I can't believe that October has come and gone and we are well into November now! It has really flown by as kids have been hard at work in the kindergarten classroom.

Veteran's Day was a huge success at Leawood. I was so proud of all the kids as they used their best listening skills during the assembly. I want to send a big THANK YOU to all the veteran's today for keeping us safe and free in this wonderful country!

In math, we have started to look at symmetry. Have your kids look for things in nature that are symmetrical and talk about what that means. We made symmetry paintings that will be out in the hallway for a couple weeks before going home. We have also started to look at number stories and how to use manipulatives, or our fingers, to help us figure out the answer to the stories. Kindergarteners also learned how to play Monster Squeeze as well as Roll and Record.

In writing, we continue to work on the descriptive genre with most kids doing two sentences now. Each week, I pick a topic that connects to our letters of the week and kids need to draw a picture, think of two describing words, then use those words in two sentences. We have been working hard on spaces between words and for sentences to start with a capital and end with punctuation.

In reading, we continue to work in small groups that meet all the children's needs. Some groups have been working hard on letter names and sounds, others have been working on decoding using pictures and initial sounds to help them. All groups have been working on retelling stories and working hard on remembering all the parts of the story so that we learn and grow from everything we read.

We have started doing two letters a week. This week are the letters D and S.

Keep up the good work Kindergarteners!