A HUGE thank you to all of our field trip chaperones: Mr. and Mrs. Kemp, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Darien, and Mrs. Wedderburn!! We had a fun day at Panola Mountain, and we could not have done it without all of your help!!!
Mr. and Mrs. Kemp (grandparents to Quinn E.) made and donated a beautiful coat rack for our dramatic play area! We are using it to hang the dress shirts that the boys love wearing when they play in that area. The Kemps are also creating a new table for that play area as well. Thanks SO much for those additions to our class!
Thanks to our room mom, Mittie Fox, for organizing our class social coming up this Saturday. Hope to see you all there! Mrs. Fox has also been working hard to organize "community helpers" to visit our class and share all about their job. This will kick-off on Friday with a police officer from our local K-9 unit! Thanks, and I know the boys are going to LOVE it!!! :)
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
What are we learning this week? (Sept 27-Oct 1)
Important News and Notes:
Shout Outs!!!
Thanks so much to Tracy Carter and her mother for making that adjustment on our new chair packs! That helped a lot! I told my stepmother (she made them) about all of the compliments those chair packs have been getting and she couldn't be more thrilled! :)
Another big THANK YOU! to all of the parents who have helped out with take-home projects this week: Angela Russell, Tracy Carter, Keshia Booker and Ty Wedderburn. Several others volunteered to help, and I ran out of things to do! Thanks for all of your willingness to help :)
Also, I am ever thankful for our volunteers during station time! We get so much more done with all your help!
FIELD TRIP: Our class date for the field trip is this Tuesday, September 28th. Please read ALL of the information below and follow these guidelines on our field trip day!
-Lunches: There are NO school lunches on field trip days! ALL STUDENTS must bring a sack lunch from home. Please put the lunch in a bag that can be thrown away, and please label that bag with your child's name.
-Uniform: Please wear a uniform or spirit shirt with jeans, khakis, or shorts (please check the weather!!!). Also, we will do a lot of walking so please send your child in SNEAKERS.
-Eat breakfast!!!
-Chaperones: Please be IN the classroom by 8:45, ready to leave!
VOLUNTEER SIGN UP (October): Please visit our class write board to sign up for any days you can come in and help with literacy stations. It is great to have people who can commit to one day each week, but any time you can help out with is great!!! Class Writeboard: http://123.writeboard.com/ab9d810a811fde158
This week's skills:
Language Arts-
Letter of the Week: H (Review previous letters: C,O, A, D, G, M, L)
Sight Words: is, this, you, and, to (Review previous: it, for, are, he, she)
Reading skills: Review characters, setting, problem/solution
Writing: Correct letter formation, Name in title case (First letter capital, rest lowercase), Writing sentences with correct spacing and punctuation
Word Families: _ip (zip, hip, chip)
Math:
Daily calendar routines
Recognizing, writing and counting with numbers 0-9
Patterns
Shapes
Recognizing and naming coins
IB Unit of Inquiry:
Unit 2: It Takes a Village
Focus: What is a community? What are community helpers? What are goods and services? What is the difference between wants and needs? How do we earn wages/salary?
Reading book tip: Echo reading... You read a page and have your child follow along by looking at the words as you read them. Let them read the same page after you. Always remind him to use his finger to point to each word as you read!
Shout Outs!!!
Thanks so much to Tracy Carter and her mother for making that adjustment on our new chair packs! That helped a lot! I told my stepmother (she made them) about all of the compliments those chair packs have been getting and she couldn't be more thrilled! :)
Another big THANK YOU! to all of the parents who have helped out with take-home projects this week: Angela Russell, Tracy Carter, Keshia Booker and Ty Wedderburn. Several others volunteered to help, and I ran out of things to do! Thanks for all of your willingness to help :)
Also, I am ever thankful for our volunteers during station time! We get so much more done with all your help!
FIELD TRIP: Our class date for the field trip is this Tuesday, September 28th. Please read ALL of the information below and follow these guidelines on our field trip day!
-Lunches: There are NO school lunches on field trip days! ALL STUDENTS must bring a sack lunch from home. Please put the lunch in a bag that can be thrown away, and please label that bag with your child's name.
-Uniform: Please wear a uniform or spirit shirt with jeans, khakis, or shorts (please check the weather!!!). Also, we will do a lot of walking so please send your child in SNEAKERS.
-Eat breakfast!!!
-Chaperones: Please be IN the classroom by 8:45, ready to leave!
