Friday, October 31, 2014

October 31, 2014

Thank you in advance for all the parents who attend/assist with making our Halloween party a success.  We couldn't do it without all of you!

Please send in 10-20 candy wrappers in a Ziploc bag by next Wednesday for an alphabet book we're making.

Remember I'll be testing students over the next few weeks to decide whether the should go up a level in reading.  They should be using the pictures for support at this time!!  The -ig books we sent home this week are for you to practice and you can keep at home.

Please practice the 1st verse of "Silent Night" for the Christmas program.  If you would like a copy of the music, please send in a blank CD and Mrs. Fox will burn you a copy.

Disguise a Turkey homework is due Friday November 14.  I will not be sending home "letter" home for the next two weeks so that you can focus on your turkeys. I will still send home our math practice sheets for additional practice!

If you are not going to be here for parent/teacher conferences, please let me know.  The office is currently creating the schedule.


Theme: Thanksgiving

Author of the Month: Tedd Arnold

Sight Words: are, now

Letter: j

Poem: Funny Turkey

Nursery Rhyme: Jack and Jill

Word Family: -og (dog, fog, frog, hog, jog, log)
                        - ob (cob, job, rob, sob)

Religion: God Made Us
                Practice the Hail Mary

Math: -comparing and measuring objects
           -measuring length
           -estimating length

Math Vocabulary: shorter, longer, taller, same, estimate, shortest, longest

Social Studies: sequence of events

Science: describe how weather changes from season to season

Daily Five: opposites, ending sounds


Happy Halloween!!

Friday, October 24, 2014

Friday October 24

We had so much fun on the field trip!  The kids were so well behaved and exhausted at the end of it!

Parent/Teacher Conferences are November 24th and 25th.  If you are going to be out of town, please let me know and we can schedule a different time!

Remember that our Halloween party is next Friday from 2:00-2:45.  Parents are welcome to attend, but unfortunately siblings are not allowed.  Thanks to all the parents for their donations and to the room parents for their hard work in the planning!


Theme: Halloween

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Sight Words: you/what

Letter: i

Poem: Could Be Must Be Halloween

Nursery Rhyme: Itsy Bitsy Spider

Word Family: ig (big, dig, fig, jig, pig, rig, twig)

Math: comparing more/fewer
           number order
           counting
           fluency

Math Vocabulary: more, fewer, less

Religion: God Made All People

Reading: identifying nouns, verbs, and adjectives
               identifying punctuation

Writing Prompt: "What is inside the spooky box?"


To Practice at Home:
-writing alphabet
- identifying letters and sounds
- identifying beginning sounds
- rhyming words
- syllables (counting out syllables)
- sight words
- punctuation
- writing numbers 0-10
- 2D and 3D shapes


       

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Friday, October 17, 2014

October 17, 2014

We had such a busy week in kindergarten!  Lot of learning happening :)  Please remember that the reading books sent home should be "easy" right now.  I'll be moving students up levels in the next few weeks.  The books sent home are the level they tested at and are meant to boost their confidence in reading right now and ensuring they are not frustrated.  Students should be pointing to each word (unless they are above a level C) and using the pictures for help (don't cover up the pictures).

Thursday is our field trip to Amazing Acres in Edwardsburg/Mason, Michigan.  We'll probably arrive around 9:20 and we'll be returning to school at 1:10.  Parents are welcome to meet us there, but keep in mind they'll be with their 8th grade buddy the whole time.  Please pack a bag lunch on Thursday.  Students may wear jeans and their Friday shirt or school uniform shirt.  Please dress your children warmly as we'll be outside!

Starting Monday, students may not wear shorts to school.

There is no hot lunch next Friday so please plan accordingly.


Theme: Harvest/Halloween

Sight Words: my/with

Letter: "t"

Poem: 5 Little Pumpkins

Nursery Rhyme: Little Miss Muffett

Word Family: -et (bet, fret, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, yet)

Math: Ordering Numbers 1-10
           More Than
           Less Than

Math Vocabulary: pair, set, more, fewer, less

Religion: God Made All People
                Practice Our Father and Hail Mary

Reading: nouns, verbs, adjectives


Go Irish!

Friday, October 10, 2014

October 10, 2014

You might have heard your child talk about Daily Five this week.  We started Daily Five which are our literary stations/centers.  We do Daily Five every day and the different centers are: Read to Self, Work with Teacher, Word Work, Work on Writing, Listen to Reading.  Students cycle through each station every week and then repeat the next week.

Starting next week, we will be working on two sight words a week instead of one.  Please practice sight words at home as well!

Remember that our Field Trip is Thursday October 23.  Please bring a sack lunch that day as we will eat at the pumpkin patch.  Also, there is no hot lunch on Friday October 24.  Please pack a lunch on that day as well.

