DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Thursday, March 1st—Reading Month Kick Off
-Thursday, March 1st—Conferences—3:30-7:30
-Friday, March 2nd—No School
-Wednesday, March 7th—Finish Conferences
-Thursday, March 8th—Reading @ the Beach
-Friday, March 9th—Beach Hat Day
-Monday, March 12th—Delayed Start
-Friday, March 16th—Sunglasses Day, Wii Resort, & Irish Dance Assembly
STUDENT OF THE WEEK:
Our student of the week is Emerson Huttenga.
Emerson enjoys playing softball, and playing with Tinker Bell & Barbies. Her favorite place to go is the beach, where she enjoys spending time with family and friends in the water and in the sand. When she grows up, Emerson would like to be a veterinarian and help animals. Congratulations
to Emerson on being Student of the Week!
MARCH IS READING MONTH:
Our Reading Month Theme is Oceans—A Whale of a Tale & Flip Over a Good Book! Throughout the month, we will be learning about Ocean Animals and creating artwork to add to our hallway, as well as the Elementary Aquarium. We have several special activities planned for the month. Students will have ‘splash time’ each week for ‘read to self’ and partner reading. We have dress-up days and fun activities planned for each
Friday. Be sure to check the March Snack Calendar and newsletters for special events!Get ready to Splash into Reading!!
BOOK FAIR:
The PTO is sponsoring our annual Book Fair March 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, & 29. I am currently working on organizing the event and am seeking parent/grandparent volunteers to help run the fair during school hours (11:30-3:00) as well as Thursdays after school from 3:00-6:00. If you, or someone you know, is interested in helping out please contact me at sherrybrinks@gmail.com.
READING:
This week we will work on the letter Dd and the sightwords yellow & green. We will be reading In the Rain with Baby Duck as we work on predicting, comprehension, vocabulary, & sequencing story events. At literacy stations we will practice reading, writing, & stamping sightwords, building sentences, reading sentences, writing rhyming words, and sorting l blends. In small groups, we continue to practice segmenting words, blending sounds into words, and using our Accuracy strategies while reading ‘good-fit’ books.
WRITING:
This week we will edit our February Journals, which I will be sharing with you at conferences. We will also be talking about poetry and practice writing a poem about snow. Students will brainstorm and complete their ‘Idea Sheet’ in preparation for launching Writer’s Workshop next week! Be sure to check out our sketches of Abe Lincoln when you come in for conferences!
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week we will kick off Reading Month by beginning our study of Oceans and Sea Life. In correlation to our letter of the week, we will be reading several books about Dolphins this week.
MATH:
This week we will continue to work on identifying 3-D/solid shapes and practice paying for items using dimes. We will practice our measuring skills by comparing lengths of various objects and using inchworms to determine lengths. We will also continue to play several games involving addition.
CONFERENCES: You should have received your conference notice along with your child’s progress report on Friday. Please try to be flexible with arranging your schedule to meet. If you have a conflict, please contact me ASAP, as I have limited time slots for rescheduling. I am looking forward to meeting with you!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Newsletter Updates for the Week of February 20th
DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Friday, February 24—Progress Reports Home
-Thursday, March 1st—Reading Month Kick Off
-Thursday, March 1st—Conferences—3:30-7:30
-Friday, March 2nd—No School
-Wednesday, March 7th—Finish Conferences
-Thursday, March 8th—Reading @ the Beach
-Friday, March 9th—Beach Hat Day
-Monday, March 12th—Delayed Start
-Friday, March 16th—Sunglasses Day, Wii Resort, & Irish Dance Assembly
MARCH IS READING MONTH:
Our Reading Month Theme is Oceans—A Whale of a Tale & Flip Over a Good Book! Throughout the month, we will be learning about Ocean Animals and creating artwork to add to our hallway, as well as the Elementary Aquarium. We have several special activities planned for the month. Students will have ‘splash time’ each week for ‘read to self’ and partner reading. We have dress-up days and fun activities planned for each
Friday. I’ll be sure to include the information on the March Snack Calendar as well as the newsletters.
