October 2-6
We will be starting our 5^th story for Reading, Smash! Crash!   Our focus will be on the story’s character.  Continue to read at home and practice the high frequency words, practice rhyming and counting syllables in words and identifying the letters from Aa-Zz.

For Math we will be finishing up with Topic 15: Position and Location of Shapes.  Be sure to review daily practice pages and review the positional words/concepts inside, outside, in front of, behind, next to, above, below, on, left, and right.

Monday, October 2, if your child wears a blue shirt, they may also dress down.  This is in support of Bullying Prevention.

The Kindergarten Fall Festival will be held on Thursday, October 6th. Students will be permitted to wear gym clothes on Thursday no matter what their special is.

Diane Rowland, will visit with our class on Friday, October 9^th.  She will be speaking with the children about Drugs and Alcohol in preparation for the annual Red Ribbon Week, which will be held the last week of October.  Take some time to ask your child what he/she learned and/or discussed at school that day!

New October “AR” Book Buddy recording sheets are enclosed in your child’s bag.  Any student who reads 15 or more books will receive a monthly treat! Congratulations to all the students who met and/or exceeded their September goal! (Don’t forget library books can also be recorded on the recording sheets.)

There is no school for students on Monday, October 9.

Wednesday, October 11th is the next Data Delay.

Thursday, October 12th is picture retake day.