WEEK OF FEBRUARY 1-5, 2010

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

MONDAY IS DAY 3 AND ART IS OUR SPECIAL CLASS WITH MR. BAGLIN.

THIS WEEK WE WILL BE LEARNING THE CONSONANT LETTER Cc WHEN IT MAKES THE /K/ SOUND AS IN CAT AND CANDY. WE WILL ALSO LEARN THE SPELLING RULE FOR K AND C. ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THIS RULE WERE IN THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER WHICH CAME HOME IN YOUR CHILD'S TAKE-HOME FOLDER LAST FRIDAY. SHOW AND TELL WILL BE ON FRIDAY AS USUAL.

IN READING WE WILL BEGIN THE NEW BOOK, "THE LITTLE PANDA," WHICH IS A NONFICTION BOOK WITH AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHS. INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK WILL COME HOME MONDAY NIGHT. PLEASE TALK WITH YOUR CHILD ABOUT THE BOOK. WE WILL LEARN ABOUT COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THINGS IN STORIES AND IN PICTURES. WE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME NEW HIGH/FREQUENCY WORDS -THE STUDENTS LOVE LEARNING THEM.

IN MATH WE WILL COUNTING BY 2'S, 5'S, AND 10'S. WE ARE USING THE HUNDRED'S CHART EACH DAY. BY THE END OF THE WEEK WE WILL LEARN ABOUT ODD/EVEN NUMBERS.

WE WILL CONTINUE KID-WRITING ABOUT THE ZOO. I HAVE CHALLENGED CHILDREN TO TELL US WHICH ANIMALS THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN THEIR ZOO.

WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL DAYS COMING UP THIS WEEK. TUESDAY IS GROUNDHOG DAY AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL.

WEDNESDAY IS THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL. YOUR CHILD IS ASKED TO DRESS AS IF HE/SHE IS 100 YEARS OLD (I WILL BE TAKING PHOTOS). WE ALSO ASK EACH PARENT TO SEND IN 100 OF SOME ITEM SO THAT THE CHILDREN IN OUR CLASS CAN COUNT UP TO 100 WITH 24 DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT DAY.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY WILL BE NEXT WEEK ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH. CHILDREN CAN BRING IN THEIR VALENTINES WHENEVER THEY ARE READY-WE HAVE A LARGE CONTAINER TO STORE THE VALENTINES AND, THEN, THEY WILL BE DELIVERED TO EACH CHILD AT THE PARTY. "LOVE IS IN THE AIR."

PLEASE PARENTS REMEMBER-ACCORDING TO THE NS DRESS CODE SHIRTS MUST HAVE COLLARS (EXCEPT ON GYM DAY AND TURTLENECKS ARE OKAY).

ALSO-PLAID SHIRTS ARE NOT PERMITTED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE.

WEEK OF JANUARY 25-29, 2010

THIS WEEK IS Zz WEEK! Zz AS IN ZEBRA AND ZOO. WE WILL HAVE A PHONICS LESSON ON THE LETTER/SOUND EACH DAY AND ON FRIDAY WE WILL HAVE SHOW AND TELL, SO, Z-BAGS WILL COME HOME ON MONDAY.

IN MATH WE WILL REVIEW AND TEST ON CHAPTER 6-NUMBERS 10-30. THEN WE WILL START CHAPTER 7-NUMBER PATTERNS. WE WILL USE HUNDREDS CHARTS A LOT AND WE WILL BE COUNTING BY 10, 5, AND 2.

IN HANDWRITING WE WILL PRACTICE THE Zz, OF COURSE. WE WILL ALSO KEEP PRACTICING WRITING THE NUMBERS, PARTICULARLY THE NUMBERS 7 AND 8.

IN READING WE WILL BE FINISHING OUR STORY, "WHOSE GARDEN IS IT?" AND BEGINNING A NEW UNIT AND STORY BY THURSDAY. OUR NEW UNIT HAS LOTS OF BOOKS ABOUT ANIMALS AND, OF COURSE, KINDERGARTNERS LOVE, LOVE, LOVE ANIMALS.

IN KID-WRITING WE WILL BE WRITING ABOUT WHICH ANIMALS/EXHIBITS YOUR CHILD WOULD INCLUDE IN THEIR ZOO. THAT SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING TOPIC.

BY THE END OF THIS WEEK I WILL SEND HOME A CLASS LIST FOR EACH CHILD. THIS WILL GIVE PARENTS/CHILDREN ABOUT 2 WEEKS TO WRITE THEIR VALENTINES. "LOVE IS IN THE AIR."

