Dates to Remember:

Tuesday, November 5 – no school. Professional Development for Teachers

Friday, November 8 – 1/2 day of school. School in a.m. only. Dismissal at 11:45 a.m.

Monday, November 25 – Re-take LifeTouch pictures.

Monday, November 18 – Family Turkey Project due. Information will be in folder this week.

The first card marking ends this week. I am looking forward to meeting with you and sharing your child’s progress at parent-teacher conferences.

I will be sending home a parent-teacher conference reminder this week.

KINDERGARTEN

Letter of the Week K – sound/handwriting

Sound/Letter review A-Z. We are also identifying the vowels of the alphabet and their sounds AEIOU.

Sight Word review – I, a, is, the, my. New sight word for week – like.

Math – Working on writing numbers 0-20 in our number books, rolling and recording numbers on a graph sheet, making patterns and extending patterns.

Writing – We are working on writing opinions in class. How we feel about something. We will be using graphic organizers this week to help us plan our writing. Last week, we wrote about our favorite special in school.

Reading – I have finished up on reading assessments. I am thrilled with how well the kindergartners are doing in reading. Keep up the reading at home!

Science – We will review Science Unit 1 on Earth materials and our senses.

Social Studies – We will review Social Studies Unit 1.

FIRST GRADE

Spelling Words for the Week – ub and un family

rub, sub, stub, sun

Sight words – funny, look

A Dolch sight word list – will come home this week with words students need to know by third grade. First graders should know Dolch words from the Pre, Primer lists and some words from the First grade list that we have reviewed. 

Starting next week, first graders will come home with  individual sight word lists  that they need to practice reading and spelling. This will help them to read and spell the Dolch sight words by third grade.

Math – last week Unit 2 math test came home for parent’s review. If your child’s math test is at home, please return the test with your signature. If you have already have. Thank you.

Science – Test on Wednesday. Study guide to come home to review life cycle of butterfly and to review needs of animals.

Social Studies – Test on Thursday. Study guide to come home with vocabulary and review. Test will be a multiple choice – fill in bubble with best answer.

Writing – We are working on writing opinion pieces. Students are writing with the graphic organizer – OREO (Opinion, Reason, Example, Opinion)

Reading – I have completed testing in first grade for card marking 1. We will resume our reading groups along with book bags to go home.

I am really happy with the progress first graders have made in reading. Please keep reading at home and please make sure you and your child read together. Don’t forget to fill out your reading log – this is reading homework.

Parents thank you for your support in the classroom and at home. Your support is valuable and it shows in your child’s learning growth.  

Thank you.

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

Dates to Remember

Thursday, October 31 – Halloween Party

Ms. Gale’s classroom will join Mrs. Polgar’s Kindergarten class for the Halloween Party. At 12:30 Kindergartners will change into their costumes and the party will take place from 1-2 pm. Homeroom moms will be calling for volunteers to work at stations and  help with costumes. We need at least 12 volunteers for the party. First graders will join Mrs. Dika’s classroom for their Halloween party. First graders don’t forget to wear orange and black for the party.

Thank you to all who have donated to our class party fund.

Library – every Wednesday of the month your child has library check-in/out for library books. Please remember your child has a whole week to enjoy their library book. Some students have been returning library books the following day after visiting the library.

Conferences – Conferences are scheduled in November on Thursday, November 14, Wednesday, November 20 and Thursday, November 21. If you have not scheduled a time for a conference, please contact me to arrange a time soon.

Math Test – First graders will take Unit 2 math test on Tuesday, October 29. A study-guide note was sent home so you can help your child prepare for the test.

PBIS – We will have our October PBIS celebration for students who have had made good positive behavior choices for the month of October. We will celebrate with a Halloween movie on Friday, November 1st in the late afternoon.

Star of the Week – Thank you Calum Carscadden for doing a fine job as Star of the Week! This week our new Star of the Week is Sophia Collazo. Congratulations!

Star of the Month for November is Dylan Evitts. Dylan keep up the good work and behavior! You have been setting a good example of what a star student is at Nowlin.

A Peek at the Week:

Kindergarten

Handwriting Letter of the Week – Jj  Letters and Sounds A-M

Sight Words to review: a, I, see, the, is, my

Math – Recognizing and writing teen numbers, estimating objects in a jar and comparing, beginning number stories – adding and subtracting, symmetry painting. I will be finishing up on Math testing for Card Marking 1.

