This week is Nowlin Spirit Week! Below are the events that will take place during the week.

Monday, November 16 – Wear your clothes inside out day. Turkey Disguise Project due.

Tuesday, November 17 -Nowlin shirt or blue shirt day. This is also picture retake day. If your child is going to have a retake for pictures or did not have their picture taken, please send them with a shirt they can change into after pictures.

Wednesday, November 18 – Late Start – Students report to school one hour later at 9:35 a.m. Wacky hair day.

Thursday, November 19 – Mustache Day.

Friday, November 20 – Pajama Day. Please do not send blankets or pillows with your child.

Parent – Teacher Conferences – Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19. Please be on time for your scheduled appointment, so there is time to discuss your child’s progress.

Letter of the Week – Nn   Sight Words of the Week –  look, my

Have a nice day and enjoy the sunshine!

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

Dates to Remember

Wednesday, November 11 – Library check-out and return books.

Thursday, November 12 – Parent/Teacher Conferences after school. Please come on time so that I can spend the scheduled time with you to discuss your child’s progress. Report cards will be given to parents/guardians at conference.

Homework Packets – For the first card-marking students are using training wheels to be successful. Before long the training wheels will come off and they will be independently reading, writing and problem solving in math all on their own.

Tips for Homework packet:

Writing – Kindergartners are learning beginning sounds in words and just developing the skill of sounding out words. We continue to work on writing short sentences with sight words we have learned. So, I do not expect  students to write complete sentences in their homework packets yet.  Help your child practicing  sounding out a word. Use the alphabet chart given for homework to help your child identify letters and make sounds.

Reading – Have your child tell you what a story was about. Have your child draw pictures for the beginning, middle and end. You do not have to dictate and write a book report for them. The purpose of the reading assignment is for your child to practice listening with understanding and practicing giving a retell – comprehension.

Math – Practice counting objects and counting out loud. Use the number chart given to help your child identify numbers and count.

Peek at the Week:

Letter of the Week: Ll  

Sight Words of the week:   to, go. Please continue to review previous sight words.

Writing – Informational writing – we will be learning about turkeys and writing an informational writing piece, “All about Turkeys.”

Reading – I will introduce, Listen to Reading this week for Daily Five. Students will listen to a story on a CD. They really enjoy this part of Daily Five.

Math – We continue to focus on exploring numbers. Moving into the teen numbers; writing, identifying,  and counting teen numbers. There are those tricky teens – 11,12,13 and 15 that are tricky!

Science – We will move into a new unit in Science on Pushes and Pulls. Observing how objects fall toward the Earth.

Social Studies – Economics unit – How do I get what I need and want? We will learn about needs and wants.

The weather is changing and the cold air is among us – please be sure your child has a warm coat for recess.

Have a safe and wonderful day with your family.

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

Dates to Remember

Monday, November 2 – Please return blue folders and red folders. I will not send home red folders this coming Friday, November 6 due to the short week of school.

Tuesday, November 3 – No school. Teacher Professional Development Day.

Wednesday, November 4 – Library check-out. Please make sure your child returns their library books every Wednesday.

Friday, November 6 – 1/2 Day of school. Students are dismissed at 11:45 a.m.

Thank you to all that volunteered to help at the Halloween party. It was fun and so many students said,  “That it was the best day ever, ” so I know the party was a success!

Parent Teacher Conferences will be coming up Thursday, November 12, Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19.

This week I will be sending home parent teacher conference reminder/notices. If you are unable to attend a scheduled conference time, please indicate on the form sent home and we will re-schedule. Conferences are held for 20 minutes on the above scheduled dates.

Mrs. Polgar

 

Dates to Remember

Monday, October 26 – Homework packets are due. Please sign and return red folders on Monday.

