November 2015
Kindergarten News
Sargent Shriver Elementary School
Parent Conferences
Please look for a letter from your
child’s teacher about parent conferences. Parent-teacher conferences
will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, November 11-12 this year. Please sign up for a
time as soon as possible.
We look forward to sharing and discussing your
child’s progress so far in kindergarten!
A Peek at November Weeks
Important Dates
and Upcoming Events

Monday, Nov 2 - Professional Day - No School

Wednesday-Thursday, Nov. 11-12
- Parent Conferences - Half Day

Friday, Nov. 6 - Farm Field Trip

Wednesday, Nov. 27 - Half Day - Thanksgiving

Thursday-Friday, Nov 28-29
- Thanksgiving Holiday - No School
Reading
We will work on comprehension of literary texts by asking and
answering questions in order to identify key details such as; characters, setting, sequence of events, problem, and solution.
Math
We will work on counting objects arranged in different ways,
ordering numbers, and comparing numbers and sets using the
words more, less, greater, fewer, and equal.
Science
We will learn about plants in different seasons, seeds and plant
needs, and plant life cycles. We will also learn about animal
needs and animal life cycles.
Social Studies
We will learn about physical features of the Earth such as landforms and bodies of water. We will also learn about and identify
human-made features.
Writing
In writing, we will work writing about our lives, things that happened to us and our reaction, We will also work telling our story
in complete sentences.
Curious about SSES’s art program? Check out the Art Blog
online! Go to: www.ArtatShriver.blogspot.com.
ESOL Nook
Read and reread stories with your child in your language and/or
English and a conversation about the story. Ask your
child to name and describe the characters (e.g.,
friendly, mean, clever, etc.), describe how they felt
at different parts of the story (e.g., bored, impatient, excited, anxious. etc) and why they did what they did in
the story. Ask your child when (for example, night, season,
weather) and where (e.g., home, forest, farm, city) the story
happened. Try to figure out what the problem in the story was
and how it was solved. These are the same questions teachers
are asking about the stories we read. You can also ask your
child to tell you about a story they liked from school! Use your
home language and/or English because BOTH are helpful to
your child’s growing brain.
Reminders

@ShriverES and @Principal_SSES

Dress your child for the weather (we
will be outside all day) and wear comfortable shoes.

If you are packing a lunch for your
child, please no glass bottles.

Please check Red Thursday folders, review and
remove all papers, and send them back to
school on Friday.

Please continue to practice
your child's lunch number
with them!
Follow our school and Mrs. Brown on Twitter to hear about
what’s happening at Shriver!
For the farm field trip…