The week of Oct. 24-28.

These beautiful weekends are spoiling us all!  San Diego weather and the beautiful fall colors make  for a perfect outdoor activity!  Hopefully we will have a few more before winter begins.

Thank you for getting the address page turned in on time today!  The bedroom maps are due on Wednesday if you haven't already turned it in.  Please have your child color it, as it makes it more fun to look at for all.  Also, have them label the pictures with the first letter.  It helps them to remember what all is in their map when they share it with the class.  

Today we talked about the compass on a map, the map key, and we looked at different kinds of maps; such as a flat map, globe, and model-3D map.  We learned what our country name is and labeled it on our country.  Can your child tell you our country name?  We will be finding our state and city on a map too.  

Seesaw!  I hope all of you were able to find time this weekend to watch your child's video telling about their favorite part of the story we read.  They were so proud of themselves!  Let me know if you've had any problems getting on Seesaw to watch it.

Friday is the author visit!  It is from 1:00-1:30, but you are welcome to bring your child up to see the presentation if you are able!  It will be in the gym.

Reading this week!

Theme 10  Part of the Family     How do family members help each other?

Theme Story:  Helping Hands

Comprehension skill:  Using background knowledge to understand what the story is about.

vocabulary:  care, job, give

sight words:  his, they

Letter of the week:  Hard Cc, the action is making our fingers cut when saying the /k/ sound.

color of the week:  orange

Math this week!

Comparing and Ordering numbers 0 to 10.  We have learned about 1 more and 1 fewer.  We will continue with 2 more and 2 fewer, along with putting numbers 1-10 in order.  Please practice the skills by giving a number and asking them what 1-2 more and 1-2 fewer would be.  If they need a challenge, ask higher numbers!  Also, if you give them number cards scrambled such as; 3, 4, 5, 6, can they put them in order?  We will be doing this up to 10.

Pumpkin measuring activity.

I have heard from a few of you that you are willing to let us borrow your medium to large size pumpkin (s).  I would like to make sure I have 5, so please let me know  if you offered to send one or two in, so I know we have enough. If you can, please write your name on the bottom, so I know who to get them back to.  You can drop them off on Thursday in the car loop and I will return them to you after school on Friday.

Coming up!

Thurs. Oct. 26          Wear orange today!

Fri., Oct. 28              Author visit--1:00-1:30 (bring your Kindergartener if you'd like)

Mon. Oct. 31            Halloween Party!  Bring costumes to school in and we will change at 10:30.                                    We will parade through KDG rooms at 10:45.   Please send the costumes 
                                   in their backpack or a sack.  Costumes that your child can pull over their 

                                   clothes they are wearing, are the most ideal!  If you can come in and help 

                                   children get dressed at 10:30, that would be helpful!

White day!  

The week of Oct. 24-28.

These beautiful weekends are spoiling us all!  San Diego weather and the beautiful fall colors make I  for a perfect outdoor activity!  Hopefully we will have a few more before winter begins.

Thank you for getting the address page turned in on time today!  The bedroom maps are due on Wednesday if you haven't already turned it in.  Please have your child color it, as it makes it more fun to look at for all.  Also, have them label the pictures with the first letter.  It helps them to remember what all is in their map when they share it with the class.  

Today we talked about the compass on a map, the map key, and we looked at different kinds of maps; such as a flat map, globe, and model-3D map.  We learned what our country name is and labeled it on our country.  Can your child tell you our country name?  We will be finding our state and city on a map too.  

Seesaw!  I hope all of you were able to find time this weekend to watch your child's video telling about their favorite part of the story we read.  They were so proud of themselves!  Let me know if you've had any problems getting on Seesaw to watch it.

Friday is the author visit!  It is from 1:00-1:30, but you are welcome to bring your child up to see the presentation if you are able!  It will be in the gym.

Reading this week!

Theme 10  Part of the Family     How do family members help each other?

Theme Story:  Helping Hands

Comprehension skill:  Using background knowledge to understand what the story is about.

vocabulary:  care, job, give

sight words:  his, they

Letter of the week:  Hard Cc, the action is making our fingers cut when saying the /k/ sound.

color of the week:  orange

Math this week!

Comparing and Ordering numbers 0 to 10.  We have learned about 1 more and 1 fewer.  We will continue with 2 more and 2 fewer, along with putting numbers 1-10 in order.  Please practice the skills by giving a number and asking them what 1-2 more and 1-2 fewer would be.  If they need a challenge, ask higher numbers!  Also, if you give them number cards scrambled such as; 3, 4, 5, 6, can they put them in order?  We will be doing this up to 10.

