Fairy Tale skit

Hello parents,

I hope all of you have had a wonderful week! We have had a good week of math fun and play practice. We had a surprise visit from Mrs. Schultz and baby Cooper. They walked to the park with us! I appreciate all of your support this week with volunteering! I look forward to sitting down with each of you next week to discuss your child's progress. If you have not signed up for a conference time please do so at your earliest convenience.

Wednesday October 11th at 11-- Fairy Tale Play
Thursday and Friday October 12 & 13th-- No school/teacher conferences
Wednesday October 18th-- Aw Shucks Farm
Thursday October 19th --CSD Kickball tournament
Tuesday October 24th --Pumpkin carving with Dad
Tuesday October 31st-- Parade of fiction

A note about the kickball tournament.... written from a 3rd grade parent.

If you're new to the school or weren't able to attend last year, this is a great event!  In addition to the kickball tournament itself, there are lots of games for the kids, food trucks, and live entertainment.  It's a wonderful opportunity for the whole CSD community to come together.   Admission is a suggested donation of $5/person, and it is recommended to buy your tickets in advance (at the website link below).

The school needs your help & participation!!  All of the sign ups, including tickets for the tournament, are available on the Kickball Tournament Website   

So how can you help?

1. Sign up to play on the Kindergarten parent team. A full team is 12 (6 men & 6 women) and we need at least 10 to play.  Cost is $30 and includes your entry into the festival and a t-shirt.  Please note, t-shirts will be ordered this week, so sign up before this Wednesday (October 4th) if you want to make sure you have the right size!!  The first game doesn't start until 5:30, so you can sign up to play and still have some time to enjoy the festival with your kids first.

New news about the Field trip. 
In addition to what I posted on the sign up, I also know that we will leave the school promptly at 8:15. There is a $8.50 entry fee for the chaperones and our tour is from 10am-1pm.

Our Fairy Tale skit is next Wednesday at 11:00!!!! We hope you can join us for refreshments afterwards. 

Now for our fun week:

Literacy:

Our Marvelous Me this week was Lydia. We enjoy learning her name and comparing it to the two other names we have learned. 

 

We tried a new spelling activity with Lydia's name. This week, we really focused on learning that big line, little line, big curve and little curve make all the letters. I traced the shapes and then the students had to use them to make the letters of Lydia's name. This really challenged them from a spatial standpoint to fit all her letters on one page. We worked on the correct formation of numbers 4, 5 & 6.
During one of my most favorite activities, the students changed a story component of one of our fairy tales. For example, they might change setting, character or the beginning, middle or end of the story. Each child then sat in the author's chair and re-told their "new" story! So exciting! Each week, we work on recognizing letters, matching upper and lower case letters and even reading some cvc words.

Math Centers:

This week, we worked on patterns. We learned about AB and ABB patterns. Our calendar is reflecting a pattern and we used different math manipulatives to create our own patterns. We really enjoyed these activities.

I also want to include each week a few ways for you to ask your child about his/her day.

1. Who are three people you talked to day?
2. What made you laugh today?
3.  Tell me something you did outside today.

I greatly appreciate your support and hope you all have a great weekend.

Mrs. Hazlett