Daily Five – We have introduced all the Daily Five areas – Read to Someone, Read to Self, Work on Writing, Work on Word and Listen to Reading.

We continue to work in these Daily Five areas and build areas of Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expanding our Vocabulary so we can become better readers and writers.

Science – We will review our Science unit on Earth Science.

Social Studies – We will review our Social Studies unit on family, school, and our community. We enjoyed studying family traditions/celebrations.

Reading – Students are learning concepts of print, sight words and reading strategies  during shared reading. Students will continue to bring home emergent readers- paper back books to read at home. Please sign these books on the back for to indicate; parent read along.  I also have been testing students in reading for Card Marking 1.

First Grade

Spelling – ut and ug family

cut, shut, bug, hug, rug

High frequency words

run, jump, but

Reading – I have sent home reading logs for students to log-in for 20 minutes every night. This is reading homework. I will finish testing students in reading for Card marking 1 this week. As students progress in reading in the next month, students will be given reading response sheets in book bags to check for comprehension.

Math – Test Tuesday. Please use student password and log-in to Every Day Mathematics for games and review of units. I will finish up on testing students this week in math for Card Marking 1. We are working on counting by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s and counting by 1’s to 120. Writing our numbers accurately is very important. We will work on number stories, adding/subtracting, making patterns and extending patterns, and working with odd and even numbers.

Science – We will review our unit on Life Science with Animals

Social Studies – We will review our unit on History – family, school, community, environment. We enjoyed studying family traditions and looking at other family celebrations/traditions.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

Dates to Remember

Halloween Party – Thursday, October 31, 1-2 p.m. Kindergartners will change into their costumes after lunch. No masks, play guns, weapons of any kind will be allowed at school. First graders will celebrate with Mrs. Dika’s classroom and they can wear orange and black to celebrate Halloween.

Social Studies Family Tradition project – Due Wednesday, October 23. Both Kindergarten and 1st grade will integrate the family unit in Social Studies as we study Family traditions.

Pumpkin Family Project – Due Monday, October 21.

Parent-Teacher Conferences –  are held Thursday, November 14, Wednesday, November 20, and Thursday, November 21.

Below are conferences that parents have scheduled:

Thursday, November 14                Wednesday, November 20                          Thursday, November 21

4pm   Nathan Wood                                       4pm Dylan Scully                                             4pm OPEN

4:20  Calum Carscadden                              4:20 Ricael Rodriguez                                   4:20 OPEN

4:40 Scarlett Jeffries                                     4:40 Kaleb Hazimeh                                        4:40 OPEN

5:00 Kylie Hammock                                   5:00 Dylan Evitts                                             5:00 Julian Rosario

5:20 DeAuna Mosley                                    5:20 OPEN                                                           5;20 OPEN

5;40 OPEN                                                         5:40 OPEN                                                           5:40 OPEN

6:00 Owen Rankel                                          6:00 OPEN                                                           6:00 OPEN

6:20 Jordyn Hazamy                                    6:20 Gabe Collazo                                            6:20 Anthony Virga

6:40 OPEN                                                          6:40 Sophia Collazo                                        6:40 OPEN

 

A Peek at the Week:

First Grade

Spelling Words: Spelling Test #6 ar family;  bar, car, far, jar, are. High frequency words: little, one, do  (On Friday, I sent home spelling notebooks with this week’s spelling list). We will review bossy “r” rules.

First Grade Reading Logs: I see some of you have started your reading logs for October. Keep it up! Remember reading familiar stories helps build fluency. I will have a monthly incentive chart for reading and students will get a prize for reading.

Writers Workshop: We continue to work on personal narratives with detailed stories that have a beginning, middle, and an end. We also have been using transitional words in our stories such as; first, next, last, and then.

Daily Five: We will start Listen to Reading. Another favorite of students during Daily Five. We will review our reading strategies on the CAFE menu and learn how to retell stories with understanding and pick out a topic and supporting details.

Math: We are learning about money and learning to count combinations of pennies and nickels, identifiying coins and their value, and exchanging pennies for nickels. (Please remember to bring in 5 nickels in a labeled baggie) for our math activity on Monday). Later in the week we will solve number stories using addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems. Friday will be a review of math concepts that we have learned in unit 2.

