Kindergarten

Mrs. Neafcy’s Newsletter

October 30, 2018

What are we learning this week?

Religion – Joseph

Memory – For those who love god all things work together for good. Romans 8:28 

Literacy – Books: The Little Red Hen and The Handiest Things in the World, beginning sounds, words in oral sentences, pause for punctuation, action verbs in the present tense, synonyms

Words to Know – and, I, like, the

Letters/Sounds – s

Writing – Narrative writing

Math – Counting and ordering numbers up to 10

Science – What plants need

Social Studies – Family gifts

Second Step – Identifying anger

Upcoming Events

• November 1-2 – No School – Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Monday, November 12 – No School/Veteran’s Day
• Friday, November 16 – Free Dress
• Wednesday, November 21 – Noon Dismissal – Thanksgiving Holiday
• Thursday and Friday, November 22-23 – No School – Thanksgiving Holiday
• Monday, November 26 – No School – Trimester Workday

I am looking forward to meeting with you all this week to talk about the progress that your children are making!

The Kindergarten class is working on their first narrative writing. We began last week by coming up with story ideas. After each child chose their topic, they began to dictate details of their stories. We came up with complete sentences together. Revising and editing came next. This morning, we began writing the final draft of the stories. I was so impressed by how hard all of the children worked. Everyone remained focused while trying to write in their best handwriting, using capital and lowercase letters properly, and putting the correct spacing between words. Several of the children finished today. It was great to watch!

Parent Conferences – Conference are on Thursday and Friday this week. Many of the conferences are scheduled back-to-back. I will work hard to keep us all on schedule. I am looking forward to meeting with each of you this week.

Book Fair – The book fair will be open after school through tomorrow. It will also be open on Thursday and Friday during conferences.

Field Trip to Seattle Children’s Theater – Our field trip to see “The Velveteen Rabbit” is next Tuesday. The play begins at 10:00, so we will need to leave school at 8:45. Towards the end of the week I will send home car assignments. We will be back at school around 12:15 and will eat lunch when we return. In the past, the children have brought their snacks to the play and have eaten them outside the theater while we are waiting for our seats. If you would like to send snack with your child, you may do so. However, no food or drinks are allowed inside the theater.

In Christ,

Jennifer Neafcy