VOLUNTEER SIGN UP (October): Please visit our class write board to sign up for any days you can come in and help with literacy stations. It is great to have people who can commit to one day each week, but any time you can help out with is great!!! Class Writeboard: http://123.writeboard.com/ab9d810a811fde158
This week's skills:
Language Arts-
Letter of the Week: H (Review previous letters: C,O, A, D, G, M, L)
Sight Words: is, this, you, and, to (Review previous: it, for, are, he, she)
Reading skills: Review characters, setting, problem/solution
Writing: Correct letter formation, Name in title case (First letter capital, rest lowercase), Writing sentences with correct spacing and punctuation
Word Families: _ip (zip, hip, chip)
Math:
Daily calendar routines
Recognizing, writing and counting with numbers 0-9
Patterns
Shapes
Recognizing and naming coins
IB Unit of Inquiry:
Unit 2: It Takes a Village
Focus: What is a community? What are community helpers? What are goods and services? What is the difference between wants and needs? How do we earn wages/salary?
Reading book tip: Echo reading... You read a page and have your child follow along by looking at the words as you read them. Let them read the same page after you. Always remind him to use his finger to point to each word as you read!
Monday, September 20, 2010
What are we learning this week? (Sept 20-24)
Important News and Notes:
CONFERENCES: Went great!!!! Thanks so much to all of you for taking the time to come out and chat with me about your little one. If you EVER have any further questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to shoot me an email! sara.khel@imagineschools.com
LUNCHES: A few of you mentioned that you don't think your son has been eating all of his lunch. We are in the lunch room for 30 minutes, but not finishing could be due to the boys doing more talking than eating... We are trying a solution to this! The first 10 minutes of lunch every day from now forward will be silent time for eating only. Please let me know if you think this seems to be working!
FIELD TRIP: Our class date for the field trip is Tuesday, September 28th (next week). Please read ALL of the information below and follow these guidelines on our field trip day!
-Lunches: There are NO school lunches on field trip days! ALL STUDENTS must bring a sack lunch from home. Please put the lunch in a bag that can be thrown away, and please label that bag with your child's name.
-Uniform: Please wear a uniform or spirit shirt with jeans, khakis, or shorts (please check the weather!!!). Also, we will do a lot of walking so please send your child in SNEAKERS.
-Eat breakfast!!!
-Chaperones: Please be IN the classroom by 8:45, ready to leave!
VOLUNTEER SIGN UP (October): Please visit our class write board to sign up for any days you can come in and help with literacy stations. It is great to have people who can commit to one day each week, but any time you can help out with is great!!! Class Writeboard: http://123.writeboard.com/ab9d810a811fde158
This week's skills:
Language Arts-
Letter of the Week: L (Review previous letters: C,O, A, D, G, M)
Sight Words: is, this, you, and, to (Review previous: it, for, are, he, she)
Reading skills: Review characters, setting, problem/solution
Writing: Correct letter formation, Name in title case (First letter capital, rest lowercase), Writing sentences with correct spacing and punctuation
Word Families: Review _am, _at, _ap
Math:
Daily calendar routines
Recognizing, writing and counting with numbers 0-9
Patterns
Shapes
IB Unit of Inquiry:
Unit 2: It Takes a Village
Focus: What is a community? What are community helpers?
Reading book tip: Retell the story! After you read the story, have your child retell the story to you in his own words. Have him draw pictures of the important events, then mix them up, and put them in the correct order! Maybe you could even create a "comic strip" version of the story using pictures.
CONFERENCES: Went great!!!! Thanks so much to all of you for taking the time to come out and chat with me about your little one. If you EVER have any further questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to shoot me an email! sara.khel@imagineschools.com
LUNCHES: A few of you mentioned that you don't think your son has been eating all of his lunch. We are in the lunch room for 30 minutes, but not finishing could be due to the boys doing more talking than eating... We are trying a solution to this! The first 10 minutes of lunch every day from now forward will be silent time for eating only. Please let me know if you think this seems to be working!
FIELD TRIP: Our class date for the field trip is Tuesday, September 28th (next week). Please read ALL of the information below and follow these guidelines on our field trip day!
-Lunches: There are NO school lunches on field trip days! ALL STUDENTS must bring a sack lunch from home. Please put the lunch in a bag that can be thrown away, and please label that bag with your child's name.
-Uniform: Please wear a uniform or spirit shirt with jeans, khakis, or shorts (please check the weather!!!). Also, we will do a lot of walking so please send your child in SNEAKERS.
-Eat breakfast!!!
-Chaperones: Please be IN the classroom by 8:45, ready to leave!
