What We're Learning!
Language Arts
We will review the word wall words we have learned so far. Your child should be able to recognize and spell the following words: a, can, I, like, see and said. Please help your child at home to ensure that they can read and spell the words each week.
We will be starting our handwriting next week. This will be a time that we will be focusing on forming our letters correctly as well as holding our pencils properly.
We will be starting our handwriting next week. This will be a time that we will be focusing on forming our letters correctly as well as holding our pencils properly.
Our library day is on Tuesday. Please enjoy the library books that your child will bring home each week and then return them on Tuesday morning so that they will be able to check out a new book!
Math
We will be continuing our unit on numbers by working with counting different quantities and writing the amounts, talking about place value (1's and 10's), as well as working with representing numbers in new ways ( tally marks). Number talks have been going wonderful! We are able to share how we see things and learn from each other! During number talks, learners tell about the patterns they see within numbers, quantities and different ways that we can represent and share our mathematical thinking!
Don't forget to look on twitter for any math city challenges. This week I will be sending one out about sorting. This will help them with our data analysis that we will be working on each nine weeks. Please help your child complete the challenge and tag me (@kmckinney_cisd)
Science and Social Studies
Next week in science we will continue to explore weather as well as properties of wood and paper through our FOSS kit. We will observe different types of paper, conduct different experiments and discuss the different ways that we can help the environment through recycling. If your career connects to this in any way, please let us know! We would love make a career connection with the kids!
In Social Studies we will be learning about sequencing how things change over time. We will also be looking at positional words such as above, below, behind, beside, around, etc.
We will also be looking at the different adjectives that describe us!
We will continue to learn and use our citizenship quality, Patriotism. ( honoring ones county)
Important Dates
Parent Teacher Conference Day - Friday, October 9th ( No school for the kids! )
No School- Columbus Day- Moday October 12th
Red Ribbon Week- October 26th- October 30th
End of 1st 9 weeks Spirit Rally- 8:15 a.m.- October 23rd
Report cards go home- October 30th
In other news...
Congratulations to K3 for selling the most raffle tickets as a class! A Bahama Bucks Party is coming soon!
Congratulations to Nicholas in K1 for selling the most raffle tickets in Kindergarten!
Congratulations to Beckham in K3 for guessing the amount closest in the estimation jar at the book fair!
Book fair was last week!
Thank you to all of the parents who came out to help our learners make a wish list! If your child was wanting a book that was sold out, here is a link to order any
books that may not have been available!
Volunteering opportunities are here!! You
should have received a link from our wonderful room moms that will give you the
volunteer opportunities in the classroom. Thank you in advance for your help
and encouragement with our learners!! If you need this link resent to you,
please e-mail your teacher.
Parent
Teacher Conferences are coming on October 9th. Please remember that we are
doing 20 minute conferences that are back to back and it would help us greatly
if you could please make sure you are on time for your scheduled conference.
THANKS SO MUCH!!!
Kindergarten
is collecting gently used shoes for our shoe drive! We will be using these
shoes in our first Engineering unit as well as donating them to various
charities in our community.
**Kindergarten is also collecting any blue jeans that you are not using/wearing any more! We are going to be doing our very first global service learning project starting in October. We will be helping to make close toe shoes for children in Africa out of blue jeans. If you would like a little more information before we get started, please click on the link below! More information will be coming home as we get closer to starting this global service learning!
http://www.solehope.org/
**Kindergarten is also collecting any blue jeans that you are not using/wearing any more! We are going to be doing our very first global service learning project starting in October. We will be helping to make close toe shoes for children in Africa out of blue jeans. If you would like a little more information before we get started, please click on the link below! More information will be coming home as we get closer to starting this global service learning!
http://www.solehope.org/
Please remember to send a snack with your child each day.
It should be something quick and easy to open. Also, the children may only have
water bottles in our classrooms. Please do not send juice for snack time. We
are trying desperately to keep our carpets clean. THANK YOU!!!
Follow us on Twitter!
Katy McKinney: @kmckinney_cisd
Lauren Torti: @LaurenTorti
Lorri Brehm: @lorribrehm
Thank you to everyone who came to special friends day! Here are a few photos from the special event!
Follow us on Twitter!
Katy McKinney: @kmckinney_cisd
Lauren Torti: @LaurenTorti
Lorri Brehm: @lorribrehm
Thank you to everyone who came to special friends day! Here are a few photos from the special event!
