Parent Teacher Conferences: 

I have enjoyed getting to know your child and am excited to meet with you for our Parent Teacher Conferences on October 30 and October 31.  You have received a link to sign up for a Parent Teacher time slot on October 19th in the Warrior Weekly Newsletter from Mrs. Schmidt. These are 15 minute sessions, so please be mindful of time and arrive on time or a bit early for your session.  I am excited to meet with you! Report cards and MAPS test results will be emailed to you by the end of the day on October 24th. 

Thank you to our sweet volunteers who are coming into our classroom! If you would like to volunteer, please let me know! I would love to have volunteers during our center times from 10:00-11:30 daily. Please let the office know if you would like to volunteer at any capacity on our campus. They will give you a background check first, and then will let me know when you can come into our classroom to volunteer!  Thank you so much for your sweet offers to help our class already! 

EVENT PARKING: 

If you pick up your student at the end of the school day in the event parking lot (on the north side of the gym) please promptly pick up your child by 3:10pm. 

Morning Routines: 

Students may be dropped off at school 7:45am and after to have a nice recess time with friends on the playground before coming to school. 

A message from Mrs. Banta: 

Hi Kinder students, 

Our performance is December 16, and we would love for you to practice these songs at home as well as in our classroom before the performance. If you have any extra time during your time at home, please click on these links to practice them! Thank you! 

Song #1: Carol Medley

Song #2: We Three Kings

Song #3: O Little Town of Bethlehem

Song #4: Christmas is Jesus

Song #5: Carol Medley (Reprise)

Here are the lyrics if that is helpful- we are just doing "choral-ography"- so just do whatever you'd like to help them learn the lyrics. 

Song #1 LYRICS: Carol Medley

Song #2 LYRICS: We Three Kings

Song #3 LYRICS: O Little Town of Bethlehem

Song #4 LYRICS: Christmas is Jesus

Song #5 LYRICS: Carol Medley (finale)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS COMING UP: 

OCTOBER 28:  Drive Thru Fundraiser Dinner Pickup at 4:00-6:00pm (call the office or ask a 7th grader by October 21st for a ticket!) 

OCTOBER 30: No School for students, Parent Teacher Conferences

OCTOBER 31: No School for students, Parent Teacher Conferences

NOVEMBER 19: Thanksgiving Feast during lunch: Please look for a YELLOW paper sent home on Monday about this event.  (Thank you to the room moms who are hosting this event!) 

HOT LUNCH

Your child is able to order Hot Lunch, and White Milk or Chocolate Milk.  Please don't forget to email me when your child is having Hot Lunch and their milk preference before 8:15am.  Thank you! 

Your FACTS account will be charged for your child's hot lunch orders. 

DRESS CODE

Please check the HCS handbook for the dress code rules.  Your child will be talked to with an administrator if they are not in dress code. 

Please be mindful of the dress code at our school. A full explanation of the dress code is found on P. 9 in the Parent/Student Handbook. Before your child leaves for school, please check that their shorts (6' inseam for 3rd and up) or skirt (for girls) are not too short, their shirts have sleeves and are not too short to show the midriff if their hand is raised, and that they have close toed shoes on. Leggings/bike shorts are only permitted for K-4th grade if the shirt is long enough to cover the bottom. Thanks for your help! 

EVENT PARKING: 

If you pick up your student at the end of the school day in the event parking lot (on the north side of the gym) please promptly pick up your child by 3:10pm. 

ICE CREAM: 

Every Friday, our HCS 5th Graders will sell ice cream for 1 dollar. This is a fundraiser for their Hume Lake trip that they will participate in!  Thank you for your willingness to support them! 

SPIRIT WEAR: On Fridays, your students are encouraged to wear their HCS shirts and outfits!  When your child wears their spirit shirt, they will get entered into a school-wide raffle for a prize. 

OUR KINDERGARTEN FIELD TRIP: This past Friday! 

 Thank you all for coming to our wonderful field trip to the Pumpkin Patch! We had a blast learning about the life cyle of a pumpkin and how God created pumpkins for us to enjoy! 

THANKSGIVING FEAST: November 19

There will be a YELLOW paper sent home on Monday, describing this event.   

LETTER Ll:
We will be learning how to form the letter Ll in class, and will continue to learn all about this letter this week. I would love to partner with you to help you work at home with your child on this letter writing.  

MATH FACTS: Please continue to practice these Math Facts at home as well.

*During the week, we will be practicing these Math Facts, and then asking parents to help students at home practice these Math Facts.  Here are the Math Facts for this week:  

0+1, 0+2, 0+3, 0+4, 0+5, 1+1, 1+2, 1+3, 1+4, 2+1, 2+2, 2+3, 3+0, 3+1, 3+2, 4+1. 

*This test will be a Timed Test, tested on Friday, October 29.  This test will have 25 problems (some of these above math facts will be on there twice).  And your child will have 2 minutes to complete this test. 

Please help your student learn these facts by memory by showing them items from home that they can add together. For example, 3 cheerios, and then add one to the plate, and 3+1=4.  Other items that can be used are M&Ms and toys as well.  Please practice these facts orally and physically daily to help your child remember them. 

NUMBERS 0-10:  Please continue to practice these numbers. We began our Math Curriculum and these numbers are helpful to be able to write for our Math unit: 1. 

We have been learning the numbers 0-10,  These numbers all start at the Strawberry Line and I would love to partner with you to help your child write these numbers from the top of the line.  Please let me know if you have any questions about this.  Our songs:   

1: Come right down and that is all to make the number 1.

2: Curve around and slide to the right to make the number 2. 

3: Curve in and around again to make the number 3. 

4: Down, over, down some more to make the number 4. 

5: Down, around, put on a hat, to make the number 5.  

6. Curve around and curl it up to make the number 6. 

7. Slide to the right and slant it down to make the number 7. 

8. Make an S and close the gate to make the number 8. 

9. Make a circle and then a line to make the number 9. 

10.  Make a one and then a zero to make the number 10! 

HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS: 

No High Frequency (Sight Words) are assigned this week, due to our shorter week with parent teacher conferences. However, next week: "is, did, it, its" will be our new High Frequency words that I will teach from November 3-7.  You are welcome to practice them earlier and help your student remember them.   

*SHOW AND TELL:  On Wednesday, October 29, Bring in a book you would like to attempt to read to the class, or explain the pictures, and Mrs. Morse can read it to the class!  Also, please look around your house with your child, and find an item that begins with the letter Ll.  This is a fun family activity too! 

Our specials this week are:  (Week of October 27-31)

Monday: Music, Spanish, PE: Please have your students bring tennis shoes for PE without black bottoms on the shoes to protect the gym floor. 

Tuesday:  Art and Library

Wednesday: Computers! 

Thursday: No School: Parent Teacher Conferences

Friday: No School: Parent Teacher Conferences

Your students are such a blessing to me, and to their classmates!  We are loving every minute of time in class together! 

In Christ's love, 

Mrs. Morse

email: bmorse@hanfordchristian.org

Office Hours: 7:00am - 4:00pm  *  I will respond to emails within 24 hours, during my office hours.