Diffendoofer Kinder: Hoot8

Kinder lights up autumn with pumpkin lanterns of clay

Lantern walk circle: second grade passing TISA traditions on to kinder

Check out Kinder's Dream Craft Tool

Please spread the word about this Kinder project below. It's halfway funded!

We need around $70 to get a die-cut class tool shipped and into kiddos' hands.

Please follow this link to Kinder's Donor's Choose page

or share this link to Donors Choose on Facebook to share with friends and family.

Let's make this project happen! Thank you for your support.

Upcoming dates
Oct 20 -- Manzanares campus open house (tentative date)
Oct 27 -- 6pm -- Manzanares campus: Annual TISA Lantern Walk
Oct 31 -- afternoon -- Halloween party and in-class activities (be on the lookout for a sign-up sheet for functions and volunteers)

Supplies needed
About 50 small color candles (Auralight brand) are needed for creating our waxed lanterns. (The only ones I am aware of are at Cid's. They are not color-coated but dyed solid.)
Halloween prizes: online source: http://www.orientaltrading.com/.

Lexia
I understand that some of you are able to use Lexia at home. If you are having trouble, you might try this link: /http://www.lexiacore5.com/
Please let me know if you have any questions about your child's progress with the online reading program.

Homework
Due Tuesday: letter P homework: draw or bring a photo your favorite pet (or your dream pet). Please write pet and his/her name. As an additional challenge, you may want to label pet's body parts or what your pet likes to do (s for sleep, j for jump, etc.)
Due Wednesday: Math homework: book -- p.8
Due Thursday: Find or make a triangle-shaped object to bring to school

Homework Basket
A few things have walked out of our homework basket. Please do not bring precious personal relics for show and tell or homework!

Word Work Update
The children who are proficient with letters and sounds Tt, Bb, Mm, Pp will be engaging with WORD FAMILIES and SIGHT WORDS. Our first word family will be the -AT family (cat, bat, hat, rat, etc.). Sight words for starters: at, am.