Wednesday, October 28 – Nowlin PBIS Celebration. Our school will celebrate positive behavior on Wednesday with a Halloween Movie and popcorn at the end of the school day. Students who have continually been earning Class Dojo points through the month of October will attend the celebration. Students who have not earned a percentage of Class Dojo points through the month of October will not attend the celebration and will work in a group setting and work on positive behavior strategies. Positive behavior is highly encouraged with all students at Nowlin and Class Dojo is a positive behavior management system used to encourage positive behavior.

Friday, October 30 – Mrs. Polgar’s Halloween Party will kick off at 12:10 pm and end at 1:20 pm. I have the volunteer sign-up sheet on my front desk in my classroom. We will need volunteers to help with costumes, stations and clean-up.

Please remember to have your child bring a costume to school that they can easily slip over their clothing. No masks, weapons, blood, or violent themes. Students should report to school wearing regular clothing. Please make sure all costumes come to school in a bag labeled with your child’s name. Children will be changing into their costumes when they return from lunch at 12:10 pm.

Letter of the Week – Ii   Please review alphabet letters with your child at home.

Sight word of the week –  the            Please review all sight words – I, a, see, can, and, like.

Homework – Please continue to have your child practicing writing their first name with an upper case letter and all other letters in their name in lower case formation. Also, please review the letters in your child’s name and have your child tell you the name of each letter in their name.

Math – Please have your child practice writing their numbers 1-10 in the right formation. Counting from 1 to 30.

We practice the above skills daily in school and the reinforcement at home helps!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Polgar

 

Dates to Remember

Monday, October 19 – Family Pumpkin project is due.

Monday, October 19 – Homework packets are due and please remember to sign your child’s progress report in the red folder and return the red folder to school on Monday.

Friday, October 30 – Mrs. Polgar’s Halloween Party will be from 12:30 – 1:30. Students will change into their costumes after lunch. I will need volunteers to help at stations, help with costumes and clean-up. I will have a volunteer sign-up sheet at the front desk where students turn in blue folders. Volunteers will need to be in the classroom by 12:00 or earlier to help set-up stations and to help with costumes after students return from lunch. A date reminder and information regarding the party will go out this week.

Library – On each Wednesday of the week students check-out books and return books. Many students did not return books on last Wednesday. Please make sure your child returns their library book every Wednesday of the week.

Volunteer-Chaperone History Form – If you plan on chaperoning or volunteering in the classroom you will need to fill out a Volunteer-Chaperone History form. Along with a copy of your driver’s license. Many of you filled this form out in the beginning of the year, with no copy of a driver’s license. I will be returning your history form, if you did not attach a copy of your driver’s license.

You can go to the front office and they can make a copy of your driver’s license for you.

Class Dojo – I have implemented a new system of points. Students need to earn 10 points for a reward. Once a student has reached 10 points I will reset their points to 0. Students are setting a goal to earn one point or more in the morning and one point or more in the afternoon. Behavior at carpet is a goal we are working on. Goals  – not talking during a lesson, sitting criss-cross with hands in our laps and eyes on our teacher.

Peek at the Week

Letter of the Week – Hh

Sight Words – review   I, a, and, can, see.  New sight word – like

Have a fabulous weekend!

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

 

 

In your child’s blue folder you will be receiving  directions and a PIN number to access Parent Connect. Parent connect is a web-based program that enables you to access your child’s school information through Dearborn Public Schools.

At this time, I have not input any grades. I am still assessing in Kindergarten. Within the next week or two I will be posting grades. You can check out attendance and lunch at this time.

Mrs. Polgar

Dates to Remember:

Monday, Oct 12 –  Homework packets are due.  Please remember to sign and return red folders.

Wednesday, Oct 14 – Library check-out and return library books.

Friday, Oct 16 – 1/2 day of school. Dismissal is 11:45 am.

Class Dojo – Last week, you received a Class Dojo parent-code sign-up sheet with instructions for Class Dojo. Please utilize this sheet and sign-up for Dojo, if you have not done this yet. If you already are on Dojo, please disregard.

