Multicultural Feast
To celebrate Thanksgiving and to honor our diverse and rich cultural traditions, Deerfield will be holding its annual Multicultural Feast on Monday, November 19th during lunchtime. Please sign up (by grade) to bring a dish to share or volunteer at the event. Please make sure you have completed your background check. If your child has allergies, please send in a lunch for him/her to eat as we can not guarantee that foods will be nut free.
Kindergarten: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084EACA72CA0F58-2018
Curriculum
Reading:This week, the students learned more about Chunky Monkey. We learned to use our word study lessons, to look at blends and digraphs and to look at the beginning and ending sounds when trying to decode new words. Next week, we will continue learning more strategies for decoding words.
Book Baggies:
Many students forgot their book baggies today. Please help them remember them next week Friday. I would like them to have an opportunity to read different books.
Writing:
This week, we focused much of our work on writing good endings to our personal narratives. In addition, we learned to elaborate on the middle of our writing by including dialogue, actions, thoughts, feelings and sense. Students went back into their writing and tried to make their writing better by using some of these ideas.
Math:
This week, we reviewed a lot of the skills we've been learning this trimester. In addition, the students had opportunities to build and represent numbers up to 60.
IXL Skills - Use these activities as you wish to help your child with the skills we will be working on throughout this first trimester.
Science/Social Studies:
This week, we have been reading books about cultures and families. The students had an opportunity to share about their families and we talked about similarities and differences.
Purposeful Play
Please see the Purposeful Play tab on the blog to learn more about our weekly Play Time and donation items we could use for it!
Homework
- Read every night
- Work on a math skill (i.e. counting forwards and backwards within 120, adding and subtracting to 20 - play a board game for this, telling time, counting coins, measuring - length and volume - have your child cook with you to practice this, talk about shapes - 2D and 3D - find items around your house, etc.)
Specials Schedule
Monday: P.E. (Wear tennis shoes)Tuesday: Art (Bring an Art shirt labeled with your child's name)
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: Media/Library
Friday: Rotates (See the back of your child's OWL folder (everyday folder) for a schedule.)
Important Dates
November 19: Multicultural Feast
November 21: 1/2 Day
November 22-23: No School - Thanksgiving Break
November 30: No School
December 12: Holiday Shop (4:30-8)
December 24-January 4: No School - Winter Break
January 7: School Resumes
November 22-23: No School - Thanksgiving Break
November 30: No School
December 12: Holiday Shop (4:30-8)
December 24-January 4: No School - Winter Break
January 7: School Resumes
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