TUESDAY, JANUARY 26TH NSE IS HAVING "HATS OFF TO HAITI." THIS IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE. FOR A DOLLAR ($1.00) YOUR CHILD CAN WEAR A HAT FOR THE DAY AND HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR A WORTHY CAUSE.

THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL WILL SOON BE HERE. HELP YOUR CHILD COUNT TO 100. A LETTER ABOUT ALL OF THE SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THAT DAY WILL BE COMING HOME THIS WEEK IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER.

PARENTS-PLEASE BE CAREFUL---ACCORDING TO THE DRESS CODE, SHIRTS MUST HAVE COLLARS (UNLESS THEY ARE TURTLENECKS). I HAVE NOTICED SOME CHILDREN WITH COLLARLESS SHIRTS LATELY, SO BE MINDFUL OF THE DRESS CODE.

ALSO-PLEASE, PLEASE , PLEASE- EMPTY YOUR CHILD'S TAKE-HOME FOLDER EACH NIGHT. SOME STUDENTS HAVE FOLDERS THAT ARE SO FULL, WE CANNOT FIT MORE PAPERS IN. YOU CERTAINLY DO NOT NEED TO SAVE ALL PAPERS. WE SEND HOME PAPERS SO THAT YOU WILL SEE WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THAT WEEK AND, ALSO, NOTICE THE QUALITY OF YOUR CHILD'S WORK. ONCE YOU LOOK AT THE PAPERS-MOST CAN BE DISCARDED. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

YOUR CHILD SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT HOME HIS/HER REPORT CARD ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 22ND. PLEASE SIGN IT AND RETURN IT TO SCHOOL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OVERALL, THE CHILDREN DID WELL THIS MARKING PERIOD. ALL OF THE CHILDREN HAVE MADE PROGRESS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

MONDAY IS DAY 4---LIBRARY BOOK EXCHANGE. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SENT BACK HIS/HER LIBRARY BOOK, PLEASE SEND IT TOMORROW.

WEEK OF JANUARY 18-22, 2010

WEEKLY NEWS

MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2010, SCHOOL IS CLOSED FOR STUDENTS TO HONOR THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S BIRTHDAY. TEACHERS WILL HAVE AN IN-SERVICE DAY.

REPORT CARDS FOR THE SECOND MARKING PERIOD WILL BE SENT HOME ON JANUARY 22ND (FRIDAY). THE THIRD MARKING PERIOD WILL BEGIN ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 21ST.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19TH IS A DAY 6-OUR CLASS WILL HAVE MUSIC. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WHENEVER WE HAVE A 2-HOUR DELAY, THAT DAY DOES NOT COUNT AS A NUMBER DAY, SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE A SPECIAL CLASS AFTER 2-HOUR DELAYS.

THIS WEEK WE WILL STUDY THE LETTER Uu AS IN UMBRELLA AND UNICORN. WE WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE SHORT U SOUND AS IN UP. WE WILL DO OUR 4 PHONICS LESSONS, AS USUAL, AND, PRACTICE THE UPPER AND LOWER CASE LETTER Uu IN HANDWRITING. HOWEVER, WE WILL NOT HAVE SHOW AND TELL THIS WEEK (NO U-BAGS!). INSTEAD WE WILL PRESENT OUR SHORT REPORTS ON THE STATES. YOUR CHILD SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE INFORMATION HOME LAST WEDNESDAY, ALONG WITH THE NAME OF THE STATE S/HE PICKED AND THE DAY OF THE WEEK S/HE IS TO DO THE REPORT.

IN MATH WE ARE STILL WORKING ON NUMBERS 10-30 THIS WEEK. WE WILL REVIEW AND TEST ON THIS CHAPTER MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

WE WILL BE READING THE STORY, "WHOSE GARDEN IS IT?" INFORMATION ON THE BOOK WILL BE COMING HOME ON TUESDAY.

SINCE VALENTINE'S DAY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, I WILL BE SENDING HOME A LIST OF THE STUDENTS' NAMES, SO THAT YOU CAN HELP YOUR CHILD WRITE THE VALENTINES. TRY TO DO A COUPLE A NIGHT, SO THAT YOUR CHILD CAN WRITE THE NAMES BY HIM/HERSELF.

HOMEWORK

EACH NIGHT: STUDY PHONICS/READING WORD LIST # 7

TUESDAY: READ INFO ON NEW READING STORY

WEDNESDAY: DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGE

THURSDAY: PRACTICE WITH LETTER TILES

WEEK OF JANUARY 11-15, 2010

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

THIS IS Bb WEEK! Bb AS IN BELL, BEARS, AND BOYS. WE WILL PRACTICE THIS LETTER IN PHONICS AND HANDWRITING LESSONS. SHOW AND TELL BAGS WILL COME HOME MONDAY; SHOW AND TELL WILL BE ON FRIDAY MORNING (SEND IN BAGS WHENEVER). WE WILL ALSO PRACTICE WRITING FIRST AND LAST NAMES, ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS.

