Speech & Language: This week we will practice the sound of initial /G/.  We will make ghosts for our craft and Sienna will contribute our snack of grapes!

Sharing:  This week both the Tiggers and Piglets will share due the the November Holidays.  The assignment is located under the "more" tab, Monthly Sharing Assignments.

This week we will meet Mr. I who measures things in inches.  We will use this as motivation to measure with a variety of items, paper clips, unifix cubes and of course rulers!  We will practice the letter and sound in our usual variety of learning modalities. Additionally we will talk about Community Helpers and different jobs in the community.

During math time we will begin our November Math Journal.  We are also beginning a something new:  Math Daily Pages.  These are daily lessons that reinforce a variety of math skills.  They are designed to be a book but I will send home the pages daily so you can all be aware of what we are learning in class.

Parent Conferences begin on Friday.  I look forward to talking to all of you about your child's progress and showing you the new report card.  It is quite extensive.  If you haven't signed up for a conference, please do so right away!  The invitation to sign up was sent to you by Sign up genius.

Our schedule this week is:
Marvelous Monday:  Let's Find Out! magazine, Dance, Buddies
Terrific Tuesday:  Speech & Language, P.E.
Wonderful Wednesday:  Art-painting trees in the impressionist style, Yoga, Council
Thoughtful Thursday: P.E., Second Step
Fantastic Friday: Morning Assembly, Planet Bravo, Homework Review, Sharing, Science, Early Dismissal for Conferences

Thank you all for your support, respect and help in and out of the classroom!  Have a great week!
Mrs. W.

Speech & Language:  This week we will practice the blend of /sp/.  We will make spooky spider webs and our snack of sponge cake will be contributed by Angus!

Sharing:  The Eeyores will share this week.

Color Day:  We have reached the last color that we will make a little reading book for and specifically wear-gray.  We will make our book on Wednesday and wear gray on Thursday.

This week we will meet Mr. H with his "happy hair."  We will practice writing /H,h/ correctly and study the sound of /H/ using our Letter-Sound Journals, our Letter People coloring page and word page, using Starfall and our listening center.  The children are learning to work at each learning station (about 15 minutes long) and to improve focus.  I am seeing improved writing and coloring so our hard work is paying off!

Our new sight words are "you" and "can."  We will be talking about what makes a place a community.  Topanga is such a special community with many examples you can share with your child.  There are so many community events, places where the community gathers, and community groups.

Thank you!  A big thank you must go to our wonderful chaperones from Friday's field trip to the Theatricum.  It was a magical day and the children had such a good time learning acting, dancing, singing and stage combat.  They enjoyed the performance of Ferdinand and the Bull.  Thank you Amy, Jesse, Reneé, Greg, Georgie, Dana, Joanna, and Olga.  Thanks to Gabriel for taking photos which will be posted to our Shutterfly site.

A big thank you to Greg and his team for our Room K Halloween Carnival booth.  Be sure to post pictures of the event on our Shutterfly site!

Our schedule this week will be:
Monday:  Dance, Buddies
Tuesday:  Speech & Language, P.E.
Wednesday:  Art Trek, Yoga, Council
Thursday:  P.E., Second Step
Friday:  Morning Assembly, Planet Bravo, Homework Review, Sharing, Science Hike (make up from last week)

I spent most of the weekend tackling the new report cards which will be ready to share with you during parent conferences taking place in a couple of weeks. 

Thank you all for your positive spirit and involvement in our Room K activities.  Have a great week!
Mrs. W.

Speech & Language:  This we will practice the blend /sk/. Lyla will contribute our snack of "skinny sticks" (pretzels) and we will make skeletons for our craft.

Color Days:  This week is "brown week."  We will wear brown on Thursday and make our little brown reading book on Wednesday.

Sharing:  The Winnie-the-Poohs will share this week (at 8:15 due to our field trip).

Remember our field trip is this Friday.  I only received 3 chaperone slips on the due date, Friday.  We need at least 2 more chaperones.