Get ready to Splash into Reading!!
CONFERENCES:
Kindergarten teachers have been granted release time in order to meet with ALL of our families. My conferences will be Thursday, March 1st from 3:30-7:30 (in the classroom) and Wednesday, March 7th from 12:30-4:00 (in the elementary conference room). We DO have school on both of these days. You should receive your conference notice along with your child’s progress report on Friday. Please try to be flexible with arranging your schedule to meet. If you have a conflict, please contact me ASAP, as I’ll have minimal time slots for rescheduling. I am looking forward to meeting with you!
BOOK FAIR:
The PTO is sponsoring our annual Book Fair March 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, & 29. I am currently working on organizing the event and am seeking parent/grandparent volunteers to help run the fair during school hours (11:30-3:00) as well as Thursdays after school from 3:00-6:00. If you, or someone you know, is interested in helping out please contact me at
sherrybrinks@gmail.com.
READING:
This week we will continue to work on the letter Ll and the sightwords one, two, & three. We will be using a new comprehension strategy: Digger the Dog to help us determine ‘Author’s Purpose’ and Dig for Details. We have learned 1/2 of our 50 sightwords for the year. Please continue to practice reading and writing sightwords at home; it really gives students an advantage while reading and writing! This week we will also introduce blends, beginning with the l blends. We will be reading words that begin with bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, & sl.
WRITING:
This week we will complete a Type 3 writing describing ‘details’ from the story King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub. We will also compile a list of facts about Abraham Lincoln, write about him, and complete a pencil sketch of our 16th President. Students will also be writing in their journals about ‘liberty’ and what they are glad to have the ‘liberty’ to do.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week we will continue our Social Studies Unit on American Symbols and Democratic Values. We will be reading several books about Honest Abe and George Washington and their important contributions to our country’s history. We will be learning about several democratic values, but our focus will be on ‘truth’ and the importance of honesty.
MATH:
This week we will continue to work on addition; I’ve been very impressed with the students’ ability to grasp this concept so far. We will also continue to work on counting 1-75 and recognizing and ordering numbers
0-20. This week we will also be working on ‘volume;’ determining quantities of full, half full, and empty, as well as predicting how much various containers can hold.
-Friday, February 24—Progress Reports Home
-Thursday, March 1st—Reading Month Kick Off
-Thursday, March 1st—Conferences—3:30-7:30
-Friday, March 2nd—No School
-Wednesday, March 7th—Finish Conferences
-Thursday, March 8th—Reading @ the Beach
-Friday, March 9th—Beach Hat Day
-Monday, March 12th—Delayed Start
-Friday, March 16th—Sunglasses Day, Wii Resort, & Irish Dance Assembly
MARCH IS READING MONTH:
Our Reading Month Theme is Oceans—A Whale of a Tale & Flip Over a Good Book! Throughout the month, we will be learning about Ocean Animals and creating artwork to add to our hallway, as well as the Elementary Aquarium. We have several special activities planned for the month. Students will have ‘splash time’ each week for ‘read to self’ and partner reading. We have dress-up days and fun activities planned for each
Friday. I’ll be sure to include the information on the March Snack Calendar as well as the newsletters.
Get ready to Splash into Reading!!
CONFERENCES:
Kindergarten teachers have been granted release time in order to meet with ALL of our families. My conferences will be Thursday, March 1st from 3:30-7:30 (in the classroom) and Wednesday, March 7th from 12:30-4:00 (in the elementary conference room). We DO have school on both of these days. You should receive your conference notice along with your child’s progress report on Friday. Please try to be flexible with arranging your schedule to meet. If you have a conflict, please contact me ASAP, as I’ll have minimal time slots for rescheduling. I am looking forward to meeting with you!
BOOK FAIR:
The PTO is sponsoring our annual Book Fair March 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, & 29. I am currently working on organizing the event and am seeking parent/grandparent volunteers to help run the fair during school hours (11:30-3:00) as well as Thursdays after school from 3:00-6:00. If you, or someone you know, is interested in helping out please contact me at
sherrybrinks@gmail.com.
