Late start tomorrow – school begins at 9:35 a.m.

News and Information:

Late Start:  Wednesday, September 19th, school begins at 9:35 a.m.

What We Did This Week:

The students continued to learn school rules and classroom procedures.

ELA: 

• Our letters of the week were Rr, Bb
• Our sight words were can, the
• We read stories about coming to Kindergarten, Fall and books with rhyming words.
• Our Poem this week was “I see”
• We are building our “Read to Self” stamina.  We talked about ways to read a book when we don’t know the words yet.
• We wrote in our journals during Writer’s Workshop.  Students are being encouraged to add lots of detail to their drawings.

Math:

• We had 4 lessons this week on classifying to make categories and counting.  Lessons 5-8 in the at home math practice book can be done.

Leader in Me/ Social Studies:

• We talked about characteristics of a leader.

Science:

• We set up our science notebooks and talked about what a scientist looks like.  We are also collecting evidence of Fall for our Science table.

We visited Gym, Art, Music and Media and the Book Fair

We played during Free Choice Time

We took our Math NWEA assessment on the chrome books.

• Alphabet Books were due today (Letter R and Letter B page).  I will return them on Monday.
• Nightly Literacy Homework continues for the month.  These can be turned in every Monday to show progress.
• Reading Bags should come to school every day and be left in the backpack.  I know there is not much in them now but sight words and reading books are coming soon.

**Please remember to pack an afternoon snack separate from the lunch box.

Have a great weekend!

Sorry for the late post.

Just a reminder that dismissal is at 11:45 tomorrow.  We will not be going to lunch but you may pack a morning snack.

Spirit Wear orders are also due tomorrow.

It was a pleasure seeing every body at Open House tonight!

• Students are bringing home Spirit Wear order forms.  Orders are due Friday.
• Students visited the Book Fair and created a wish list.  You can send payment to school or you can visit the book fair with your student Thursday night at Open House.
• Many students were absent today with fevers.  Please remember that your student must be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.

Letters of the week:  R, B (the alphabet books will come home Monday and the R page and the B page are due Friday).

Words of the week:  can, see (words in review:  the, I)

Math:  We will cover lessons 5, 6, 7 and 8 by the end of the week.  Feel free to try the practice pages in the homework book.  (Reminder, these pages do not need to be turned in.)

Please continue Nightly Literacy homework.  Ideas include working on letters and sounds, practicing writing first and last name (with capital and lower case letters) and reading stories together.  Color a ball for every night an activity is completed.

• Gym shoes Tuesday and Friday
• We will visit the Scholastic Book fair in the school library
• Open House Thursday at 6:00-7:30
• Half-Day Friday, dismissal at 11:45 a.m.
• Please remember an afternoon snack

Have a good week!

News and Information:

Open House:  Thursday, September 13th, 6:00-7:30

Half Day:  Friday, September 14th, dismissal at 11:45 a.m.

What We Did This Week:

The students continued to learn school rules and classroom procedures.

ELA: 

• Our letters of the week were Mm, Ss
• Our sight words were I,  the
• We read stories about Kindergarten, Fall and books with rhyming words.
• We introduced our first poem for our poem books, “The Apple Tree”
• We are building our “Read to Self” stamina.  We talked about ways to read a book when we don’t know the words yet.
• We wrote in our journals during Writer’s Workshop.  Students are being encouraged to add lots of detail to their drawings.

Math:

• We had 4 lessons this week on sorting and classifying.  In the green math homework book that was sent home feel free to practice the pages that follow lessons 1-4.  These pages DO NOT NEED TO BE TURNED IN.  

Leader in Me/ Social Studies:

• We continue to talk about being proactive.

Science:

• We will begin Science next week with “What it means to be a Scientist”

We visited Gym, Art, Music and Media

We played during Free Choice Time

We took our first NWEA assessment test on the chrome books.  This was a reading assessment.  We will take the math assessment next week.  These scores will be shared at fall conferences.  Ask your student about using the touch screen computers!!

And most importantly we survived the heat!

• Alphabet Books were due today (Letter M and Letter S page).  I will return them on Monday.  If you forgot don’t worry.  We can catch up next week.  Alphabet Books will come home every Monday and should be returned every Friday in the red folder.  On Monday I will share the letters of the week to work on.
• Nightly Literacy Homework continues for the month.  Keep these graphs (with the balls) at home.  That way they don’t get lost coming to and from school.  These will not be turned in until the end of the month.
• Reading Bags should come to school every day and be left in the backpack.  I know there is not much in them now but sight words and reading books are coming soon.

**Please remember to pack an afternoon snack separate from the lunch box.

Have a great weekend!

A green math book was sent home today,  Find a safe place to keep this book at home.  IT SHOULD NEVER RETURN TO SCHOOL.  I will communicate which lessons we are on and you and your student can use this book as a practice/enrichment book when you find the time.  You also do not need to rip out the pages and send them to school.  I will not be grading these.

***We are doing lessons 1-4 this week.  You may try the corresponding pages at home.

Alphabet Books were sent home yesterday.  These will come home every Monday.  They should stay at home until they are due on Friday.  Please take them out of the red folder or reading bag.  There is more opportunity for your student to loose it if they are carrying it back and forth to school everyday.

Reading bags should come to school daily in your student’s backpack.

Red folders should come to school daily.  Please be sure to clean out any papers from the “Take Out” side.

Thank you!

• Students will be bringing home the results of their fall assessment (in the reading bag) with their Nightly Literacy homework (in the red folder).  We will begin this week.
• Included weekly in the Nightly Literacy homework is work in an alphabet book.  This book will come home in a “reading bag.”  Soon there will be reading books and flash cards added to this bag.  This week students can complete the letter S page and the Letter M page.  The alphabet books are due Friday.

If you do not see the results of the Fall assessment it is because I finished them today and will send them home tomorrow.

Please return red folders every day.  Please bring the reading bag to school every day (to get student’s in the habit).  Alphabet books can stay home until completed.

• Please be sure to mark water bottles, lunch boxes and any materials that can be lost.
• Please continue to point out to your student their snack and their lunch.
• Please remember an afternoon snack.
• Please remember gym shoes on Tuesdays and Fridays.
• Please remember to turn in a family picture no bigger than a 5×7.
• Please remember to let me know if your student is attending Kids Club at dismissal.

Thank you!

Don’t forget an unframed family picture no bigger than a 5×7.  Please send to class in the red folder.