Pumpkin measuring activity.

I have heard from a few of you that you are willing to let us borrow your medium to large size pumpkin (s).  I would like to make sure I have 5, so please let me know  if you offered to send one or two in, so I know we have enough. If you can, please write your name on the bottom, so I know who to get them back to.  You can drop them off on Thursday in the car loop and I will return them to you after school on Friday.

Coming up!

Thurs. Oct. 26          Wear orange today!

Fri., Oct. 28              Author visit--1:00-1:30 (bring your Kindergartener if you'd like)

Mon. Oct. 31            Halloween Party!  Bring costumes to school in and we will change at 10:30.                                    We will parade through KDG rooms at 10:45.   Please send the costumes 
                                   in their backpack or a sack.  Costumes that your child can pull over their 

                                   clothes they are wearing, are the most ideal!  If you can come in and help 

                                   children get dressed at 10:30, that would be helpful!

White day!  

The week of Oct. 18-21.

I hope all the kids enjoyed some extra time to play over the last four days!  Before long it will be Thanksgiving Break!

First of all I have to apologize again for not remembering to get on Istation and check out who reached the goal of 60 minutes!  Will you please let me know if you know that your child reached it by Saturday?  I now have an alarm on my phone to check it on Saturday evenings. Hopefully, I'll get in the habit of checking!  I sure wish I could check past weeks!
While I was looking for minutes on Istation, I noticed that a few kids are struggling in areas.  I believe you are also able to check a parent report to see how your child is doing.  I am wanting your children to get on Istation as much as they can.  However, it isn't helping them if they are guessing and struggling to understand the concept.  Please let your child know that they need to ask you for help if they don't understand what they are to do.  The vocabulary portion looks difficult at a Kindergarten level, but some are also struggling with letter identification, sounds of letters, and initial letter sound of pictures shown.

Pumpkin measuring:  Next Friday, Oct. 28,  we are going to do a fun measuring activity using pumpkins!  If you have medium to large pumpkins not carved yet, and you wouldn't mind if we measured them, please let me know.  I need 4.  Write your name on the bottom.  I can retrieve them in the car loop so your child doesn't have to carry  them. I would like them the day before, Oct. 27.  I will give them back Friday in the car loop.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

Me on the Map:  We are going to be learning about maps next week also.  I will be sending home 2 homework sheets for you to help your child write their address and draw a map of their bedroom.  It would be a great time to make sure your child knows their address!   They need to add the direction symbols on the compass in the corner first.  Then, help them draw pictures of what is in their room.  You can help them use a ruler if they want to, it would be great practice to learn how to draw straight lines!  The more detail the better!  They should show where the door, closet, and window (s) are.  Any fixed objects should be drawn.  When we get them all back, the kids get to share what's in their room.  Coloring it nicely adds great detail to their map also!  Thank you for your guidance!  

Pumpkin Quilt Activity:  We are going to learn how to make a paper quilt piece using the AB pattern.   Then, we are going to read a book called, The Legend of Spookley, the Square Pumpkin.  We will share our favorite parts of the book and draw a picture of our favorite part on a white quilt square.  I will put the quilt piece and and picture together to make a class quilt!  
The class is going to learn how to take a picture of their illustrated picture square on an app called, Seesaw, on the Ipad.  I will be sending out information to you on how to see your child's picture once we have learned how to do it!  I am excited to try out Seesaw in my classroom this year! 

Reading!
Theme 6  Meet My Family
Theme Book:  Families One and All
vocab.:  each, celebration, describe (we talked today about using details such as colors to describe something.  (Play guessing games or I spy with clues like: it is big, has orange and black spots, and can reach leaves...a giraffe)  
comprehension skills:  creating images, fix -up strategies (this is when you use the beginning sound of a word and picture clues, to figure out what a word might be)  We are doing this in our small group when reading the little books!
Sight words:  as, with
Color of the week:  white (wear white tomorrow)

Math
Topic 4
This week we are using the verbiage "less", "fewer", "more", and "greater" when comparing numbers to 10.  Today was difficult when we used "less" and "greater".  Please review your child's math worksheet and give them examples to answer what's less and greater.  I think a few were getting confused on the what "less" means.

Coming Up!

Wed., Oct. 19           Wear white  today!

Thurs. Oct. 26          Wear orange today!

