November 13th, 2015
Ms.
Mac’s Newsletter
Hello families of the Kindergarten class in room 138!
Happy Friday the 13th! The month of
November is flying by. The students have
taken home a lot of fall projects in their communication folders today. As we get closer to Thanksgiving, we are
going to touch upon the traditions of Pilgrims and Native Americans. I love the
turkey projects that families have completed.
Please send in your turkey as soon as you can, so that the students have
a chance to see all the wonderful designs from our class.
In science, the students have been learning about the
relationship between the sun, moon, and Earth.
The students have made charts putting those objects in order from
largest to smallest. The class came to
realize that when the sun is shining on our side of the Earth, it is nighttime for
people on the other side of the Earth. The class also learned that the Earth is
spinning even though we do not feel it.
The students have an understanding that when it is a cold season we are
not receiving as much heat or light from the sun.
In language arts, the students have been zooming in their
letter and sound game of “Around the World”. I see so much progress in their
recognition of letters and sounds. Everyone
does a fantastic job forming their letters and words as well. Their fine motor skills are improving and
students are very proud of their work. Today’s sentence was, “Maria has brown
hair.” The students are making sure they have a capital in the beginning of the
sentence and a period at the end of the sentence. The class is learning that letters make up
words, words make up sentences, and sentences make up stories. The students are excited to become writers!
Our field trip to see Goodnight Moon and Run Away
Bunny was a success. The students loved
the sets, and enjoyed following along to the stories they knew. The class was
also excited about having special Fire Fighters come into our classroom during the
past two weeks to teach our class about fire safety. We discussed that it is important to have a
plan of where to meet outside of there was ever a fire in the house. The students have also given great examples
of staying safe by letting mom and dad handle the oven, a woodstove, lighters or
matches. The students in this class have great ideas and are hard workers! It has been a packed couple of weeks with
lots of fun!
I hope everyone
has restful weekend.
Sincerely,
Tara MacCallum
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