WEEK OF DECEMBER1-4, 2009

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

***IMPORTANT: TUESDAY, DEC. 1ST: CHILDREN WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GO TO SANTA SHOP. IF YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO SHOP, PLEASE SEND MONEY IN THE ENVELOPE THAT WAS PROVIDED; IF LOST, YOU CAN SEND IN YOUR ENVELOPE, BUT, PLEASE LABEL IT. IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT OR DOESN'T HAVE MONEY, S/HE CAN SHOP ON DEC. 8TH.

IN PHONICS WE ARE STUDYING THE LETTER Ss. SHOW 'N TELL BAGS WILL COME HOME TUESDAY AFTERNOON;PLEASE RETURN THE BAGS BY FRIDAY. CONTINUE PRACTICING ALL OF THE LETTERS AND SOUNDS WE HAVE LEARNED SO FAR.

WE ARE FINISHING CHAPTER 4 IN MATH ON THE NUMBERS 6 TO 10. THEN WE WILL BEGIN CHAPTER 5 ON SHAPES. PLEASE HELP YOUR CHILD PRACTICE WRITING NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY 2, 3, 5, 8, 9.

THIS WEEK WE WILL FINISH WITH OUR READING OF "ANIMAL BABIES IN GRASSLANDS" AND, ON FRIDAY, WE WILL START OUR NEW STORY,"WHEN BEAR SNORES." WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE MAIN IDEA OF OUR STORIES/BOOKS. WE WILL USE OUR NEW HIGH/FREQUENCY WORDS (WE, LIKE, MY).

THIS WEDNESDAY WE WILL HAVE SOME DENTAL HYGIENISTS VISIT AND TALK WITH THE CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR TEETH AND DENTAL CARE.

HOMEWORK

WEDNESDAY: PRACTICE READING THE DECODABLE READER, "STAN'S PIGS"

THURSDAY: PRACTICE WRITING NUMBERS ON WORKSHEET

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23 - 25, 2009

PARENTS

PLEASE CHECK AND EMPTY YOUR CHILD'S TAKE-HOME FOLDER EVERY NIGHT. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE CHILDREN TO KEEP THEM ORGANIZED IF THERE ARE A LOT OF PAPERS IN THE FOLDER. THANKS!

HOMEWORK

MONDAY, NOV. 23rd - PRACTICE WRITING NUMBER 8

TUESDAY, NOV. 24th- PRACTICE WRITING CAPITAL S

OVER THE BREAK - READ EACH DAY FOR TEN MINUTES

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

• FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WE WILL BE LEARNING THE CONSONANT LETTER Ss AS IN SUN AND SNAKE. DUE TO THE THANKSGIVING BREAK WE WILL NOT HAVE SHOW AND TELL THIS WEEK, BUT, WILL HAVE IT WHEN WE RETURN ON DEC. 4TH
• WORD LIST 3 WILL COME HOME ON TUESDAY, NOV. 24TH, BUT, WILL NOT BE TESTED UNTIL DEC. 4TH.
• IN READING WE ARE READING "ANIMAL BABIES IN GRASSLANDS." WE WILL ALSO BE REVIEWING THE LETTER Pp AND NEW HIGH/FREQUENCY WORDS-WE, MY, LIKE. A NEW PHONICS STORY "PAT THE CAT" WILL ALSO COME HOME. WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE COMPREHENSION SKILL--MAIN IDEA.
• IN MATH WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON THE NUMBERS 6 TO 10. PLEASE PRACTICE COUNTING AND WRITING ALL NUMBERS TO 10 AND, IF MASTERED, YOU CAN PRACTICE UP TO 20.
• THIS WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE OUR THANKSGIVING THEME AND WE WILL CELEBRATE OUR OWN KINDERGARTEN THANKSGIVING. WE WILL WATCH "CHARLIE BROWN'S THANKSGIVING" AND HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE FEAST.
• SANTA'S SHOP WILL BE HERE WHEN WE RETURN ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1st. THIS IS AN OPTIONAL PROGRAM FOR YOUR CHILD TO BUY CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE SPECIAL PEOPLE IN HIS/HER LIFE. EACH CLASS WILL HAVE A DAY AND TIME TO SHOP(WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE CLASS SCHEDULE YET).
• WHEN WE RETURN ON TUESDAY, DEC. 1st, IT WILL BE DAY 1 - SO REMEMBER IT IS GYM DAY AND CHILDREN WILL NEED TO WEAR SNEAKERS!

WEEK OF NOVEMBER16-20, 2009

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

THIS WEEK IN PHONICS WE WILL BE LEARNING ALL ABOUT THE LETTER Ii AND ITS SHORT SOUND AS IN IGLOO/INCH. PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING ALL OF THE LETTERS AND SOUNDS WE HAVE LEARNED SO FAR.

IN MATH WE WILL BEGIN CHAPTER 4--NUMBERS 6-10. KEEP PRACTICING COUNTING SETS AND IDENTIFYING AND WRITING NUMBERS CORRECTLY.

PHONICS WORD LIST 2 SHOULD HAVE COME HOME FRIDAY IN YOUR CHILD'S TAKE-HOME FOLDER. PLEASE PRACTICE THE WORDS AND THEY WILL BE TESTED ON THE WORDS FRIDAY.

IN READING WE WILL CONTINUE WITH "ARMADILLO'S ORANGE" AND LATER THIS WEEK WE WILL READ A NON-FICTION BOOK, "ANIMAL BABIES IN GRASSLANDS."

YOUR CHILD WILL BE BRINGING HOME A HANDWRITING WORKSHEET TO COMPLETE AS HOMEWORK MID-WEEK.

THIS WEEK WE WILL DO SOME KID-WRITING CENTERED ON THANKSGIVING.

Week of November 9-13, 2009

kindergarten newsletter

This week our letter is consonant Mm as in monkey. We'll be working on hearing and identifying the initial and final sounds heard in words. Also, we will play a game to practice rhyming words. We will unblend words and count the sounds. Lastly, we will read a new phonics booklet called "Hop on the Mop." Your child will bring it home. Please read it with your child and keep it in the special box.

In Reading we will begin a new book called "Armadillo's Orange." It is an animal fantasy about what lives in an orange grove. We will be working with the letter Ss in this story. Many children are familiar with this sound, but confuse it with Cc. We will discuss proper nouns, setting and sequence. Please continue to practice the high frequency words.

In Math, we'll be working on the end of Chapter 3 which includes a lesson on estimation, another math storybook and, then, review and testing. Then we will start working on numbers 6 to 10 in Chapter 4.

It's hard to believe the the first marking period is over and it is less than 3 weeks until Thanksgiving. We will be learning about the Pilgrims and Native Americans until Thanksgiving.