Fri., Oct. 28              Author visit--1:00-1:30 (bring your child if you'd like)

Mon. Oct. 31            Halloween Party!  Bring costumes to school and we will change at 10:30.                                       We will parade through KDG rooms at 10:45. 

Black day picture!

Working with partners to compare numbers!

Fire Department Visit!

The week of Oct. 10-13.

We had such a great time at Apple Day!  Unfortunately, for some reason I can not download the pictures on to my blog.  I will keep trying, but may have to send them in an email.

Today we got to meet with our 3rd grade buddies from Mrs. Judd's class.  Some kindergartners had 2 buddies as 3rd grade has 23 in their class.  The buddies filled out a questionnaire to get to know each other better.  You will see this coming home tomorrow!  We will try to meet with them once a month or every other month to do fun things together!

Columbus Day:  We read books about Christopher Columbus and made a pop-up folder with the 3 ships that they came in.  Have your child try to tell you the 3 ship names!

Homework:  Please make sure your child does any and all homework in pencil.  They need to get used to knowing, all work is done in pencil at home and school, unless it says to color. Thank you for making sure they write with a pencil. :)

Small reading groups:  I began small reading groups today!  Each week your child will meet in a small group with me to work on important skills on the groups level.  I will also continue to review letters/sounds and sight words.  Your child will also get a skill sheet each week to practice the skill we worked on in our group.  We will also read a little book together.  Please make sure your child reads the book to 2-3 people at home.  Siblings work too!  Ask them questions about what happened in the book so they are remembering what they read.  Send back the book and skill sheet in the baggie the next day we are at school.  Please leave the parent note in the baggie.  Let me know if you have any questions about reading groups.

Party Coordinator Meetings:  There are two meetings to accommodate schedules for those who signed up to lead parties.  The first meeting is this Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 6:30 in the cafeteria.  The second meeting is Friday at 9:00 am in the cafeteria.  The meeting will be beneficial to the leaders to know what to do for the parties.  Please try to be at one of the meetings.

No School:  Friday, Oct. 14  and Mon. Oct. 17

Firetruck and Firemen are coming this Thursday, Oct. 13!

Reading this week!
Theme 6    Meet My Family:  How are families alike and different?
Theme Story:  Families One and All
vocabulary:  food, grandparent, together
Comprehension skill:  creating images to understand the story
Letter of the week:  Long A (we make fis/ts like an ape and punch our fists down while saying /A/.  Can I tell you the short Aa and long Aa sounds?  We will be learning about the silent e making the vowel long like in "cake".  We will also learn about the rule "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking, like in "ay, ai, 
So, please revisit the long a rules when you are reading to your child and they begin reading more to you!
Sight words:  on, are
Color of the week:  black

Math this week!
We just took the Topic 3 test today over numbers 6-10.  All did well minus a few silly  mistakes.  We are beginning Topic 4 over Comparing and ordering numbers 0-10 tomorrow.
We will be adding "1 more, 2 more" and learning about "1 fewer, 2 fewer" also.

Coming Up!

Wed. Oct. 12            Wear black today!

Wed., Oct. 12           Party Coordinator Meeting for those leading parties, 6:30 in cafeteria

Thurs., Oct. 13         Party Coord. Meeting if you couldn't attend last night, 9:00 am in cafe

Fri.  Oct. 14              NO SCHOOL- 1/2 inservice, 1/2 workday for gradecards

Mon. Oct. 17            NO SCHOOL- inservice day

Wed., Oct. 19           Wear white  today!

Thurs. Oct. 26          Wear orange today!

Fri., Oct. 28              Author visit--1:00-1:30 (bring your child if you'd like)

Mon. Oct. 31            Halloween Party!  Bring costumes to school and we will change at 10:30.                                       We will parade through KDG rooms at 10:45. 

The week of Oct. 10-13.

We had such a great time at Apple Day!  Unfortunately, for some reason I can not download the pictures on to my blog.  I will keep trying, but may have to send them in an email.

Today we got to meet with our 3rd grade buddies from Mrs. Judd's class.  Some kindergartners had 2 buddies as 3rd grade has 23 in their class.  The buddies filled out a questionnaire to get to know each other better.  You will see this coming home tomorrow!  We will try to meet with them once a month or every other month to do fun things together!

Columbus Day:  We read books about Christopher Columbus and made a pop-up folder with the 3 ships that they came in.  Have your child try to tell you the 3 ship names!

