Newsletter Week of October 26-30

This Week's Theme:

Halloween

We will also be learning about:
* Color : Black
* Shape: Star
*Numbers : 11-15
* Letters : O and P
*Handwriting Letters: c,o,s,v
*Nursery Rhyme: Itsy Bitsy Spider and Little Miss Muffet
*Story: Monster books: There's a Nightmare in my Closet; Where the Wild Things Are; The
Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything
*Spelling Words: have, no, she, he

Important dates to remember:
October 30th-Fall Festival




Reminders:

• Our school is collecting Box Tops for Education, Campbell's labels/caps and Tyson's Project A+. If you have some at home, please send them to school.

• You may find information about these programs in the following websites :

http://www.tyson.com/projectAPlus/

http://www.boxtops4education.com/Default.aspx

http://www.labelsforeducation.com/default.aspx

Newsletter October 19-23

This Week's Theme:

Pumpkins

We will also be learning about:

* Color : Orange

* Shape: Diamond

*Numbers : Review: 0-10

* Letters : M and N

*Handwriting Letters: A I T J

*Nursery Rhyme: Peter , Peter Pumpkin Eater

*Story: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

*Spelling Words: in of we

Important dates to remember:

October 22nd- Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

October 23rd and 26th- No School

October 30th-Fall Festival

Reminders:

• Ÿ Mr. Kirk Adam, the Art teacher is asking for a sketch pad for each child . Please send one this week.

• Ÿ Always visit our classroom blog @ http://kindergarten-andresneusecharter.blogspot.com/

• Ÿ Read with your child nightly. Then ask Higher Order Thinking Skills questions. These will help your child think critically and will also help improve comprehension.

• Ÿ Have your child practice reading the word list. We have been reading this in the classroom, too. Remember it is part of the first nine weeks assessment.

• Ÿ Help your child with his/her homework everyday. You may find the daily HW activities in the white notebook.

Downtown Selma

Newsletter-October 5-9

This Week's Theme:

• Apples/Seasons

We will also be learning about:

* Color : Green
* Shape: Review of 4 shapes
*Numbers 9 and 10
* Letters I/J
*Handwriting Letters: X Y Z C
*Nursery Rhyme: Mary had a Little Lamb
*Story: Johnny Appleseed
*Spelling Words: if, said, my

News ! News! News!

• The children had lots of fun when we walked to Downtown Selma and visited the fire station, dentist office , drugstore, post office, and the bank.

• We did not go to the police station that day. On Friday, two police officers from Selma Police Station came to visit us . The children asked lots of questions . The officers gave each child a sticker.

Important date/s to remember:

October 7th- Picture Day
October 13-16- Scholastic Book Fair
October 22nd- Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Reminders:

• Our library day is Tuesday. On this day, your child will take home a library book. Please send the book on Fridays to be returned to the library.

• Permission slip for the Pumpkin Patch field trip is due on October 9th.

• We are in need of volunteers for Guided Reading 10:30-11:00 Mon-Wed (1 volunteer), Literacy Stations Thur-Fri (2 volunteers) ; Math Stations 1:45-2:15 Tues-Frid.

• You may visit www.google.com/calendar, sign in as tracey.wehrle@avon.com and the password is msandres09 to schedule the times to volunteer.

• You may also call Ms. Wehrle :

919-300-1200 Home
973-864-7363 Cell

• Here are some of the things we need in our classroom: - small treats/toys for the treasure box

• Since we will be learning about apples this week, please send one apple on Tuesday. You may send any of these: Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Fuji, Golden Delicious. Also if you could send any foods that are made from apples eg. apple sauce, cider, etc. we would appreciate it very much.

• Thank you very much for all your help.