Kindergarten – Room 6&8
November
Newsletter 2014
Dear Parents:
October has whizzed by
with many interesting and exciting events for our Kindergarten children. Family
Fun Night, the Book Fair, and the Halloween Parade 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 classrooms.
Academically, this month
the students will be studying the recognition, sound and formation of the
letters Dd, Tt, Rr and Ss. They will also be learning to sound out words like
dad, top, pot, rat and stop. The blending process helps children to apply their
letter sound knowledge to a meaningful situation. This blending process is also
an important building step for 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 19th and Thursday, November 20th
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/parent interviews. To help facilitate scheduling times, please make
sure to complete and return the choice slip 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. Also, interviews will only be scheduled for one session per one child.
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.
4.
Please refer to the monthly calendar for other special activities and dates.
In closing, I would like
to thank you for being so good about returning forms, sending required school
money, and remembering library times. It has been greatly appreciated!!
Have an excellent month and we look forward to seeing you at parent -
teacher interviews.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Kulcsar
Mrs. Sykes
