I can't believe tomorrow is October already! This first month of school has gone by so fast! Our class is doing a great job of learning the routines and procedures! I have loved getting to know everyone better!
I have decided to post our newsletter here, as well as on my itsLearning site. I have also included the October snack calendar and the conference sign up for November. If you did not sign up for a time, just email me with your preferred time and I'll put you in! I apologize for the length of this post but I want everyone to know what is going on!
Upcoming Events
*October 3rd- Student
Count Day
*Friday, October 5th-
Laps for Lincoln at SJHS 5:00- 8:00pm
*Friday October 12- Picture Retake Day
*Oct 10, 17, 24, 31 Late Starts
*Oct 11, 12 Half Days
*Oct 19 Dinges Farm
*Parents going need to send
in $4 Dollars prior to this day. Please
mark what the money is for.
What we are
doing
We
just completed our first rotation of table centers and math centers. We focused on counting, numbers 1-10, and
patterning in our math centers. Table
centers focused on working together, shapes, cutting, and recognizing letters. We will begin new math centers, which will
continue to focus on writing numbers, counting, and using a ten frame. We will also be starting new table centers,
which will focus on some fall activities, letter sound games, and cooperative
learning activities. We continue to talk
about Daily 5 stamina. This next cycle
we will introduce our 4th choice, listen to reading. We can read to self, work on writing, or do
word work now. You can help your child
increase his or her stamina at home by having them read quietly each day. Remember there are three ways to read a book:
read the pictures, read the words, or retell a familiar story. Make sure your child stays in one spot and
reads quietly for this practice. Our
handwriting focus this cycle was practicing horizontal and vertical lines. This is helping us prepare for forming
letters in the upcoming weeks.
This
next cycle we will be starting our first week of our Benchmark Literacy
Program. We will be talking about
identifying the main idea of what we read.
We are also going to learn how to ask questions while we read to make
sure we understand what we are reading!
In
social studies we are learning about ourselves, and how we are special and
unique. We are learning that we each have “roles” (like daughter or
son) and that we can name something we like about ourselves.
In Science
we are learning how to be “weather watchers”. We learned that 4 things tell us
about the weather: the sky, the temperature, the wind, and if it’s raining or
snowing.
When
writing in our journals, we are listening for letter sounds in our words and
putting spaces between our words. Our
newest focus is starting a sentence with a capital letter and ending it with a
period.
Pizza Hut
Book-It
Our Pizza Hut Book-It program starts
in October. Please don’t forget to turn
your form in to school at the end of the month for a coupon for a free personal
pan pizza. The reading log is on the
back of our October Homework Calendar. These can be books your child reads or
books you read to them. Happy Reading!
Homework Calendars
October
calendars came home and September’s are due by the end of this next week. Your
child will receive a prize from our treasure chest when his/her form is
returned to school with your signature. Thanks!
Laps for Lincoln
Next Friday night is our Laps for Lincoln Family Event!
You can continue to send money in this next week to help us reach our class
goal!!! If you raise at least $30, your child will get a free Laps for Lincoln T-shirt. There are prizes for students who raise the
most money and for the class that meets their goal and gets the most money!
Dinges Farm Field Trip
Our
first field trip has been scheduled! We
will go to Dinges Farms on Friday, October 19th. We will leave around 8:40am and will return
around 11:40am. All students will ride
the bus. The parents that were assigned
to help on this trip may also ride the bus with our class. 
Mrs. Bartz’s Kindergarten Class Parent/Teacher Conference Sign-Up
Monday, November 5th
4:00____Logan S._________
4:20____Adah L.___________
4:40_____Iris L._____________
5:00___Madelyn G.__________
5:20_____Noah G.________
5:40____Lily B.___________
6:00_____Siddhi P.___________
6:20____Mia T.___________
6:40____________________________
7:00___Rylee Spies____________
7:20____Marin Morris___________
Tuesday, November 6th
4:00____Adrienne H.________
4:20____Payton K.________
4:40____Sofia E.________
5:00
_____Sawyer T.____________
5:20 ___Elijah G._________
5:40 ___Audrey C.___________
6:00 ____Jayden S._________
6:20____Clark C.___________
6:40 ___Aden C.__________
Wednesday, November 7th
4:00____Charlie C._________
4:20____Camila P.__________
4:40____________________________
5:00____________________________
5:20____Teddy M._________