The kids love earning Dojo points. I have set-up a point system, if your child earns 10 points or more they get a reward. It could be a trip to the treasure box, extra free-choice time, etc.  Students earn a point in the morning and afternoon. They also can earn extra points for good works in class! They do not earn a point if there is behavior issues, not staying on task, not working their best, talking and disrupting the class or not following directions. I am very HAPPY! Last week most students earned 10 points or more and had a trip to the treasure box. Keep it up! Mrs. Polgar’s Class.

Halloween Party – Friday, October 30. – I am planning on having a Halloween Party in the afternoon in my classroom. Your child can change into a costume after lunch before the party. No masks or play weapons, etc. that go along with some costumes will be permitted at school.  Hopefully,  a costume they can slip over their clothing for the party.

More details will be forthcoming about the party as I meet with the class room mom’s. I thought I would give you notice so you would have enough time for putting a costume together.

Peek at the Week :

Letter of the Week: Gg

Sight Word of the Week: New sight word – see           Review sight words – I, a, and, can.

Math – We have been practicing writing numbers 1-10 in the correct formation. Continue counting 1-30 and counting objects with one-one correspondence. Learning how ten frames work and ways to show numbers in ten frames, tallies, pictures, and writing.

Writing – We will continue working on writing narratives in class. Students will learn features of narratives such as, beginning, middle, and end. Last week, we learned how to label pictures and students wrote the first letter sound with a picture. They did great!

Daily Five – Literacy  Block. Last week, I introduced Work on Word and we reviewed Read to Self and Work on Writing. This week, I will introduce Read to Someone. Students usually love Read to Someone. They love sharing a book with a friend.

Students have also spent time reading sight word books to a buddy and reading to Mrs. Polgar. I love the growth I am seeing!

Social Studies – We continue our unit on Getting Along with Others and learning rules at school and why we have rules at school.

Science – We continue with our unit on The Five Senses.

The class is starting to get use to morning and afternoon routines. We are working hard and doing great work! So, please continue having your child practicing  their letter identification  and letter sounds at home. Continue practicing writing their first name also. Your support at home is greatly appreciated!

Have a great weekend.

Mrs. Polgar

 

Reminder there will be a late start on Wednesday, October 7. Students start school one hour later at 9:35 a.m.

Mrs. Polgar

Dates to Remember

Monday, October 5 – School picture day. If you would like your child to have their picture taken on Monday, please make sure you enclose a check in the Life Touch picture envelope. You can also order pictures on-line with Life Touch photos.

Monday, October 5 – Book Fair. Mrs. Polgar’s class will visit the Scholastic book fair at 9:30 am. An order form went home on Thursday, if you would like your child to purchase any books.

Red folders – Every Friday students will bring home Red Progress Folders. Please make sure you sign the progress report and have your child return the folder on Monday. Another great parent-teacher communication tool.

Class Dojo – I sent home a notice to sign parents up for Class Dojo during the week. Make sure you parent connect with Class Dojo. It is a behavior and progress system that Nowlin uses for classroom management. Dojo is a great communication tool for parents to see how there child is doing in school. Your child should be earning a point in the morning and a point in the afternoon each day of school. If your child receives a negative point -1, it may be they were not on task, not participating, talking out of turn, negative behavior, etc. The kids are very excited about earning points. So, ask your child if they earned any Dojo points each day.

Homework Packets – On Monday I will be sending home a homework packet. The homework packets are aligned with what we are learning in class. Please do a page a night of homework with your child. If you find your child is struggling with some of the homework, please do not continue or go back to the homework at a later time. The purpose of the homework is to reinforce skills and strategies learned in school with parent guidance. Please let me know if you have any questions, regarding the homework.

Class Project – A note will go home on Monday regarding the Class Pumpkin project. Most months, I will have a class project with a monthly theme. Students enjoy working with parents on projects and presenting their work at school. These projects help with speech and language skills and builds confidence. The October project will be due Monday, October 19.

Peek at the Week

Letters of the Week – We will review letters/sounds of Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd. Introduce letters/sounds of Ee, Ff.

