September 23-27, 2013 Newsletter


We had an exciting week in kindergarten. In addition to the Jog-a-thon on Friday, we had great learning happening.

Reading
In our reading program, we learned about the ducbilled platypus as we read the story Plaidypus Lost. We added to our list of Amazing words with: platypus, lost, found, market, groceries, and around. We added two new words to our high frequency word list.: the and little. We learned to recognize the letters:  Oo, P p, Qq, Rr, and Ss. We practiced writing the letters Oo and Pp.  We learned about sequence when it comes to stories and that all stories have a beginning, middle, and ending.

Math
In math we began to focus on the concept of comparing quantities.  We learned the math vocabulary: more, fewer, and the same as. We practiced creating groups of one or two more and groups of one or two fewer. Miss Wilson started to use Munchie Math.  We will do Munchie Math about once every 2 - 3 weeks.  We will use a variety of foods as manipulatives that we will then get to eat when we have finished the activity.

Religion
In Religion, we learned the promise that God are to Abraham, that his family would now Amber as many as the stars. We learned a fun song called "Father Abraham" that really gets us moving. We also learned that God spared Isaac when Abraham passed the test.  Later in the week we learned about the dream of Jacob's Ladder and we each created a Jacob's Ladder out of pretzel sticks.

Social Studies and Science
We learned about the duckbilled platypus and how to use books to find facts about something that we are curious about.  We identified that the duckbilled platypus can be found in Australia, which is both a continent and a country. We found Australia on the globe.

General Classroom News
If you send a drink for your child to have during snack time, please make it plain water. We have had a number of sticky spills from juices and other drinks that children have brought into the classroom.  Your child may certainly still have juice or milk with their lunches. 
A big thank you goes to all who helped with the Jog-a-thon on Friday.
If you are a cleared volunteer please consider helping out in the classroom. I would especially like help between 9:45 and 10:20.  We are also experiencing a shortage of lunch time volunteers. I know that we have an assigned month, but we could certainly use an extra set of hands and eyes especially during the K-2 lunch period which starts at 10:25 and goes until 11:05.  Please contact Mrs. Nicole Munoz if you can help out with lunch times.
As always read Mrs. Schindler's Colt Express Blog for information about school wide events.
Remember that this Friday is a noon dismissal.
Cooler Weather is upon us, but by the end of the day jackets are often not needed and are easily misplaced. Please label your child's coats, jackets, sweaters, etc. with their name so that lost and found items may be returned to their owners.