Halloween

I hope all of the Haunted gingerbread houses made it home in one piece. THANK YOU to all of the families who provided materials for us to build and decorate with. The kids had a BLAST. Also thanks to Jacob and Leanna's moms for coming in to lend a hand with costumes!
Here are a few shots from today. I will put more in the slide show on the class picture page.

Busy Day

I know it has been a while since I gave you a look into the classroom. Today I took some pictures of our morning activities.

We did some Halloween patterning using foam Halloween shapes. The kids made abab patterns which mean two objects repeat such as pumpkin, bat, pumpkin, bat.

The kids played candy corn memory with Mrs. McCabe. There were upper and lower case letters and they had to match them.

We are working on making spiders with 8 wiggly legs. They are not finished yet...hopefully soon.

We listened to some Halloween sounds and then drew what we were listening to.

Parent Teacher Conferences

It was great seeing everyone yesterday afternoon and evening. I know the time was short and I apologize for that. I hope I answered everyone's questions and gave you just an overview as to how the beginning of Kindergarten was. Of course, if you need more information or have questions at any time, don't hesitate to contact me. Have a great weekend!

Fire Prevention Week

Last week was Fire Prevention Week. We talked about Fire safety at school and at home. During computer lab we watched some videos about Fire Safety. You are welcome to check them out with your child by going to the "glog" page and clicking on October glog.

This week for homework students will be working with you to create an escape route and a family meeting spot. I do this more so you can discuss this with your child, not because I want to know how you will get out of your house.

If you already have an escape route- SUPER! This homework will be a refresher for your child.

Here is a link to some fire safety information: FIRE SAFETY

Just a reminder that book orders are due tomorrow, October 14.

I know that next week is the book fair so if you choose to shop there that's fine also. Here's the information on book clubs:

Scholastic Book Clubs Online Ordering Information Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs Class Activation Code: H8DPR

SIGN UP at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, click the "Register" button in the "First Time Here?" section. Register for your own user name and password. When prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown above. This unique code ensures that your order is sent to me.

SELECT the books you'd like to order -- choose from thousands of titles -- many more than in our monthly flyers.

SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child's books will be delivered directly to my classroom

Don't forget- Pete the Cat is on the book order this month. It comes with a book and the cd for $7

O.R.E.O. 2011

We participated in an internet project called OREO. We each had to stack up Oreo cookies to see how tall we could get before they fell down.

After we each had a turn, Mrs. Hewitt added the totals up and averaged the height of our towers. The average was submitted to the Oreo project. Oreo 2011

All of the results will be posted after the weekend, but on average Kindergarten students stacked towers of 14 Oreos. Guess what our average was? 14- Can you believe it?

Reminders

Just a reminder that picture day is tomorrow (Friday). You need to send in your picture form with money in the morning.

There is a new book order form out that is due back on Friday October 14. You can always order online. Thank you to all the people who ordered online. We received 18 dollars in book $ as well as $20 in free book picks AND 6 free books sent by Scholastic! Wow! We love to read in Kindergarten. Pete the Cat is in this book order and it comes with a cd of the song. Also, another favorite- Skeleton Hiccups can be found in the order.

We saw the Tanglewood Marionettes this afternoon. The name of the show was Perseus and Medusa. The kids really enjoyed it.