Nov 9th Newsletter

This week we are working on:                   No School, Thursday
the color pink                                             November 11th!
the shape sphere (round like a ball)
letter sounds and vocabulary for N & W
number 9- modeling many ways
sight word- we
identifying numerals 1-30
number order 1-30
writing numbers 1-30
more/less, comparing numbers

learning our Thanksgiving songs for Kindergarten Pow-Wow (Nov. 22nd at 9:00)

Parent Conferences

I am working on meeting with parents of all of the

Chickadees to do our 1st quarter conference. I will be letting you know how your child is doing, what benchmarks they have achieved and what they may need to work on. If you haven't signed up for a conference, please do so on this blog sign up on the right side of the blog. It's important to try not to miss your conference time. Available time to schedule appointments is tight.

I look forward to meeting with you soon.

Teddy Bear Picnic Day- the class enjoyed bringing in their bears, having a teddy graham snack and especially listening to many bear stories. Here are a few photos. A big thank you to the parents who came to read and who sent in snacks.

               

Another way to help Haiti

Second grade is working on raising money to build 2 habitat homes in Haiti. You can donate on the following link https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=340274&supId=308893436

Check Joyner website and yahoo for the many ways Joyner is trying to help. A team of teachers are going to Haiti on spring break.

Nov 3rd Newsletter

Curriculum this week:

The color brown
sight word: am
# 8-modeling many ways (writing numeral, writing english/spanish word, ten frame, tallies, drawing a set of objects, number line circling/underlining 8, ABC line underlining/circling the 8th letter, making 8 dollars, 8 cents)
letter sounds and vocabulary for letters J and B
subitization- identifying the number for various dot patterns
identifying and putting #'s 1-20 in order
writing #'s to 20
identifying the shape- cube

Guided reading groups are working on: print concepts and reading books on their level, some groups are working on a phonics program where they use a set of letters that they manipulate to build words- these groups will bring home a phonics worksheet for homework using the same letters we used that day in class

During shared reading time we are working on the comprehension concepts of : setting, characters, sequence of events

Handwriting- we've worked on upper case letters that start at the top left corner
(B, D, E, F, H, K, L, M, N, P, R, U,V, W, Z)

In writer's workshop we've worked on:

• thinking of a topic we know (have personal experience of) that we can write on
• drawing your story
• labeling your picture
• writing something to go with your story by writing letters you hear when you say the words

Wear brown and bring your teddy bear on Friday. We'll celebrate with our teddy bear picnic at 12:15

Please sign up for your parent conference on the blog. These start on Monday, Nov 8th.

Apple Feast photos are here!
With the help of many parent volunteers and donations of supplies the class rotated through these centers and learned to compare and contrast attributes, some concept of measuring and writing down their data which we used to make a class graph.

They tasted apple juice and cider, compared apple jelly to apple butter, tasted dip with apple slices, tasted store bought to class made applesauce, made caramel apples and apple milkshakes. We listened to nonfiction and fiction books on apples and played apple games and activities.



apple milkshakes yum!!



juice or cider?



does apple butter and jelly look and taste
the same?



tasting apple sauce

making caramel apples

"Help our school help Haiti"

This spring a group of teachers are going to Haiti to bring supplies and help some schools.

Kindergarten is responsible to donate playground supplies-deflated/blow upable balls, jumpropes, etc.

Also, Mr. Knott is collecting cash to buy water filtration systems to provide clean water that will help with the Cholera problem.

Nov. 1st News updates and photos

What a great day! Thank you for my birthday surprises. The Chickadees are great at keeping secrets. I was so surprised when I returned from the office to find a party all set up! A big thank you to Mrs. Depo and to the parent helpers: Mrs. Tackett, Mrs. Lackey and Mrs. Lail. I will enjoy using my gift for quilting supplies and the treat of eating out! The gift of mini chalkboard erasers for the class will be helpful for our handwriting program.

Creepy Crawly Day

With the help of our many parent volunteers, that even included two dads, the class enjoyed six spooktacular centers.  At one center they played a boardgame which had them working on their own monster masterpieces. The next center had a "Boo" sight word game and spider dice addition math game. At the third center they created their own creepy crawly puppet. They played a count the pumpkins and turn down the correct number on the fence.  They made and ate spider bites with spooky punch. At another center they sorted and graphed autumn candy shapes. They also made various patterns using spooky foam shapes. In the afternoon we researched true facts about bats and watched a video about a bat named "Stellaluna". Then we created our bat hats.



Scholastic Book Orders are due by Friday, Nov 5th.  If possible send it in by Thursday. Remember to write checks to "Scholastic Book Club" for exact amount. If your getting a book for the class please mark it on the form or a note.

Parent conferences- a sign up sheet for 1st quarter conferences will be up soon. Check blog daily. Conferences will take about 15 minutes. Sign up button is now active on the right side of blog. Please choose a time. See you soon :)

No School on Nov 11th

Kindergarten Pow-Wow

A performance by all the kindergarten classes will be in the gym on Monday, Nov 22nd at 9:00. Meet us in the gym. Please be on time as our program is not long.