October 21st-25th 2013

                                          Kindergarten news- October 21st-25th, 2013

Next week in phonics we will be learning the letter “A”.  We will learn that apple has a short /a/ sound and acorn has a long /a/ sound.  Show and tell will be on Friday as usual but I will not be sending a bag home anymore.

We will be beginning the story “Life in an Ocean” in Reading.  The genre is “informational text” and the comprehension skill is “compare and contrast”.

For the next week’s lessons in Math we will be focusing on:

* Numbers and operations

* Children will solve problems by analyzing growing patterns to predict what comes next.

*Recognize and write numerals that describe the quantities 8 and 9.

We will not be giving the kindergarten children a report card for the first card period because combined with the change to the common core standards and the new report card format; the assessment might not be valid.  We always believed that the children needed to learn how to be in kindergarten before we can grade them academically.    The things that we have learned so far and that I expect them to have mastered as of now are:  letter and number recognition up to 10, letter and number formation up to 10, and letter sounds for l, o, g, h ,t ,p and a.  Also practice the memory words “I, a, am, to, the, little, love, the words of, have, and is will be introduced shortly. They should be able to make and extend an A,B pattern, and be able to give me a rhyming word when I provide them with a word (tell me word that rhymes with hat) and be able to tell me if two words rhyme(like bug- rug).

 Instead of giving a report card, we will be holding parent conferences to discuss the new report card and your child’s progress thus far.  Look for two notes today in your child’s folder.  Please return the conference form as soon as possible.  If you cannot make it in the day provided, I will arrange to meet with you on a different day if necessary.  I am usually available after school.

 

The fall festival was a huge success.  The children had a wonderful time. A lot of people devoted a huge amount of time to making this an enjoyable day for our students, and it is appreciated.

We had a wonderful time at the pajama party on Wednesday.  Some of the activities were: pasta necklaces, printing with Halloween sponges, pig puppets on purple bags, and painting pussy willows. Everyone looked perfect in their pajamas, and we even had pancakes.  For snack time we munched on popcorn. Thanks to the homeroom moms that helped out.

 If you signed up to be a homeroom mom and have your clearances, and you would like to help out for the Halloween party on October 31^st(Wednesday) please send a note to me and I will be in touch with more details.

The weekender backpack program began last week for participating families.  Please return the empty food bag to school on Monday.  The next distribution is today October 17^th.

Picture retake day is Monday, Nov. 1^st.  Anyone who was absent on picture day is asked to be photographed on re-take day.  Also anyone not happy with their photo taken in September may return the complete package of photos and have their picture retaken.

Monday will be day # 2 and we have gym class!  Don’t forget your sneakers!!!!!

 Have a Perfectly Peachy weekend!

 No school for students on Friday, October 18 due to a teacher inservice/Act 80 day.

October 14th-18th, 2013

Happenings for week of October 14 – 18, 2013 • No school for students on Monday, October 14 and Friday, October 18 due to teacher in-service days. Enjoy your long weekend. • We will be having our fall festival next Thursday, October 17th. Please remember to dress your child appropriately for the weather. Dress code is not required; gym clothes are fine but no shorts please. • Next week in math, we will continue with counting and cardinality, and we will be concentrating on numbers 6-10. If your child is having trouble with 0-5 please practice at home. • Due to the short week, we will not be introducing a new letter in phonics but will review the letters we have covered. We will introduce the vowel “A” the week of October 21 so stayed tuned for some fun A activities. • Tuesday will be day 4 in our schedule. Have a wonderful weekend! • The fall festival meeting will be held at the mineshaft in Ashland on Sunday, October 13th at 5 o’clock.

Happenings in Mrs. Bernosky's kindergarten for October 7th-11th

Kindergarten News October 7th-11th, 2013 Next week we will be learning the consonant letter “Pp, as in pink, and pumpkin, and to celebrate we will have a Pajama Party on Wednesday, October 16st. More information will be sent home next week. We will have “show and Tell” for letter “P” on Friday as usual. Picture retakes will be on November 1st. If you are not satisfied with your child’s picture and want it retaken make sure you return the first package on retake day. Any child absent for the original picture day will be photographed. Thank you to all of the homeroom parents and other volunteers who are working so hard for our Fall Festival. It will be held on Thursday, October 17th, rain or shine. If you can help in any way to make this day fun for the children please get in touch with one of the homeroom parents. Our theme for next week is fire prevention. Discuss a designated meeting place with your children in case of a fire in your home. Wilburton Hose Company will be having an open house on Wednesday October 9th @ 7 o’clock and it is opened to the public. We are beginning our unit in science about trees. We will be working on a science journal that will come home when we have it completed. Phonics- letter “P”. Math- We will be finishing up the last lessons in unit 2 and doing the pretest and test for this unit next week. I will be sending it home for you to sign and return. We will also be beginning unit three, which has a concentration of numbers 6-10. Reading: We will begin the new story” Dig, Dig, Digging. The skill is classifying and categorizing, and we will be talking about machines, and how they help people. The boys and girls are doing a good job on their “All about Me” posters. We are doing approximately 3 posters a week, and we are going in alphabetical order. The children have a book order in their folders that will be due October 11th. Thanks to those of you that are ordering on line because we get free books for online orders. Monday will be day 4 on the school rotation and we were scheduled to exchange library books but due to a problem in the library we will not be able to get new books this week. Please check your child’s behavior chart for the dates of our kindergarten events and for your child’s record of classroom behavior. Listening is crucial to learning. Have a terrific weekend!