Every month we do a writing prompt.  The scores for the writing prompt are averaged for their scores on the report card.  I sent home the results for our writing prompt.  By the end of kindergarten, students should score consistently at 8 or above.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

I started sending home reading books.  Please read with your child and then send back the next day in the Ziploc.  I will assess the students throughout the year and move them up to the next level.  These books may be easy initially, but it is to build confidence in "reading" and eliminate frustration.

As it is getting colder, remember to label all jackets and coats with your name.  Children need a jacket in order to go outside and play!

Have a great week!


Theme: Harvest

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Sight Words: come, me

Word Family: -an (ban, can, fan, man, pan, plan, ran, scan, tan, than, van)
                        -ap (cap, clap, flap, gap, lap, map, nap, rap, sap, slap, tap, trap, wrap, yap, zap)

Nursery Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty

Letter Formation: Hh

Poem: Pumpkin, Pumpkin

Religion: Liturgical Year/Ordinary Time

Math: Decomposing Numbers 7-10 (figuring out ways to make those numbers using 2 colors)

Reading: Punctuation (period, exclamation point, question mark)

Social Studies: sequencing, life cycle of a pumpkin


Things to Practice at Home:
- identifying letters 
- letter sounds 
- sight words (flashcards, write in salt, playdoh, finding in books)
- reading (every night)
-counting to 100
- 2D and 3D shapes
- writing letters: c, o, a, d, g, m, l, h
- writing numbers 0-10

Have a great week!

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

VIP

Next week, we will start our VIP Student of the Week.  Each week, a different student is chosen to be our “star” of the week.  There are several activities throughout the week to honor our VIP and to learn more about them. 

Monday- Poster
Bring your VIP poster to share with the class (sent home with your child the week before).  There is a sample of the poster on Miss Carey’s blog.  Students can place photos, drawings, pictures from magazines, and other items on their posters.  The categories are
  My Family
-       My Friends
-       My Favorite Things
-       When I Grow Up
-       My Favorite Place

Tuesday- Show and Tell
Bring in a special item to share during morning meeting (please nothing valuable!). 

Wednesday- Favorite Book
Bring in your favorite book for Miss Carey to read to the class.

Thursday- Guest Reader
Invite a guest reader to come and read to our class from 2:15-2:45.  This can be a parent, sibling, grandparent, neighbor, or friend.  If that time does not work for your guest reader, please let me know so that we can arrange another time.  Guests must check-in at the office before coming to the classroom.  They may bring books from home or read books from our classroom library. 

Friday- Stuffed Animal
Bring in a stuffed animal to keep at your desk throughout the day.  The stuffed animal should be no bigger than a plastic grocery bag. 



October 13- Mary
October 20- Clem
October 27- Nic
November 3- Johnny M
November 10- Brayson
November 17- Brady
December 1- Aubrey
December 8- Ben
December 15- Brody
January 12- Nathan
January 20- Charlie
January 26- Ava
February 2- Justin
February 9- Frederick
February 17- Libby
February 23- Alex
March 2- Kasia
March 9- Johnny S
March 16- Ella
March 23- Ike
April 13- Natalie
April 20- Isabel

April 27- Zachary


Friday, October 3, 2014

October 3, 2014

Happy October!

We read the book "How full is your bucket?  For Kids" by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer.  We've been talking a lot as a class about how we can fill each other's invisible buckets by doing kind things and helping others.

Remember Tuesday is a 2:00 Dismissal and picture retakes.  Friday is a Jeans Day with donations accepted for Make-a-Wish Foundation.

Our field trip with our 8th grade buddies is finalized!  We will be going to Amazing Acres on Thursday October 23.  Parents are welcome to come, but you must meet us out there.  We'll leave school about 8:45 and return about 1:15.  Please send a sack lunch/lunchbox on that day as we'll eat there.  Permission slips are in the folder today.

Our Halloween party will be on Friday October 31 from 2:00-2:45.  Again, parents are welcome to attend, but no siblings please.  Thanks to our room parents Meredith Santucci, Mallory Schoenle, and Erica Richey for their help with this!

There is a homework sheet for the letter L going home today.  Please return by next Friday (10/10).  If the project the student chooses to do is something that can easily be brought to school, feel free to send it in so that they can share.  Homework is for extra practice and an extension on what we're working on at school.  Remember that the math practice sheets do not need to be returned unless you would like me to look over something.




Theme: Harvest

Author of the Month: Mo Willems

Sight Word: to

Letter Formation: Ll

Poem: Scarecrow

Nursery Rhyme: Skip to My Lou

Word Family: -at (cat, bat, mat, sat, hat)

Math: -3D shapes (cone, cylinder, cube, sphere)
          - matching numbers to items
          - decomposing numbers (how many ways can you make up 6?)

Religion: The Church Year
                "Our Father"

Science: objects in the day and night sky



Things to Practice at Home:

- Identifying 3D shapes
- Writing numbers 1-5
- Counting to 100
- Sight Words
- Our Father


Have a great week!