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Thanks so much for helping with homework.  The children seem excited. 
On Thursday it says to glue your sort down on the sort sheet.  Please use a piece of paper from at home. The children will glue them down in columns just like they do when they sort them.  

Field Trip Information:
All of the children will be dismissed from the morning class once we return from Brookdale Farm. The only children that will be staying at school for the remainder of the school day will be the Extended Day Kindergarten students and will be dismissed at the normal time. If you are not attending the field trip, then students will be sent home on their bus at 1:30 i.e you are not driving them home from the farm. If you want them going home another way, it must be in writing and sent to me the day before.  Thursday, October 16th.  No exceptions! This is a school rule.  

 If your child attends daycare, we will need you to make  alternative arrangements as the daycare establishments don't pick up at 1:30PM. If you have questions, please ask. :)  I am happy to help.

Saturday Run and Fall Fair:  We need race monitors.  If you can volunteer to be a race monitor can you please send me an E-mail  We need your help.

Goals:  Your child will be coming home with a goal sheet and letter that explains it tomorrow.  Please be on the lookout for that important information.

Reading Logs: WOW! All I can say is WOW!  I am so thrilled to see the reading that is going on at home.  The children are practicing their strategies at school, and through reading at home you are reinforcing good reading habits.    If your child is missing a reading log one was left at school on Thursday.  It has My Little Pony as one of the books.  When asked who read it, no one could remember.  

If it belongs to your kindergartner please let us know so we can return it.

Math:  As a class we are focusing on our teen numbers-The children are asked to name their numbers out of sequence.  Some of our friends are working on numbers 0-10, 11-20, or 20-100.  If you want to know what numbers your child knows show them various numbers out of sequence.  

Check out this song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W5aYi3lkho

High Frequency Words: Every week we are learning a new word.  The entire class practices the word(s).  It is expected that your child be able to read and spell the word(s) in and out of context.  

The words thus far: the, a, at, am, can, and this week is go!

We mix and fix these words, we write them in sentences, we write them on white boards, and we read these words.  (Sometimes we even DANCE about them! ;)

We are differentiating the words based on student goals.  If a child has learned all uppercase we set a goal to move to lowercase recognition. If he or she has learned all of the lowercase, we move to sounds, once all sounds are mastered, we move to high frequency word cards.  

So, while we are all learning/reviewing all words, some may have a few more words now than others.