READING:
This week we will continue to work on the letter Ll and the sightwords one, two, & three. We will be using a new comprehension strategy: Digger the Dog to help us determine ‘Author’s Purpose’ and Dig for Details. We have learned 1/2 of our 50 sightwords for the year. Please continue to practice reading and writing sightwords at home; it really gives students an advantage while reading and writing! This week we will also introduce blends, beginning with the l blends. We will be reading words that begin with bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, & sl.
WRITING:
This week we will complete a Type 3 writing describing ‘details’ from the story King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub. We will also compile a list of facts about Abraham Lincoln, write about him, and complete a pencil sketch of our 16th President. Students will also be writing in their journals about ‘liberty’ and what they are glad to have the ‘liberty’ to do.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week we will continue our Social Studies Unit on American Symbols and Democratic Values. We will be reading several books about Honest Abe and George Washington and their important contributions to our country’s history. We will be learning about several democratic values, but our focus will be on ‘truth’ and the importance of honesty.
MATH:
This week we will continue to work on addition; I’ve been very impressed with the students’ ability to grasp this concept so far. We will also continue to work on counting 1-75 and recognizing and ordering numbers
0-20. This week we will also be working on ‘volume;’ determining quantities of full, half full, and empty, as well as predicting how much various containers can hold.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Newsletter Updates for the Week of February 13th
DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Monday, February 20—President’s Day-No School
-Friday, February 24—Progress Reports Home
STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Our student of the week is Mattalyn Canfield. Mattalyn enjoys being outside: riding bikes, climbing trees, riding 4-wheelers, and swinging. Her favorite color is blue and her two favorite places to go are McDonalds and Wal-Mart. When she grows up she would like to be a princess or the Tooth Fairy! In the classroom, we appreciate Mattalyn’s organizational skills; she is always straightening up and packing her friends’ mail. Congratulations to Mattalyn on being student of the week!
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: This week we will be reading several books about Friendship & Valentine’s Day. Later in the week, we will begin our
Social Studies Unit on American Symbols and Democratic Values, which will lead us into President’s Day.
MATH: This week we will be doing several math activities in celebration of 100’s Day & Valentine’s Day. We will play several games to practice our addition skills.
READING: This week we will be working on the letter Ll and the sightword what. We will be reading the book Looking for Crabs as we work on predicting, comprehension, vocabulary, & sequencing story events. At stations we will be retelling the story of The Napping House, practice building words, sort foods according to their food groups, work on rhyming, & practice reading and writing our sightwords. We will also be working on counting the number of syllables in words. When we work on syllables, we often use a bouncy ball to reinforce that syllables are ‘how a word bounces out of your mouth.’ Students also practice resting their chins on their hands and counting how many times their chin bounces on their hand. This week we will introduce a new beanie strategy for Accuracy: Skippy the Frog.
WRITING: This week our writing will focus around 100’s Day as we write about what we will look like when we are 100 years old, what we would do with $100. We will continue to discuss and identify ‘Author’s Purpose’ for various books that we read. Towards the end of the week, we will use our imaginations to write about what it would be like to be king/queen for a day.
PROGRESS REPORTS & CONFERENCES: Your child’s progress report will include their DIBELS and AIMSWEB results, which will be sent home on February 24th. Also, winter conferences are scheduled for Thursday, March 1st from 4:00-7:00. The intent of these conferences is to meet with only a few families, those students who we feel need a conference. However, the kindergarten teaching team feels strongly that we’d like to meet with ALL of our families. I’m extending my conference times on the 1st so that I can meet with more families, but I still do not have enough time slots to meet with everyone on this day. Therefore, I will set aside some additional time slots on another day, so that I can meet with each of you. Some of you will receive a conference notice from the office for a time on the 1st and others I will be contacting to schedule an alternative date & time. Winter conferences are not mandatory, but I am committed to giving my time to meet with every family that would like a conference. Please consider being flexible in adjusting your schedule to set aside a time to meet, as I won’t have extra time slots for reschedules and make-ups.
