Weekly Newsletter for the week of October 26-30, 2009

We are reading Animal Babies in Grasslands in reading this week. Our comprehension skill is main idea. Our Amazing Words are: calf, grassland, cub, pup, joey and foal. Your child will be receiving word cards each week for the words we are especially working on. Keep these at home and practice nightly.
Focus Letter Letters to review
Pp Mm, Tt, Aa, Ss

High Frequency Words
I am the little to a have is we my like

In Math we will continue with Chapter 5. We will make a table to solve problems, order numbers to 10 and count up and back from a given number using objects or a number line.

Announcements
Oct. 30 October Book-It forms are due! Read 10 books, return your log sheet and receive a complimentary mini pizza from Pizza Hut.
Oct. 30 Red Ribbon parade and Halloween party. I am sending home a party treat sign up sheet home. If you would like to send something for our party, please circle the item and send the sheet back to school ASAP! Thanks so much!

Parade and Red Ribbon Week dress up information is on the back of this newsletter.

We had lots of fun at the pumpkin patch last week. Be watching for our pictures on the blog very soon! The blog link is at the top of this page:)

HOMEWORK Please help your child complete their homework each night and return the next day. I appreciate your help with this matter! I love having responsible little kindergartners and parents, too:)

Weekly Newsletter for the week of October 19-23, 2009

We are reading Armadillo's Orange in reading this week. Our comprehension skill is setting. Our Amazing Words are: armadillo, burrow, tortoise, rattlesnake, grubs and insects. Your child will be receiving word cards each week for the words we are especially working on. Keep these at home and practice nightly.
Focus Letter Letters to review
Ss Mm, Tt, Aa

High Frequency Words
I am the little to a have is

In Math we will begin Chapter 5. We will solve problems by using illustrations, count/write/identify/represent numbers 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. We will also practice counting and comparing numbers to 10.

Announcements
I enjoyed meeting with all of you on Parent Teacher conference day. I still have a few conferences left to complete before some of your children will receive their report card. Please contact me regarding this.
Oct. 20 Field Trip to Begg's Pumpkin Patch. The weather is looking to be beautiful and 70 degrees tomorrow! Please send your child in a RED SHIRT. Also remember to dress them in comfortable clothes and tennis shoes. No flip flops or crocs, please:)
Oct. 30 October Book-It forms are due! Read 10 books, return your log sheet and receive a complimentary mini pizza from Pizza Hut.
Oct. 30 Red Ribbon parade and Halloween party. Details to follow soon!

HOMEWORK Please help your child complete their homework each night and return the next day. I appreciate your help with this matter! I love having responsible little kindergartners and parents, too:)

Weekly Newsletter for the week of October 12-16, 2009

We will be reviewing the letters Mm, Tt, and Aa this week. Your child will need to identify the upper and lowercase letters and the sounds for Mm, Tt and Aa. We will review the words: I, am, the, little, to, a, is, have

In Math we will finish Chapter 4 on patterns and take a test.

I will be finishing up testing for report cards and we we will be reading books about Pumpkins also this week.


Announcements
October 15 Out at 11:00 Parent Teacher conferences begin at 1:00 pm. I still have about 5 parents who have not scheduled a conference with me. Report cards will not be sent home until we conference.

October 16 NO SCHOOL Teacher work day

October 20 Pumpkin Patch field trip has been rescheduled for this date. Let's hope there is no more rain! We are extremely excited about this trip!!

October 30 Red Ribbon Parade begins at 1:30. We will also have our Halloween party this day. More details to follow soon.

September Student of the Month

Congratulations to Shane for being the September Student of the Month. Each month, one student will be chosen from each class as SOM. The students that are chosen possess a particular character trait for that month. The character trait for September SOM was "Responsibility".

Shane is a very responsible student. I can count on him to always do the right thing and he always is eager and ready to learn. He turns in his homework each day and I can also count on him to be my right hand man.

Way to go Shane! I am proud of you:)

Weekly Newsletter for the week of October 5-9, 2009

We are reading Life in an Ocean in reading this week. Our comprehension skill is compare and contrast. Our Amazing Words are: ocean, crab, fish, world, shell and seaweed.

Focus Letter
Aa
High Frequency Words
I am the little to a have is
*new words for this week are highlighted*

In Math we will continue Chapter 4. We will solve problems by acting out patterns and describe/extend patterns. We will also use objects and illustrations to create a pattern.

Announcements
Oct. 5 PTO Meeting in the cafeteria 6:00 pm. All parents invited to attend
Oct. 7 Field trip to Begg's Pumpkin Patch
Oct. 9 End of 1st Quarter – I will be testing your children on their birthday, address, phone number, days of the week, months of the year, letters of the alphabet and numbers 0-10 during the course of this week.
Oct. 12 NO SCHOOL Columbus Day
Oct. 15 Out at 11:00 Parent Teacher Conferences 1:00-6:00 pm
Oct. 16 NO SCHOOL Teacher work day
Oct. 30 Red Ribbon parade and Halloween party. Details to follow soon!