Homework: October 3-7, 2011

Monday- Handwriting worksheet “Tt”

Practice reading “Tony’s Taxi” or “Toy Store”

Practice Sight Word Flash Cards

Tuesday- Sight Word Worksheet

 Practice reading “Tony’s Taxi” or “Toy Store”

Practice Sight Word Flash Cards

Wednesday- Number Writing Worksheet

Practice reading “Tony’s Taxi” or “Toy Store”

Practice Sight Word Flash Cards

Thursday- Number Writing Worksheet

Practice reading “Tony’s Taxi” or “Toy Store”

Practice Sight Word Flash Cards

Kindergarten News: October 3-7, 2011

In phonics next week, we will be learning “Tt” as in tent, tail, and tie. We are very proud of how well our class is doing with learning the letters and their sounds.  They are doing a great job blending letters and reading short words! In reading we will read the story Dig, Dig, Digging.  We will discuss how machines help people.  We will also focus on classifying and categorizing.  In math students will practice acting out story problems and identifying ordinal positions to fourth.  We also begin talking about sequence and review number identification.

Wednesday, October 5^th at 6 pm there will be a meeting for anyone interested in helping with the Kindergarten Fall Festival.  The meeting will be held at the Mineshaft in Ashland. 

Thank you to all of the parents that sent in apple for our projects this week.  Please be sure to ask your child about all the fun apple activities we did to celebrate the birthday of Johnny Appleseed! 

***Monday, October 10^th will be a school day for students!  We will be making- up the day we missed due to the flood.*** 

Book orders are due Friday, October 7^th.  You can send in your orders with a check made out to Scholastic Book Clubs or order online at www.Scholastic.com/bookclubs and use class activation code GM3BC.

Don’t forget to send in your child’s money ($3) for the Fall Festival.

As the weather starts to get cooler, we’re asking that you write your child’s name in their coat.  Many Kindergarten students are having a hard time keeping track of their coats.

Homework: September 26-30, 2011

Monday- Handwriting worksheet “Hh”

Practice reading “Cat and Dog Munch Together” or “Mouse and Moose”

Review Sight Word Flash Cards (see note below)

 

Tuesday- Number Writing Practice Worksheet

Practice reading “Cat and Dog Munch Together” or “Mouse and Moose”

Review Sight Word Flash Cards (see note below)

 

Wednesday- “Hh” Handwriting Worksheet

Practice reading “Cat and Dog Munch Together” or “Mouse and Moose”

Review Sight Word Flash Cards (see note below)

 

Thursday- Counting Practice Worksheet

Practice reading “Cat and Dog Munch Together” or “Mouse and Moose”

Review Sight Word Flash Cards (see note below)
 

***Friday is Hat Day!  Students are asked to wear a favorite hat, a funny hat, or even a homemade hat.  Please feel free to be creative with this!

 

***Don’t forget to send in $3 for the Fall Festival


***Please bring in an apple (any size, any color) one day this week!

 

***Sight word flash cards are in an envelope in a sleeve of your child’s folder.  You may leave the envelope in your child’s folder or keep it at home.  If you choose to keep it at home we will put new cards in the sleeve of the folder as we add them. Please be sure to add them to the envelope.  New words will be added every other week.    

Kindergarten News: Sept. 26-30, 2011

The class had a FANTASTIC time at the pep rally today.  They showed that they are full of SPARTAN spirit!  Good luck tonight to the Spartans vs. the Hurricanes!  

We had an exciting week in Phonics this week… we read our first word!  All of our students were so surprised that they can read all by themselves!  In the upcoming week we will be learning the consonant “Hh” as in hat, hippo, and horse.  We will have “Hat Day” on Friday, September 30th.  Students are asked to wear a favorite hat, a funny hat, or even a homemade hat.  Please feel free to be creative with this!
 
In Math we will identify, describe, and compare circles and rectangles.  Students will also continue to practice numbers and will even count to 100 by 1’s.

In Reading, we will begin the story Julius.  Our class will discuss how people and animals work and play together.  We will continue to discuss characters, settings, sequence, and classifying.  There will be 2 new sight words: a, to.  We will also talk about the letter Mm and the sound it makes.

Everybody did a GREAT job with the All About Me posters!  If your child didn’t bring theirs in yet please send it in next week.  Every student really loved sharing them and we all loved learning about our classmates!  Most of the class has come out of their “shell” and is making friends with each other.  We were very happy to see that most of the class listed their classmates as their friends!!!

   Students brought home their first Library book on Tuesday.  These books need to come back to school on Day 5B (Tuesday) for Library class and then they’ll get new books to bring home.

 Next week, we will be celebrating the birthday of Johnny Appleseed.  We will be working on apple activities all week.  In order to complete some of the projects we are asking that each child bring in ONE APPLE!  The apple can be any color and size.  On Friday we will use all the apples to make applesauce! 

 

The Kindergarten Fall Festival will be held on Thursday, October 20^th, 2011.  Each student is asked to bring in $3 to help pay for supplies for the day.  Please send the money in an envelope with your child’s name, teacher, and FALL FESTIVAL labeled on it.  Thank you!

