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Contact information: nknoke@school.stteresacalcutta.co

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October Dates:
 

October 1st: STUDENTS OFF-Teacher In-service day
Ocotber 7th: Aramark Ice Cream Day 
October 8th Picture Day-Formal School Uniform
October 11th- NO CARES
October 21st: Aramark Donut Day
October 21st: Home and School General Meeting @ 7:00
October 27th- Parent-Teacher Conferences 4:00-7:30
October 28th- Parent-Teacher Conferences 8:00-2:00 NO
SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

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Homework: Letter Writing Practice and Labeling:

Letters Nn, Mm, Rr, Ll are due tomorrow 10/18.  

The children are to complete letters Ii, Cc, Ff, Dd and return them on Monday, October 25th.  We are continuously emphasising how to make our letters correctly, going from the top line to the bottom line and touching each line.  Tracing helps with muscle memory.  When tracing each letter please remind your child to stay on the lines and follow the path of the letters.  

On the back of each page, the students are to think of 3 words that begin with the letter, draw of picture of the word, color in the picture,  and label it by spelling the word on the line.  

It is very important for your child to spell the word using the sounds they hear when stretching out the word.  If all they hear are the beginning and/or ending sounds right now, that is completely fine.  PLEASE DO NOT SPELL THE WORD for your child.   
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Word Rings:  If your child did not receive his/her fish, they may bring in the word ring any time this week. 

List 2-Orange-will be going home Monday 10/18.  Please practice the words every night.  Thursday, I will assess anyone who is ready to earn their orange fish. 
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Sight Word Booklet: On Friday, I sent home Sight Word Booklet #3.  If you choose, please read the booklet over with your child 5 times, have them color in the whistles, sign your name, and return it when you are finished.  Your child will earn a sticker for the chart in the back of the blue folder.  This sticker will go towards a prize.  THIS IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL.
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Address, Birthday, Phone Number-Part of the Kindergarten report card is to assess your child on their personal information each Trimester.  In the blue communication folder, is a paper about your child's personal information.  Please fill out the information and return the paper by Friday, October 22nd.  You can fill in the information.  You may want to make a copy for yourself.

I will be using this information to assess your child in the middle of November.  Please start practicing this with your child at home.  
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October Scholastic Book Orders are due Friday, October 22nd. 

Like many things right now, the September Scholastic order is delayed.  I received an e-mail from Scholastic this week, saying that it is ready to be picked up and shipped soon.  
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Fall Classroom Celebrations are Friday, October 29th.  Your child may wear a Fall/Halloween Shirt (school appropriate) with either the school's gym pants or shorts to school this day.
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Parent- Teacher Conferences-Wednesday, October 27th and Thursday, October 28th: Sign ups are through Option C.  Please refer to Mrs. John's parents notes with how to schedule your time.  

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Lunch Volunteers:
We are in need of lunchtime volunteers.   A Sign-Up Genius is sent out for you each week to use if you are able to volunteer to be a lunch mom.  Please consider volunteering.
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Outdoor Recess: Each day we will be going outdoors for morning (9:15-10:00) and lunch recess unless it is raining.  Please make sure your child comes to school with the appropriate outdoor clothing, as the weather starts to cool.

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Bathroom: We go to the bathroom everyday as soon as the student arrive to school, after morning recess around 10:00, after lunch recess around 12:00.   Please remind your child to raise their hand if it is a true emergency, so we don't have many interruptions.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Changes of Clothes-As the weather is starting to change, please swap the current clothes and replace with seasonally appropriate ones. Please put in a gallon size ziplock bag a complete change of seasonally appropriate clothes (socks, underwear, etc.)  and put it in your child's backpack.  These will remain in the backpacks unless they are needed or a change of season happens.  Thank you for your help with this.

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Daily Communication Folders:  A blue folder will come home with your child DAILY.  Please check and empty it each day and return it to school.  This is one way we will communicate with you at home.

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