K-3 Newsletter

                           Mrs. MacIntyre

October 17, 2014

Dear Families,

The children are really enjoying the month of October. They are excited about the changing colors of the leaves outside of our window and of course that upcoming Holiday…. What is it?? I have saved some special crafts and literature to do and read for the last week of October to try to control their excitement! What a great time of year to be a kindergartener.

Melrose School is participating in the Conanicut Island Land Trust Annual Harvest Celebration. In collaboration with the Melrose School Improvement Team, each classroom will be making a scarecrow to display at Godena Farm on North Road in Jamestown on Halloween and November 1^st. The Kindergarten team will be making scarecrows based on Fairy Tales for the event. K-3 will be making Jack and the Beanstalk. I read the fairytale to the class. I explained to them it is a fairytale and the concept of a hero and a villain and how the little boy was the hero and the giant was a villain. I also explained that it is not real. If you have any questions about this please feel free to e-mail me.  I thought this was a good choice because each student is going to play a part and be represented in the scarecrow. I think you will love it when you see it!

  During Read Aloud, the class has listened to many non-fiction books about leaves, they have learned about the vocabulary words photosynthesis and foliage. Our fall table looks great! Thank you for sending items in to share.

On Wednesday, we went to a puppet show which talked about bullying. The children were given strategies on what to do if they saw bullying or ever were bullied. Hopefully they shared this with you

We also had discussions about problem solving with our friends. We talked about what we can do if a friend takes something that belongs to us or what to say to a friend if they hurt our feelings. I am encouraging the children to work our problems they may have with each other by communicating to each other rather that telling me first. I am hoping to foster independence and confidence as they resolve problems.

Our letter of the week was “Rr.” our tongue twister was “‘Ralph and Ramona rest and read.”

In Math, we are practicing counting and writing numbers and learning to identify and name 2-D and 3-D shapes. Continue to practice recognizing and writing numerals with your child at home.

Next week we will be learning about fire safety as we take a trip to our local fire station.

Our walking fieldtrip to the Jamestown Fire station is planned for Friday, October 24^th at 9:00am.  I have two parents walking down with us .If you would like to come please let me know. We are happy to have anyone walk with us or just meet us there. We should be arriving at the Jamestown Fire station at around 9:30.  We will be back in time for lunch at 11:00am.

Lastly, please remember to send in your child’s rest towel with them on Monday along with a book or two they can look at during rest time.

Thank you in advance.

Have a nice weekend,

Colleen MacIntyre