Weekly New Oct 31-Nov 4

I hope your child enjoyed the break from school and their time was filled with lots of outdoor fall fun!  This time of the year is so beautiful that sometimes we need to slow down and remind ourselves to enjoy it!!  I cannot believe we are gearing up for our third month of learning in Kindergarten!!

With this Monday being Halloween, NDLC students will celebrate by dressing in orange and black and teaming up to do some flashlight reading in buddy classrooms.  Students may bring in 2 fall or Halloween books to read with their second grade buddy.  We will also share a snack with them and end our day with an all school story and dance in the gym!

Important Dates and Reminders:

October 31: Orange and Black Day
October 31-November 8: All District Food Drive
November 10: Conferences 4-7:30pm
November 11: Red, White and Blue Day
November 15: Conferences 4-7:30pm
November 17: 1/2 day- 11:30 dismissal
November 18: Wisconsin Badger Day
November 23-25: NO SCHOOL


PSC News

Show appreciation for the NDLC staff by bringing an item or two for their conference meals. We'll be providing meals for our teachers plus support staff and specialists. Thursday, Nov. 10th will be a Taco Bar and Tuesday, Nov. 15th will be Soup and Sandwiches.
 Please sign up to contribute at... http://signup.com/go/i1k9Qj


Here is a link to our November homework calendar!  Please remember, these tasks are optional and are a way to extend classroom learning at home!

Here are also links to our November newsletters and lunch menu!

Here's a peek at our learning this week!

Reading: We are so excited to be learning about our reading super powers!  Did you hear...we had a visit from Reader Man and he left us some very cool pointers to help us activate our pointer power!  This week we will learn how long words can try to test our power, but we know that each word (no matter how long) gets just one point.  We will also be working on using sight words to really help us keep track of our pointing and will rely on our partners to help us make sure we are using our best pointing.

Writing:  This week in writing we will work to incorporate sight words into our books to make books with patterns, which are similar to the books we have been reading and writing together as a class.  We will learn to pick or two sight words and plan for our books to have those words on each page (Ex. The apple is read.  The leaf is brown, The grass is green).  We will also work hard to leave spaces between our words to make it easy for others to read.

Math:We are continuing to work hard to tell story problems to practice our addition and subtraction skills.  We will be introduced to two new math symbols this week: the equal sign and not equal sign and will practice using them as we investigate numbers, quantities and equations.  We will also be introduced to a new math tool called a ten frame that  helps us see groups of 5 in numbers 6-10.
Our math centers this week will be:

• creating equations using 5 groups and equal signs
• using pictures to tell story problems and write corresponding equations
• building numbers using single tiles and groups of 5 tiles
• showing numbers on ten frames using dotters

Social Studies:The students will be working in small groups to apply their school helper knowledge in centers this week.  They will build areas of the school and solve problems using mini versions of our helpers, sorting artifacts that our helpers use and problems they solves, and making webs using words and pictures to show all they have learned about our school helpers.

Word Work: We are continuing to practice the sight words: it, me we, here, can, we.