-Monday, February 20—President’s Day-No School
-Friday, February 24—Progress Reports Home
STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Our student of the week is Mattalyn Canfield. Mattalyn enjoys being outside: riding bikes, climbing trees, riding 4-wheelers, and swinging. Her favorite color is blue and her two favorite places to go are McDonalds and Wal-Mart. When she grows up she would like to be a princess or the Tooth Fairy! In the classroom, we appreciate Mattalyn’s organizational skills; she is always straightening up and packing her friends’ mail. Congratulations to Mattalyn on being student of the week!
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: This week we will be reading several books about Friendship & Valentine’s Day. Later in the week, we will begin our
Social Studies Unit on American Symbols and Democratic Values, which will lead us into President’s Day.
MATH: This week we will be doing several math activities in celebration of 100’s Day & Valentine’s Day. We will play several games to practice our addition skills.
READING: This week we will be working on the letter Ll and the sightword what. We will be reading the book Looking for Crabs as we work on predicting, comprehension, vocabulary, & sequencing story events. At stations we will be retelling the story of The Napping House, practice building words, sort foods according to their food groups, work on rhyming, & practice reading and writing our sightwords. We will also be working on counting the number of syllables in words. When we work on syllables, we often use a bouncy ball to reinforce that syllables are ‘how a word bounces out of your mouth.’ Students also practice resting their chins on their hands and counting how many times their chin bounces on their hand. This week we will introduce a new beanie strategy for Accuracy: Skippy the Frog.
WRITING: This week our writing will focus around 100’s Day as we write about what we will look like when we are 100 years old, what we would do with $100. We will continue to discuss and identify ‘Author’s Purpose’ for various books that we read. Towards the end of the week, we will use our imaginations to write about what it would be like to be king/queen for a day.
PROGRESS REPORTS & CONFERENCES: Your child’s progress report will include their DIBELS and AIMSWEB results, which will be sent home on February 24th. Also, winter conferences are scheduled for Thursday, March 1st from 4:00-7:00. The intent of these conferences is to meet with only a few families, those students who we feel need a conference. However, the kindergarten teaching team feels strongly that we’d like to meet with ALL of our families. I’m extending my conference times on the 1st so that I can meet with more families, but I still do not have enough time slots to meet with everyone on this day. Therefore, I will set aside some additional time slots on another day, so that I can meet with each of you. Some of you will receive a conference notice from the office for a time on the 1st and others I will be contacting to schedule an alternative date & time. Winter conferences are not mandatory, but I am committed to giving my time to meet with every family that would like a conference. Please consider being flexible in adjusting your schedule to set aside a time to meet, as I won’t have extra time slots for reschedules and make-ups.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Newsletter Updates for the Week of February 6th
DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Monday, February 13—Delayed Start
-Tuesday, February 14—Valentine’s Party in the pm & the 100th Day of School
-Monday, February 20—President’s Day-No School
100TH DAY OF SCHOOL:
The 100th Day of School is fast approaching. If we don’t have any snow days between now and then, it will fall on Valentine’s Day. This means
February 14th will be a very busy day. We will celebrate 100’s day in the morning and Valentine’s Day in the afternoon.
READING:
This week we will be working on the letter Rr and the sightwords not & do. We will be reading the book Raccoons & Ripe Corn as we work on
predicting, comprehension, vocabulary, & sequencing story events. We will also read The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Rooster’s Off to See the World and use them to introduce and discuss ‘Author’s Purpose.’ At literacy stations, we will be working on reading and writing sightwords, retelling stories, & blending and segmenting words. We will introduce a new beanie baby strategy this week to use during ‘read-to-self’ time: Peekin’ Poodle. She will be our cheerleader and remind us to use a variety of strategies when we come to a word we don’t know: Check the pictures, check the letters, Does it sound right, Does it make sense, Keep tryin’!
