In Our Class This Week...

Parent conferences are coming up. Email reminders are going home through the sign up web site. Looking forward to meeting with everyone and handing out report cards.

Some important dates to keep in mind:

12/14 to 12/18 Parent Conferences (SIGN UP ONLINE)

12/15: Emergency Drill (please remind your child it is only a drill)

12/16: Grinchmas Celebration Students may wear Pj's but will still need to wear regular shoes (no slippers or sandals)

12/17: Kinder December Awards and Christmas performances 

@ 12pm

Students wear their Christmas best

12/18: NO SCHOOL Parent teacher conferences

12/21 to 1/1: Winter Break

1/4: School resumes

1/12: Vision and Hearing Testing
1/15: Family Friday @ 11am
1/18: NO SCHOOL MLK

Here is a look into our new week

This week will be a review week filled with lots of fun crafts.

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns. Prior to the break, parents were given access to our Language Arts online curriculum. If you need help logging on, please let me know. Also, parents were given access to our grade books. My grade book is updated on a weekly basis.

Grinchmas Party

**Hot coco bar sign up is on our classroom door!**

In Our Class This Week...

Before going on Winter break, teachers will be holding parent conferences all week long after school and all day December 18th. Please use the link below to sign up for a time and date.

You will need to log in using an email address.
If you are having a hard time accessing the website, please see me.

SIGN UP HERE

Scholastic book orders are due by Friday, December 11th.

December family project: Disguise a Gingerbread Man! The project will be due Friday, December 11th (can be turned in before this) and presentations will occur the following week. Feel free to get as creative as you would like! Here are some great ideas I found online.

Some important dates to keep in mind:

12/7: Jog-a-thon pledge money due
12/9: Hour of Code 9:30-10:30
Students are allowed to bring in their own technology (if parents have attended meeting)
Coding apps for kids (please download before)

12/9: Wacky Wednesday 11:40-12:40

Build a bridge for the Gingerbread man

Donations needed:

Small marshmallows

12/14-12/18 Parent Conferences (SIGN UP ONLINE)

12/16: Grinchmas Celebration 

Students may wear pj's

12/17: TK/Kinder December Awards and Christmas performance

@ 12pm

Students will wear their Christmas best

12/18: NO SCHOOL Parent teacher conferences

12/21-1/1: Winter Break

1/4: School resumes 

1/12: Vision and Hearing Testing
1/15: Family Friday @ 11am
1/18: NO SCHOOL MLK

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 3 Week 1 "Little Panda"

Writing

Finish up unit on Procedural Writing

Math:

Chapter 7: Shapes Test on Monday
Holiday Math

Science:

Gingerbread Man

Social Studies:

Winter Holidays: Hanukkah

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns. Prior to the break, parents were given access to our Language Arts online curriculum. If you need help logging on, please let me know. Also, parents were given access to our grade books. My grade book is updated on a weekly basis.

In Our Class This Week...

I hope everyone had a great week off! We are getting closer to the end of the first trimester. Before going on Winter break, teachers will be holding parent conferences all week long after school and all day December 18. Please use the link below to sign up for a time and date.

SIGN UP HERE
You will need to log in using an email address.
If you are having a hard time accessing the website, please see me.

Scholastic book orders can always be placed online using the link to the right of the page and they will arrive quicker. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me or stop by the classroom.

December family project: Disguise a Gingerbread Man! The project will be due December 11 (can be turned in before this) and presentations will occur the following week. Feel free to get as creative as you would like!
Here are some great ideas I found online.

Some important dates to keep in mind:

12/1: Technology Meeting @ 5:45pm in the MPR
12/7: Jog-a-thon pledge money due
12/9: Hour of Code 9:30-10:30
Students are allowed to bring in their own technology (if parents have attended meeting)
Coding apps for kids (please download before)

12/9: Wacky Wednesday 11:40-12:40

Build a bridge for the Gingerbread man

Donations needed:

Small marshmallows

Toothpicks

12/14-12/18 Parent Conferences (SIGN UP ONLINE)

12/17: TK/Kinder December Awards and Christmas performances 

@ 12:00pm

12/17: Grinchmas Celebration (more information to follow)

12/18: NO SCHOOL-Parent teacher conferences

12/21-1/1: Winter Break

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:
Story: Unit 2-Week 6 "Jack and the Beanstalk"


Unit 2 test: Thursday
HFW: have, is, we, my, like, he, for

Writing
Students will continue procedural writing
Correcting and rewriting sentences

Math:

Chapter 7 Solid Shapes

Science:
Animals in Winter

Social Studies:
Winter Holidays

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns. Prior to the break, parents were given access to our Language Arts online curriculum. If you need help logging on, please let me know. Also, parents were given access to our grade books. My grade book is updated on a weekly basis.

