Mrs. Hanson, the other kindergarten teacher, and I have decided to combine our classes to put of a very short (15 minute) performance of Christmas songs in sign language. The show will be held in the gym at 1:45 pm on Tuesday, December 22nd. It would be nice to have some cookies and punch after the show so we can chat afterward. I may be calling some of you and asking if you can bring something on that day. Since the show will not take us to the end of the regular school day, you will be able to take your child home as soon after the program as you wish.

Today we used our fingers to practice writing our letter of the week, F, onto a partner's back. We used mini whiteboards to write our new word "for," as well as other words from the word wall. We fed sound muncher all sorts of crazy things, including a firecracker and fire--he exploded!

We reviewed what the setting of a story is and then students worked in pairs to look at pictures in unfamiliar books to determine the story's setting. Instead of writing today, we talked about ideas and how an author conveys the idea behind the story by using words or pictures. Students worked in pairs again to elaborate on a given topic.

In math, we reviewed the less than and greater than signs and the number line. Students got out their number cards and laid them on their tables from zero to eleven. In their journals, students wrote the numbers zero to ten in order.

Parents, I forgot to put a reading minutes table at the bottom of the newsletter. I have since added it and you can go back to the class web site and access the corrected newsletter. You are also perfectly welcome to simply handwrite your child's reading minutes on a piece of scrap paper. Please remember to write your child's name on the paper. ;)

*Book orders and library books are due tomorrow.