November 2009

Thanksgiving Craft: Handmade Turkey and Poem

Thanksgiving Craft If you are looking for a fun Thanksgiving project, look no further. I have the perfect activity that only requires minimal creativity and supplies. You will need a piece of construction paper and red, orange and brown finger paint. My daughter brought home from school the fabulous picture to the left. Using your [...]

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Kindergarten Parent Teacher Conference

Kindergarten Parent Teacher Conference Last week, I attended a parent teacher conference to review my daughter’s first marking period. She did not receive a report card but I did obtain a data notebook. The goal of the notebook is to provide a tool that assists in ensuring a happy, productive and capable student. The data [...]

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Kindergarten News – Month of November

Welcome to the Second Semester of Kindergarten! Last week began the beginning of our second marking period. In the month of November, our kindergarten class will focus on the sight words to and like. The themes throughout the month will center on fall, family, and Thanksgiving. As mathematicians, the kindergarteners will focus on counting and [...]

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Kindergarten Activity

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Kindergarten Activity Both of my children loved this book when they were in preschool. The author did a spectacular job introducing the upper and lower case letters. The illustrator did a fabulous job filling each page with colorful pictures that holds a child’s interest. As a parent I enjoyed reading about [...]

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Halloween Candy Makes Perfect Patterns

Halloween Activities – Patterns My family loves Halloween night! We equally enjoyed trick-or-treating with our friends as well as handing out candy. We split our evening spending one hour gathering candy and the other hour handing it out. Halloween Candy Makes Perfect Patterns My son loves to sort his candy. Of course, seeing him sort [...]

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