Newsletter for March 26-30

Curriculum
Alphabet: *We will practice the capitol and lowercase letters. Your child needs to be able to say the sound for each letter and write each capitol and lowercase letter for the Kindergarten Assessment and ABC club!
Word Wall:
*We will practice the sight words “say” and “up”. Practice! Practice! Your child needs to be able to read 25 Kindergarten sight words to be in the sight word club!
Math:
*We will practice calendaring skills, counting to 50, 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 review money and coin names and amounts.
*We will continue our morning work folders.
*We will work on parts of a whole and ordinal numbers.
*We will practice fewer and more, most, greatest, and least.
*We will practice how to tell the temperature on a thermometer.
*We will continue addition to 5.
*We will continue subtraction from 5.
*We will practice time to the hour.
*We will work on nonstandard measurement.
Literacy
*We will continue the Harcourt and Fontas and Pinnel literacy programs.
*We will continue our Intensive Phonics program. Please watch for the homework sheets associated with this 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 sight words and review rhyme using our Nursery Rhyme books.
*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 to award students who get into the ABC, Sight Word, and Number Clubs! Keep working to earn these awards! Our next Flag Ceremony is March 28th! I will be sending home new club award winners soon!
*The school talent show is March 30 at 10 and 2!
*Third Term ended Friday March 16. I will be sending home a copy of your child’s progress report. Please review it with your child and return the slip to school.
*Our Spring Break is April 4-6th! NO SCHOOL on these days!
*We have scheduled a walking field trip to the Canyon Park to do a fun Easter Egg Hunt on April 2! Parents are asked to donate one bag of candy to the class for us to use in our Easter Hunt! I will provide you with more information as this date becomes closer! Parent Volunteers are welcome; so let me know if you want to help with this field trip!
*We are also planning a walking field trip to the Heritage Center to watch the play Peter Pan! This will take place on April 3rd! Students must donate $1 for a ticket to the show! Volunteers are welcome to join for $1 as well! Permission slips for these events will be coming soon! Please sign them and return ASAP!
*We will have centers on Mon., Tues, and Wed. I will be having center times on Mon. and Tues at 10:00. Centers on Wednesday will be at 9:15. I REALLY need some center parents on Wed. at 9:15. Any volunteers are welcome! 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 An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Chick, If You Were a Plus Sigh, If You Were A Minus Sign, Rain, The Wind Blew, Weather, Rabbits and Raindrops, More Bunny Trouble, An Egg is Quiet, Hopper, In My Garden, Bunny Trouble, Easter Egg Hunt, My First Easter, I am a Bunny, The Easter Eggs, What’s The Weather

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.

Announcements:
*READING FOLDERS are due March 26. 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!
*Please work on the next bonus sight word list and Skill Sheet #7 with your child! We are practicing these words and concepts in class! Return the skill sheet as soon as it is completed.
*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 have been putting several kids into leveled books! 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.
Early Out Wed. Times: AM class – 8:55-10:55. Please be on time to avoid tardies and classroom distraction.

*Birthdays: Keane 3/30
(You may bring a class treat on the day we celebrate your birthday. Please bring treats for 27 students.) Optional

Leader: Jacob Schott (We will do your poster and parent letters on Tuesday!) (You may bring a class treat on the Friday that your child is the leader. Please being treats for 27 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!

Questions or Concerns: 

sarah.george@ironmail.org

Home Phone: 586-2493

Call or come in if you have any questions

Class Themes: Weather, Seasons, Water, Animals

Benny Bear

Benny has been to several students homes this year! He comes to stay for a week at each home, and brings along with him several activities involving literacy and math. He also comes with a book for the student to read with a family member each night Benny is at their house. At the end of the week, the student and parent collaborate to write a journal entry in our class Benny Bear Journal to bring and share with the class! Benny has had many adventures this year! Here is just one photo of a student in our class enjoying his time with Benny! Remember that Benny can only go home to students who turn in their Eagle folder EVERY day along with their homework,  library book, book in a bag, and blue reading folder on their designated turn in days. Benny is such a fun part of our Kindergarten class!

Newsletter for Feb. 13-17

Curriculum  

Alphabet: *We will practice the capitol and lowercase letters. Your child needs to be able to say the sound for each letter and write each capitol and lowercase letter for the Kindergarten Assessment and ABC club! 

Word Wall: 

*We will practice the sight words “one” and “they”. Practice! Practice! Your child needs to be able to read 25 Kindergarten sight words to be in the sight word club!

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 continue addition to 5.

*We will continue subtraction from 5.

*We will practice time to the hour.

*I will continue 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 continue our Intensive Phonics program. Please watch for the homework sheets associated with this 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 sight words and review rhyme using our Nursery Rhyme books.

*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 to award students who get into the ABC, Sight Word, and Number Clubs! Keep working to earn these awards! Just a quick note that I have NOT done any number club winners at this time. I am waiting until we get closer to our spring assessment, which asks the students to write numbers to 30.

*Open enrollment forms are available to parents in the office.  They are due by the 3rd Friday in February for those that would like. 

*Valentine’s Day is Feb. 14! We will be having a exchanging Valentines and having a Valentine’s Day party on this day! 

*We will have a dentist presentation on Feb. 21

*Feb. 20 is President’s Day. NO SCHOOL on this day!

*We will have centers on Mon., Tues, and Wed. I will be having center times on Mon. and Tues at 10:00. Centers on Wednesday will be at 9:15. I REALLY need some center parents on Wed. at 9:15. I DO NOT have the support in centers that I began with at the beginning of the year! Any volunteers are welcome! 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, Slugs in Love, The Valentine Express, 100 School Days, Franklin and the Tooth Fairy, My Wobbly Tooth Must Never Fall Out,  Pirate Pete, Nonfiction books on mapping, 

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, telephone numbers, and addresses.

Announcements: 

*READING FOLDERS are due Feb. 13. 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 #6 and Skill Sheet #6 with your child! We are practicing these words and concepts in class! Return the skill sheet as soon as it is completed. 

*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.

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

*Birthdays: Joshulynn 2/14

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

Leader: Bryan Riquelme (We will do your poster and parent letters on Tuesday!) (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!

Questions or Concerns: 

sarah.george@ironmail.org

Home Phone: 586-2493

Call or come in if you have any questions

Pictures from December!!

 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!

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.

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  

Holiday Reading Coupons!

Dear Parents:

Since December is such a short but critical month in your child’s reading and literacy development, I have decided to do a fun reading incentive activity to allow students the best opportunity for retention during the long holiday break. Included in this packet are several reading coupons that can be filled out during the month of December and the holiday season. I have also included Dibels practice sheets that your child can use to read and practice for one or several of the coupons (these are especially important due to the upcoming Dibels test and Kindergarten Assessment in January). Your child will be familiar with these Dibels sheets, as we will be practicing them in class. Please do your best to read and provide reading time to your child during the holiday season. You may use books from home, library books, class books from the rainbow folders, or the included practice sheets. Students who complete and return the entire coupon package will receive a special prize when we return to school in January. I will also consider prizes for students who complete some or half of the reading coupon package, but it MUSt be returned. Please understand that this is an optional activity. My hope is that you will take advantage of this time to work with your child in literacy.  

If you have any comments or concerns regarding this reading incentive activity please call, come to the classroom, or e-mail me. Thanks for all you do! Enjoy the holiday season! 

Mrs. George