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Dear Families,
Thank you to all the families who joined us for our apple picking field trip last Friday! We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect October day – sunny, crisp, and just right for exploring the orchard. The kids had a wonderful time picking apples, going on the hayride, choosing pumpkins, and enjoying the fall weather together. We hope everyone enjoyed the apples they brought home.
This is a short week, so we will spend time reviewing recently learned concepts and practicing the skills we’ve been building. This Friday is Crazy Sock Day! You don’t need to buy a new pair to participate. Students can wear mismatched socks or decorate an old pair. Grown-ups are encouraged to join in on the fun at drop-off!
Important Dates
Monday, Oct 12: School Closed: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Tuesday, Oct 13: School Closed: Professional Day
Thursday, Oct 15: Pre-K/K Parent Social, 7:00 PM
Friday, Oct 16: Crazy Sock Day
Saturday, Oct 17: Pumpkin Patch, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Homecoming is 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday, Oct 22: United Voices, 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday, Oct 23: El Mes de Herencia Latina Community Time, 8:45 AM
Friday, Oct 23: Snapshots shared in Parent Portal, 4:00 PM
Saturday, Oct 24: Haunted House - UPDATED TIME: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Friday, Oct 30: Dress Up Day and Parade, 8:40 AM COSTUME GUIDELINES
Here are some important reminders for the week:
Please find this message from Ms. Carmen about the Halloween Costume (and Sports Equipment!) Swap at Homecoming. The boxes are ready and waiting in the Lower School vestibule.
Kindergarteners will begin their Family Study soon. Please sign up here for your Family Share! We would love for everyone to participate! Please sign up as soon as possible so your child has the chance to share something special about your family with the class. This is a wonderful opportunity for the kids to learn more about one another and celebrate our diverse classroom community.
As we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month / Mes de la Herencia Hispana, we invite families to share a special book, activity, song, dance, or tradition connected to their family’s culture or heritage. If you come in to share, this can also serve as your child’s Family Share. There is absolutely no pressure to participate, but if you’re interested, please let Emily and me know so we can coordinate a time.
Please take the time to sit down with your child to review lunch menu options from Cater To You. We are encouraging all of the children to try the hot food items. Please use this link to review the menu.
If your child wears rainboots on rainy days, please also send an extra pair of shoes. This will make it easier for them to move safely on the stairs and participate comfortably in other classes such as PE.
Please read below for this coming week’s learning goals and a few pointers for what you can do at home:
Social Emotional Learning
Friendships
Empathy
Personal space and comfort bubbles.
Read Aloud: Personal Space Invader
Feelings/Emotions
How to overcome difficult feelings, especially at school
When feeling frustrated, sad, angry, worried, etc. we talked about the various ways you can deal with these heavy feelings:
Take deep breaths
Ask others for some space
Share how you are feeling with your friends
Talk to a teacher
Reading
Word of the week
The sight word this week will be I. Have your child find the word “I” in magazines and other printed materials around the home. They can circle, underline or highlight (also good for fine motor) every time they see the word. As you or they are reading books they can also count the number of times it shows up on the page.
Learned words: and, the
Print Concepts
Directionality
Understanding that text is read from left to right and top to bottom on a page
Distinguishing between letters and words
One-to-one correspondence
Pointing to words as they are read aloud; Using your “pointer power”
“Get your mouth ready.”
Look at the first letter in the word, think about the sound it makes, and then get your mouth ready to make that sound.
Phonemic awareness:
Rhyming
Identifying beginning sounds
Identifying ending sounds
Breaking words into syllables
Fundations / Handwriting
Review letters i, u, c and o
Recognizing lowercase letters i, u, c, and o
The sounds of i, u, c, and o
Writing lowercase letters i, u, c, and o
Fundations At Home Pack for letters “i and u” and “c and o”
The Fundations Home Support Pack provides you with the “why” and the “what” regarding our reading program, Fundations. The Fundations Home Packet also provides you with the language that the teachers use when forming their letters. Please use the same language when instructing and practicing with your child at home.
Writing Workshop
We will continue with our first writing unit called "We are all Writers!" This unit introduces children to writing by exploring both informational pieces and true stories. Students are encouraged to think, draw, label, and write about their pictures in their own way. It's an exciting step in developing their storytelling skills.
The writing process: Think, Draw, Label, Write
We will practice the rhyme, When you think you’re done, you’ve only just begun. Children often say they are done, but we ask them to add more details to drawing, labeling and writing.
The difference between a sentence and a label:
A sentence starts with a capital letter, ends with punctuation, and expresses a complete thought.
We put spaces between words.
A label can be just one or two words.
Math
Numbers to 5
Counting up to 5 objects using one-to-one correspondence
Practicing writing numbers with the correct formation
Distinguishing between same and different characteristics of objects and pictures
Sorting and classifying
Vocabulary: same, not the same, different, match, sort
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