Kindergarten – Room 6
November Newsletter 2013
(http://mrskulcsar.blogspot.com/)
Dear Parents:
October has whizzed by with many interesting and exciting events for our
Kindergarten children. Family Fun Night, the Book Fair, the Halloween Parade
and school bowling were definitely some of the highlights of this month.
The main classroom themes this month will be Remembrance Day and Mice.
It is amazing how fast two months go by and how much change that the
Kindergarten children have had in their daily life routines. A big part of the
Kindergarten program is socialization and being able to learn new skills and to
gain confidence in this area. For the past two months the children have been working
on skills such as taking turns, good listening, trying when it is hard, using
kind words, sharing, following directions, asking to talk and ignoring
distractions. Despite this tall order, the children are doing very well and
they are progressing nicely in this area. Additionally, what is even more
important is that the children seem happy and content in their classroom.
Academically, this month the students will be studying the recognition,
sound and formation of the letters Dd, Tt and Ss. They will also be sounding
out and drawing the pictures for the words dad, top, pot and stop. The main
purpose for teaching these words is to help the children to apply their letter
sound knowledge in meaningful situations and to practice the sounding out of
words. This blending process is an important beginning step to reading. In
math, the students will be working on completing the Exploring Numbers 1 -5 unit.
The next unit in math is “Patterns”. The
new math curriculum focuses on developing thinking strategies and related
vocabulary, as opposed to traditional practices of quantity and rote learning.
Scholastic book orders will continue coming home each month. They offer
an excellent selection of books and technology supports at a great price.
However, do not feel obligated to buy as this is a convenience for those who
want to order books. If you want to use any of these books for gifts
(Christmas, birthdays...) please let me know and I will set them aside for you.
Report Card Interview days will be held on Wednesday, November 27th
and Thursday, November 28th in our Kindergarten classroom. Each
interview is scheduled for a 15 minute session. We will try to stick carefully
to this schedule as it can run into other teacher and parent interviews. To
help facilitate scheduling times, please complete the attached sheet and return
as soon as possible. I will try to accommodate your first choices as best I
can. If you are unable to meet on these two dates, please let me know so we can
set up an alternate date and time.
Points To Note:
1.
Please return interview choice slips as soon as
possible.
2. To send
warm outdoor clothing for the children to enjoy recess times (mini gloves or
mitts, toques, ski pants, warm jackets). The weather is getting cooler each day
and with wind can be quite brisk.
3. Check out the
classroom blog for new games, newsletter and calendar copies.
(http://mrskulcsar.blogspot.com/)
In closing, I would like to thank you for being so good about returning
forms, sending required school money, remembering library times and helping
with bowling. It has been greatly appreciated!!
Have an excellent month and I look forward to seeing you at parent -
teacher interviews.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Kulcsar
