Kindergarten Newsletter
October 7-11
Important Dates
*Oct. 7th Field Trip forms and money due
*Oct 7th STOMP out Bullying- wear blue
*Oct. 9th Fire Prevention Week- wear red
*Oct. 14th Columbus Day- No School
*Oct. 15th Fall/Yearbook Pictures
*Oct. 18th End of 1st 9 Weeks
*Oct. 23rd Report Cards ready in Skyward
Oct. 24th Early Release Day at 11:45 and Fall Conference (more information coming soon)
Oct. 28th Diwali - wear bright colors
Oct. 31st Book Character Day- dress as your favorite story book character (more information coming soon)
Field Trip
The Pink Pumpkin challenge officially started! Each pumpkin costs $1 and every pumpkin bought will hang on the classroom door. All the money will go towards Breast Cancer Research. This will continue until October 18th. The class that collects the most pink pumpkins on their "pumpkin patch door" will get an hour of extra free time/recess!
Book Bags
Books are beginning to come home with students that have mastered letters and sounds. Please have your child read their little reader 2 to 3 times each evening. Maybe they can FaceTime their grandparents to read to them :) Repetition is very important at this age. Also, continue to practice their pink sight words daily. They can also practice spelling them on Writing Wizard. Have your child show you their sight words on Writing Wizard.
iPad
Feel free to clean your child's iPad with a damp cloth in needed.
Star Students
Mrs. Arington-Isabelle
Mrs. McNamara-Banks
Mrs. Richardson-Rylie
October Birthdays
Cooper - October 1st
Zavian - October 7th
Caruso - October 8th
Ethan - October 15th
Elaine - October 17th
Keira - October 27th
Jaxon - October 28th
What We Are Learning
*Reading- finding familiar print in books
*Writing- putting ideas on my paper by using pictures and words
*Math- count & write numbers 1-10 and instantly recognize numbers to 5
*Science- identify events that have repeating patterns
Headphones
Forget Me Not Shelves
Volunteering
We would LOVE to have your help! If you plan to attend field trips, class parties, be a hallway reader or lunchroom helper, please fill out our district background check. This must be done EACH year.
Kindergarten Teachers
Anna Marie Richardson- anna.richardson@gcisd.net @OCTRichardson
Whitney Arington- whitney.arington@gcisd.net @OCTArington
Sara Lind- sara.lind@gcisd.net @OCTLind
Kimberly McNamara- kimberly.mcnamara@gcisd.net @OCTMcnamara