November was our poem this week.  We talked about how the month of November starts to look and feel more like winter...we see fewer leaves on the trees, no birds or bees etc.  The students really enjoy the poetry book that we have been putting together and are getting really good at noticing all of the words that they now recognize.  Beginning this week, we will introduce 3 popcorn words per week.  Our new words this week were am, did, not.  Please continue to practice all of the words we have had so far so that your child can read them by sight.  During daily 5 centers, the students worked on reading and making words, practiced popcorn words, and sorted pictures by beginning sounds.  The letter sounds we focused on in Jolly Phonics this week were: oa & ie.  We began printing the "magic c" capital letters in handwriting.  These letters (C, O, Q, G) have a magic c in them that you make first when printing the letters.  In math we are working on counting beyond 50, counting by 10's, & counting backwards from 20.  The students have been working in centers on counting activities as well as making patterns and sorting.  We had another great week in Kindergarten!  Enjoy your weekend!

A Peek At Next Week

Reading: Thanksgiving stories
Students will: Make text-to-self-commections, hear and discuss a story, refer to the text to support their thinking, talk and listen to one another.
Vocabulary we have learned: creature, imitate, companion, explore, generous, nuisance, energetic, exhausted, soar, tangled, snooze, drowsy, pedestrian, passenger, eager, assortment, enjoy, gooey, container, scrumptious, whirl, scramble, determined, proud, snatch, furious, comfort, welcome, allow, frustrated, decide, practice, slam, filthy, concerned, moan, enormous, observe, patient, scoop
Jolly Phonics: ee, or
Phonemic Awareness: letter naming, rhyming, onset fluency, blending, identifying ending sounds, segmenting, substituting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, language awareness
Math: Numbers to 10, counting, patterns & sorting
Handwriting: C, O, Q, G, S
Popcorn Word: is, can but  (then to & too the week of 11/25)
Library: Mondays (book return/check out) and Wednesdays
Art: Tuesdays
Music: Thursdays and Fridays 
Gym & Recess: Everyday
Things to review and practice: 
phonics:recognition & sounds of/making words with s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, h, r, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie
Counting: forward from 1 and random numbers and backward from 20. Number recognition and counting objects #1-10
Practice popcorn words: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, at, on, we, me, am, did, not
Read together :)

Wednesday, November 20th is Early Dismissal Day in District 66.  Students will be dismissed at noon.  Pick-ups will be dismissed about ten minutes later after the buses have left.  Report cards will be sent home on Tuesday, November 26th.  The gold copy will be yours to keep.  Please sign and return the manilla envelope as soon as possible.