Attention Parent Volunteers!

Starting Monday December 5, all parent volunteers will need to sign in and record their time present in the classroom. There will be a parent volunteer folder next to the classroom door. I will show you where it is located when you arrive. You will need to sign your name, the date, and the time you spent volunteering on that day. This is to keep track for necessary PTA data. Also, we will have a Flag Ceremony on Wednesday November 30. The Flag Ceremony is at 10:00, so I will need to switch my centers to 9:15 as not to interfere with the assembly. If you are a parent volunteer on that day, you will need to come in at 9:15 instead of the regular 10:00 time. I will be calling each of you to confirm this date and time. Thank you for being part of your child's education!  

December Book Orders!

I will be sending a book order on Monday Nov. 28. This is the last order before Christmas! If you will be ordering, please return the order form and payment in a sealed envelope with your child's name on the front! Please do NOT send cash. Checks need to be made payable to Scholastic.

Class T-shirts!

I am SO SO SO excited about the class t-shirts! I will be sending an official order form on Monday November 28! Please fill out the necessary information and return your $7 payment to school in the attached envelope NO LATER THAN FRIDAY DECEMBER 2! I plan to send the orders to the company that day, so late orders may not be received in time for Christmas! I should receive our order by Dec. 14. I will wrap the t-shirts and hand then to the students on Dec. 16, which is the day we dismiss for our winter recess! I think they are going to LOVE them! THANK YOU FOR SUCH A GREAT RESPONSE IN ORDERING THE SHIRTS! I HAVE SOME AWESOME PARENTS! If you will not be ordering a class t-shirt for your student, I will make sure he/she receives a new book as their gift instead of the shirt! I want everyone to get something special that day! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! I will make sure the kids know how lucky they are to have parents who are willing to make amazing things possible for them!

In addition, I am still trying to decide on a good color. If you have any suggestions, please comment on this post!

Newsletter for Nov. 28 - Dec. 2

Curriculum  

Alphabet: *We will practice the capitol and lowercase letters. We will introduce V, W, X, and Y,  and practice handwriting and sounding those letters in our ABC books!

Word Wall: 

*We will practice the sight words “at” and “on”. Students need to be able to read 10 sight words on our next assessment! Practice! Practice!

Math: 

*We will practice calendaring skills, counting to 10, counting by 10s, 5s, and 2s, one to one correspondence, graphing, patterning, phonemic awareness, and phonics.

*We will review numbers 0-10 and practice numbers 11-20.

*We will continue our morning work folders. 

Literacy

*We will continue the Harcourt and Fontas and Pinnel literacy programs.

*We will discuss Beginning, Middle, and Ending of stories. 

*We will predict and summarize.

*We will work on sequencing events in a story.

*We will practice asking questions.

*We will discuss book orientation and fiction and nonfiction.

*We will practice writing sounds we hear in words (beginning, middle, and end). 

*We will continue decodable books from Harcourt used in our power half hour groups when ready.

*We will continue our Power Half Hour literacy groups! These groups will be four days a week and involve intensive work toward literacy skills and reading! 

*We will continue centers this week! Centers this week are Mon., Tues., and Wed., from 10-10:30. Centers on Nov. 30 will be at 9:15 instead of 10 because we have assembly that day.

Books: I have various fall and Thankful books, Too Many Pumpkins, A Tree For All Seasons, Pumpkin Pumpkin, There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves, etc.  

Writing: 

*We will continue writer’s workshop and be writing in our Kindergarten Journals and Scribble Journals.

*We will practice proper pencil grip and handwriting.

*We will practice handwriting upper and lowercase letters and numbers to 20.

*We will work on writing our last names, and birthdays.

Announcements: 

*READING FOLDERS are due Nov. 21 and 28!

Please be filling out your reading record, so your child can receive two new books. Remember once your child has completed 210 minutes of reading he/she will receive a prize and a new reading record! Please remember to practice the alphabet using the chart in this folder also! It is GREAT practice since we use the same chart at school! 