In Our Class This Week...

We are getting closer to the end of the first trimester. Before going on Winter break, teachers will be holding parent conferences all week long after school and all day Friday, December 18th. Please use the link below to sign up for a time and date.

SIGN UP HERE

You will need to log in using an email address. 

Some important dates to keep in mind:

11/19 Awards Assembly @ 8am

11/20 Thanksgiving Celebration @ 11am (THANK YOU to those families that have signed up for donations!)

11/20 Super Hero Run @ 12:50pm

11/23-11/27 NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 2 Week 5 "A Bed for Winter"

Writing
Students will learn about procedural writing
Act it out to make sure all your steps are there!
Use words to keep steps in order
Make pictures clear

Math:

Chapter 6: Numbers 0-20
Review numbers 0-10
Read, build and write numbers 11-20
Use double tens frames

Science:

Objects

How we can use our senses to describe objects.

Social Studies:
Unit 6: Lesson 1: What is a holiday?

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns. Also, parents were given access to our grade books. My grade book is updated on a weekly basis.

Sign Up for Parent Teacher Conferences

Sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences on @VolunteerSpot today!

SIGN UP HERE

Conferences will be held on Dec. 14th, 15th, 16th and 18th and will last 20 minutes. Please come with any questions or concerns you may have as our time will be limited.

Thank you

In Our Class This Week...

November family project: Disguise a Turkey! The project will be due November 13th (can be turned in before this) and presentations will occur the following week. Feel free to get as creative as you would like!
Here are some great ideas I found online:

Some important dates to keep in mind:

11/11 NO SCHOOL 

11/13 Family Friday Lunch @ 11am

11/19 Awards Assembly K/1 @ 8am (students receiving an awards will be notified)

11/20 Thanksgiving Feast @ 11am and Super Hero Run K/1 @ 1pm

11/23-11/17 NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 2 Week 4 "Bear Snores On"

Writing
Students will learn about procedural writing
Act it out to make sure all your steps are there!
Use words to keep steps in order
Make pictures clear

Math:
Test: Chapter 5: Size and position (Monday)
Big and small things
Does it fit?
Positions of items
Before and after

Chapter 6: Numbers 0-20
Review numbers 0-10

Science:
Objects

How we can use our senses to describe objects.

Social Studies:
Unit 5 Lesson 1: How can we show time?

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns. Also, parents were given access to our grade books. My grade book is updated on a weekly basis.

In Our Class The Week...

What a busy fun week! Thank you to all the families that donated items towards our first Wacky Wednesday of the year and our Fall Classroom party. A bigger thank you to those that were able to help in the classroom. None of it could have been done without your help! Amazing job on the pumpkin book reports. I hope you had fun making them! This was our first family project of the year, and a first ever for the Kinder team assigning this project. Next months family project is also really fun! More information will be going home on Monday (you will find some ideas below).

November family project: Disguise a Turkey! This project will be due November 13th and presentations will occur the following week. Feel free to get as creative as you would like! Here are some great ideas I found online:

Some important dates to keep in mind:

11/3 NO SCHOOL 

11/11 NO SCHOOL 

11/13 Family Friday Lunch @ 11am

11/19 Awards Assembly @ 8am (students receiving an awards will be notified)

11/20 Super Hero Run K/1 @ 1pm

11/23-11/27 NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 2 Week 3 "Animal Babies"

Writing
Students will learn about procedural writing
Creating a list of ideas
Importance of labeling their work
Writing test on Friday

Math:
Chapter 5: Size and position
Big and small things
Does it fit?
Positions of items
Before and after

Science:
Animals and their Babies

Social Studies:
Voting Day and Veterans Day

Leadership:
Leadership: How we serve others

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns. Also, parents were given access to our grade books. My grade book is updated on a weekly basis. Please feel free to check grades online.

