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Hello again families!  First off, I want to apologize for not posting too often - I promise that once the start of the school year winds down, I will post more frequently! :)

A couple important dates to remember:
* Tomorrow (Wednesday) is Count Day!  Your child should be at school on-time to be counted for our school.
* Thursday is PICTURE DAY!  If you are ordering pictures, please return the order form (and I believe you can order/pay online as well).
* Friday is the Carpenter Fun Run to celebrate our fundraising efforts this week.  We will run from 2:30  - 3:00 if you would like to join! :)


Here are a few shots from our Math and Literacy Work Stations:

5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed!

Here, we act out the story and write the number of monkeys left of the bed each time.

Building and writing our friend's names with letter tiles!

Types of Lines

In writing, we have been talking a lot about how writers use pictures to tell their stories.  Therefore, to be Kindergarten writers, we need to practice our drawing skills!  We read this book:

and learned about different types of lines we may use in our drawings (wavy, diagonal, zig-zag, dashed, swirly, criss-cross, etc.).  Then we rolled a cube with these different types of lines on each side and practiced whichever lines we rolled!  How fun!

Fine Motor Station

Tracing different types of lines with dry erase markers

Handwriting

So far, we have been working on Frog Jump Capital Letters and Numbers.  Here, students complete a journal page on Frog Jump Capital F!  Don't forget to practice these at home!

In Social Studies, we have been continuing our discussions about getting along with others and bullying.  We talked about ways to deal with bullies: walking away, playing with others, telling bullies to stop, saying no, ignoring bullies, using I Messages to tell them how we feel, getting help from others, and even being kind.  We read this book:

In this story, a group of colors are being bullied by Red until One comes along.  One teaches them how to say no to red and how to stand together.  It even ends with reaching out to Red (being kind).  Such a wonderful book!
Here are some resources for you to support your child at home with bullying:
http://www.stopbullying.gov/
http://www.bullying.org/