal. We also discussed proper nouns this week. Next week I will be introducing adjectives.

I am very excited to share kid writing journals with you at conference time in November. I think you will be impressed with how well you child is writing. I have a handful of students writing completely independently and by late December my goal is to have the entire class writing one complete sentence independently. Continue to practice the sight words and sounds at home because that makes writing much easier! In the picture above, Aiden shows off his wonderful kid writing work!

This week in Science we learned about our hands. We did a little activity where each student had to write his/her name without the use of their thumb. We learned how important our thumbs really are! Next week we will learn about bones and muscles!

Look for the November Newsletter in the Weekly Communicator Folder that will be sent home Friday. It has some important information on it!

In the pictures below, Adrian is working hard on his tissue paper pumpkin. Mackenzie and Reilly are showing off their pumpkins!

Happy Halloween!