Mrs. Powers' Kindergators

Don't Forget Foundation Catalog Sales continues until October 12th. We all need some beautiful wrapping paper and great treats to eat. Please continue to support the Foundation.

Addison's picture day will take place this Thursday October 4th. Picture package forms were sent home before break for you to consider. Please place completed forms in the front pouch of the blue binder if you are seeking to order pictures that day and write a "P" in the agenda to let us know to look for the forms just in case they go astray.

Conference scheduling forms were sent home with your child today. Please look for the salmon colored form in your child's binder, complete the bottom portion of the form and return it as soon as possible so we may plan for your child's upcoming conference. Thank you to Grant's mom and dad for sending in our first pumpkin to carve. Please consider helping us by sending in more medium size pumpkins for the class to carve. Thank you also to Harper H.'s family for sending in apples, apple cider donuts and a pumpkin for us to use in class. We will be tasting our apples and apple foods this week so please consider sending in materials so we have enough for everyone. I cannot wait to try the donuts myself!!!

Break time! I hope you have a wonderful week off. We can all use some rest and hopefully some fall weather. Here are some things we worked on this week. Reading: We continued working on the difference between real reading and fake fiction with our unit about apples. We also began our talk of how to do a great story retelling by focusing on the who (characters) and where (setting) in our first sentence. Math: We worked on comparing and contrasting 2d shapes and introduced vocabulary for 3d shapes such as edges, vertices and faces. Social Studies: We compared and contrasted the GA and US flags. Vocabulary: Cube, edge, vertices, orchard, pollen, nectar, symbol Big Things: We have had some big chats this week about how we treat others. Within the past week I have heard kids tell Mrs. Watson she doesn't pack them up right. After a student dropped their fruit on the ground they told Mrs. Watson she was supposed to clean it up for them. She and Mrs. McGhee have been told just ...