Homework:  Please make sure your child does any and all homework in pencil.  They need to get used to knowing, all work is done in pencil at home and school, unless it says to color. Thank you for making sure they write with a pencil. :)

Small reading groups:  I began small reading groups today!  Each week your child will meet in a small group with me to work on important skills on the groups level.  I will also continue to review letters/sounds and sight words.  Your child will also get a skill sheet each week to practice the skill we worked on in our group.  We will also read a little book together.  Please make sure your child reads the book to 2-3 people at home.  Siblings work too!  Ask them questions about what happened in the book so they are remembering what they read.  Send back the book and skill sheet in the baggie the next day we are at school.  Please leave the parent note in the baggie.  Let me know if you have any questions about reading groups.

Party Coordinator Meetings:  There are two meetings to accommodate schedules for those who signed up to lead parties.  The first meeting is this Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 6:30 in the cafeteria.  The second meeting is Friday at 9:00 am in the cafeteria.  The meeting will be beneficial to the leaders to know what to do for the parties.  Please try to be at one of the meetings.

No School:  Friday, Oct. 14  and Mon. Oct. 17

Firetruck and Firemen are coming this Thursday, Oct. 13!

Reading this week!
Theme 6    Meet My Family:  How are families alike and different?
Theme Story:  Families One and All
vocabulary:  food, grandparent, together
Comprehension skill:  creating images to understand the story
Letter of the week:  Long A (we make fis/ts like an ape and punch our fists down while saying /A/.  Can I tell you the short Aa and long Aa sounds?  We will be learning about the silent e making the vowel long like in "cake".  We will also learn about the rule "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking, like in "ay, ai, 
So, please revisit the long a rules when you are reading to your child and they begin reading more to you!
Sight words:  on, are
Color of the week:  black

Math this week!
We just took the Topic 3 test today over numbers 6-10.  All did well minus a few silly  mistakes.  We are beginning Topic 4 over Comparing and ordering numbers 0-10 tomorrow.
We will be adding "1 more, 2 more" and learning about "1 fewer, 2 fewer" also.

Coming Up!

Wed. Oct. 12            Wear black today!

Wed., Oct. 12           Party Coordinator Meeting for those leading parties, 6:30 in cafeteria

Thurs., Oct. 13         Party Coord. Meeting if you couldn't attend last night, 9:00 am in cafe

Fri.  Oct. 14              NO SCHOOL- 1/2 inservice, 1/2 workday for gradecards

Mon. Oct. 17            NO SCHOOL- inservice day

Wed., Oct. 19           Wear white  today!

Thurs. Oct. 26          Wear orange today!

Fri., Oct. 28              Author visit--1:00-1:30 (bring your child if you'd like)

Mon. Oct. 31            Halloween Party!  Bring costumes to school and we will change at 10:30.                                       We will parade through KDG rooms at 10:45. 

The week of Oct. 10-13.

We had such a great time at Apple Day!  Unfortunately, for some reason I can not download the pictures on to my blog.  I will keep trying, but may have to send them in an email.

Today we got to meet with our 3rd grade buddies from Mrs. Judd's class.  Some kindergartners had 2 buddies as 3rd grade has 23 in their class.  The buddies filled out a questionnaire to get to know each other better.  You will see this coming home tomorrow!  We will try to meet with them once a month or every other month to do fun things together!

Columbus Day:  We read books about Christopher Columbus and made a pop-up folder with the 3 ships that they came in.  Have your child try to tell you the 3 ship names!

Homework:  Please make sure your child does any and all homework in pencil.  They need to get used to knowing, all work is done in pencil at home and school, unless it says to color. Thank you for making sure they write with a pencil. :)

Small reading groups:  I began small reading groups today!  Each week your child will meet in a small group with me to work on important skills on the groups level.  I will also continue to review letters/sounds and sight words.  Your child will also get a skill sheet each week to practice the skill we worked on in our group.  We will also read a little book together.  Please make sure your child reads the book to 2-3 people at home.  Siblings work too!  Ask them questions about what happened in the book so they are remembering what they read.  Send back the book and skill sheet in the baggie the next day we are at school.  Please leave the parent note in the baggie.  Let me know if you have any questions about reading groups.

Party Coordinator Meetings:  There are two meetings to accommodate schedules for those who signed up to lead parties.  The first meeting is this Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 6:30 in the cafeteria.  The second meeting is Friday at 9:00 am in the cafeteria.  The meeting will be beneficial to the leaders to know what to do for the parties.  Please try to be at one of the meetings.