VOLUNTEER SIGN UP (October): Please visit our class write board to sign up for any days you can come in and help with literacy stations. It is great to have people who can commit to one day each week, but any time you can help out with is great!!! Class Writeboard: http://123.writeboard.com/ab9d810a811fde158
This week's skills:
Language Arts-
Letter of the Week: L (Review previous letters: C,O, A, D, G, M)
Sight Words: is, this, you, and, to (Review previous: it, for, are, he, she)
Reading skills: Review characters, setting, problem/solution
Writing: Correct letter formation, Name in title case (First letter capital, rest lowercase), Writing sentences with correct spacing and punctuation
Word Families: Review _am, _at, _ap
Math:
Daily calendar routines
Recognizing, writing and counting with numbers 0-9
Patterns
Shapes
IB Unit of Inquiry:
Unit 2: It Takes a Village
Focus: What is a community? What are community helpers?
Reading book tip: Retell the story! After you read the story, have your child retell the story to you in his own words. Have him draw pictures of the important events, then mix them up, and put them in the correct order! Maybe you could even create a "comic strip" version of the story using pictures.
Monday, September 13, 2010
What are we learning this week? (September 13-17)
First.... Shout Outs!!!
-I want to say a BIG thank you to all of the parents who have been coming in to the classroom so far this month to help with station time! (Mittie Fox, Shawanna Darien, Angela Russell, Rachel Quartarone, Holly Elrod, Ty Wedderburn) I know others of you area signed up to help later this month, and still others will be signing up later in the year. The boys LOVE having parents come in and help, and of course I love having the extra hands! Our room mom (Mittie Fox) will be organizing our volunteer schedule for October later this month, so be on the lookout for an email from her if you would like to volunteer!
-Another big thanks to everyone who has been sending in materials as we need them. I will continue to send emails as we could use "extras", and I truly appreciate that I have such a giving group of families to help make sure we have all we need in the classroom!
This week's skills:
Language Arts-
Letter of the Week: M (Review previous letters: C,O, A, D, G)
Sight Words: it, for, are, he, she (Review previous: me, go, see, in, the)
Reading skills: Problem & Solution (Review characters, setting)
Writing: Correct letter formation, Name in title case (First letter capital, rest lowercase), Writing sentences with correct spacing and punctuation
Word Families: _ap (Review _at, and _am)
Math:
Daily calendar routines
Recognizing, writing and counting with numbers 0-9
Comparing heights
IB Unit of Inquiry:
Unit 1: Me, Myself, and I
Focus: Our Five Senses and Reflection on the past 6 weeks
Reading book tip: Go on a sight word hunt! The books your children are reading contain some of the sight words we have been learning in class and with our homework. Take time as you read to point them out! You can also hunt for sight words at the grocery store, on restaurant menus, and in your church bulletins!
Conference Sign-Up Writeboard: Don't forget to visit our class Writeboard to sign up for your conference time! Conferences are September 15th and 16th, and everyone should have chosen their conference time no later than TUESDAY (September 14)
Writeboard Instructions:
-Click this link: http://123.writeboard.com/ab9d810a811fde158
-Enter the password, "Imagine"
-At the top, click "Edit this page"
-Type your first and last name next to your preferred time slot
-Choose "Save as newest version" at the bottom
Please sign up for your time as soon as possible so you can have your first choice!
Early Release: Please note that both conference days are early dismissal (NOON). Please make carpool arrangements, or let me know of any students who will be staying with after care who do not normally stay.
I can't wait to see you all at conferences to let you know about the progress of your little men! See you later this week! :)
-I want to say a BIG thank you to all of the parents who have been coming in to the classroom so far this month to help with station time! (Mittie Fox, Shawanna Darien, Angela Russell, Rachel Quartarone, Holly Elrod, Ty Wedderburn) I know others of you area signed up to help later this month, and still others will be signing up later in the year. The boys LOVE having parents come in and help, and of course I love having the extra hands! Our room mom (Mittie Fox) will be organizing our volunteer schedule for October later this month, so be on the lookout for an email from her if you would like to volunteer!
-Another big thanks to everyone who has been sending in materials as we need them. I will continue to send emails as we could use "extras", and I truly appreciate that I have such a giving group of families to help make sure we have all we need in the classroom!
This week's skills:
Language Arts-
Letter of the Week: M (Review previous letters: C,O, A, D, G)
Sight Words: it, for, are, he, she (Review previous: me, go, see, in, the)
Reading skills: Problem & Solution (Review characters, setting)
Writing: Correct letter formation, Name in title case (First letter capital, rest lowercase), Writing sentences with correct spacing and punctuation
Word Families: _ap (Review _at, and _am)
Math:
Daily calendar routines
Recognizing, writing and counting with numbers 0-9
Comparing heights
IB Unit of Inquiry:
Unit 1: Me, Myself, and I
Focus: Our Five Senses and Reflection on the past 6 weeks
Reading book tip: Go on a sight word hunt! The books your children are reading contain some of the sight words we have been learning in class and with our homework. Take time as you read to point them out! You can also hunt for sight words at the grocery store, on restaurant menus, and in your church bulletins!
