November Announcements

• November 5th 2007– No students at KDES
• November 6th 2007– A new quarter begins. (2nd quarter)
• Thanksgiving Feast at KDES on November 15th (Time will be announced by email)
• November 16th- Students go home at 1 pm.
• Thanksgiving holidays– 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

• Weekend Homework:

• Weekend Language Experience Books

• Please create two to three pages sharing what you did with pictures and a few sentences describing your picture. This will help your child make meaningful connections with their background knowledge and print.

Our Spelling Words of the Week...

• Said
• Get
• Can
• Come
• Came
• Every
• That
• Again
• There
• Try
• Up
• Down
• Run
• Ran
• Went
• Find
• Have
• Jump
• New
• Under

Spelling Activities to help your child remember words at home.

• Have your child sign the word then come up with a meaningful simple sentence in ASL to be written down in English.

• Practice Flashcards in the car, a few minutes before bed, or while waiting for something.

A visit from the Firemen and his Firetruck

The fire alarm is blaring. Our famous red truck and ambulance arrives to Kendall not to put out a fire, thank goodness, but to remind us of Fire Safety Day. About nine DC Firemen were there. They shared their personal experiences and even let us try on their gear.

Fire Safety rules were explained

Students asked questions and explored the fire truck and the ambulance. One student even asked a fireman to climb the ladder to the roof of KDES and he did.

Don’t worry, we warned the students not to replicate!

Vocabulary Theme Books

The Vocabulary Theme Books are created for the purpose of writing thoughts and ideas.

Students brainstorm ideas based on a theme and we create a theme page.

If you can incorporate those words in your Language Experience Books during the weekend, this activity will help children make the connections between print and meaning.

Julia’s Birthday and Farewell Party

On Thursday October 25th, Team 123 had a farewell and birthday party for Julia Kennedy.

Everyone made cards and sang Happy Birthday to her. We popped 8 balloons to celebrate the eight years of her life.

Mr and Mrs Kennedy brought a cake and Halloween cupcakes for us all to enjoy.

Julia will be moving to MSD in Columbia to be closer to home.

Julia is a delightful girl with such a beautiful smile. We will miss you, Julia!

Math

First graders are learning Math words.

• One = 1
• Two = 2
• Three = 3
• Four = 4
• Five = 5
• Six = 6
• Seven = 7
• Eight = 8
• Nine = 9
• Ten = 10

Second Graders are learning ordinal numbers

• First = 1st
• Second = 2nd
• Third = 3rd
• Fourth = 4th
• Fifth = 5th
• Sixth = 6th
• Seventh = 7th
• Eighth= 8th
• Ninth = 9th
• Tenth = 10th
  

Book Corner

Here are some books we read during class.

• “Autumn” by Pauline Cartwright
• “The Pumpkin Book” by Gail Gibbon
• “The Giant Pumpkin” by Joy Cowley
• “Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf” by Lois Ehlert
• Clifford’s First Autumn by Norman Bridwell.
• “I am a Leaf” by Jean Marzollo
• “The Eye Book” by Dr. Seuss.