At the beginning of each month we will send home a monthly Newsletter to update you on what we have been learning, as well as upcoming events. Please see the attached monthly Newsletters! Thanks!
November 2018
Kindergarten Families,
The Fall Festival was a hit! Thank you to everyone for donating candy for our Trick or Treat Street activity, and thank you to those who came by and supported the Kindergarten classrooms. Thank you also to the Ulmer family for donating the proceeds from the donut truck. Yummmmy!
We had a great time meeting with everyone at conferences. Thank you for supporting your child at home as well as in the classroom.
What we have been working on in the classroom:
Reading Workshop: We have been learning about and practicing reading strategies, making a lot of text-to-self connections and text-to-text connections, and practicing retelling stories. Some students have switched reading groups. We do this throughout the year to make sure each student is with a group of children with similar strengths and needs.
Skills Block: Each week we will be focusing on a different alphafriend. We will be stretching and writing words that begin with that letter, practicing writing the letter, and writing and marking sentences about our alphafriend.
Writing: Students have been writing and identifying the subject, verb, object, and prepositional phrases in sentences, and we will soon be making our own books.
Math: We just finished learning about teen numbers. Your child should be able to identify, name, and write the teen numbers and know that teen numbers are a group of ten and some more.
Science: We have been learning about the four seasons. Students have been investigating the way that humans, animals, and the environment are affected by the weather patterns in the different seasons. Ask your student about our Halloween Spinning Ghosts experiment and the steps of the scientific method.
Inclement Weather Pick up and Drop off Instructions:
-If no adult is outside at 8:30 and weather is bad, chances are it is an inside day. Please check in the office if you are unsure.
-If it is an inside day, students enter through the main doors with all of their belongings and go to the gym. Supervisions begins at 8:30.
Important Dates
November 1st: PTA Meeting at 6:00 PM in the Auditorium
November 8th: Picture makeups
November 15th: Thanksgiving Lunch @ 11:00AM
November 16th: Science Fair (Please contact your student’s teacher if your child is interested in participating).
November 19th-23rd: Thanksgiving Break
November 28th: Field Trip to the Colorado History Museum
December 7th: PTA Meeting at 6:00 PM in the Auditorium
December 7th: Kindergarten Winter Traditions Show @2:05 pm.
December 12th-14th: Book Fair
December 13th: Literacy Night @ 5:30 pm.
December 24th-January 4th: No School for Students-Winter Break
Homework:
Every Friday a new homework packet will continue to go home. Please keep the packet until the due date (located at the top of the homework).
- Reading Logs: The log runs from Monday to Friday. Keep a tally of the number of books read. If for whatever reason you lose your reading log, please keep track of books read on a piece of paper and turn it in to your child’s teacher.
- Sight Words: Please practice Magic Memory word lists at home. By this time, students should know at least 3 sight word lists.
- Handwriting Practice: Be on the lookout. We will be sending handwriting practice sheets weekly.
- Math: Attached to the special helpers and reading log, you will find math homework. Please have your child complete it and return it when the reading log is due.
Please make sure your child has an extra set of clothes in their locker at all times. As the weather is changing, please make sure appropriate clothes are in their locker.
Special Helper
We have had so much fun seeing what your child brings for show and tell in the Special helper “Mystery Bag.” Please remember to help your child come up with 3 clues about their show and tell. Please also continue to send in a healthy snack for the entire class (store bought, nut free, and teacher friendly). One simple snack is sufficient. The special helper schedule will go home each Friday with the reading log. Please be sure to check the special helper schedule in the weekly Reading Log.
Please let us know if you have questions or would like help with anything regarding school. You may email us, or if it’s quick, we can usually take care of it when you come to pick up your child. But sometimes it is better to make an appointment, so we can have a focused talk in private. Please let us know anytime you would like to do this.
