Elephant News

1. Elephant News November 13th-16th • This Week’s Studies: • This week we will: • study the letters “Jj” and “Xx” and their sounds • represent, compare, and order sets up to 20 in math; write numbers 11-20 • introduce the sight word “have” & add to word wall • identify rhyming pairs • learn how things move during Science • compare past and present Thanksgiving during Social Studies • ***Please remember, to demonstrate mastery of letters, your child needs to know its name, write it, and use the sound. To demonstrate mastery of numbers, your child needs to know its name, write it, and show objects to match it. • To demonstrate mastery of sight words your child should be able to recognize the word in several different settings (alone, in sentences, or in books) • FYI • Arrival time: Please remember arrival time for students begins at 8:05. Students are not permitted to enter the classroom prior to 8:05. • Please sign and return all report card envelopes to school as soon as possible. Happy Thanksgiving! I want to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. I wish you a safe trip if you are traveling to be with friends and family this week. I am so thankful to work with your children every day. Thank you for all you do with them! They are all so special!  • Skills to practice • Identify letters and their sounds • Identify sight words (alone and in books) • Blend phonemes in a CVC word (hot, pin, sap, etc.) • Identify beginning sounds in a CVC word • Identify and produce rhyming pairs READ! READ! READ! Every night for 20-30 minutes “Kindergarten teachers have always known that kids have to believe they can read before they can actually do it….” -Reggie Routman, from Reading Essentials Remember to save your box tops and soda tabs! Box tops will help earn money for our school. Soda tabs are collected, counted and sent to the Ronald McDonald House. Remember to order your SCRIP…it is money you would spend anyway and it earns money for our school! • Important Dates • November 13th-Individual picture money due • November 14th-Scholastic Book Orders Due • November 19th-23rd-Thanksgiving Holiday • December 5th-Elves’ Shelves Shopping (more information to come) • December 19th-Gingerbread House Party (more information to come) • December 20th-Kindergarten Christmas Concert (more information to come) • December 21st-January 4th (Christmas Break) If you every have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me via the communication log in your child’s folder, email (LaPointeM@mail.okaloosa.k12.fl.us) or directly at the school (833-4100).