Kindergarten News: October 17th- October 21st

What we’re      

Workin’ on this week..

Language Arts / Social Studies

This week we will be reading books about Fall and Leaves! :) We will brainstorm a list of good fall ideas to write about in our journals this week!  We are still practicing writing two sentences on a single topic!  We are really focusing on starting with a capital letter, using a finger space between words, and ending with a period!  We will also learn two new words in our word folders "not" and "am."

Math

This week we finish our testing of our number sense. We will be continuing in math stations within the classroom.  Please make sure to check your email for a note home from SEESAW! This is an online learning journal that all learners will have access to that will allow you to see what your child is doing in class! 

Thank you for working with your child to make sure that they are able to do the following things:(These things are what we are testing for the first nine weeks)

1. Counting to 25 and beyond (with and without objects)

2. Counting backwards from 20

3. Reading and writing our numbers

4. Giving the numbers before and after a given number 

Here are two power point presentations to help your child recognize groups of numbers as well as numbers out of order!

Recognizing numbers out of order. 

Subitizing

Science

This week in science, we will finish working on our first engineering project! We have been using the engineering process to improve the shoe. Ask your child all about the steps that they are going through! (Imagine, Plan, Design, Improve and Share)
**If possible, could you send in some of the following materials in for the students to use to improve their shoe?
*Glitter *Fabric PomPoms (the small balls) *Sequins *Pipe Cleaners

As a challenge, we are inviting all students to practice tying their shoes! If at the end of our engineering project, your child can tie their shoes, they will receive a certificate! Check out the video below to help your child learn! 

After we finish our engineering project, we will be learning about the life cycle of a plant. We will be learning about a few different plants life cycles! I cannot wait for you to hear all that they are learning and researching about! 

Important Dates... 

October 21st- Garden Visit @ 8:30

October 24th- October 28th- Red Ribbon Week

October 27th- Picture Re-takes

Texans of the Week

K1- Erin

K2- Luiza

K3- James

K4- Lee

Shoe Drive: October 3rd- October 28th

Kindergarten is having our annual shoe drive!  We will be collecting gently used shoes to be donated to various charities.  If you would like to donate any gently used tennis shoes, sandals, or boots, please bring them to school and place in the boxes by the Kindergarten classrooms.

Garden Visit

We are going to have our first garden visit on Friday, October 21st! We are so excited and cannot wait to go outside for some awesome learning experiences! We will walk over to the garden around 8:30 and then be back at the school by around 9:30. 

We are in need of as many parent volunteers as possible for this! If you would like to volunteer, please email your homeroom teacher and we will put you down to help in a small group! 

Storybook Pumpkin Design Challenge

TCE is having its first school-wide design challenge! Please click on the link below from Ms. Beruman to read about the details!

https://www.smore.com/b1xjb
Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is a time where we will be focusing on being a drug free campus! Each day we will have a fun dress up theme that the kids can participate in!

 Monday:  Put a Cap on Drugs (Hat Day)
Tuesday:  Crazy About Being Drug Free (Crazy Hair Day)
Wednesday:  Sock It to Drugs (Crazy Sock Day)
Thursday:  Turn Your Back on Drugs (Backwards Day)
Friday:  Teaming Up Against Drugs (Team Spirit Shirt Day)

 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/Page/22