There will be a math test on Monday, October 28. I will send home a study sheet indicating what your child needs to review for the test.

Please remember a student password was sent home that gives you access to math games, study units, and home-links to help your child progress in math. We had fun last Friday playing Penny Plate, Pennies in a Cup, Penny Dice Toss. These are fun games you can play with your child to increase counting, adding and subtracting skills.

Science: We will be finishing up on animal unit with classifying young animals based on characteristics that are passed on from parents. Later in the week we will learn the importance of sunlight and warmth in plant growth. We will experiment what happens to a plant if it does not get sunlight? What happens to a plant if it does not get water? We will record and observe like scientists do.

Social Studies: We will describe ways in which people modify and adapt to the environment. Introduce family traditions, customs in our classroom and beyond the classroom.

KINDERGARTEN

Sight Words: Review:  I, see, a, the, is.

Letter of Week: Ii

Writer’s Workshop: We continue to work on personal narratives, focusing on drafting and revising stories in the writing process. We are also writing/drawing pictures that have a beginning and an end. Later, in the week we will focus on using the ABC chart as a tool in writing and stretching sounds and initial sounds in writing.

Daily Five: Student’s will be introduced to Listen to Reading. Where they use the computer/cd player and listen to stories. Another favorite during Daily Five! We will work on one to one match with words during reading strategy groups. I will also assess for letter sounds this week.

Math: We will work on identifying coins/sorting, building a number board, learning tricky teen numbers/ordering and identifying. Kindergartners have also been joining the first grader’s with EveryDay math games; Penny plate, and Penny Dice Toss. Friday’s is our math game day we kindergartners sure do enjoy!

Science: We will explore fall leaves/classify and sort. We will also study what earth materials are necessary for plants to grow and study the pumpkin life cycle.

Social Studies: We will take a look at school rules that we need to follow/responsibility. Later, in the week we will take a look at the family unit along with traditions and customs.

As always have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

 

 

 

I hope everyone is enjoying their fall vacation. We have had beautiful weather with lots of sunshine.

Dates to Remember:

Thursday, October 17 – We will have a fireman Drew visit the classroom in the afternoon to talk about fire safety.

Return book bags along with parent signature on book bag reading log. 

Friday, October 18 – There will be no spelling test this week. New spelling words/test will be given next week.

Thursday, October 31 – Halloween Party. Keeping with Nowlin School tradition, Kindergartners will dress up for our annual Halloween party and we will join Ms. Gale’s classroom for some Halloween fun in the afternoon from 1-2 p.m. The First graders will join Mrs. Dika’s first grade classroom for their Halloween party. We are asking first graders to wear something orange for the day to celebrate, “Orange you Glad it’s Halloween.”

I will be setting up a meeting with room mom’s to discuss the Halloween Party next week, Mrs. Jeffries and Mrs. Ford.

This year, I am also asking for classroom party donations to commemorate Halloween, Winter Holidays, Valentine’s Day, and the End of the School Year. A donation of $10.00 is suggested to help us cover the cost of supplies for these events. Please remember, this is strictly a voluntary donation used for your child’s enjoyment. Any amount, more or less than the suggested amount, would be greatly appreciated. Please provide CASH only. Please place your contribution in an envelope with your child’s name and homeroom on it. Please label the envelope “Party Donation.”

First Grade

This week, I will be sending home a reading log as part of reading homework for first graders. First graders should be reading 20 minutes every night to build their reading fluency. This reading log is a supplement to the take home reading bags. I cannot stress enough the importance of reading at home regularly. We know the more you practice something you get better at it, and it is the same with reading. Students practice  sports after school, and they should practice reading too! If you are limited with books at home visit the library, garage sales, and re-sale shops for books. I find books for as little as 25cents. Now that is a bargain!

Enjoy the remainder of your vacation!

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

 

 

Dates to Remember

October 14 – 16, 2013 – Students are on vacation and return on Thursday, October 17, 2013.

Monday, October 7 – Kindergarten homework packets along with red and blue folders are to be returned on Monday.

Monday, October 21 – October Family Project due. Information will be in blue folders on Monday.

Information will be forthcoming regarding Fall/Halloween party that will take place at the end of the month.

I have started reading groups along with sending home book bags. Inside the book bag is a reading log for parent’s to sign. Please have your child return the log in the bag and read the book(s) at least 3x, this will help build their reading fluency. If you feel your child needs more time to read a book at home,  please keep the bag at home and return the book bag another day.