IN READING WE WILL FINISH "A BED FOR THE WINTER" (ABOUT A DORMOUSE LOOKING FOR A WARM PLACE TO HIBERNATE). WE WILL PRACTICE THE LETTER Ii AND NEW HIGH/FREQUENCY WORDS (HE AND FOR). WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN THE BOOK. LATER THIS WEEK WE WILL READ THE RHYMING STORY, "WHOSE GARDEN IS THIS?"

WE START A NEW CHAPTER (6) IN MATH. THIS CHAPTER COVERS NUMBERS 10-30. YOU CAN PRACTICE COUNTING AND WRITING THESE NUMBERS AT HOME.

IN KID-WRITING WE WILL WORK IN SMALL GROUPS WRITING AND ILLUSTRATING A SENTENCE ABOUT A NEW TOPIC. THIS WEEK CHILDREN WILL ANSWER THE QUESTION-WHAT WOULD YOU PLANT IN YOUR GARDEN?

PLEASE PRACTICE ALL OF THE LETTERS AND SOUNDS WE HAVE LEARNED INCLUDING THE Bb. WE WILL BE TESTING THIS WEEK FOR REPORT CARDS.

ALSO PRACTICE COUNTING TO 20.

OUR CLASS DID THEIR DIBELS (READING) TESTS LAST WEEK. THEIR SCORES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THEY SHOULD INDICATE THE PROGRESS OF EACH CHILD IN OUR CLASS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

KINDERGARTEN HOMEWORK

MONDAY-SHOW AND TELL BAGS COME HOME; NEW PHONICS WORD LIST #7 COMES HOME-PLEASE PRACTICE EACH NIGHT STUDENTS WILL BE TESTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.

TUESDAY-DO HANDWRITING WORKSHEET ON Bb

WEDNESDAY-DO NUMBERS WORKSHEET

THURSDAY-PRACTICE WITH LETTER TILES

WEEK OF JANUARY 4-8, 2010

WELCOME BACK!

HOMEWORK FOR MRS. DENNIS' CLASS

MONDAY: STUDY THE PHONICS WORD LIST EACH NIGHT-TEST ON FRIDAY, 1/8/10

TUESDAY: READ "FAMILY TIMES" ON NEW READING BOOK-"A BED FOR WINTER"

WEDNESDAY: READ AND DO MATH STORYBOOK (THIS IS A REVIEW FOR TEST ON 1/8

THURSDAY: PRACTICE LETTERS AND SOUNDS WITH LETTER TILES. USE THE TILES TO MAKE WORDS ON PHONICS WORD LIST.

NEWS FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 4TH

THIS WEEK WE WILL STUDY THE LETTER Kk AS IN KITE. SHOW AND TELL BAGS WILL COME HOME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK, PLEASE SEND BACK TO SCHOOL BY FRIDAY, 1/8.

WHEN WE RETURN TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, IT WILL BE A DAY 3-OUR SPECIAL CLASS WILL BE ART.

ON TUESDAY WE WILL BEGIN A NONFICTION BOOK, "A BED FOR WINTER" AND WE WILL PRACTICE THE LETTER Ii, AND TALK ABOUT THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN STORIES.

IN MATH WE WILL FINISH CHAPTER 5 THIS WEEK WITH LESSONS ON SYMMETRY, EQUAL PARTS(OF OBJECTS), FRACTIONS. WE WILL REVIEW THE CHAPTER ON THURSDAY AND TEST ON FRIDAY.

IN HANDWRITING WE WILL PRACTICE THE LOWER AND UPPER CASE Kk, AS WELL AS THE Ii.

FOR THE NEW YEAR WE WILL HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR KID-WRITING, SO THAT EACH GROUP OF CHILDREN GETS MY UNDIVIDED ATTENTION ON THEIR WRITING, AT LEAST ONE DAY A WEEK. THIS WEEK I WILL ASK THEM TO WRITE AND ILLUSTRATE THEIR FAVORITE PART OF CHRISTMAS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A NEW SCHEDULE FOR THE USE OF OUR CLASSROOM COMPUTERS. EACH GROUP WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE COMPUTERS DURING THE EARLY MORNING(WHILE I TAKE ATTENDANCE/LUNCH COUNT), DURING KID-WRITING, DURING INDOOR RECESSES, AND ANY OTHER FREE TIME ON THEIR DESIGNATED DAY OF THE WEEK. HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL ALLOW FAIR, CONSISTENT USE OF COMPUTERS AND GIVE CHILDREN MORE CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF FREE TIME.