*Thanksgiving Break will be Nov. 23-25! NO School on these days!

*Please work on Sight Word List #3 and Skill Sheet #3 with your child! We are practicing these words and concepts in class! Return the skill sheet as soon as it is completed. Make sure to sign each area the child has mastered. I have attached Skill Sheet and Sight Word List #4.

*Please review test items with your child, so you know what to work on for the next test! 

*Blog! Blog! Blog! Please check out our class BLOG if you need to access the newsletter. To access the blog, go to the school web page and click on Teacher Websites. Click on my name below my picture and you will see our blog! I have been doing a lot of work on the blog! It is starting to look REALLY good! Jump on the web and check it out!

*Our class will be collecting box tops for education. If you have any of these, please send them in a baggie in your child’s homework folder! Thank you1
*Remember that if your child is going to be missing a day of school to call the office and excuse them. In addition, if you are going to be picking up your child early, please make sure you check them out in the office before picking them up from class.

Early Out Wed. Times: AM class – 8:55-10:55. Please be on time to avoid tardies and classroom distraction.

*Birthdays  Nissa’s Half b-day 6/2. We will celebrate Dec. 2

(You may bring a class treat on the day we celebrate your birthday. Please bring treats for 27 students.) Optional

Leader: Andrea Gomez Nov. 28 – Dec. 2 (You may bring a class treat on the Friday that your child is the leader. Please being treats for 26 students.) Optional

REMINDER: Please continue to remind your student to turn in their EAGLE FOLDER EVERY DAY! It would also be a good idea to remind your child on Monday to bring their blue READING FOLDER into the classroom to switch books! New books are always exciting!

HOMEWORK: We will have homework Nov.21, Nov. 28, and Nov. 30.  Please sign your name under your child’s name on the homework sheets. That way I know you have worked on it with your child. Please make sure you DO NOT have your child do homework with a pen, marker, or crayon. Pencil is best when handwriting.

Please make sure your name is on your homework and do you BEST work!

Questions or Concerns: 

sarah.george@ironmail.org

Home Phone: 586-2493

Call or come in if you have any questions

Class Themes: Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, Indians, Turkeys, All about Me, Seasons, Fall, 5 Senses, healthy foods and Healthy Habits, Holidays, 

Recent Activities

Our first bulletin board! We all fit together!

Up close view of our class puzzle and pictures! GREAT job students!

At the Pumpkin Patch!

This is our class web during our Halloween activities! Each child answered a phonemic awareness, phonics, alphabet, or number question to earn their spot holding the web! Looks spooky!

Our Halloween spider snacks! Yum!

Here we are learning all about bus safety with Barney the talking bus!

On our way to the Braithwaite Art Gallery!

We learned all about Russian paintings at the gallery! 

We practiced drawing pictures to match the ones in the gallery! 

We even got to pose as characters or models in the pictures! 

What a fun and exciting field trip!

Newsletter for Nov. 14-18

Curriculum  

Alphabet: *We will practice the capitol and lowercase letters. We will introduce T and U  and practice handwriting and sounding those letters in our ABC books!

Word Wall: 

*We will practice the sight word “be”. Students need to be able to read 10 sight words on our next assessment! Practice! Practice!

Math: 

*We will practice calendaring skills, counting to 10, counting by 10s, 5s, and 2s, one to one correspondence, graphing, patterning, phonemic awareness, and phonics.

*We will review numbers 0-10 and practice numbers 11-20.

*We will continue our morning work folders. 

Literacy

*We will continue the Harcourt and Fontas and Pinnel literacy programs.

*We will discuss Beginning, Middle, and Ending of stories. 

*We will predict and summarize.

*We will work on sequencing events in a story.

*We will practice asking questions.

*We will discuss book orientation and fiction and nonfiction.