In Our Class This Week...

Our first family project: Pumpkin book report. The reports will be due October 29th and presentations will occur the following day. Feel free to get as creative as you would like! If you have a hard time obtaining a pumpkin please talk to me. Also, a parent asked if they could use a fake pumpkin, YES! Feel free to use a real or fake pumpkin (do what is easiest for you and your family).
Here are some great ideas I found online.

Some important dates to keep in mind:

 

10/28 Wacky Wednesday-Monster Slime @ 11:30 am

10/29 Awards @ 8am

10/30 Fall Festival 

RED RIBBON WEEK

11/3-NO SCHOOL 

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 2 Week 2 "Nature Spy"

Test: CVC reading test and HFW test (have, is)
Sample CVC words: cat, bat, mat, etc
5 points- reads whole word with out sounding it out-"cat"
4 points- sounds out CVC words then reads whole word at the end-"/c/-/a/-/t/-cat"
3 points- only sounds out words-"/c/-/a/-/t/"
2 points- only says two sounds in the word-"/c/-/a/"
1 point- only says one sound in the word-"/c/"

Writing
Students will continue to write to tell a story and build their stamina
Adding details
Drawings from different points of view
Adding speech bubbles
Using resources found around the room

Math:
TEST Chapter 4: Counting and numbers 0-10
Counting and ordering up to 10
Using fingers and toes to count on
Less than (-1), same, more than (+1)

Science:
Finish our Pumpkin Investigation.

Bats, Spiders, and Skeletons, Oh My!

Social Studies:
Halloween Around the World

Leadership:
Famous leaders

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns.

In Our Class This Week...

Progress reports for the first trimester will be going home tomorrow. Check your child's homework folder please. Sign and return to me no later than Friday, October 23rd. If you have any questions please feel free to email me.

Here is our grading scale: 

Advance (A) 90-100%

Proficient (P)75-89%

Basic (B) 65-74%

Below Basic (BB) 50-64%

Far Below Basic (FBB) 0-49%

With the first month of school done, more parents have been asking about volunteering in the classroom. REACH allows parents to work with students for 3 days, after this they need to be finger printed. More information can be found in the office. The following would be the best times for parents to come in and help (working with students in small groups).
If you would like to help on any day, please let me know at least one day in advance.

Monday/Tuesday/Thursday:

Math: 9:30-10:30

Writing & Centers: 1:15-2:15

Wednesday:

Math & Centers: 9:30-10:45

Friday:

Math: 9:30-10:30

Writing & Centers: 1:15-2:15

**I also still need someone to clean the desks on Fridays and check homework on Mondays

Our first family project: Pumpkin book report. The reports will be due October 29th and presentations will occur the following day. Feel free to get as creative as you would like! If you have a hard time obtaining a pumpkin please talk to me. Also, a parent asked if they could use a fake pumpkin, YES! Feel free to use a real or fake pumpkin (do what is easiest for you and your family).
Here are some great ideas I found online.

Some important dates to keep in mind:

 

10/28 Wacky Wednesday-Monster Slime

Parent volunteers needed

PLEASE SPEAK WITH ME TO SIGN UP (3 spots left)

Donation supplies list

Sign up list will be on our door

Borax

Elmers glue

Silver glitter

Sandwich bags

*Thank you in advance for the donations

10/26-10/29 RED RIBBON WEEK

10/29 Awards @8 am (students receiving awards will get a note home)

10/30 Fall Classroom Party and Fall Festival @ 12:45pm

11/3-NO SCHOOL

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 2 Week 1 "Flowers"

Comprehension Test Friday: Compare and Contrast

Writing:

Students will continue to write to tell a story and build their stamina
Adding details
Drawings from different points of view
Adding speech bubbles
Using resources found around the room

Math:

Chapter 4: Counting and numbers 0-10
Counting and ordering up to 10
Using fingers and toes to count on
Less than (-1), same, more than (+1)

Science:

Pumpkins

Social Studies:

Halloween around the world

Leadership:

Leadership: Safety with products and medicine

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns.