Wednesday all students will arrive at school at 9:30, instead of 8:30. ( Teachers have a Professional Development meeting.)

Good Morning…I hope you are enjoying this beautiful fall weather.

Here’s what our week will look like:

READING-We will begin a new unit theme titled FRIENDS.  Each unit runs for 3 weeks.  This week’s unit is titled Learn About friends.

WRITING-Our writing will be Opinion Writing.  “I like________.”

LETTERS-O  o  G  g

WORDS-All students should be able to read and write the following words…

I  Can  can  The  the  We  we  Am  am  like

MATH-We will be working with PATTERNS with the calendar, unifix cubes, etc.  Creating patterns, extending patterns, and recognizing patterns.

SCIENCE-Sink or Float???  Kids always enjoy this fun!  We’ll be wearing our “Lab Coats” as we PREDICT, OBSERVE, DRAW CONCLUSIONS and RECORD OUR FINDINGS.  Such fun in here!

FYI…Hearing Screening begins today

Have a wonderful week.  Make every day a great day!

Mrs. Smith

Busy, busy week!  Lots of reading, reading groups, writing, math and science going on in here.  Learning is fun!

A quick post for now, as I have to get my kids from Art in 3 minutes.

SCIENCE- We are Scientists in here and I’d like the students to feel like a Scientist.  So, if you have an old white shirt please send it in with your child.  I will turn them into LAB COATS to wear when we are doing science and being SCIENTISTS.  I bought them some LAB GLASSES so we’ll really be looking the part of a SCIENTIST.  Thanks!!

MATH-A few pages are coming home today.  please have your child complete the pages and return on Monday.  Remind them to put their homework in their backpack as soon as they finished it.  Responsibility on their part!

Off to get my kids.  🙂

What great, productive days we are having in here!  We hit all of the subjects every day and I ask the students at the end of the day, ‘What did we learn about today in _____?”  I’m looking for recall and comprehension, both good skills for learning.

Yesterday we worked with the letter “L l” ( a paper came home with a word web of 4 words that begin with “l.”)  Today we worked with the word “like.”  More work with that tomorrow and we will add the letter “P p.”

In Science we made a tongue today and labeled the parts of the tongue for taste.  Tomorrow we will finish with the sense of touch.

In Math we are working with 10 frames, creating numbers on the frames and then writing the number.  We’re getting very good at recognizing what the 10 frame represents.

In Writing, we are working on Opinion Writing. ( It fits with the word ‘like.”  🙂  )

Keep up with the words that we have already learned.  Students are expected to read and write those words…I  Can  can  The  the  We  we  like

BOOK BAGS-Each student has a book bag.  Please begin sending in the BOOK BAGS on the designated day indicated in their bag.  Read EVERY night with your child.. Some books will be easier that others.

Look who’s now 5 years old…

Celia-10/10                                                   Alex-10/7

Reminders:

WEDNESDAY-Library Day  (Have your child put their LIBRARY BOOK  in their backpack tonight.  Teaching Responsibility opportunity…their book, their responsibility.

FRIDAY- Dismissal at 11:45  (PM is District PD for teachers)

Have a good week.

Mrs. Smith

I’m back and we’re getting back into the routine of Kindergarten days.

First off…NO SCHOOL TOMORROW FOR KINDERGARTEN

Some of the students are bringing home a BOOK BAG with 1 book in it.  They are to practice the book at home with you, reminding them to “point to each word”as they read.  Thanks for the support on the home front.

If your child did not bring home a book bag today, they will bring their book on Monday.  Please follow the schedule I sent home earlier for days to return the bag.

Here’s a reminder:

Monday:  Reem  Fateima  Ayaa  Selena  Zayn

Tuesday:  Hassan El Moussawi  Mohamad  Hassan Fakih  Hussein  Zahraa

Wednesday:  Ethan  Laith  Rima  Miles  Alex

Thursday:  Judy  Amelie  Julianna  Nick  Ali

Friday:  Tiana   Celia  Anne

Have a good weekend!

Mrs. Smith

Your child may NOT have the “Book Bag” in his/her backpack.  I wanted to add a schedule in there so I pulled out their Book Bag.  They should be in their backpack tomorrow.

Today your child is bringing home a “Book Bag.”  Inside is a paper with directions as to how to login in to MyOn and Moby Max, 2 programs that district uses for reading support.  For now, I just want your chi;d to explore and listen to reading on these 2 programs.  You may want to make extra copies of login and password info to have when visiting Grandma, Mom/Dad at the office on the weekends, …

Beginning October 2,  I will have your child bring their “Book Bag” to school for me to send home a book.  Have your child bring their bag on their assigned day.

Monday- Reem   Fateima  Ayaa  Selena  Zayn

Tuesday-Hassan El Moussawi  Mohamad  Hassan Fakih  Hussein  Zahraa

Wednesday-Ethan  Laith  Rima  Miles  Alex

Thursday-Judy  Amelie  Julianna  Nick

Friday-Tiana  Celia  Anne  Ali

Happy Reading!

Mrs. Smith

First off I added another feature of our reading program…READ TO SOMEONE.  It’s reading with a partner and they enjoyed it.

And HIGH up in this tree flew our MAYA, the MONARCH                                                                   BUTTERFLY.  The kids quickly became very attached to her and we even had a few tears as she flew away and we came back to an empty classroom.  🙁

Good news, though…On Monday we will be getting a Black Swallowtail caterpillar!  She will take 9 months to live in her chrysalis and, hopefully, emerge in May/June.  I already started a Compare/Contrast on the 2 caterpillars.  My Scientists are so excited about this new learning.

Next week…A SHORT WEEK.  No school for Kdgrs on Friday.  I have a meeting.

READING-We will work with T t  D d

WRITING-I  Can  can  Am  am  We will make 2 books!!

MATH-#6-10  Reading, writing, and making the number of objects to match the numerals.  We will also work with “What is the number that comes after __________?”

SCIENCE-Germs

WEDNESDAY-Library Day  Remember your Library Book!

FRIDAY-NO SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN

Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for sharing your children with me.  I love what I do.

Mrs. Smith

Thank you all for the great turn out tonight for your child!  It is always one of my favorite visits.

Here are a few pictures from today…

Math-Making Patterns with Pattern Blocks

SCIENCE-Our chrysalis hatched in the wee hours of the morning!  We have a Monarch Butterfly!  We named her “Maya.”  To say the kids were excited is an understatement—oh my goodness!!  Happy Birthday Maya 🙂

Maya was very quiet and tired from her work in hatching.  By the afternoon she had gained some strength and left her stick for some wing stretching and strengthening.  By 24 hours after hatching she will be very hungry so I gave her an orange slice and watermelon wedge.

Maya has to make a very long journey to Mexico City, Mexico, and then back up to Houston, Texas area to lay her eggs.  so, we will release her this afternoon so she can begin her flight.  She will live for 9 months, she’s the super-mom.  After she lays her eggs and they hatch, her daughters will fly to Oklahoma where eggs will be laid and her daughters will live for only 3 months.  Then the granddaughters will lay eggs, hatch, and fly north, lay eggs, hatch and great-granddaughters will fly on to Michigan, living only 3 months.  So you see, Maya is really the “Super-Mom!”

We will miss her but, hopefully, our “Clara, the Caterpillar” will spin her chrysalis by next week and…!!!

Today your child went to the library for the first time and checked out a Library Book.  They are excited to take home the books…remember the book is THEIR CHOICE!  Readability level might be higher that you might choose, but they got to choose the book.

Please help them keep the book safe and clean-backpacks are a good spot to help with that.

Our day to return/exchange books is WEDNESDAY.  Students need to have their Library Book at school on Wednesdays in order to get a new book.