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.