Wednesday, September 28^th at 6 pm there will be a meeting for anyone interested in helping with the Kindergarten Fall Festival.  The meeting will be held at the Mineshaft in Ashland. 

 

Monday is Day 4...our special is Gym!  Don't forget your sneakers!

Homework: September 19-23, 2011

Monday- Handwriting worksheet “Gg”

Practice reading “Cat and Dog Go to Town” OR “Look Around”

Tuesday- Sight Word Worksheet

Practice reading “Cat and Dog Go to Town” OR “Look Around”

Wednesday- Rhyming Worksheet

Practice reading “Cat and Dog Go to Town” OR “Look Around”

Thursday- Lowercase/ Capital Matching Worksheet

Practice reading “Cat and Dog Go to Town” OR “Look Around”

Don’t forget to bring in something for “G” show and tell tomorrow :)

Friday is the pep rally! Don’t forget to show your school spirit and wear RED AND BLUE!

Kindergarten News: September 19-23, 2011

Today we finished our week of learning the letter “O.” Students are really doing a great job with Show and Tell! Next week in Phonics we will be learning the letter “Gg” and its sound as in goat, golf, and good.

In Reading we will begin the story Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten. We will be discussing people in communities. Students will be learning letter recognition and how to classify and categorize. Please review your “Family Time” when it comes home on Monday for more details.

Anyone interested in helping with the Kindergarten Fall Festival is invited to a meeting in the NSE cafeteria at 2:00 on Wednesday, September 21st. The Fall Festival will be held on Thursday October 20th (no rain date.) The meeting MAY run until the end of the school day. Please send me a note or email if you would like to help but are unable to attend the meeting.

To access the homework helpline blog go to www.northschuylkill.net and choose elementary center, homework helpline, and then click Jamie Smith to view my page.

Please check your child’s folder daily and remove all “KEEP” items. It becomes difficult to handle the folders with too many papers inside (both for the students and teachers.)

Some students are having a very hard time cutting. Please save the coupons from the newspaper and have students practice cutting on the dotted line.

Please continue to have your child practice buttons!

The school store is now open. Kindergarten students may shop on a Monday morning before they come to homeroom. School store is optional but students may shop any Monday morning for the entire school year.

Next Friday students will attend a Pep Rally to celebrate homecoming!!! Please be sure to wear your red and blue and show your school spirit!

Next week in Art students will be painting. Please feel free to send in a spare T-Shirt for your child to cover up with during Art.

Monday will be Day 4 and we have Gym! Don’t forget your sneakers!

Thank you for your cooperation and support!

Homework for September 12- 16, 2011

  Monday- Handwriting worksheet “Oo”
 Practice reading “Cat and Dog Play Together”

Tuesday- Syllable Worksheet

Practice reading “Cat and Dog Play Together”
 

Wednesday- Color Worksheet
Practice reading “Cat and Dog Play Together” 

Thursday- Lowercase Letters Worksheet

Practice reading “Cat and Dog Play Together”

Don’t forget to bring in something for “O” show and tell tomorrow J

Friday is the Kindergarten Luau!!! Wear your tropical clothes!

Kindergarten News: September 12-16, 2011

We have finished the 2^nd week of Kindergarten and our students are adjusting very well!

Last week we learned to recognize and write the letter “L.”  Due to school being closed on Thursday our Luau will be on Friday, September 16^th!  Students are asked to dress tropical: bright colors, floral prints, Hawaiian shirts, etc. Please remember this is only for Kindergarten students! Next week our letter will be “O” as in octopus.Show and tell for the letter “O” will also be Friday.  Please practice the letters L and O at home.

This week inReadingwe read Fix It Duck.  The class really enjoyed this story about Fix It Duck who really can’t fix much of anything! Next week we will be reading Plaidypus Lost.  Watch for your Family Times newsletter to come home with details about the story and skills we will be working on in Reading.

In Mathwe will be learning about patterns, shapes, graphs, positional words, and counting.  Kindergarten students should be able to count to 100 by the end of the year so please practice this skill at home J

This week we began a Science unit called Trees. We will observe and compare the trees around our school through the seasons.

Students are doing a great job with snack and lunch!  Thank you so much for all of your help!  We do have a peanut butter allergy in our classroom so please make your child aware if they are bringing peanut butter to school with them!  Thank you J

Last week, our class met their 4^th grade reading buddies from Ms.Burda’s 4^th grade class.  Reading buddies will visit our class every Friday and read to our Kindergarten students.

All about me posters will start coming home next week.  This poster will help students get to know each other better.  Please complete this poster with your child and return it to school by the due date. Be creative when completing this project, use pictures, stickers, markers, etc.

Please be sure to encourage your child to write their name the proper way.   Students should not write their name in all capitals.  We understand that some students need practice writing it the correct way but the first step in helping is making sure we are consistent at home and at school.

Next week is also the school book fair.  Students will be able to buy books on Wednesday, September 14^th.  If you would like your child to purchase books at the book fair please send money in an envelope with your child’s name, my name, the amount of money, and Book Fair on it.