WEEK OF FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 4, 2011

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH IS DAY 4 AND WE HAVE GYM, SO PLEASE WEAR SNEAKERS.

ALL THIS WEEK WE WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT THE CONSONANT Vv AS IN VEST AND VIOLIN. SHOW 'N TELL BAGS WILL COME HOME ON MONDAY. WE WILL STUDY VV ALL WEEK IN PHONICS AND HANDWRITING, AND, THEN WE WILL FINISH THE WEEK WITH A VEGGIE TASTE TEST. WE ALL NEED TO EAT MORE VEGETABLES EACH DAY (INCLUDING ME). WE WILL ALSO HAVE DIP FOR OUR VEGGIES!

WE WILL DO MANY OF OUR DINOSAUR REPORTS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. THEN WE WILL FINISH THE REST OF THE REPORTS ON TUESDAY. THE REPORTS ARE NOT GRADED. I WILL SEND HOME AN EVALUATION ON HOW YOUR CHILD DID. WE SIMPLY WANT TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE IDEA OF DOING RESEARCH AND PRESENTING TO A GROUP.

FRIDAY, MARCH 4TH IS DR. SEUSS' BIRTHDAY AND "READ ACROSS AMERICA" DAY. WE WILL DO SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AND HAVE GUEST READERS.

IN READING WE WILL BE STARTING UNIT 4. THE THEME IS "LET'S EXPLORE." THE FIRST BOOK IS AN ANIMAL FANTASY CALLED "BUNNY DAY: TELLING TIME FROM BREAKFAST TO BEDTIME." THE QUESTION FOR THE WEEK IS "WHAT ADVENTURES DO YOU HAVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY?" AND THE COMPREHENSION SKILL IS SEQUENCE. THE LETTER WE WILL REVIEW IS Hh WE WILL INTRODUCE THE H/F WORDS - DO, ARE, THAT.

IN MATH WE WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT NICKELS; INCLUDING TRADING 5 PENNIES FOR A NICKEL AND COUNTING BY 5'S. THEN WE WILL COUNT NICKELS UP TO 25 CENTS. WE WILL STUDY THE CYLINDER AND PUT OBJECTS IN ORDER BY HEIGHT. THEY WILL PAY FOR ITEMS UP TO 25 CENTS USING NICKELS. FINALLY, WE WILL IDENTIFY, CREATE AND EXTEND ABC SOUND AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS.

IN KID-WRITING WE HAVE BEEN WRITING SENTENCES USING ACTION WORDS AND THIS WEEK WE WILL WRITE ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE TIME OF DAY.

HOMEWORK

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: BACK TO OUR HALF-SHEET OF READING AND MATH SKILLS EACH NIGHT. PLUS PLEASE PRACTICE THE READING WORD LIST EACH NIGHT FOR 5-10-15 MINUTES.

week of February 22-25, 2011

IMPORTANT UPDATE

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, IS DAY 4 AND OUR CLASS HAS GYM. PLEASE REMEMBER SNEAKERS. WE ALSO HAVE LIBRARY AND CHILDREN NEED TO RETURN BOOKS FROM LAST WEEK. SORRY, I INCORRECTLY SAID TUESDAY WAS DAY 1 ON THE KINDERGARTEN NEWSLETTER. ENJOY PRESIDENTS' DAY!

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 22-25, 2011

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

HOMEWORK

TUESDAY TO THURSDAY: PRACTICE READING WORD LIST #13 EACH NIGHT; DO HANDWRITING WORKSHEET EACH NIGHT (UPPER-CASE D AND LOWER-CASE d). THERE WILL NOT BE A HALF-SHEET EACH NIGHT DUE TO THE REVIEW AND TESTING OF
UNIT 3 IN THE READING SERIES.

Dd IS THE LETTER OF THE WEEK. THE KEYWORD FOR THIS CONSONANT IS DOG. WE WILL DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THIS LETTER. ON TUESDAY, FEB. 22ND, WE WILL HAVE EACH CHILD PULL A DINOSAUR'S NAME OUT OF A HAT. EACH CHILD WILL BE ASKED TO DO AN ORAL REPORT ON THE DINOSAUR THEY PICKED. A FORM WILL COME HOME WITH YOUR CHILD IN HIS/HER FOLDER (S/HE NEEDS A PICTURE AND AT LEAST TWO FACTS ABOUT THE DINOSAUR). THE REPORTS WON'T BE DUE UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, FEB. 28TH DUE TO THE DINOSAUR REPORTS, THERE WILL NOT BE SHOW 'N TELL.