Email Addresses:
Jackie_Novak@dpsk12.org
Leigh_McSherry@dpsk12.org
Kaylee_Case@dpsk12.org
Emily_Pitman@dpsk12.org
Aylene_Knight@dpsk12.org
November 2018
Kindergarten Families,
The Fall Festival was a hit! Thank you to everyone for donating candy for our Trick or Treat Street activity, and thank you to those who came by and supported the Kindergarten classrooms. Thank you also to the Ulmer family for donating the proceeds from the donut truck. Yummmmy!
We had a great time meeting with everyone at conferences. Thank you for supporting your child at home as well as in the classroom.
What we have been working on in the classroom:
Reading Workshop: We have been learning about and practicing reading strategies, making a lot of text-to-self connections and text-to-text connections, and practicing retelling stories. Some students have switched reading groups. We do this throughout the year to make sure each student is with a group of children with similar strengths and needs.
Skills Block: Each week we will be focusing on a different alphafriend. We will be stretching and writing words that begin with that letter, practicing writing the letter, and writing and marking sentences about our alphafriend.
Writing: Students have been writing and identifying the subject, verb, object, and prepositional phrases in sentences, and we will soon be making our own books.
Math: We just finished learning about teen numbers. Your child should be able to identify, name, and write the teen numbers and know that teen numbers are a group of ten and some more.
Science: We have been learning about the four seasons. Students have been investigating the way that humans, animals, and the environment are affected by the weather patterns in the different seasons. Ask your student about our Halloween Spinning Ghosts experiment and the steps of the scientific method.
Inclement Weather Pick up and Drop off Instructions:
-If no adult is outside at 8:30 and weather is bad, chances are it is an inside day. Please check in the office if you are unsure.
-If it is an inside day, students enter through the main doors with all of their belongings and go to the gym. Supervisions begins at 8:30.
Important Dates
November 1st: PTA Meeting at 6:00 PM in the Auditorium
November 8th: Picture makeups
November 15th: Thanksgiving Lunch @ 11:00AM
November 16th: Science Fair (Please contact your student’s teacher if your child is interested in participating).
November 19th-23rd: Thanksgiving Break
November 28th: Field Trip to the Colorado History Museum
December 7th: PTA Meeting at 6:00 PM in the Auditorium
December 7th: Kindergarten Winter Traditions Show @2:05 pm.
December 12th-14th: Book Fair
December 13th: Literacy Night @ 5:30 pm.
December 24th-January 4th: No School for Students-Winter Break
Homework:
Every Friday a new homework packet will continue to go home. Please keep the packet until the due date (located at the top of the homework).
- Reading Logs: The log runs from Monday to Friday. Keep a tally of the number of books read. If for whatever reason you lose your reading log, please keep track of books read on a piece of paper and turn it in to your child’s teacher.
- Sight Words: Please practice Magic Memory word lists at home. By this time, students should know at least 3 sight word lists.
- Handwriting Practice: Be on the lookout. We will be sending handwriting practice sheets weekly.
- Math: Attached to the special helpers and reading log, you will find math homework. Please have your child complete it and return it when the reading log is due.
Please make sure your child has an extra set of clothes in their locker at all times. As the weather is changing, please make sure appropriate clothes are in their locker.
Special Helper
We have had so much fun seeing what your child brings for show and tell in the Special helper “Mystery Bag.” Please remember to help your child come up with 3 clues about their show and tell. Please also continue to send in a healthy snack for the entire class (store bought, nut free, and teacher friendly). One simple snack is sufficient. The special helper schedule will go home each Friday with the reading log. Please be sure to check the special helper schedule in the weekly Reading Log.
Please let us know if you have questions or would like help with anything regarding school. You may email us, or if it’s quick, we can usually take care of it when you come to pick up your child. But sometimes it is better to make an appointment, so we can have a focused talk in private. Please let us know anytime you would like to do this.
Email Addresses:
Jackie_Novak@dpsk12.org
Leigh_McSherry@dpsk12.org
Kaylee_Case@dpsk12.org
Emily_Pitman@dpsk12.org
Aylene_Knight@dpsk12.org
