December Bulletin Board!
Santa Visit!! Look for your child sitting on his lap! So fun!
Student Awards! Catch The Vision and Reflections!
More Visits with Santa!
Our fantastic class t-shirts! We will show them off on the Jan. 25th Flag Ceremony!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
January Happenings
Jan 2-6
Curriculum
Alphabet: *We will practice the capitol and lowercase letters. Your child needs to ba able to say the sound for each letter and write each capitol and lowercase letter for the next Kindergarten Assessment! Our assessment is THIS month!
Word Wall:
*We will practice the sight words “this” and “was”. 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, 2s, 3s, one to one correspondence, graphing, patterning, phonemic awareness, and phonics.
*We will review numbers 0-10 and practice numbers 11-30.
*We will continue our morning work folders.
*We will practice fewer and more, most, greatest, and least.
*We will begin addition to 5.
*I will begin sending home Estimation Jars for the students to fill and return to school. We will use our excellent estimating skills to guess how many items are in the jar. Please watch for a jar and directions coming home soon!
Literacy
*We will continue the Harcourt and Fontas and Pinnel literacy programs.
*We will begin our Intensive Phonics program.
*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 have regular centers this week! Volunteers, I hope to see you there! Mon. Tues. and Wed. from 10-10:30! Thanks for all your help!
All parent volunteers will need to begin signing in each time they are in the classroom to volunteer. There will be a volunteer sign in sheet next to the door of our classroom. I will show you where it is when you come to volunteer next.
Books: There Was a Cold Lady, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, The Mitten, The Jacket I Wear In the Snow, Annie And The Wild Animals, Let It Snow, Snow Is Falling, Snowflake Bentley, Snowballs, Missing Mittens, The Biggest Best Snowman
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 30.
*We will work on writing our last names, birthdays, and telephone numbers and addresses.
Announcements:
*READING FOLDERS are due Jan. 2
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!
*We will continue Benny Bear Backpacks!
*Please work on Sight Word List #5 and Skill Sheet #5 with your child! We are practicing these words and concepts in class! Return the skill sheet as soon as it is completed.
*Please return your December Reading Coupons on Jan 2 to receive a fantastic prize! This packet is an excellent way to review concepts and continue reading practice over the holiday break!
*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!
*Just a reminder: Library is Friday so remember to return books, PE is Thursday so wear appropriate shoes, computer lab is Friday, and Book in a Bag is once a week on Tuesday. Remember to return book in a bags! I will be putting several kids into leveled books to start off the second half of the year! These are books the kids can now read TO YOU!
*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.
*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 Jose Luis 1/6 Actual b-day is 1/7
Aiden P 1/6 Actual b-day is 1/7
(You may bring a class treat on the day we celebrate your birthday. Please bring treats for 27 students.) Optional
Leader: AJ Wallin for Jan. 2-6 (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 and do you BEST work!
Thank you for ALL the support this holiday season! It has been wonderful and memorable!
Questions or Concerns:
sarah.george@ironmail.org
Home Phone: 586-2493
Call or come in if you have any questions
Class Themes: Winter, Bears, Mapping
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