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Dear Room 101 Families,

Welcome to November!!!

We have been doing a lot of reading and writing with:

1. Our first and last names.
2. Letters Bb, Ff, Mm, Kk, Rr, Tt, Aa, and Pp. Ask your child to sing the verses he/she already knows. Here they are for you:

Bb says /b/. Bee at the beach; /B/, /b/, /b/.	Ff says /fff/. Flower in the field; /F/, /f/, /fff/.	Mm says /mmm/. Monkey on a mountain; /M/, /m/, /mmm/.	Kk says /k/. Kid in a kayak; /K/, /k/, /k/.	Rr says /rrr/. Rooster on the roof; /R/, /r/, /rrr/.
Tt says /t/. Turtle on a tightrope; /T/, /t/, /t/.	A says /aaa./. Ant on an apple; /A/, /a/, /aaa/.	Pp says /p/. Policeman in the park; /P/, /p/, /p/.

3. Words: I’m, I, the, to, a, is, my, go, me, and like.

I have been sending home the magazines we use as part of our reading program and the books that come with them. Please let your child read them to you. You can keep the magazines at home, but I need the books back every Wednesday.

In math, we have been talking about measurement comparisons (lengths), shapes, counting, recognizing and writing numbers from 0-10, attributes and sorting, volume, graphs, patterns, coin recognition, spatial vocabulary, estimation, addition and subtraction number stories, and symmetry.

In health, we finished our unit about “How to Stay Safe”. We are now going to start our unit “Adventure In Food” (food needs for life, healthful or less healthful, good food comes in many forms, before we eat-food handling).

In science, we will be working on our unit about “Fabrics” until December. We have been exploring about what our senses tell us about different kinds of fabrics. Some of the other activities will be making a fabric collage and taking fabric apart.

You have been getting an envelope everyday Wednesday with information from the school and/or from the classroom. Thanks for signing it and sending it back the following day. That tells me you checked the information sent to you. If you receive papers to fill out and sign, please do so as soon as possible.

Every Wednesday, I’ll be sending a folder with most of the papers your child has been doing at school. Please look at them with your child and KEEP THEM AT HOME! If you see a stamp on the papers, that means your child did a very good job. If you see a check mark, that means your child didn’t finish or s/he could have done better at following the instructions.

Every Wednesday, I will also send in the folder a small packet of homework to review what we have been learning in the class. It will be due on the following Wednesday. My goal is for the homework to be done with guidance and help from home, especially in tracing letters and numbers (from top to bottom and from left to right). That’s the hardest part for me to do when I have all the kids at once and it’s very important because when they get to 3^rd grade, writing in cursive won’t be too hard. Please make sure the homework gets done with a pencil and when need it, crayons or color pencils. NO PENS OR MARKERS please. Remember to also read everyday with your child in English or the language spoken at home!

If you ever have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me by sending a note with your child, by e-mailing me at kewieland@seattleschools.org, or by calling me at (206)252-8260. If you want to get information about what’s happening at school, please check our wonderful web page at http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/hpel/101.htm.

Sincerely,

Ms. Wieland