Kindergarten Connection
Kindergarten
Teachers
Miss
DeBold
November 2015
Mrs. Boccuzzi
Thank you for all of your wonderful support during Fall Festival week! We had so
Mrs. Rydzewski
much fun! The kids really enjoyed all of the special activities during the week and Mrs. Mattsen
their
fabulous parties. Here is an overview of the major topics that will be covered
Mrs. Meadows
during the month of November:
Mrs. Collins
Ms. Singh
Reading and Language Arts
Our Focus: Reading to be informed
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We will ask and answer questions about key details in text.
We will share informational text and understand how pictures,
charts, and graphs can give us more information about the
topic.
We will explore environmental print.
We will understand that there are different reasons for reading.
We will actively engage in group reading activities with purpose
and understanding.
Handwriting Practice
Words
We are learning how to correctly form the
following uppercase and lowercase letters:
We will be reading and writing the
following kindergarten sight words.
Please practice reading, writing,
and locating these words.
Review: you, go, and, the
Letter “Ff”
Letter “Dd”
Letter “Kk”
Letter “Jj”
Letter “Ww”
Letter “Yy”
Important Dates
October
Nov. 2nd: No School
Professional Day
Nov. 11th &12th:
½ Day-Conferences
Nov. 16th -20th : Book
Fair
Nov. 17th: Reading
Night 6:30-8 PM
Nov. 25th: ½ Day
Nov. 26th-27th: No
School-Thanksgiving
Holiday
New Words: up, like, look, me, my
Poems & Songs
*”Way Up High”
Math
In math, we will begin focusing our studies on exploring
numbers. This will include:
*counting by 1s to 31
*comparing lengths
*ordering quantities
*counting a group of 10 objects arranged in a line
*exploring more/less/equal sets
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*“Take A Look”
“A Fall of Colors”
*“Turkey Dinner”
Writing
Science
During Writers Workshop, we will
continue learning to:
*Describe what seeds need to grow into
plants.
*Observe, describe, and compare the life
cycles of different kinds of animals and
plants.
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Social Studies
*Identify and describe how a globe and
maps can be used to help people locate
places.
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*Discuss how places are unique combinations
of physical and human characteristics.
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Add details, feelings, colorful
illustrations, and endings to our
writings to help express our
thoughts and convey the meaning
Develop ideas (pre writing & topic
choice)
Use conventions (capitalization,
punctuation, grammar, editing,
and peer conferencing)
*Identify landforms
*Describe places in the immediate
environment using natural/physical and
human-made features.
- skip counting
- numeral
- more/greater than
- less/fewer
- equal
- odd & even number
- ordinal number
Vocabulary
- life cycle
- growth
- survival
- seed
- plant
-globe
-map
- non-fiction
Important Announcements and Reminders
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Tuesday, November 3rd marks the beginning of our second quarter.
We look forward to meeting with each of you at your scheduled parent-teacher
conference time to discuss your child’s academic and social progress! If you
have not scheduled a conference, please contact your child’s teacher.
We are happy to announce the arrivals of Mrs. Rydzewski’s baby boy, Joseph
Rocco Rydzewski and Mrs. Collins’ baby girl, Addison Grace Collins. Mrs. Boccuzzi
will be long term subbing for Mrs. Rydzewski and Ms. Singh will be long term
subbing for Mrs. Collins while they are on maternity leave.
News from our Specialists:
Art:
In November, Kindergarten students will begin Texture before moving
on to 2D and 3D art. We will learn about the difference between
tactile verses visual texture and use textures found around the room
to create a drawing with crayons. Next, we will make a cave
painting using watercolor paints and a mixture of drawing tools that
show texture. After that, we will use some texture patterns to make
our own clay medallions which we will paint using watercolor and a
shiny glaze.
P.E:
In Physical Education, Kindergarten students will be working on
catching a self-thrown ball.
Music:
Kindergarten will continue to work on following instructions in singing
games. We will continue to explore our singing voices. Students will
explore the steady beat through playing classroom instruments. We
will also respond to the steady beat by using movement.