Some Announcements!

If you place something in your child's backpack, please let them know. We don't check backpacks.

Our treasure box has lots of lollipops! Thanks so much!  If you can please send in some small rewards other than lollipops for the reward bin. 

Field Trip Information Sheet- A form went home to each family today asking how your child will be getting home from school this Friday.  We will need the sheet back to school no later than WEDNESDAY.  Thanks so much!  
Your child will need a bag lunch and drink.  No glass please , and no lunch boxes.  We must throw everything away before we leave. :)

We are in need of plastic store bags.  The kind your bring your groceries home in.  Please send in as many as you can by Thursday. Thanks!

Conferences- I am currently scheduling conferences that will be held over the next three weeks.  If you have not received a conference form, you will.  With every conference form you will find a pre-conference sheet.  I am asking that you fill it out and return prior to your scheduled time.  Your time is valuable to me, and I want you get the most out of our time together as possible. 

Schoolwide News You Can Use - Please mark your calendars:
 Kingston Skating Party
Tuesday, October 21st Haygood, 5:30-7:30

October 20-24, is National School Bus Driver Appreciation Week.  Our bus drivers ensure our children get to and from school safely.  Please do something extra special for your bus driver and show them they are appreciated!  Some ideas are, but not limited to; homemade cookies, small gift or gift card and handmade cards.  Thank you for helping shower our bus drivers with appreciation!!!

Learning can be so much fun!
Check out some of the songs we are learning and practicing during the day to support our learning standards.
Counting to 100! (Watch out for those tricky teens!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc

Sorting-
http://www.abcya.com/counting_sorting_comparing.htm

Color of the week: Black! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o47o3b06-Xg


We are in full writing mode!  I have been sharing with the children all about sentences.  I encourage you to ask your child to be authors and write about their illustrations at home.
Writing can be and should be inventive spelling for most of our friends.  It's not about spelling every word correctly, its about trying your best to write what you hear not what an adult "tells" you.  Great sentences always begin with an uppercase.  If your child is still learning their uppercase letters this is a great way to practice.
Our sentences end with periods.  We are also talking about this during our small group reading time.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wrv_ZviMEc