Hearing and Vision Screening

All kindergarteners in Maryland schools receive a vision and hearing screening.  The technician will be at Singer on Wednesday, Nov. 2 through Friday, Nov. 4.

If your child wears glasses, please make sure he/she brings them to school.

If a follow up exam is recommended, you will receive a note from our school nurse.

Character Week is Next Week

Along with Red Ribbon Week, Singer is having Character Week to teach the 6 Pillars of Character.

Monday, Oct 24 - Respect - Wear wacky or bright colors
Tuesday, Oct 25 - Responsibility - Dress like a superhero (no masks please)
Wednesday, Oct 26 - Caring - Wear a hat
Thursday, Oct 27 - Fairness and Trustworthiness - Wear wacky socks
Friday, Oct 28 - Citizenship - Wear our school colors, purple and white, or a Singer T-shirt

Firefighter Visit

This is Fire Prevention Week so we had a visit from  Station 719.  We saw a fire truck (with the ladders), a fire engine (with the hoses and water) and a fireman in his fire gear. We learned to call 911, too.

October News

Reading

Our first reading tests are over and we all started our small reading groups.  Your child will be grouped with students with similar skills and needs.   We are working on the characters and setting of the story, sequencing events, and nonfiction texts. When your child brings a book home on Friday, please return it to school on Monday.

Writing

We have been working on drawing, adding details and labeling our pictures.  Up next, we will be writing with beginning sounds and working our way to words and sentences.  Please practice letter formation at home with your child.

Math

We are continuing to count and making connections between the number word, the numeral and the quantity.  We will be subitizing numbers – quickly recognizing formations as a quantity (for example, three dots in a diagonal on a die is 3).  

Science/Social Studies

We are finishing our weather unit  with seasons and the water cycle.  We will be starting a unit on American Symbols, which includes the Statue of Liberty, Mt. Rushmore, the bald eagle, the American flag, and the Liberty Bell.  

                                           ESOL

In ESOL pullout groups, we will be learning letters, sounds and the words that go with each letter.  We will also review the seasons and the weather, US symbols, and practice speaking in sentences.

Dates to Remember:

October 10 – Columbus Day – Open House

October 12 – No School

October 19 – Heyser Farm field trip for Pierson, Goldberg, and O’Neill

October 21 –Heyser Farm field trip for Orenstein, Ramienski, Lim and Burnsky

October 24-28 -  Book Fair in media center

October 31 – Fall festival

Remember to send in the signed permission form and $12 for the Heyser Farm field trip.

If your child will not be participating in the Fall Festival, please let your teacher know.  Alternate activities will be available.