Conference Sign-Up Writeboard: Don't forget to visit our class Writeboard to sign up for your conference time! Conferences are September 15th and 16th, and everyone should have chosen their conference time no later than TUESDAY (September 14)
Writeboard Instructions:
-Click this link: http://123.writeboard.com/ab9d810a811fde158
-Enter the password, "Imagine"
-At the top, click "Edit this page"
-Type your first and last name next to your preferred time slot
-Choose "Save as newest version" at the bottom
Please sign up for your time as soon as possible so you can have your first choice!
Early Release: Please note that both conference days are early dismissal (NOON). Please make carpool arrangements, or let me know of any students who will be staying with after care who do not normally stay.
I can't wait to see you all at conferences to let you know about the progress of your little men! See you later this week! :)
Friday, September 10, 2010
Weekend Updates: September 10th
We have finished another successful week of learning! I am so proud of all your little gentlemen and the things they are accomplishing. I can't wait to share all the good news with you at conferences next week!
Don't forget to visit our Writeboard and sign up for your conference time! Otherwise, I will have to choose one for you, and ALL students are expected to have a parent attend. Don't forget that Wednesday and Thursday are both EARLY RELEASE days due to conferences. Conference Sign-Up: http://123.writeboard.com/ab9d810a811fde158 (Password: Imagine)
Due to our shortened week (b/c of Labor Day) we did not get around to our new Poem for this week. Please look for poetry journals to come home again NEXT Friday.
Homework: Don't forget to have all homework completed in its entirety and return it to school in the homework folder (with hte reading book) on Monday.
Field Trip: I have only received 2 forms with money so far! Please try to get those in ASAP (preferably Monday!) so we can have everything squared away for that trip to Panola Mountain
Scholastic book orders were due to be turned in today, but I only received two of these. If you would like to order form that catalog, I will extend the deadline to Monday. Please have all forms and money turned in by then so I cn place that order.
Thanks for all you do, and have a GREAT weekend! :)
Don't forget to visit our Writeboard and sign up for your conference time! Otherwise, I will have to choose one for you, and ALL students are expected to have a parent attend. Don't forget that Wednesday and Thursday are both EARLY RELEASE days due to conferences. Conference Sign-Up: http://123.writeboard.com/ab9d810a811fde158 (Password: Imagine)
Due to our shortened week (b/c of Labor Day) we did not get around to our new Poem for this week. Please look for poetry journals to come home again NEXT Friday.
Homework: Don't forget to have all homework completed in its entirety and return it to school in the homework folder (with hte reading book) on Monday.
Field Trip: I have only received 2 forms with money so far! Please try to get those in ASAP (preferably Monday!) so we can have everything squared away for that trip to Panola Mountain
Scholastic book orders were due to be turned in today, but I only received two of these. If you would like to order form that catalog, I will extend the deadline to Monday. Please have all forms and money turned in by then so I cn place that order.
Thanks for all you do, and have a GREAT weekend! :)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
What are we learning this week? (September 7-10)
This week's skills:
Language Arts-
Letter of the Week: G (Review previous letters: C,O, A,D)
Sight Words: it, for, are, he, she (Review previous: me, go, see, in, the)
Reading skills: Setting (Review characters)
Writing: Correct letter formation, Name in title case (First letter capital, rest lowercase), Writing sentences with correct spacing and punctuation
Math:
Daily calendar routines
Recognizing, writing and counting with numbers 0-9
Simple AB patterns (i.e. circle, square, circle, square, etc)
Sorting Coins
IB Unit of Inquiry:
Unit 1: Me, Myself, and I
Focus: Our Five Senses
Homework: Homework completion has gotten so much better! Everyone had their homework folder with their reading book to turn in from last week. Now, please be sure you are completing ALL homework in the packet. Please read the front instructions page and all other pages completely to be sure you are doing everything correctly. This homework will benefit your child if done in its entirety!
Reading book tip: Try echo reading. You read a page, then have your child read that page. Be sure to have your child use their "magic pointer finger" to point to each word as they read. This will help make the connection between print and spoken sounds.
Conference Sign-Up Writeboard: Don't forget to visit our class Writeboard to sign up for your conference time! Conferences are September 15th and 16th.
