School Phone: 352.466.

0990

Micanopy Area Cooperative School

October 21, 2011

Please take time to look at the Scholastic book order forms that have been sent home with your children. Our class earns FREE BOOKS for the classroom when your children order books.

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*We are participating in the Book It! Reading Program. Please make sure your children are reading, or being read to, every night. Make note of the books read on the On Monday, Oct. 31, the school What we did this week: October book list. We will have a Parade of Costumes We had a great week in Kindergarten. will give Pizza Hut at 8:30 a.m. If your child would These are a few things we did this coupons to children who week in school: like to wear a costume, please read a minimum of 20 honor the following guidelines: books for the month!

*No costumes depicting violence *No props that could be considered a weapon *No blood and gore Our class, in particular, is focusing on the harvest aspect of fall and will be doing activities having to do with pumpkins, corn, apples, and fall leaves. More info will follow next week. **Please be sure your child comes to school with a coat and healthy snack each day.

We reviewed the letters T and P for handwriting. Also, we are beginning to talk about writing simple sentences. In math, we started a new chapter on patterns. We are spending more time focusing on blending letters to sound out words. Your children are brilliant!

*Please review your childs Reading Racers every night. We are making excellent progress with our letters and sounds! They are reviewed on Fridays, so please be sure to send the folder to class so he/she can get new letters. *Please remind your children to use pencil for writing so they can correct mistakes if necessary. Everybody has been turning in homework, keep up the good work!

For science, the class has been learning a lot about germs and how to keep them out of the classroom. Please remind your children at home to wash their hands frequently and cough/sneeze into their elbow.

Contact information: e-mail:

e.willis@micanopyareaschool.org