Kindergarten News
November 2015
Dear Parents,
What a wonderful group of children you have given us! We have had great fun settling into
learning. After some assessment to gauge knowledge of letters, sounds and (possibly) sight
words, the students will begin working in small groups during November. We are starting to
complete some wonderful work in our classroom!
We are finishing our PALS testing. Report cards will go home on November 11th. The
report cards will be sent home in your child’s folder. Since we discussed your child’s
progress at the conference, the comment page will reflect our main points of our recent
discussion. Between the parent-teacher conference and our first Kindergarten report card,
parents should have a good gauge of how their child is performing at school and how to
support them at home.
Welcome back Mrs. Libbares! Mrs. Libbares has been spending September and October at
home with her new baby girl. We have missed her at Cardinal Ridge and are so happy she
has returned to work. Thank you, Mr. Williams for all your hard work during the first
marking period with our Kindergarten students. We are so grateful to have you both
working with our students!
American Education Week:
American Education Week will be the week of November 16th. This is an opportunity for
parents to visit the classroom and participate in an activity with your student. Please see
the American Education week information sheet that will come home soon
Book Fair
The book fair will run the week of American Education Week (November 16-20). Students
will preview the book fair on Friday, November 13th. Your child will come home with a wish
list and purchase books during the week of November 16th during their normal library time.
You are welcome to send in money for your child on their library day.
**Also, please email your child’s teacher if you are able to help students during their library
times the week of Book Fair
A few reminders:
Library- Please remind your child to return their library book by Friday. Your student will
check out a new book each week as they return last week’s book.
*Please check the weather to ensure your child is dress appropriately for that day. Also,
please check your child is wearing socks, long sleeves and other cold weather clothing for
this time of year. The classrooms can get chilly and our play area is very cold since it is
almost completely shaded at 11:15 AM when students go out for recess.
Reading Strategies to work with your child at home:
We continue to encourage children to point to each word as they read. We call this
“tracking”. In the classroom, we have encouraged the children to “hop” from word to word
with their finger.
Also, please check out www.starfall.com this is a great language arts website we use at
school.
Kindergarten sight words we have practiced:
and, can, go, me, see, the, we, are, at, on, here, is, am, my, to, up, you
Dates to Remember:
11/16-11/20- American Education Week
11/16-11/20- Book Fair Week
11/19- Bingo Night- 6:30pm
11/11- Report cards go home
11/25-27- No School- Thanksgiving holiday
Thank you for your support! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!