Writeboard Instructions:
-Click this link: http://123.writeboard.com/ab9d810a811fde158
-Enter the password, "Imagine"
-At the top, click "Edit this page"
-Type your first and last name next to your preferred time slot
-Choose "Save as newest version" at the bottom
Please sign up for your time as soon as possible so you can have your first choice!
Language Arts-
Letter of the Week: G (Review previous letters: C,O, A,D)
Sight Words: it, for, are, he, she (Review previous: me, go, see, in, the)
Reading skills: Setting (Review characters)
Writing: Correct letter formation, Name in title case (First letter capital, rest lowercase), Writing sentences with correct spacing and punctuation
Math:
Daily calendar routines
Recognizing, writing and counting with numbers 0-9
Simple AB patterns (i.e. circle, square, circle, square, etc)
Sorting Coins
IB Unit of Inquiry:
Unit 1: Me, Myself, and I
Focus: Our Five Senses
Homework: Homework completion has gotten so much better! Everyone had their homework folder with their reading book to turn in from last week. Now, please be sure you are completing ALL homework in the packet. Please read the front instructions page and all other pages completely to be sure you are doing everything correctly. This homework will benefit your child if done in its entirety!
Reading book tip: Try echo reading. You read a page, then have your child read that page. Be sure to have your child use their "magic pointer finger" to point to each word as they read. This will help make the connection between print and spoken sounds.
Conference Sign-Up Writeboard: Don't forget to visit our class Writeboard to sign up for your conference time! Conferences are September 15th and 16th.
Writeboard Instructions:
-Click this link: http://123.writeboard.com/ab9d810a811fde158
-Enter the password, "Imagine"
-At the top, click "Edit this page"
-Type your first and last name next to your preferred time slot
-Choose "Save as newest version" at the bottom
Please sign up for your time as soon as possible so you can have your first choice!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
What are we learning this week? (August 30-September 3)
This week's skills:
Language Arts-
Letter of the Week: D (Review previous letters: C,O, A)
Sight Words: me, go, see, in, the (Review previous: I, am, at, a, like)
Reading skills: Characters, Predicting, Title/Author/Illustrator
Writing: Correct letter formation, Name in title case (First letter capital, rest lowercase), Writing sentences with correct spacing and punctuation
Math:
Daily calendar routines
Recognizing, writing and counting with numbers 0-9
Review from last week: Pattern blocks
IB Unit of Inquiry:
Unit 1: Me, Myself, and I
Focus: Our Five Senses
Reminders: Homework continues this week! Your child will bring home his homework folder on Monday, and it will be due back to school completed by the following Monday. Weekly homework will contain a Reading book (to practice every night), Sight words (also to practice nightly), a phonics activity, and a Math activity. Sometimes additional work may be added to this list. Please make sure Reading books stay IN the homework folder when they are not being read! Books belong to the school, and lost books will result in a fine. I reccommend leaving the homework folder at home, on a kitchen table or another prominent place, so you will remember to work each night. But PLEASE remember to send these back to school the following Monday! (Next week though, it will be due Tuesday, since there is no school Monday)
Rest towels will come home Friday, please wash and return them next week. Poetry journals will also continue to come home on Fridays... Read the poem over the weekend, then return on Monday with the homework folder.
Language Arts-
Letter of the Week: D (Review previous letters: C,O, A)
Sight Words: me, go, see, in, the (Review previous: I, am, at, a, like)
Reading skills: Characters, Predicting, Title/Author/Illustrator
Writing: Correct letter formation, Name in title case (First letter capital, rest lowercase), Writing sentences with correct spacing and punctuation
Math:
Daily calendar routines
Recognizing, writing and counting with numbers 0-9
Review from last week: Pattern blocks
IB Unit of Inquiry:
Unit 1: Me, Myself, and I
Focus: Our Five Senses
Reminders: Homework continues this week! Your child will bring home his homework folder on Monday, and it will be due back to school completed by the following Monday. Weekly homework will contain a Reading book (to practice every night), Sight words (also to practice nightly), a phonics activity, and a Math activity. Sometimes additional work may be added to this list. Please make sure Reading books stay IN the homework folder when they are not being read! Books belong to the school, and lost books will result in a fine. I reccommend leaving the homework folder at home, on a kitchen table or another prominent place, so you will remember to work each night. But PLEASE remember to send these back to school the following Monday! (Next week though, it will be due Tuesday, since there is no school Monday)
Rest towels will come home Friday, please wash and return them next week. Poetry journals will also continue to come home on Fridays... Read the poem over the weekend, then return on Monday with the homework folder.
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