WRITING:
We will use The Napping House to discuss Organization, Word Choice, and Sentence Fluency. We will use this text for Ideas as we write in our journals about ‘a wish’ and describe a character from the story. We will also be writing about ways to take care of our teeth and something we would like to have 100 of. This week we will learn how to write a ‘friendly letter’ and address envelopes so that we are ready for the grand opening of our Post Office in Dramatic Play.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
February is Dental Health Month; this week we will be reading several fiction and nonfiction texts related to teeth and dental health and use them to determine ‘Author’s Purpose.’ We will also be reading several books about friendship.
MATH:
This week we will be comparing numbers using a number line to determine ‘bigger’ and ‘smaller’ numbers. We will also be using a balance to determine ‘equal’ and ‘not equal.’ We will continue to practice writing our numbers 1-20 and will begin adding two number together to find the sum.
Our next visit to the library is this Friday, Feb. 10th
VALENTINE’S PARTY:
-Tuesday, February 14th in the afternoon
-Parent Volunteers—Dianna Powell, Billy
Shepardson, Jessica Ouwinga, Roxanne
Eisenga, & Jolene Bell
-Supplies & Treats:
24 Plates—Maisie
24 Napkins—Claydon
24 Cups—Taylor
2 Liter of Cherry 7-Up—Camden
2 Liter of Cherry 7-Up—Clara
Veggies & Dip—Ryan
Finger Jello—Aiden
Cookies—Ali
Cheese & Crackers—Kaden
-Monday, February 13—Delayed Start
-Tuesday, February 14—Valentine’s Party in the pm & the 100th Day of School
-Monday, February 20—President’s Day-No School
100TH DAY OF SCHOOL:
The 100th Day of School is fast approaching. If we don’t have any snow days between now and then, it will fall on Valentine’s Day. This means
February 14th will be a very busy day. We will celebrate 100’s day in the morning and Valentine’s Day in the afternoon.
READING:
This week we will be working on the letter Rr and the sightwords not & do. We will be reading the book Raccoons & Ripe Corn as we work on
predicting, comprehension, vocabulary, & sequencing story events. We will also read The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Rooster’s Off to See the World and use them to introduce and discuss ‘Author’s Purpose.’ At literacy stations, we will be working on reading and writing sightwords, retelling stories, & blending and segmenting words. We will introduce a new beanie baby strategy this week to use during ‘read-to-self’ time: Peekin’ Poodle. She will be our cheerleader and remind us to use a variety of strategies when we come to a word we don’t know: Check the pictures, check the letters, Does it sound right, Does it make sense, Keep tryin’!
WRITING:
We will use The Napping House to discuss Organization, Word Choice, and Sentence Fluency. We will use this text for Ideas as we write in our journals about ‘a wish’ and describe a character from the story. We will also be writing about ways to take care of our teeth and something we would like to have 100 of. This week we will learn how to write a ‘friendly letter’ and address envelopes so that we are ready for the grand opening of our Post Office in Dramatic Play.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
February is Dental Health Month; this week we will be reading several fiction and nonfiction texts related to teeth and dental health and use them to determine ‘Author’s Purpose.’ We will also be reading several books about friendship.
MATH:
This week we will be comparing numbers using a number line to determine ‘bigger’ and ‘smaller’ numbers. We will also be using a balance to determine ‘equal’ and ‘not equal.’ We will continue to practice writing our numbers 1-20 and will begin adding two number together to find the sum.
Our next visit to the library is this Friday, Feb. 10th
VALENTINE’S PARTY:
-Tuesday, February 14th in the afternoon
-Parent Volunteers—Dianna Powell, Billy
Shepardson, Jessica Ouwinga, Roxanne
Eisenga, & Jolene Bell
-Supplies & Treats:
24 Plates—Maisie
24 Napkins—Claydon
24 Cups—Taylor
2 Liter of Cherry 7-Up—Camden
2 Liter of Cherry 7-Up—Clara
Veggies & Dip—Ryan
Finger Jello—Aiden
Cookies—Ali
Cheese & Crackers—Kaden
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