Mrs. Schatte's Cougar News
November 13, 2015
Mark your calendars!
The Kindergarten Thanksgiving Program will be on Friday, Nov. 20 at 9:00 a.m. We can't wait to see you there!
Please have your child wear a solid color shirt and dark pants to school on the day of the program. There is no need to buy new clothes for this.t
Thanks so much!
Thank You
Good Bye
Thanksgiving Holiday Break
Literacy Learning
In Reader's Workshop, we will be reviewing main idea and details and making connections. Students will be working towards mastery of these skills and be encouraged to tell as much as they can. Your child will be expected to draw or write the main idea and 3 key details from a story we read together. You can practice this at home with any text (fiction or nonfiction). Try asking your child: What is this text mostly about? Then have your child find 3 pictures in the text that support their answer.
In writing next week, we will be writing informational pieces about turkeys. Our standard is to recall information from experiences and gathered resources. We will be using multiple nonfiction texts about turkeys to learn and support our writing.
Math Memo:
Our standards for next week are to:
The "teen" numbers can be tricky for students to understand and write. There are some great videos on youtube to explain these numbers. Just search "tricky teens song kindergarten."
When we ask students to represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0 - 20, we show them a number and then have them use manipulatives to make that number. You can practice this at home with just about anything: beans, cheerios, hair barrettes, etc. Write a number on a flashcard and then have your child find the number of objects that number represents!
You can also give your child lots of practice with counting forward by calling out a random number and having them count up! This is a fun game to play just about anywhere!