Peek at the Week

Kindergarten

Letter of the Week – Ff/words/sounds and handwriting.

Sight Words  – I, see, a, the, review color words.

Daily Five –  We have started Daily Five rotations of Work on Writing, Read to Self, Work on Word and I will introduce Work on Read to Someone (buddy reading). Kids love buddy reading during Daily Five!

Math – positional words, recognize and write numbers 1-10, identify patterns, count by one’s up to 20 and from any given number.

Social Studies – Responsibilities at school and home.

Science – 5 senses – smell and review of 5 senses. Observing and exploring the fall season with science vocabulary and materials.

Writing – We continue to work on Personal Narratives. Students are adding details, setting, and characters to their drawings/writing.

First Grade

Spelling List – hot, pot, hop, mop, top. High frequency words – like, not, on, blue

Please remember to have your child write sentences for each of their spelling words in their spelling notebook. This is reflected in their spelling grade.

Daily Five – Introduction/review of Work on Read to Someone.

Math – First grade skills are counting by 5’s, 2’s and 1’s to 120. We have been working on writing 5’s up to 120. (Please work with your child at home on writing their 5’s up to 120). I will provide a  120 chart for home to help with Home-link assignments. Every Day Math Home-Link assignments are also part of your child’s math grade. Please make sure you have your child do their math Home-Links at home and return the next day.

We are also writing the number that comes before and after a given number. Practice writing numbers in the right direction 1-10, learning to tell time by the hour and half hour, understanding midnight, noon, a.m. p.m. and clockwise (time vocabulary), exploring lengths, straight-edges and dominoes.

Social Studies – History – using artifacts, journals, pictures to learn about family and school life in the past.

Science – We will review the life cycle of a butterfly and other animals. Identifying characteristics that passed on from parents to young.

Writing – We are working on Personal Narratives- adding transition words, using a three-part plan, beginning, middle, and end. Using a setting and characters in our writing.

 

Dates to Remember:

Monday, September 30 – Picture Day. Please have your child bring their order form to school on Monday for pictures.

Wednesday, October 2 – Library Check-out and Book return are on Wednesday’s from 10:25 – 10:45 a.m.

Don’t forget to return red folders on Monday with progress report and parent’s signature.

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A Peek at the Week:

Kindergarten

Letter of the Week – E

Sight Words – I, see, a

Math – shape puzzles, ten frame, writing numbers, recognizing shapes, sorting shapes and reviewing patterns.

Social Studies – Me and My Family

Science – 5 Senses

Writer’s Workshop – Personal narratives/writing journals

First Grade

Spelling List –

in & id family – pin, win, did, hid, lid  Sight words – up, you, be, so (First graders, please do not forget to return your spelling notebooks on Friday’s. Your spelling homework is part of your spelling grade).

Daily Five – Read to Self, Work on Word, Introduction to Work on Writing

Writer’s Workshop – Personal Narrative using characters, setting, details in our writing. Using bubble maps to help us organize our writing.

Math – number grids, math facts, ten frames, introduction to math boxes.

Social Studies – History – Me and my family/school – retell/narrative

Science – Animal life cycle, growth and changes.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

 

 

 

Supply List 2013

The following is a suggested list of supplies to start the year:

Thank you for helping prepare your child for his/her successful year!

1 Backpack – NO ROLLING backpacks due to limited space.

A large paint shirt – (an old adult-sized shirt is just fine)

1 Box Crayola Wide Washable Markers (Classic Colors)

1 Box Crayola Crayons – Box of 24

1 Box of #2 Ticonderoga Pencils

Glue sticks

1 Bottle of Elmer’s School Glue

Old sock – (Yes, an old sock to erase white board’s)

These items will be shared by all at learning centers

(Please put your child’s name on their jacket and backpack)

Optional Items: Water bottle labeled with name may be brought in daily and left on student’s desk, especially on those warm days!

Classroom Needs: the items listed below are some other suggestions of items we will use throughout the year, if you would like to donate. It is greatly appreciated!

Kleenex Tissues

Large and Small Paper Plates

Paper Bowls/Styrofoam

Paper Towels

Clorox Wipes

Small Hand Sanitizer Pump

Thank you.

Mrs. Polgar

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