Kindergarten News
Mrs. Fike
October 2017
UPCOMING EVENTS Academic Expectations
Language Arts/ Social Studies Themes: Fire Safety,
13th
Movie Night – 6:00pm Pumpkins, Fall, and Columbus Day,
Please Review letters C, O, A, D, G, M, L, H. Letters for the
17th PTA Meeting – 11:30am month: T, I, and J.
Word Families: Please review -am, –at, -ap, and -ad word
18th Report Cards Go Home
families. We will work on –an and -et.
20th Movie Night Rain Date Sight words: Please review- a, I, my, the, like, run, said,
can, down, and jump. We will work on: we, go, is, up, play,
this, on, and to.
31st Storybook Parade –8am
MATH CONCEPTS
Fall Centers
MGSEK.NBT.1 Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten
ones and some further ones to understand that these numbers are
composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, fix, six, seven, eight, or
nine ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition
or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8).
MGSEK.CC.3 Write numbers from 0-20. Represent a number of objects
with a written numeral 0-20.
MGSEK.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and
quantities; connect counting to cardinality (understand that each object
is paired with one, and only one, number name.
MGSEK.CC.5 Count to answer “how many” questions.
MGSEL.CC.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is
greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another
group.
MGSEK.CC.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as
written numerals.
MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers
of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.
SCIENCE: We will be learning about bats, spiders, gravity, and
the day and night sky.
SS/Health: We are learning about fire safety and Columbus Day.
Notices/Gentle Reminders Thank You
Thank you to all the parents who have come in
If your child misses school for any to meet with me for a conference. I have
reason please remember to send in a enjoyed being able to share with you the
written excuse (on a separate paper) or wonderful things your children are doing here
email Mrs. Fike within 3 days of the at school. I look forward to the upcoming
absence. conferences!
Thanks to all the volunteers we’ve already had
Please remember to pack a healthy snack and the items you all so willingly donate for
for your child every day. We do have our activities. We love our SBCE parents!!
emergency snacks should the need arise. Most of all, thank you for sharing your
precious children with us each day – they are
It is imperative you check your child’s a joy to teach!
take-home folder every day for their
behavior and items such as notes,
important information on upcoming Storybook Character Parade (10/31)
events, and papers. Please remember to When helping your child choose a costume for
remove papers/work every Wednesday the parade, please remember it must be a
evening and sign and return graded character from an actual storybook and must
papers every other Tuesday. be “non-scary.” I will send a form home very
soon.
The weather will soon begin to change, so
please remember to write your child’s
name on all sweaters, sweatshirts, coats, SOCKTOBER is here!
etc. Please remember to donate socks from
Please remember that your child should October 2nd-October 31st. For more
be working on IXL.com for 10-15 minutes information check out Kid President:
a night. Refer to the standards we are https://youtu.be/0sbG-172e_Y
working on in Math to review which skills Last year, we collected: 3,556 pairs of socks!
your child should be practicing. Let’s see if we can collect 4,000 pairs this
year! Feel free to wear crazy socks any day
Sight word homework starts the during October!
beginning of October – remember this is
at each child’s own pace.
Library Books
Our next library book due dates are 10/18
and 11/1.
CONTACTING Mrs. Fike
Email:
[email protected] SBCE Phone: 470-254-3850
*Please keep in mind that sending a note with
your child in his or her folder OR an email
are the most efficient ways to get in touch
with Mrs. Fike
