Only one more week of school before Thanksgiving Holiday, do not forget that the kids have the entire week of Thanksgiving off school.   Our Thanksgiving celebration is on Thursday, I know the kids will have lots of fun.  If you would like to donate anything for the party, please see the sign up sheet on the north door.  You will not need to pack a lunch for your child on Thursday.

The students will be participating in a variety of Native American experience on Monday.  Students will be rotating through each of the Kindergarten classes and experience a different aspect of a Native American lifestyle, art, games, hunting & gathering, and crafts.

Some of the things we did in school this week in school include:

ü     We started to learn about the Native Americans and Pilgrims.  We have been discussing how life was long ago – I think this group of children realizes how comfortable life is in the present, not one of them said they would like to live “long ago.”

ü     As part of our unit on Native Americans, we learned how they valued and placed importance on taking care of the land, air, and animals.  We made a piece of art to reflect these important points.

ü     Wrote in journals.

ü     Made Thanksgiving cards and decorations.

ü     Played Spin a Number.  If you don’t play games with you child every once in awhile, you might consider doing so.  Some of the kids had a hard time counting spaces, taking turns, and winning/losing.

ü     Worked on sight word recognition.  The kids used the sight words to make their own Bingo mat.

ü     Went on a Pattern Walk, and noticed that there are patterns all around us!

ü     Mr. Sexton is our Character Counts presenter. He will be discussing: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, Citizenship. He did a lesson about Citizenship last week.  Last week, he discussed voting, what it means, and who gets to vote – be sure to ask your child about it (this might help them remember Duck vs. Farmer).  We had another presentation today and we will have one per month from now on.

Monday, Nov. 16^th, is a PLC Day, all students are Early Birds.