Kindergarten News: November 7th- November 11th

What we’re      

Workin’ on this week..

Language Arts / Social Studies

We will continue our unit on Thanksgiving!  We have been learning about the Pilgrims and the Native Americans and their journey together.  Today we learned about the Mayflower!  We are starting some fun research rotations this week as we continue to learn more about the first Thanksgiving!
We will also continue to work on using our journal checklist in our writing.
Lastly we will learn two new words: "have" (we did not get to this one last week!) and "is."

"THE MAYFLOWER"

Math

This week we will continue composing and decomposing numbers by using number bonds. This is breaking an amount apart into two numbers. This is an introduction into combinations of numbers that will help them once we start addition and subtraction! Be on the look out for learners sending you their explination of them composing or decomposing a number! 
As a challenge, click here to decompose numbers at home! 

We are also working on seeing patterns in numbers when we are writing. Every learner needs a empty paper towel roll for what we will be doing. We are going to be making a scroll that they will get to build onto as they write larger number amounts! Every year, once the pattern is seen, the kiddos just take off! I cannot wait to show you how high your child will be able to write! 

We are also do a fun math challenge of counting in different languages to 10 or 20. If you are a friend who is able to count in a different language, please have you mom or dad video tape you and send it to either Mrs. McKinney or Mrs. Brehm. Please include the region of where your language is from, as we are making a link to that place in the world!
***Example: Hi my name is _______. I am going to count to 10 in Chinese. (Then you would count slowly so others will be able to learn from you!)
We cannot wait to get in the videos, put them on our world map and learn from you! 

Science

This week in science week in science we will continue talking about the life cycle of a plant- especially the tree! We will be doing our very first research project on how plants (especially trees) are effected through the seasons. Learners will be working in groups within the classroom on the research website Pebblego.com. I cannot wait for you to see their finished products of research as well as the online nonfiction book they will be making! 

Extending your  learning at home:

Wow Luiza! We love how you extended what you learned in science about living and nonliving things at home! We cannot wait to see what else others bring in/ create! Thank you for sharing with us! 

Important Dates... 

November 11th - Veteran's Day- meet out by the flag pole @ 8:00
November 15th - Fall Nature Walk -8:15-10:30
November 18th - Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast (10:30- 11:15)
      Turkey Drive- (Frozen Turkeys)
                                             Turkey Trot (Parents are welcome to come @ 1:20- 2:10)
November 21st - November 25th- Thanksgiving Break ( No School)

Texans of the Week

K1- Elina

K2- Aanya

K3- Gabriella

K4- Athena

Fall nature Walk

We have a fun field trip planned for Kindergarten!  We are going on a Fall Nature Walk to Kid Country/Andy Brown.  The learners will be participating in a fall scavenger hunt that will expand their understanding of nature, weather, and animals.  We will walk around the pond area, playground, and woods.  We will be going on Tuesday, November 15th.   Volunteers will be needed to help with small groups once we arrive at Kid Country. If you would like to help, please fill out the yellow form that was sent home with your child! 

We will walk to Kid Country/Andy Brown at 8:30 a.m. We will start walking back to Town Center a 10:30 a.m.                             

If you have not sent in your yellow permission slip, or you have lost yours, please email your teacher so that we can get you another form! 

PARTS OF A PLANT - Sign Up

In Science, we have been working on Life Cycles of Pumpkin and Plants, and Parts of a Pumpkins and Plants.   To extend this lesson, we are going to create a plant using  fresh vegetables.  We are asking for your help with this activity by signing up for item(s) on the following link. 

http://signup.com/go/Rukp2e

We appreciate all you do!!

Thank you!

November 18th is a BUSY day at TCE!!

On November 18th, we will be having a busy but exciting day here in Kindergarden! Here is a little more information about what is happening throughout the day! 

Turkey Drive: We are having a Turkey Drive hosted by the 2nd graders to be donated to families that are unable to afford a Thanksgiving dinner. A link will be sent home soon to donate the turkey to the food bank! 

Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast: Kindergarteners will be having a Thanksgiving feast in the cafeteria! We will be sending home what we need each friend in the classroom needs to provide to help us with our feast ( everyone just brings one thing on the list! :) ) . We will be needing volunteers for this day to help us set up our decorations, serve the kindergarteners as well as clean up before the next grade comes into the cafeteria! We will be starting our feast a little earlier than our usual lunch time so that we can make sure that we all have a chance to eat and enjoy each other! More information will be coming soon! We just wanted you to be able to mark your calendars! 

Turkey Trot: During specials, Kindergarten will be outside to run our in our TCE Turkey Trot! All parents are invited to come and run or walk with their child! The time is from 1:20-2:10.

 Interested in Volunteering this year? 

If you are interested in volunteering at all this year, please click on the link below to fill out the 2016-2017 volunteer background check. Everyone that volunteers must have a completed background check. Once you have done it, it is good for the entire year! It only takes a few minuets! 

http://www.coppellisd.com/P