October 10-14

Hello everyone! 

The Penny War for the Romenesko's is off to a great start. There was  A LOT of money brought in already today! NDLC families ROCK!

To end the week, we are going to have a "wear lime green" day to show support for Timmy and all children struggling with Lymphoma. 

Thanks for all your support!

Upcoming Events:

• October 14th: Wear lime green to show support for Timmy! 
• October 18th: Family Night--Grandparents and Games
• October 19: Field Trip to Heckrodt Nature Preserve and Kaukauna Fire Dept
• Please return your field trip form if you have not done so yet! 
• October 24-Oct 26: Red Ribbon Week 
• Mon. Oct. 24:  Wear "Red, White, and Blue” …I Elect to be Drug Free!!
• Tues. Oct. 25:  Wear “Active Wear/Sweats”…Stay active and be drug free!!
• Wed. Oct. 26:   District Wide Wear ”RED DAY”… Unite against drugs!!
• October 27 and 28: No School for Students
• October 27: Skate City 
• November 10 and November 15: Portfolio Conferences

NEWS FROM THE NDLC PSC

Family Skate Night at Skate City--NDLC has reserved the entire rink for a fun night of skating. Bring your family and friends and join your NDLC friends on Thursday, October 27th from 5:30-8pm at Skate City in Kimberly.

*$5 admission includes skate rental (no discount for bringing your own skates)

*No charge for anyone who comes to observe and doesn't skate

Facebook--Don't forget to "Like" the NDLC Facebook page to keep updated on school happenings and events.

NDLC wear coming home soon! Orders should be sent home by the end of this week or the first of next week. 

Save the date 11/17/16, NDLC has reserved Funset Boulevard in Appleton. Family and friends invited to pre-purchase tickets through NDLC and come play games and laser tag. More details to follow.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN KINDERGARTEN THIS WEEK

Reading: Students will work on rereading parts of the book that get confusing. We will discuss looking closely at the picture to help us remember how the story goes. Partner reading time is one of my favorite parts of the day. As I walk around the room, I am listening to students read using some of the exact words from the book and not missing a beat of the story. Then, they talk about the book with a partner!

Writing: I will be sending home work from the last writing unit. If you are able, look through it with your child. They worked really hard! We begin a new writing unit this week and I believe it will be extremely exciting for the kiddos! The writing unit is called Looking Closely: Observing, Labeling, Listing. Students will learn that writers are like scientists because they look closely at what they are writing about. We will be taking nature walks, gathering items, and writing about what we find. Using Fall objects will be a great way to integrate science into our writing. Hopefully the weather corporates!

 Math: In math, we will work on adding, subtracting and number order.

• Students will create a number parade of their own. This is the “number parade” that we reference throughout our math lessons and other parts of the day as well. 

• Students will use pictures to tell addition and subtraction math stories. They might see a picture of three cars. They could say, “There were three cars. One drove away. How many are left?” Try doing these story problems at home too 
• This center will be filled with supplies for the students to create their own shapes. The will be able to use all sorts of materials to create and identify characteristics of circles, rectangles, square, and more.
• Students will use an iPad app called Lobster Dive. This app focuses on forward and backward number sequencing. 

Check out these mathematicians at work with their new math toolboxes! 

Word Study: We will continue to work on the sight words: a, the, is, I, & and. We have also been working on an alphabet dictionary. Check out our page for L and I:

Social Studies: The students have been interviewing school helpers and creating books about each person we interview! It is great to visit the different offices in the school to learn about what our school helpers do. This week, the students will be writing and illustrating books about our school nurse, custodian, and an educational assistant! It is exciting to see how things we are talking about in writing, such as speech bubbles, are transferring to the work we do throughout the day, especially in these books!