*We will practice writing sounds we hear in words (beginning, middle, and end). 

*We will continue decodable books from Harcourt.

*We will continue our Power Half Hour literacy groups! These groups will be four days a week and involve intensive work toward literacy skills and reading! 

*We will continue centers this week! Centers this week are Mon., Tues., and Wed., from 10-10:30.

Books: I have various fall and Thankful books, Too Many Pumpkins, A Tree For All Seasons, Pumpkin Pumpkin, There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves, etc.  

Writing: 

*We will continue writer’s workshop and be writing in our Kindergarten Journals and Scribble Journals.

*We will practice proper pencil grip and handwriting.

*We will practice handwriting upper and lowercase letters and numbers to 20.

*We will work on writing our last names.

Announcements: 

*READING FOLDERS are due Nov. 14!

Please be filling out your reading record, so your child can receive two new books. Remember once your child has completed 210 minutes of reading he/she will receive a prize and a new reading record! Please remember to practice the alphabet using the chart in this folder also! It is GREAT practice since we use the same chart at school! 

*Thanksgiving Break will be Nov. 23-25! NO School on these days!

*Please return your turkey projects ASAP!! If you need another copy, let me know I have extras!

*Please work on Sight Word List #3 and Skill Sheet #3 with your child! We are practicing these words and concepts in class! Return the skill sheet as soon as it is completed. Make sure to sign each area the child has mastered. 

*Please review test items with your child, so you know what to work on for the next test! 

*Blog! Blog! Blog! Please check out our class BLOG if you need to access the newsletter. To access the blog, go to the school web page and click on Teacher Websites. Click on my name below my picture and you will see our blog! I have been doing a lot of work on the blog! It is starting to look REALLY good! Jump on the web and check it out!

*Our class will be collecting box tops for education. If you have any of these, please send them in a baggie in your child’s homework folder! Thank you1
*Remember that if your child is going to be missing a day of school to call the office and excuse them. In addition, if you are going to be picking up your child early, please make sure you check them out in the office before picking them up from class.

Early Out Wed. Times: AM class – 8:55-10:55. Please be on time to avoid tardies and classroom distraction.

*Birthdays  Moises 11/18

(You may bring a class treat on the day we celebrate your birthday. Please bring treats for 27 students.) Optional

Leader: Jag George (You may bring a class treat on the Friday that your child is the leader. Please being treats for 26 students.) Optional

REMINDER: Please continue to remind your student to turn in their EAGLE FOLDER EVERY DAY! It would also be a good idea to remind your child on Monday to bring their blue READING FOLDER into the classroom to switch books! New books are always exciting!

HOMEWORK: We will have homework on Monday and Wednesday. Please sign your name under your child’s name on the homework sheets. That way I know you have worked on it with your child. Please make sure you DO NOT have your child do homework with a pen, marker, or crayon. Pencil is best when handwriting.

Please make sure your name is on your homework!

Newsletter for Nov. 7-11

Curriculum  

Alphabet: *We will practice the capitol and lowercase letters. We will introduce R and S,  and practice handwriting and sounding those letters in our ABC books!

Word Wall: 

*We will practice the sight word “you”.

Math: 

*We will practice calendaring skills, counting to 10, counting by 10s, 5s, and 2s, one to one correspondence, graphing, patterning, phonemic awareness, and shapes. 

*We will work in our number books.

*We will practice sorting and classifying.

*We will continue our morning work folders. 

Literacy

*We will continue the Harcourt and Fontas and Pinnel literacy programs.

*We will discuss Beginning, Middle, and Ending of stories. 

*We will predict and summarize.

*We will work on sequencing events in a story.

*We will practice asking questions.

*We will discuss book orientation and fiction and nonfiction.

*We will practice writing sounds we hear in words (beginning, middle, and end). 

*We will continue decodable books from Harcourt.

*We will continue our Power Half Hour literacy groups! These groups will be four days a week and involve intensive work toward literacy skills and reading! 