This week we will meet Ms. G who loves gum!  Help your child think of words that begin with the sound of hard /G/ and soft /G/.  We will continue to learn about Communities & Health in our reading program, including healthy choices.  Help your child become independent by assisting them in making healthy choices for their lunch and snack.  Remind them to wash their hands with soap and water, and let them learn how to brush their own teeth and hair.  All of these independent activities build confidence and support our learning theme.
New high frequency words:  here, are, we.

We are moving on to number 9 in math.  Of course we address many other math concepts but learning to form the numbers correctly and reinforce one-to-one correspondence is an important kindergarten skill.

This week we will make Halloween arts and crafts projects that focus on the fine motor skills of cutting and drawing.

Thursday is our Shake drill.  Please discuss this with your child so they will have a better understanding of the drill process.  We will be discussing it in class too.

Monday:  let's Find Out! magazine, Dance, Buddies
Tuesday:  Speech & Language, P.E. 
Wednesday:  Miss Sammantha's birthday!  Halloween Art, Yoga, Council
Thursday:  Brown Day,  Shake Drill, Second Step
Friday:  Winnie-the-Pooh Sharing (8:15), Field Trip to the Theatricum

Thank you so much for all of your help and support for Room K!

Speech & Language:  This week we will be practicing the final blend /ch/.  We will be making paper watches and our snack of peaches will be contributed by Lyla!

This week we will study the color black and wear black on Thursday.

Sharing:  The Tiggers will share this week.  Please be sure to practice your child's share (3 statements about his/her share).  Visual aides are helpful!

This week in Science we will be learning about mountain lions in preparation for P-22 Day.

We are making fun Halloween crafts throughout the month to turn Room K into "Spooky Room K!"

Monday:  Let's Find Out! magazine, Dance
Tuesday:  Speech & Language, P.E., Make-Up school pictures
Wednesday:  Art Trek, Yoga, Council
Thursday:  P.E., Second Step (empathy curriculum)
Friday:  Morning Assembly, Planet Bravo, Homework Review, Sharing (Tiggers), Science, Treasure Box

Thank you all for your help in Room K and for supporting your child's learning!

Speech & Language-This week we will be practicing the initial blend of /ch/. We will make paper chains and our snack of cherries will be contributed by Johnny!

Sharing:  This week we will begin our new sharing topic.  To find the October sharing letter, please look under the "more" tab on our this website!  This month the Piglets will share first.  Remember to help your child prepare 3 sentences about the topic. Visual aides are helpful!

This week we will meet Ms. E who loves to exercise, just like our students!  Did you know our Room K kids love taking movement breaks with GoNoodle?  You can find it at home and your children can use is at this address:   https://www.gonoodle.com/  We have also been singing with Heidi Songs, which I can access through our Benchmark reading series site.
We will continue our multi-modality approach learning the letters and sounds through games, songs, Alphabet Journal writing, rhyming books, listening center, computer software and Handwriting Without Tears.  Variety is necessary for the children but so is structure, so we have a routine using all of these forms of learning.  I am amazed at the speed the children are learning and it is a joy to watch them complete their work and move through our four reading centers each day.

Our math program allows for differentiation and variety through computer software, small guided lessons, whole group lessons, math games and individual reinforcement.  Have your children been chanting the correct ways to write the numbers?  Ask them to tell you how to make a number and see if they can remember the chants we've learned in class!

A huge thank you to those of you who have been able to help in the classroom and/or by taking things home to prepare.  We will have lots of opportunities as we enter this fun Halloween month!  Remember to turn in your field trip permission slips and your mid-semester reports if you haven't already.

This week:
Monday:  Let's Find Out! magazine, Dance, Buddies
Tuesday:  Speech & Language, P.E.
Wednesday:  Art, Yoga, Council
Thursday:  Pink Day!, P.E., begin Second Step (an empathy development program)
Friday:  Morning Assembly, Planet Bravo, Homework Review, Sharing (Piglets), Science (our 5 Senses)

It was so wonderful to see so many of you at our class dinner at Kelly & Clint's house.  I really enjoyed getting to know all better.  Thank you for all of your support!
Mrs. W.