Sight Words – We will review sight words, I, a, can, and.

Names – Please continue working with your child on writing their first name at home. Don’t forget an upper case letter for the first letter in their name.

Math – On Tuesday, October 6. I will have a sub in the morning. I will be in the building working with a math consulting group and work with Kindergartners on math screening. Through the week we will work on creating patterns, counting 1-20, reviewing numbers 1-5, recognizing and writing numbers 6-10, sorting coins, number sense and oral counting skills.

Writing – During the week students will take the District writing test. Students will write a narrative story with a writing prompt and planner.

Daily Five – Literacy – Students have been working on Read to Self and have their own book boxes for reading. We have been working on reading for 3 minutes or more. I have introduced Work on Writing and students have been successful in writing independently with their choice of writing. I will introduce Work on Word with word centers this week to help build fluency in reading letters and working on sounds of letters.

Science – we will continue with our unit on The Five Senses.

Social Studies – We will continue to introduce our All About Me brown bags.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Mrs. Polgar’s Blog

I will post information weekly on my blog. My blog is a useful tool for parent communication and letting you know what is going on at Nowlin and in the classroom. I hope everyone enjoyed their break. Beautiful week of sunshine!

Reminder – Please make sure your child brings their blue folder to school daily. As we progress through the year more information will be going home for you to read. Also, please make sure to send a healthy snack to school for your child. Please no candy, cookies or chips! We only have 10 minutes for a snack break in the classroom. So be sure to pack a lite snack.

In the next week or so, I begin sending sending weekly homework packets home. For this coming week, please have your child practice writing their first name. Make sure only the first letter is upper-case and the rest of their name is written in lower-case letters. We have been practicing daily writing our names and learning the letters in our name.

Library – every Wednesday is library check-out and books are returned the following Wednesday to school.

A Peek at the Week:

Letters of the Week – We will review letters and sounds of Aa and Bb. We will work on the letters and sounds of letters Cc Dd Ee. We practice daily all the letters of the alphabet and letter sounds. Weekly we will focus on a letter of the day.

Sight words of the Week – I,  a,  can,  and.

We will begin focusing on the Pre-primer Dolch sight word list this week. I will be sending home a sight word list this week so you can review and practice words at home with your child. You do not have to review the entire list with your child at this time. Please work on the words posted on my blog with your child at home. Ideas are to use play-dough and make words, practice writing words, recognizing sight words and pointing out sight words in story books. Automatic recognition of sight words will help your child become a better reader.

Literacy – I have introduced the Daily Five literacy block and we have begun learning reading strategies such as, Where do I begin to read, Which way do I go with print. The Concept of Print – where is the front, back, top and bottom of a book. We have also reviewed where the title is on a book and what a title means and importantly what an author and illustrator is.

We have also begun building reading stamina in class and learning to begin reading pictures in books. This is the beginning of Read to Self. During the week I will introduce Work on Writing and students will independently work on writing during our Daily Five block.

Writer’s Workshop – We have been learning about the process of writing and will begin with the Pre-writing stage. We have been writing narrative stories and students’ have been doing a great job writing narrative stories.They have included characters and a setting in their stories. Beginning writing in Kindergarten is writing pictures. Wonderful beginnings!

Math – We have begun Math Talks in class and will be reviewing numbers 1-5. We have started Daily 3 Math workshop and students have learned how to work on Math by Self. This week I will introduce Math Writing. During math workshop we will focus on shape sorting, numbers recognizing numbers 1-5, writing our numbers, learning about graphs and how to read them, and counting one-to-one correspondence.

Science – We will begin a unit on the five senses and discover what scientists do.

Social Studies – We will be reviewing classroom rules and looking at a unit – How to get along with others.

During the week I will also be finishing up on the NWEA Northwest Evaluation Association testing. I will be finishing up on math with students. The class have been real troopers getting through the testing.

Enjoy the weekend!

Mrs. Polgar