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"Blue - K" News!!!
Mrs. Brouhle's Kindergarten Class NOVEMBER 2008 Please contact me: abrouhle@usrschoolsk8.com I check my e-mail & voicemail twice a day. Before and after school. If information pertains to dismissal, please call the attendance office. Thank you. Via voicemail: 201-961-6300 ext. 2103 Make sure to scroll all the way down the page to see everything about our class! Visit our "Student Work" page to view photos and connect to links.
Writer's Workshop Our current unit is on Personal Narratives and Label Books we have been busy writing a class label book as well as our own individual label books! We will soon be publishing and celebrating our books with Mrs. Barone's class! Show your child the many ways that you write: lists, journal, letters, poems & notes etc. Encourage them to do the same.	Math Family Letter Link 1 Family Letter Link 2 click on the above for Everyday Math Family Information Letters Numbers in our world 0-20 (special focus on the "tricky teens"), macthing coins, number writing, shapes, symmetry, sorting, and graphing Take a moment at home to find oportunities to try these concepts within the context of your life.	Open Circle Our Main focus: Getting to know each other and how to resolve issues Our lessons this month: Recognizing differences Speaking UP, Interviewing Understanding Feeling Words Body Language To LOOK for: There will be Open Circle Updates coming home. Please reinforce the skills learned in our lessons at home too! Encourage your child to use the vocabulary and skills that we learn in Open Circle in your daily lives at home.
General Information * Class Parents: Mrs. Betsy & Mrs. Layne * Practice zipping, buttoning, and tying all year with your child * Label backpacks, lunch boxes and coats etc. * Pack your child with a *healthy* snack and lunch every day. It is strongly encouraged Mrs. Vernon and the teachers and is an expection throughout the school. Thank you. Please include a napkin along with your child's snack & lunch- THANKS - it helps keep the crumbs and germs away. Don't forget a seperate drink too. Reinforce the correct pencil grip with your child. You will be getting a Handwriting Packet at Curriculum Night to assist you in this area	Upcoming Events November Evening Conferences - Nov. 3rd NO School Nov. 6 & 7th Picture Retakes for Reynolds - Nov. 14th Author Day - Nov. 19th Class Thanksgiving Feast - Nov. 26th (half day - 12:20 dismissal) NO SCHOOL - Nov. 27th & 28th HAPPY THANKGIVING!	Science: The 5 Senses We have been conducting experiments in our school greenhouse facility for each of the 5 senses! We'll be visiting the Learning Habitat this fall to: explore, observe, record & share what we each notice about this season compared to summer.
Reading Workshop Our Current UNIT: Readers Build Good Habits Who am I as a reader? Introduction to reading partners Where is my reading spot? We will celebrate by reading "old" favorites from home. Our focus; Practice re telling stories that are so familiar to us & building comprehension	Themes: Election Day - VOTING! Family Thanksgiving Thanks for visiting this site! MAKE SURE YOU GO TO STUDENT WORK AND CLICK ON THE LINK FOR ADDED LEARNING FUN!	Language Arts Handwriting: Practice the formation of all letters - PARENTS: use the Handwriting packet that you will get on Curriculum Night to encourage proper pencil grip and letter formation with your child. Letters we have introduced: Cc Oo Aa Dd Gg Qq Ee Ll Ff Ii Letters we will focus on this month: Jj Mm Rr Nn and a review of all the letters learned during Nov.24-26th Sight Words introduced so far: the I am is a and look me in This month: my at and a review of the sight words for this trimester during Nov. 24-26th Encourage your child to use these words in his/her writing and identify them as you both read books together! Look for these sight words in the poems that we read in our poetry journal!