October 21, 2016

Dear Parents,

            This week has been a short week.  This week we have been talking about pumpkins.  The students had so much fun carving pumpkins, which you can see displayed in the room.  We also worked on describing pumpkins and wrote about them.  We learned the rhyme The Five Little Pumpkins and the nursery rhyme Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater.  I think everyone enjoyed the trip to the pumpkin patch at Clayton Fear Farms.  Thank you to everyone for going.  Even though some students may not be ready for word families, this is an activity that we do together so students can start to understand what word families are and to work on rhyming words.

           

Next Week

Theme: Scary Things                                                              Numbers: Review 11-15

Word Family: -at, -ad                                                              Shape: Diamond

Handwriting Letters: c, o, s, v                                                 Color: Brown

Nursery Rhyme: Little Miss Muffet   

Story: There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat

Reminders

• Don’t forget to send in a tan standard size pillow case by October 28^th.

·      Please continue to send in box tops and the can pop tabs.

·      Homework notebooks need to be sent in next Friday so the calendar can be changed.

·      Students will need their towels next week, so please don’t forget to send one on Monday.

·      Monday October 31^st: 

We will have our Halloween celebration on this day.  More info and a schedule will be sent home on Monday.  However, we will need volunteers for this day, so please start considering to come in that day and help.  Our time frame should range from about 8:15-12:15. We will definitely need volunteers that morning.  If you can volunteer, please email me and let me know and what time you are available to help.  Don’t forget about the character parade at 10:30. The info is below.  All parents are welcome to attend.

·      I am still in need of help with literacy centers next week on Monday and Thursday morning.  Please let me know if you can help.

·      Also on November 3^rd & 4^th, I desperately need extra help during literacy centers.  Mrs. Roycroft will not be at school and I will need extra help that morning.  Please let me know if you can help on one of those days.

Upcoming

• Awards will be on Friday November 4^th at 12:30 in the gym.  Kindergarten usually goes first, so be sure to be on time.  All students will be receiving an award.  Hope to see you then.
• Mark your calendars for our Thanksgiving celebration.  We will have a Thanksgiving feast and the kids will sing songs on Tuesday November 22^nd.  More information about this will be sent home in the next week.   I hope everyone will be able to come for our celebration.  I do not have an exact time but it will be around their lunchtime.  I’d say our time will range from 11:30-1:00.

Dates

Monday October 24^th: Return Book-In-A-Bag

Thursday October 27^th: Report Cards go home

Friday October 28^th: Booster Bash

Mrs. Hodges & Mrs. Roycroft

3^rd Annual

NCS

K-2 Character Parade

You’re Invited to attend our 3^rd annual K-2 Character Parade on October 31^st, 2016 at 10:30 a.m.

Parents & Friends,

We are pleased to announce the 2nd annual K-2 Character parade. On October 31, 2016 at 10:30 students in Kindergarten, First Grade, and 2^nd grade will participate in a parade around a section of the school. We will be inviting older grades to be our audience as well as any parents or friends that would like to attend. Please ask your student who their favorite character is either in a story or movie. Have your student dress up as this character and try to find the book or a poster with that character on it. For example, if your child dresses up as The Cat in the Hat, they would bring the book The Cat in the Hat. If their favorite character is Elsa from Frozen, they can bring a book with her in it or print off a picture of her. We look forward to this exciting event. It is also a great idea to have some sort of picture or documentation of the character for the student to display and share with others. This is an excellent opportunity for students to share their love of characters and see the vast range of characters in various forms.

Parents are asked to line up along the sidewalk between the high school building and mobile units. We look forward to seeing you there!

*Please no scary or gross costumes or clowns!

Thank you,

The Kindergarten, First Grade Teachers, & 2^nd Grade Teachers

Examples: The fly from, Fly Guy, Junie B. Jones, Olivia, Horton, and Fancy Nancy