Dietzel Diary - Week of October 2, 2017

Dietzel Diary

News from Kindergarten ~ Saint Paul School

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Week of October 2, 2017

This has been such a fun week.  We worked very hard creating our own I Went Walking books based on our walk around the block last week.  We did a good job writing and illustrating the pages to match the words.  Thank you to all the parents that participated in our Student-Led Conferences.  I hope you enjoyed your child giving you a taste of all the fun things we do in our classroom – they were quite excited to sing to you and show you around.  It was also great having an opportunity to meet with each of you.  Please remember that your child has homework Monday-Thursday. If you see a paper WITHOUT a score on it – it’s probably homework J.  On Friday your child should be bringing home a classroom book to enjoy reading with you over the weekend.

 

Book-it!  Earlier this week an October calendar for Book It! was sent home.  Each month a calendar will come home.  Fill in each day that your child reads.  At the end of the month return the calendar (signed) and your child will receive a coupon for a free Pizza Hut personal pan pizza.

Religion:  This week we continued learning about how God created animals and all his wonderful gifts to us.  We learned about Noah and God’s promise of the rainbow.

Language Arts:  This week we worked with beginning /g/ sound words.  We met a new friend – Golly the dog.  The comprehension skills we worked on were recognizing plot, understanding characters, and determining important ideas. This week we took our first reading test.  We will review your child’s results at our conference next week. 

Math:  This week we started a new unit focused on matching sets and using a 5-frame to compare.  We learned about “same as”, “greater than” and “less than”.  We learned how to play War using a deck of playing cards so we could practice recognizing which numbers are greater and less than each other. 

Science:   This week we learned about rainbows and ROY G BIV.   ROY G BIV stands for the colors of the rainbow – Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.  We enjoyed looking at all the colors by using our special glasses and a prism.

COMING UP …

OCTOBER 1 – SHORTS ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED UNTIL MAY 1

Thursday, 10/5/17     3:00-8:00 Student-led Conferences

Friday, 10/6/17          NO SCHOOL

MONDAY, 10/9/17 – THURSDAY, 10/12/17  BOOK FAIR!!!

Friday, 10/13/17        Picture Retake

Thursday, 10/19/17 1^st K/1 Book Club Meeting

Wednesday, 10/25/17  PreK-1^st Grade Field Trip to Kingsway Pumpkin Farm

Friday, 10/27/17  1:30 HALLOWEEN PARTY & PARADE