Hooray for Kindergarten!
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Our Kindergarten Teachers
K-214
Mrs. Ruiz
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K-206
​Mrs. Slater
K-204
Mrs. Kim
K-209
Mrs. Aguilar
Mrs. Brosgole
K-C06
Ms. H.M. Lee
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Gobble! Gobble! 
Welcome to November

Fall for Kindergarten!
Thanksgiving break is Thursday November 28th and Friday November 29th.
Parent Teacher Conferences are on Thursday, November 14th.  We will have afternoon and evening conferences, letters will be sent out in the beginning of the month to let you know the times.

 School begins at 8 am. sharp, please drop your child off on time.  
It is best to have them here by 7:50.  
​Children can get breakfast on their way into the building if they need to eat.  It would help to save learning time in the classroom if they can come in by 7:45 and eat in the cafeteria.

November is a busy month filled with a lot of reading, writing and learning new sight words.  The children are busy working on learning their letter sounds and words to help them with reading and writing workshop.

Reading Workshop : We are Readers!  Students will be learning how to read by looking closely at the words and trying as best as they can to sound them out, they will look for sight words and look at the picture to help them read.

Writing Workshop : Looking Closely!  Students will be looking closely at objects and things around them to write about.  They will be labeling parts of objects and listing things like scientists.  They will write about all the things that they see.

Social Studies : Students will be learning about the school community.  Who works in the schools and who is in a school with the children.  They will learn about the different roles that people play in the school.

Fundations : Students will be learning the letters in lower case and upper case.  They will learn the sound of each letter and how to write the letters correctly.  We do not go in alphabetical order, we go in the order that is the easiest for the children to learn.  
Students should be practicing the letter sounds every night in order to help them learn the sounds of the letters to help with reading and writing.  Students should be using their flip books to study nightly.  Please be sure to send it back to school so we can add new letters / words every week.

Math :  Students will be learning the numbers 6-10
They will learn how to read the number in number form and word form, they will learn how to make groups of numbers up to ten and count the groups.  They will learn what a ten frame is and how to use it to help them with their math.  Students will learn how to decompose numbers up to 10.  Example - 2 and 3 make 5, 3 and 6 make 9.  2+3=5, 3+6=9.  The students will learn the different combinations to make the numbers.
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​KINDERGARTEN CLUSTER CLASS SCHEDULES:

 K-209/Mrs.Aguilar & Mrs. Brosgole                          
Monday: Physical Education Period 5 
Tuesday: Computer Period 2
Wednesday: Science Period 5
Thursday: Music Period 3
Friday: Art Period 1


​K-206/Ms. Slater           
Monday: Computer Period 5
Tuesday: Art Period 2
Wednesday: Physical Education Period 5
Thursday: Science Period 3
Friday: Music Period 1
​Tuesday and Thursday are Spanish Days!
K-204/Mrs.Kim                         
Monday: Music Period 5
Tuesday: Science Period 2
Wednesday: Computer Period 5
Thursday: STEM (math) Period 5
Friday: Physical Education Period 1

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K-214/Mrs. Ruiz                          
Monday: Science Period 5
Tuesday: Physical Education Period 2
Wednesday: Music Period 3
Thursday: Computer Period 3
Friday: Art Period 2
K-C06/Ms. Lee
Monday: Computer Period 2
Tuesday: Music Period 2
Wednesday: Science Period 3
Thursday: STEM (math) Period 2
Friday: ​Physical Education Period 6






*Children should be wearing sneakers on Physical Education day.
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100 EXCELLENT BOOKS
​FOR AGES 4-8

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 
Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst 
The Mitten by Jan Brett 
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola 
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss 
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault 
The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne 
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff 
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss 
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman 
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman
The Napping House by Audrey Wood 
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter 
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss 
Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey 
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox 
Arthur series by Marc Tolon Brown 
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina 
Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell 
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch

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 *Above Book list compiled by TEACHERSFIRST Website

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Check out NYC Department of Education Calendar:
http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/32DF8AD8-D1E0-4228-A919-818C6B12D8C3/0/201516SchoolYearCalendar.pdf
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Helpful Websites

http://www.raz-kids.com

http://www.starfall.com/

http://pbskids.org/clifford/stories/index.html

http://pbskids.org/sesame/games/cookieLetterOfDay.html

http://www.pebblego.com