No School:  Friday, Oct. 14  and Mon. Oct. 17

Firetruck and Firemen are coming this Thursday, Oct. 13!

Reading this week!
Theme 6    Meet My Family:  How are families alike and different?
Theme Story:  Families One and All
vocabulary:  food, grandparent, together
Comprehension skill:  creating images to understand the story
Letter of the week:  Long A (we make fis/ts like an ape and punch our fists down while saying /A/.  Can I tell you the short Aa and long Aa sounds?  We will be learning about the silent e making the vowel long like in "cake".  We will also learn about the rule "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking, like in "ay, ai, 
So, please revisit the long a rules when you are reading to your child and they begin reading more to you!
Sight words:  on, are
Color of the week:  black

Math this week!
We just took the Topic 3 test today over numbers 6-10.  All did well minus a few silly  mistakes.  We are beginning Topic 4 over Comparing and ordering numbers 0-10 tomorrow.
We will be adding "1 more, 2 more" and learning about "1 fewer, 2 fewer" also.

Coming Up!

Wed. Oct. 12            Wear black today!
Wed., Oct. 12           Party Coordinator Meeting for those leading parties, 6:30 in cafeteria
Thurs., Oct. 13         Party Coord. Meeting if you couldn't attend last night, 9:00 am in cafe
Fri.  Oct. 14              NO SCHOOL- 1/2 inservice, 1/2 workday for gradecards
Mon. Oct. 17            NO SCHOOL- inservice day
Wed., Oct. 19           Wear white  today!
Thurs. Oct. 26          Wear orange today!
Fri., Oct. 28              Author visit--1:00-1:30 (bring your child if you'd like)
Mon. Oct. 31            Halloween Party!  Bring costumes to school and we will change at 10:30.                                       We will parade through KDG rooms at 10:45. 

The week of Oct. 10-13.

We had such a great time at Apple Day!  Unfortunately, for some reason I can not download the pictures on to my blog.  I will keep trying, but may have to send them in an email.

Today we got to meet with our 3rd grade buddies from Mrs. Judd's class.  Some kindergartners had 2 buddies as 3rd grade has 23 in their class.  The buddies filled out a questionnaire to get to know each other better.  You will see this coming home tomorrow!  We will try to meet with them once a month or every other month to do fun things together!

Columbus Day:  We read books about Christopher Columbus and made a pop-up folder with the 3 ships that they came in.  Have your child try to tell you the 3 ship names!

Homework:  Please make sure your child does any and all homework in pencil.  They need to get used to knowing, all work is done in pencil at home and school, unless it says to color. Thank you for making sure they write with a pencil. :)

Small reading groups:  I began small reading groups today!  Each week your child will meet in a small group with me to work on important skills on the groups level.  I will also continue to review letters/sounds and sight words.  Your child will also get a skill sheet each week to practice the skill we worked on in our group.  We will also read a little book together.  Please make sure your child reads the book to 2-3 people at home.  Siblings work too!  Ask them questions about what happened in the book so they are remembering what they read.  Send back the book and skill sheet in the baggie the next day we are at school.  Please leave the parent note in the baggie.  Let me know if you have any questions about reading groups.

Party Coordinator Meetings:  There are two meetings to accommodate schedules for those who signed up to lead parties.  The first meeting is this Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 6:30 in the cafeteria.  The second meeting is Friday at 9:00 am in the cafeteria.  The meeting will be beneficial to the leaders to know what to do for the parties.  Please try to be at one of the meetings.

No School:  Friday, Oct. 14  and Mon. Oct. 17

Firetruck and Firemen are coming this Thursday, Oct. 13!

Reading this week!
Theme 6    Meet My Family:  How are families alike and different?
Theme Story:  Families One and All
vocabulary:  food, grandparent, together
Comprehension skill:  creating images to understand the story
Letter of the week:  Long A (we make fis/ts like an ape and punch our fists down while saying /A/.  Can I tell you the short Aa and long Aa sounds?  We will be learning about the silent e making the vowel long like in "cake".  We will also learn about the rule "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking, like in "ay, ai, 
So, please revisit the long a rules when you are reading to your child and they begin reading more to you!
Sight words:  on, are
Color of the week:  black

Math this week!
We just took the Topic 3 test today over numbers 6-10.  All did well minus a few silly  mistakes.  We are beginning Topic 4 over Comparing and ordering numbers 0-10 tomorrow.
We will be adding "1 more, 2 more" and learning about "1 fewer, 2 fewer" also.