Saturday, January 2, 2010

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.

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