IN MATH WE WILL BE WORKING WITH MEASURING CUPS AND TALKING ABOUT RECIPES. THEY WILL BE IDENTIFYING FULL, HALF-FULL, AND EMPTY CONTAINERS, THEY WILL ALSO IDENTIFY QUARTS. THEN WE WILL SWITCH TO USING PATTERN BLOCKS AGAIN TO COVER A DESIGN IN MORE THAN ONE WAY.

IN READING WE WILL BE REVIEWING UNIT 3'S IMPORTANT CONCEPTS AND WORDS. THEN WE WILL TAKE TWO DAYS TO COMPLETE THE UNIT 3 READING TEST. DURING THE WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE TO READ FROM THE JUNIE B. JONES CHAPTER BOOKS AND FROM OTHER STORY BOOKS AS WELL.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND IS DAY 1 AND WE WILL HAVE COMPUTERS. WE WILL ALSO DO THE READING WORD LIST #12 ASSESSMENT ON TUESDAY. WORD LIST #13 WILL COME HOME IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE CHILDREN REALLY ENJOYED THE "YUMMY YOGURT TASTE TEST" AND THE GRAPHING WE DID SHOULD BE IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER. THEY TRIED STRAWBERRY, BLUEBERRY, VANILLA AND PEACH YOGURT. PLEASE TALK WITH HIM/HER ABOUT IT. I HAVE TO SAY ALL CHILDREN WERE WILLING TO TRY ALL FOUR FLAVORS. MOST OF THE CLASS LIKED ALL FOUR FLAVORS-FINALLY A HEALTHY SNACK THEY ALL LIKE!!

HAVE A RESTFUL LONG WEEKEND!!!

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14-18, 2011

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

THE LETTER OF THE WEEK IS CONSONANT Yy AS IN YELLOW AND YAK! WE WILL STUDY THE LETTER Yy IN PHONICS AND HANDWRITING ALL WEEK. SHOW 'N TELL WILL BE FRIDAY, AS USUAL. WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL YOGURT TASTING EITHER WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK (THEN WE WILL GRAPH CHILDREN'S FAVORITE FLAVORS).



MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH IS DAY 3 AND WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE MUSIC; HOWEVER, WE WILL BE HAVING THE VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY INSTEAD. GET READY TO LOOK AT ALL OF YOUR CHILD'S VALENTINES.


IN READING WE WILL READ THE BOOK "HIDE CLYDE" A RHYMING FANTASY BOOK ABOUT A CHAMELEON. WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW CHAMELEONS CHANGE. STUDENTS WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT FIGURING OUT THE MAIN IDEA OF A BOOK AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW THE VOWEL Oo.


IN MATH WE WILL WORK WITH NUMBER CARDS FROM 1-20; STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO PUT THEM IN CORRECT ORDER. THEY WILL USE OBJECTS TO REPRESENT NUMBERS TO 20. THEY WILL ALSO WEIGH OBJECTS USING A BALANCE. THEY WILL ROLL DICE AND ADD ALL OF THE DOTS TOGETHER TO GET A TOTAL. THEY WILL LEARN TO IDENTIFY CONTAINERS AS FULL, HALF-FULL AND EMPTY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PENNIES AND DIMES.


SPECIAL REMINDER: THIS WILL BE A FULL WEEK OF SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS. FRIDAY, FEB. 18TH WAS ORIGINALLY AN ACT 80 DAY WITH NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS, BUT NOW, BECAUSE OF SNOW DAYS AND DELAYS, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS DECIDED TO KEEP THE SCHOOL OPEN THAT DAY. THE SCHOOL WILL STILL BE CLOSED FOR PRESIDENTS' DAY ON MONDAY, FEB. 21ST.


PLEASE REMEMBER TO SEND IN YOUR CHILD'S VALENTINES ON MONDAY, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY.

