Week of 10/13/14
Notes
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Reminders:
In your child's Thursday folder last week, you should've seen an
assignment called "Leaf Man". In class we read the story "Leaf Man" by
Lois Ehlert and saw how you can create a creature/man out of leaves.
The paper in your child's folder explains the assignment. This
assignment is due next Thursday, October 16th. Your child will share
his/her leaf creature/man to the class on this day.
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Thursday is a half-day, ending at 11:15 am and students will NOT be
having lunch at school that day. Please do not send them with a
lunch.
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Report cards:
The kindergarten team would like to notify you that your child’s report
card will reflect all of the skills your child will be expected to master by
the end of kindergarten.
Please note that the scores (0-3) reflect their current understanding
and your child will show growth with each quarterly assessment.
Throughout the course of the year, these skills will be taught
allowing your child to show growth in needed areas.
In addition, reading and writing levels will be discussed at
conferences along with questions about report cards. Report cards will
be available on Parent Portal beginning Wednesday, 10/15. To view
your report card, select “reports” and “kindergarten report card.”
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Parent/Teacher Conferences are happening on Thursday, October 16th
and Friday, October 17th. Also, please note that even though the time
blocks are 20 minutes long, the conferences are only 15 minutes in
order to give teachers time to prepare for their next conference, so
please arrive early and prepared with whatever questions you may
have. I sent home a Conference Questionnaire this past Thursday that
if you choose to complete and return by Monday, will help me to be
better prepared to answer your questions/concerns.
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In math, we are continuing with learning "doubles facts" (ex: 4 + 4 =
8). To help them memorize these facts, we teach them a "doubles
rap". The rap is on my website, under kindergarten documents.
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Don't forget to vote for "Celebrate My Drive"! More details are
available on the SVA website.
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Please remember that Monday is our Library day, and so if you still
have the library book that they checked out this week, they need to
have it on Monday in order to check out a new one.
Math
Doubles Facts with Sums to 18
Covering Designs with Pattern Blocks
Ordering Numbers to 20
Reading Street
Animal Babies in Grasslands
Amazing Words: calf, grassland, cub, pup, joey, and foal
Challenge Words: we, my, like
Phonics
Review Consonants, Vowels and Blends
Science
None this week
Social Studies
Columbus
Core Knowledge Saying
A dog is a man's best friend.
The early bird gets the worm.
Core Virtue
Self-Control and Self-Discipline
Camp Rotation
Monday: Computers
Tuesday: Art
Wednesday: Art
Thursday: Music
Friday: None - No School
Important Dates - October
10/1/14 Formal Uniform Day
10/3/14 Dress of Choice Day
10/3/14 Field trip form and payment due
10/6 - 10/10 - Service learning project (coat collection week)
10/9/14 - Field trip to Anderson Farm
10/10/14 - End of Quarter 1
10/16/14 - Half day of school (dismissal at 11:15 AM)
10/16 - 10/17 - Parent/Teacher conferences
10/20 - 10/24 - Fall break
10/31/14 - Spirit wear day: SVA spirit wear or colors / uniform bottoms