November
Kindergarten News
Dear Families,
Our themes for the
month of October were “Fall and Trees”.
We also talked about Thanksgiving and Halloween. Throughout the past few weeks the children
had an opportunity to…
- Discuss what they are thankful for
- Participate in shared songs, poems and
stories
- Take part in shared writing (i.e. lists,
morning message)
- Play letter recognition games and work on
letter activities
- Work in their printing books
- Sing some new songs
- Work on number of the day activities
- Practice sorting by color and shape
- Learn about the signs of fall
- Observe their adopted tree in our school
yard
- Do some Halloween crafts
- Learn about and draw different lines
- Learn about the important parts of a tree
- Examine a cross section of a tree and
observe how the rings determine the age of the tree
- Learn about what animals live in trees and
what trees do for us
- Learn about what grows on trees
- Begin the home reading program
- Work with various tools in the “Handwriting
Without Tears” program
- Work in their journals
- Participate in Halloween Gym
- Go on a Halloween Parade
- Practice making Mat Man
- Read with their Reading Buddies
During the month
of November we will be studying spiders.
We will also talk about Remembrance Day, continue our study of Fall and
begin looking at Getting Ready for Winter. Finally, we will be preparing for our Student
Led conferences at the end of November.
Thank you to all
students who have returned their completed sheets for our Home Reading program.
Please remember that you can record any books you read with your child at
home. They do not need to be books that
come home from the school. Once the
sheet is complete, please return the sheet to school and I will send home a
Boston Pizza coupon with a new recording sheet. Thank you for reading with your
child!
Please take note
of the following important dates:
Wednesday, November 9th
– 10:45 a.m.-
Sansome School’s Remembrance Day Assembly
Thursday, November 10th- No School- Inservice
Friday, November 11th- No school- Remebrance Day
Wednesday,
November 23rd - First term report cards come home
Friday, November 25th- No School- Student-Led Conferences (These
will also be happening during the evening on Thursday, Nov. 24th . Regular kindergarten classes will take place
on Thursday.
Tuesday, December 20th- Kindergarten Holiday Concert (Dec. 21st
will be the Grades 1,2, 3 and 4 concert)
Please check out
the school website for information on how to register for student led
conferences on Nov 24th and 25th
. If you require any assistance, please
contact the school office and talk with Mrs. K.
A special thank
you to the families who brought in snacks or other important items for our
Halloween Party. Your contributions are very
much appreciated! Nobody went home
hungry, I’m sure!
We have been practicing
printing letters using the “Handwriting Without Tears” program. This program describes step-by-step
instructions on how to print each letter, beginning with the “Frog Jump”
letters, followed by “Starting Corner Capitals”, and then finally the “Center
Starting Capitals”. I will send home the
letters we have already practiced with the specific instructions on how to
print each letter soon. Please practice
the letters we have already done at home to help your child remember the proper
way to print each letter. If they learn
to print their letters from the top-down following the directions, they will
find letters easier and quicker to print.
Remembering these instructions will also decrease reversed letters and
numbers, which are very common at this time in kindergarten. Thank you for your help at home with this!
Mark your calendars-
The Sansome School Holiday Concerts will take place on Tuesday, December 20th
and Wednesday, December 21st. All kindergarten classes will perform during
the December 20th concert.
All kindergarten students are invited to perform at the afternoon
concert (1:30 p.m.), and then again at the concert in the evening. Please look
for further information to come in the near future.
If you have any
questions or concerns, please stop by, email (afrye@sjsd.net) or call (204-889-6000). Have a great month!
Alison Frye
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