newsletter

november 2011

Grade School
We are grateful for our Grade School Students! Being the biggest kids in the school isnt always easy but our Grade School students have been great examples and are always eager to help. We are going to be working hard this month as we stretch our Math skills with more timed

hanksgiving is a time for tasty turkey and pumpkin pie, but more than that, its a time to count our blessings! Here at Kids Village, we consider you and your family one of our most precious blessings. We are thankful for classrooms full of amazing children who are eager to learn, caring parents who take an active role in their childs education, and a wonderful community that supports our vision for success in learning. We are thankful for you!! With the Thanksgiving Holiday comes stories of the First Thanksgiving, fun crafts and decorations to dress up your Thanksgiving table, and of course each class will have their own Thanksgiving Feast. The children love taking part in this holiday tradition and cant wait to share a meal with their friends. We will be sending all of the details through email before the big day so be sure to watch for it. November brings an extra chill to the air and with it, the need for jackets and coats. Please make sure all of your childs outer wear is marked clearly with their first and last name. We keep unclaimed clothing items in our Lost & Found. So if your childs jacket, sweater, or coat has been misplaced please come in and take a look. Has your child been talking non-stop about a new friend from school? Are you wondering how you are ever going to meet this wonderful little friend? Well, weve got the answer! Come to our Meet & Mingle during the week of November 7th - 11th. Its the perfect opportunity to meet other Kids Village parents, exchange phone numbers, schedule play dates and car pools, and maybe even make a few new friends yourself. Again, watch for an email with specific dates and times for your childs class. Dont forget to bring in your Kids Village R.E.A.D.S. calendar for the month of October. Sign your initials on each day your child spends time reading or being read to. We totaled all of the points for September and the results are in. The big winner for the month of September is Miss Rayas Sweet Pea and Tator Tot classes. They get to enjoy our Prize Book Basket filled to the brim with brand new books! Congratulations! Who will be the winner for the month of October? Cant wait to see! A few great books to look for during the month of November are: Ten Fat Turkeys by Tony Johnston, Thanksgiving Is . . . by Gail Gibbons, or Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes. We are so excited to share this special month of gratitude and Thanksgiving with you! Thank you for making Kids Village so wonderful.

fact practice, writing number sentences, telling time, and working with line segments. For our language and writing skills we will focus on creative writing, punctuation, and reading aloud in groups. Here is a look at some of our lessons for this month: Week #1 November 1st 4th
Using a dictionary and coding words found, spelling with suffixes, sight word speed drills, drawing congruent line segments, adding multiples of ten, and reading a thermometer.

Week #2 November 7th 11th

Identifying and using combination or and ar, practice alphabetizing, drawing horizontal, vertical, and oblique line segments, and adding multiples of 100.

Week #3 November 14th 17th

Spelling with final k, identifying wild colt words, practice reading aloud, adding three or more single-digit numbers, multiples of 7, and writing division problems three ways.

Week #4 November 21st & 22nd

Read a story about the first Thanksgiving, discuss the things we are thankful for, and have a Thanksgiving Feast in our classroom.

Week #5 Nov 28th Dec 1st

Identifying and using the Floss Rule, sight word speed drills, identifying and using final stable syllables, graphing using a scale of 10, estimating the volume of containers, and telling time to 5-minute intervals.

Kids Village Task Card

november 2011
Name: Academic Skills
I Can Recite and Write My Address I Can Read _____ Sight Words I Can Name the Vowels
I Can Complete a Number Pattern

grade school

November Values: Gratitude & Enthusiasm

With the Thanksgiving Holiday coming we will of course learn all about Gratitude, but wed also like to emphasize the value of enthusiasm. Smile, be excited and happy about life and youll be amazed at the affect it has on others. Enthusiasm is the outward expression of Gratitude.

I Can Solve Single Digit Subtraction Problems

Workshop Skills
I Can Set a Table Correctly
I Can Recite the Poem Thanksgiving and Identify High and Low Notes

I Can Follow the Scientific Method by Forming a Question

I Can Name the Days of the Week in Spanish I Can Find and Describe Details in Artwork

Value Skills
I Can Show Gratitude and Enthusiasm
Kids Village R.E.A.D.S.

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november 2011

Kitchen
We will be working on setting a table correctly this month. Maybe youll get some help with your Thanksgiving table this year! Here are a few of the things we will be cooking up this month: Week #1 Homemade Oreos, Week #2 Chicken Pot Pie, Week #3 Pumpkin Pie, Week #4 Thanksgiving Treats, Week #5 Mashed Potatoes

Music
Listening carefully and identifying sounds are skills our young musicians are working to master. This month well practice identifying high and low notes. Well get started on a few Holiday songs for our Christmas In The Village Celebration and throughout November well be working on the poem Thanksgiving too.

Social Studies
Has your child been using some new Spanish words lately? This month you may hear a few more as we learn the Spanish words for the days of the week. Well keep practicing counting to 100 in Spanish as well.

Science
Hope youre ready for our Kids Village Science Fair! Get those projects finished and fix up your Display Board because the big day will be here before you know it. This month we will be wrapping up our Class Experiments and completing our study of the Scientific Method.

Art
Well be learning about Famous Artists all month. We will study some of the most widely recognized artwork as well as a few you may not even know about. The children will have the opportunity to work on an original illustration using the techniques of Eric Carle too.

Dates to Remember
November 1:
Begin November calendar for Kids Village R.E.A.D.S.

Birthday Kids
Mesa C., Kyson H., Carter H.,

November 1:
Ski School Registration Begins

November 7:
Meet & Mingle

November 21 or 22:
Thanksgiving Feasts

November 23 - 25:
NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Break

December 1:
Ski School Registration Ends

December 7:
Christmas in the Village Family Celebration

December 19 - January 2:
NO SCHOOL Winter Break