*We will continue centers this week! I REALLY need my Wednesday volunteers to come this week so I can discuss times with you! It is very difficult to run centers with only a couple volunteers, so if you are able to come, please do so and we can discuss a possible time change that may make centers a little better on Wednesday. Centers this week are Mon., Tues., and Wed., from 10-10:30.

Books: I have various fall and Thankful books, Too Many Pumpkins, A Tree For All Seasons, Pumpkin Pumpkin, There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves, etc.  

Writing: 

*We will continue writer’s workshop and be writing in our Kindergarten Journals and Scribble Journals.

*We will practice proper pencil grip and handwriting.

*We will practice handwriting upper and lowercase letters and numbers to 10.

*We will work on writing our last names.

Announcements: 

*READING FOLDERS are due Nov. 7!

Please be filling out your reading record, so your child can receive two new books. Remember once your child has completed 210 minutes of reading he/she will receive a prize and a new reading record! Please remember to practice the alphabet using the chart in this folder also! It is GREAT practice since we use the same chart at school! I am looking for a new mom to help with reading on Mondays! Let me know if you are interested!

*Thanksgiving Break will be Nov. 23-25! NO School on these days!

*Please return your turkey projects ASAP!!

*First term ended Oct. 19. I will be sending progress reports soon! Please watch for these important papers coming home! You will need to sign and return that you have received them!

*Please work on Sight Word List #3 and Skill Sheet #3 with your child! We are practicing these words and concepts in class! Return the skill sheet as soon as it is completed. Make sure to sign each area the child has mastered. 

*Please review test items with your child, so you know what to work on for the next test! 

*Blog! Blog! Blog!Please check out our class BLOG if you need to access the newsletter. To access the blog, go to the school web page and click on Teacher Websites. Click on my name below my picture and you will see our blog! I have been doing a lot of work on the blog! It is starting to look REALLY good! Jump on the web and check it out!

*Our class will be collecting box tops for education. If you have any of these, please send them in a baggie in your child’s homework folder! Thank you!
*Remember that if your child is going to be missing a day of school to call the office and excuse them. In addition, if you are going to be picking up your child early, please make sure you check them out in the office before picking them up from class.

Early Out Wed. Times: AM class – 8:55-10:55. Please be on time to avoid tardies and classroom distraction.

*Birthdays  Jacob 11/7 

(You may bring a class treat on the day we celebrate your birthday. Please bring treats for 27 students.) Optional

Leader: Mayce Dalton (You may bring a class treat on the Friday that your child is the leader. Please being treats for 26 students.) Optional

REMINDER: Please continue to remind your student to turn in their EAGLE FOLDER EVERY DAY! It would also be a good idea to remind your child on Monday to bring their blue READING FOLDER into the classroom to switch books! New books are always exciting!

HOMEWORK: We will have homework on Monday and Wednesday. Please sign your name under your child’s name on the homework sheets. That way I know you have worked on it with your child. Please make sure you DO NOT have your child do homework with a pen, marker, or crayon. Pencil is best when handwriting.

Please make sure your name is on your homework!

Questions or Concerns: 

sarah.george@ironmail.org

Home Phone: 586-2493

Call or come in if you have any questions

Class Themes: Thanksgiving, Turkeys, All about Me, Seasons, Fall, 5 Senses, healthy foods

Thanksgiving Turkey Family Art Project

I would like the parents of our Kindergarten students to help their child with a fun art project. Please help your child cut out, glue, and decorate their turkey. You can use any materials you would like. Examples include: macaroni, beads, fabric, cereal, stickers, foam, feathers, paper, crayons, markers, paint, yarn, newspaper, etc. Be creative and use your imagination! Return the turkey to school as soon as it is completed. The final due date is Monday November 7! We will display our turkeys until Thanksgiving. Thanks for all your help! I am so excited to see the finished products!