Sunday, December 12, 2010

WEEK OF DECEMBER 13-17, 2010

KINDERGARTEN NEWS
Monday, December 13th is Day 1, we will have Computers. The Christmas Concert will be held at the NSHS auditorium at 9:30 a.m.. Students may wear holiday attire for the concert.
We will be assessing the students on Reading word list #5 Monday afternoon. Reading word list #6 will come home Monday afternoon in students' take-home folders; assessment will be next Monday, December 20th.
Our next two weeks will be filled with special events and activities. We will, however, try to do some learning as well.
We will study the consonant Rr as in rabbit. We will do the lessons over the 2-week period. Show 'n Tell will be on Wednesday, December 22.
In Reading we will continue with the big book, "A Bed for the Winter." By the end of next week we will begin the final story of Unit 2-titled "Whose Garden Is It?" We will continue with the vowel Ii and high/frequency words-for, he.
In Math we will identify shapes by shape and color, identify a missing piece in a matrix and describe the relative position of objects. Students will copy patterns and identify AB and ABB
patterns; explore a geoboard, make shapes on a geoboard and describe and compare the attributes of geometric shapes. If time and weather allows, we will also place an object on a real graph and pay for objects using pennies.
Upcoming events include:
Wed., Dec. 15th: writing cards for the troops with Sara Lee Company providing cards and snacks for the children
Thurs., Dec. 16th: local mailman visits and picks up "letters to Santa"
Fri., Dec. 17th: Christmas concert with NSE band & chorus at NSHS (for students only)
Mon., Dec. 20th: Polar Express Day (this is a tentative date)
Tues., Dec. 21th: Winter concert with NSHS Band at NSHS
Wed., Dec. 22nd: Christmas classroom parties (1:30 to 3:00)
Thurs., Dec. 23rd: early dismissal for students
HOMEWORK:
MONDAY THRU THURSDAY: EACH NIGHT PRACTICE READING WORD LIST AND COMPLETE 1/2 SHEET OF READING/MATH HOMEWORK SENT HOME IN TAKE-HOME FOLDER ON THE BRING BACK SIDE.

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