HOMEWORK

MONDAY TO THURSDAY: EACH NIGHT PRACTICE THE READING WORD LIST FOR 5-10 MINUTES; COMPLETE THE HALF-SHEET SENT HOME IN YOUR CHILD'S TAKE-HOME FOLDER TO PRACTICE READING/MATH SKILLS.

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 7 - 11, 2011

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

THIS WEEK IN PHONICS WE WILL FINISH THE CONSONANT Cc ON MONDAY. THEN STARTING TUESDAY WE WILL LEARN ABOUT THE VOWEL Ee (THIS IS OUR LAST VOWEL). WE WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE SHORT SOUND. WE WILL LEARN THE SHORT SOUND AS IN ELEPHANT AND EGG AND THE LONG SOUND AS IN EAGLE AND EQUAL. WE WILL NOT HAVE SHOW 'N TELL ON FRIDAY.

IN READING WE WILL BEGIN A NEW BOOK, "SEEDS" BY KEN ROBBINS. WE WILL LEARN NEW H/F WORDS: THEY, OF, YOU. WE WILL WORK ON THE COMPREHENSION SKILL - DRAWING CONCLUSIONS. WE WILL ALSO REVIEW THE SHORT O SOUND.

IN MATH WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON COUNTING BY 1'S, 5'S AND 10'S AND RECOGNIZING DIMES. WE WILL MATCH NUMBER CARDS TO SETS OF OBJECTS. WE WILL SEPARATE A WHOLE INTO 2 EQUAL PARTS. WE WILL SOLVE PROBLEMS BY GUESSING AND CHECKING. WE WILL COMPARE NUMBERS AND SETS. STUDENTS WILL WEIGH OBJECTS USING NONSTANDARD UNITS THEN PUT OBJECTS IN ORDER BY WEIGHT.

STUDENTS HAD A BLAST ON THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL. THEY ENJOYED ALL OF THE EXPERIMENTS WE DID WITH THE NUMBER 100. WE TOOK PHOTOS OF ALL OF OUR "OLD FOLKS" AND OF THE STUDENTS WEARING THEIR "100" EYEGLASSES.

THIS WEEK IS ANTI-BULLYING WEEK. EACH DAY HAS A SPECIAL ACTIVITY CONNECTED TO IT. THERE ARE ALSO TWO SPECIAL PROGRAMS.

• MONDAY: CRAZY SOCKS
• TUESDAY: CRAZY HATS
• WEDNESDAY: MISMATCHED CLOTHES OR CRAZY HAIR
• THURSDAY: WEAR GREEN
• FRIDAY: WEAR NSE TEAM SHIRT

THERE WILL BE TWO PROGRAMS: TUESDAY: "BE KIND TO ANIMALS" WITH DIANE BUHL OF THE DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE.

THURSDAY: SHERIFF JOE GROODY ON "RAMIFICATIONS OF BULLYING BEHAVIORS

ALSO: ON FRIDAY WE WILL ALL WATCH "THE ANT BULLY"

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH IS DAY 2; OUR SPECIAL IS ART.

NEXT MONDAY, FEB. 14TH WE WILL HAVE OUR VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY IN THE AFTERNOON. VALENTINES CAN BE SENT IN ANYTIME THIS WEEK OR NEXT MONDAY. A LIST OF THE STUDENTS FIRST NAMES WAS SENT HOME ON FRIDAY (2/4) IN STUDENTS' FOLDERS.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH.

HOMEWORK

MONDAY THRU THURSDAY: PRACTICE READING WORD LIST 11 (TESTING WILL BE NEXT MONDAY 2/14). ALSO COMPLETE 1/2 SHEET ON READING AND MATH SKILLS.

SPECIAL NOTE RE: 100TH DAY

DUE TO OUR SCHOOL BEING CLOSED THE PAST TWO DAYS, THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL WILL NOW BE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH. REMEMBER TO DRESS UP ON FRIDAY LIKE A 100 YEAR OLD! ALSO REMEMBER TO BRING IN 100 OF SOMETHING IN A ZIPLOC BAG (PREFERABLY 100 OF SOMETHING SMALL).