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Greetings,
Happy Thanksgiving to All!
Please get your calendar ready! November is
full of 'exceptions to the rule'.
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- Friday, November 10 - Veterans Day, No
School
- Friday, November 17 - Parent
Conferences, No
School
- Monday, November 20 - Parent
Conferences, No
School
- Thursday & Friday, November 23 & 24 -
Thanksgiving Holiday, No School
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| Parent Conferences |
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Every November we offer conferences to our
parents. Our conferences are scheduled during the
same days as the Central Kitsap School
conferences. If you have other children in the
district, your schedule will be completely mixed up on
those days anyway. Our schools will be closed on
Friday, November 17 and Monday, November 20 and
your conference will be scheduled some time during
these 2 days. If you don't already have an
appointment, we will set one up for you at the cars
or by telephone. Conferences are a half hour and
are held at the school.
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| Feast Day! |
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Our annual, very festive, feast day will be on the day
before
Thanksgiving. The children will be cooking and
preparing food on Tuesday and the feast will be held
on Wednesday during the last hour of class time. If
you would like to help in anyway, either on Tuesday
or Wednesday, please let us know.
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| Snow Days |
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Our snow policy is the same as the Central Kitsap
School District. If CKSD closes school for the day,
we will also have no school. This enables us to
spread the news through radio, TV, and online. If CK
schools
are delayed by 2 hours, there will be no morning
school. If CK schools are delayed by 1 hour, come if
and when you can. Please do not take unnecessary
risks. If there are more than 4 snow days during this
school year, we will make them up in June. Click on
the link below to see school reports.
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| Curriculum for November |
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Barker Creek:
- Names of the Continents
- Taking Care of the Earth / Recycling
- Salmon
Steele Creek:
- Names of the Continents
- Deciduous Trees
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| Sign Language |
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During the month of October we learned several signs
that we use in the classroom. Ask your child about
the songs that we sing with these words!
October Sign Language Words:
- Weather
- Today (Now + Day)
- Sunny
- Cold
- Rainy
- Windy
- Cloudy
- Foggy
- I
- My
- Wait
- Patience
- Turn
- Bathroom
- Hungry
- Thirsty
- Again
- Clean
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| Scholastic Book Orders |
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Don't forget to check out this month's book order.
Remember, you can give the order form and check to
your teacher or do it yourself online with a credit
card. (User Name: MSCK, Password: bookorder)
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Parent Education |
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Eight Principles of Montessori Education
2. Choice:The second principle of
Montessori education is free choice. Dr. Montessori
noted that children seemed to thrive on having more
choice and control in their environment, and she
envisioned development as a process of the child
being increasingly able to be independent. Although
good Montessori programs impose definite limits on
this freedom, Montessori children are free to make
many more decisions than are children in traditional
classrooms: what to work on, how long to work on it,
with whom to work on it, and so on. Research in
psychology suggests that more freedom and choice
(within a carefully designed, ordered structure) are
linked to better psychological and learning outcomes.
* Read about the first priciple of Montessori
education
in last month's newsletter - Movement and Cognition
* Check back next month to learn about the third
principle of Montessori education - Interest
Kid Quote of the Month
Sister, "My cat is small and fluffy..." Brother, "Yeah,
and if you shave her she looks like a tiger!"
Read more kid quotes on our website!
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