Newsletter Information

Mrs. Hendershot’s Class

Friday, November 14, 2013

Dates:

     November 14- End of 1^st Trimester

     November 15- No School

     November 20- Early Out

     November 22- Report Cards go home

     November 27-29- No School

Daily 5:

During our reading time we are still doing our Daily’s and meeting with the teacher to work on a variety of skills.  We have been working very hard on the ending sounds in words, writing words how they sound, and talking about the concepts of print.  We are going to continue this plus add more to what we already have been doing.  Please keep reading and practicing reading at home.

Math:

In math we have been busy working on our numbers to 30.  This is a tough concept for all the students to understand.  We have counted items to 30, wrote the numbers to 30, and sequenced the numbers to 30.  Please work on this at home as this is a goal we have for Kindergarten.

Social Studies:

This month we are going to spend our time discussing the Pilgrims, Indians, and the First Thanksgiving.  The kids are very excited to learn about all of the interesting things that happened during this time.  So watch as your child brings home some items that might represent things at the First Thanksgiving.

Writing:

We have been spending a lot of our time during writing working on stretching out words and putting spaces between our words.  These can be tough concepts as it is hard to remember to sound out the word fully and to put a space before going on to the next word.  We also just introduced starting our sentences with a capital letter.  Please continue to work on these at home too!

Helpful Hints:

     Work on counting, writing, and sequencing numbers to 30.

    Read a book each night with your child.

    Ask your child something they did in their Daily each evening.