"You Can't Catch Me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!"

The kindergartners did a great job on their at-home project of decorating gingerbread men. If you have not yet returned your decorated gingerbread man, please return to school so it can be displayed. I hope you had fun with this project!

Star of the Week

Gingerbread Cookie Decorations

On Friday the 2nd we will be decorating gingerbread man cookies. If you have any "supplies" laying around that we could use, it would be greatly appreciated. Please send in frosting, sprinkles, red hots, raisins, licorice twists, etc. to decorate our gingerbread boys (or girls) with. Please remember no nuts.

A big thank you to Amara's parents for baking the gingerbread cookies!

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

Friendship Feast

Thank you to everyone who contributed, and the parents who were able to come help us. We had a wonderful feast! Enjoy your holiday!

Turkey Dinner Song

Happy Thanksgiving!

Gingerbread Men

When we return from our Thanksgiving holiday, we will be reading stories about gingerbread men. In your child's red folder there is a gingerbread man to decorate at home and return to school to display. I hope this will be a fun family project over the long weekend!

Friendship Feast

Tomorrow, 11/22/11, is our Friendship Feast. Everyone was assigned an item to bring for our soup lunch. If you have not already sent in your item, please send it by tomorrow. Thank you!

Rosie's Walk

This is a wonderful story that our field practicum student, Ms. Faber, read the students last week. It's a great story for learning word about directionality.

Rosie's Walk Video

Santa's Workshop

On December 6th, our class will shop in "Santa's Workshop." A shopping list will be sent home with your child. If you choose to participate, please return the shopping list and money (each gift is $1.50) by December 6th. The kids really love picking out their own gifts for their family and friends! This is a fun event provided by PTA.

Pumpkin Pie Song

Book It!

We are participating in the Pizza Hut Book It! program to encourage reading at home. Please turn in your November reading logs by the end of the month for a free personal pan pizza certificate. December logs will go home next week.

Thankful Week

Thank you to the parents who were able to join us for our Thankful Week lunch. The kindergartners loved reading and eating lunch with you!

Star of the Week

Pumpkin Pie

Friendship Feast

On Tuesday, November 22, all 3 Kindergarten classes are planning tohave a Friendship Feast. This is an early out day. We will be dismissed at noon. School lunch will not be served this day. Our feast of taco soup, cornbread, and a dessert will be our lunch instead.

All members of our class will bring an ingredient for our feast. We will combine all of the ingredients to make the taco soup. A few of our classmates will be assigned to bring taco soup ingredients. cornbread, dessert, or drinks. If you are unable to contribute, please let me know.

Please bring your ingredient for the Friendship Feast by Tuesday, November 22.

Our Room Moms, Nancy Wheeler and Chandra Richards, are planning to contact any interested parents in helping us to set-up, serve, and/or clean up. Volunteers are needed between 10:00 and 12:00. If you have not been contacted by email to volunteer, please let me know you are interested in volunteering. Also, let me know if you would like to share your email address with Nancy and Chandra for future volunteer opportunities.

A note will be sent home on 11/11/11 asking you to bring a specific item. Thanks for your help during this fun event!

Scary Faces

Today we read "The Little Scarecrow Boy" by Margaret Wise Brown, and in the story the little scarecrow boy practices making fierce faces to scare away crows. After the story, we practiced our fiercest faces.

Internet Safety

Today Mrs. Meyer, our school counselor, talked to the kindergartners about internet safety. They watched some great videos and she shared a website that you might be interested in: www.netsmartzkids.org.

We are thankful for ...

If I Had Been a Pilgrim ...

Last week we read a non-fiction story about pilgrims, and learned about their lives in America. Then we did an art project with our 3rd grade buddies, and wrote about what we would have done if we were pilgrims. Some of the students said they would build their own houses, make their own bread, and hunt for their own food.

Parent Teacher Conferences

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to parent-teacher conferences. I really enjoyed talking with you about your wonderful children. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at piltzt@billingsschools.org or 281.6356.

Have a wonderful weekend!

The Purple Song

The White Song

The Black Song