The next three weeks of school will go by fast! Hold on!
I hope your Thanksgiving break was restful, filled with delicious food and cherished memories with family and friends. Scroll back to earlier posts of pictures when Room 114 dressed up as Pilgrims and Indians. The children worked hard to get everything ready for their transformation to Indians and Pilgrims. Click on this link to see the concentration and hard work involved.
The children will rotate to Coach Grant for PE for the next three weeks. I will not be taking the children outside. Coach Grant will be responsible for their outside play and instruction.
If you have not done so, please pay for the December secret. The cost for the secret is $9.00. Your secret will come home on December 18.
There will be a book order in Monday's binder. Book order money is due Thursday, December 4. If you choose to order on-line use the code GL88R. I will be placing the order on Friday morning. Turn around time is 5-7 days. Let me know if your order is a Christmas Secret and I will find a way to get the books to you without anyone knowing. Bookorders are optional.
Monday is library day for our class so please return library books.
Monday is Nancy's Italian Ice for $1.00.
Please return poetry journals on Monday. We had two poems the last week of school. One was an excellent song to practice reading the high frequency word "are."
This week is a review week for the high frequency words. I will start assessing high frequency words the week of December 8 for report cards. Your child will be responsible for reading upon sight all of the high frequency words from the beginning of school up to the words introduced in November.
Information for our February 10 field trip to see children's recording artist Stephen Fite will be in Tuesday's binder. Money is due by Wednesday, December 10. Chaperone tickets must be ordered at this time.
Room 114 will begin to learn how to use Accelerated Reader this month. Accelerated Reader is where students read their library book and take a 5 question test on the computer to assess comprehension. I will send home more information about Accelerated Reader (AR) the week of December 8. To prepare for AR, all you need to do right now is make sure your child knows his/her lunch number without assistance. I will send home a slip of paper in the money pouch if you need to work on it with your child.
In reading this week, we are still working on the letter "Ii." We learned that when the letter "Ii" is tall, long and strong, he is a super hero and makes the sound of his name. However, when Super Hero "Ii" is in disguise, he is short and lazy. To help your child make short "i" sound, tell them to put his/her index fingers on each end of his/her lips. Then tilt their head sideways so that mouth and fingers are making the capital letter "I." Tell them to make the short "i" sound. By putting their fingers on the ends of their mouth, it prevents them from making the short e sound. It is a common mistake for children to mistake the short e sound for short i. The more they practice, the less mistakes they will make.
In math,we have learned the basic foundations of adding. We are going to work on this skill for the remainder of the year until we can add fluently (that means without counters and fingers) up to five. Don't panic that is the end goal for May....and some of Room 114 will go past 5. This week, we are going to be given a number and the children have to come up with different number combinations to make that number. We are thinking very hard about numbers in Room 114.
We did a modified version of the Thanksgiving tradition of the wishbone in class. Maybe you did too at your house. A December holiday tradition is the singing of songs. Don't give anything away but check book bags on Thursday for a catalyst to sing holiday songs at home. Helpful hint: songs that have been made into books are an excellent way to help beginning readers become stronger!
No need to save toilet tissue rolls. We have enough for our secret project. Thanks for helping me out!
I will be absent on Friday. The children will have a great day with a substitute.
Be sure to check the dates below. One of the dates is our classroom December party! Information will be coming home soon about ways to help make our party great!
Contact me with any questions or concerns you may have. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! I'm thankful for your support and love of Room 114!
Upcoming Events:
12.3: Cookie orders due
12.4: Book order money due
12.10: Chaperone and student money due for the Stephen Fite concert.
12.17: Cookie dough scheduled to be distributed
12.18: December Classroom Party (schoolwide) at 1:45
12.19: Polar Express Day: wear pajamas to school
12.22-1.5: Winter Break: no school
1.6.2015: Children return to school
2.10: Stephen Fite's "Giddy Up and Learn" concert - Kindergarten Field Trip
The children will rotate to Coach Grant for PE for the next three weeks. I will not be taking the children outside. Coach Grant will be responsible for their outside play and instruction.
If you have not done so, please pay for the December secret. The cost for the secret is $9.00. Your secret will come home on December 18.
There will be a book order in Monday's binder. Book order money is due Thursday, December 4. If you choose to order on-line use the code GL88R. I will be placing the order on Friday morning. Turn around time is 5-7 days. Let me know if your order is a Christmas Secret and I will find a way to get the books to you without anyone knowing. Bookorders are optional.
Monday is library day for our class so please return library books.
Monday is Nancy's Italian Ice for $1.00.
This week is a review week for the high frequency words. I will start assessing high frequency words the week of December 8 for report cards. Your child will be responsible for reading upon sight all of the high frequency words from the beginning of school up to the words introduced in November.
Information for our February 10 field trip to see children's recording artist Stephen Fite will be in Tuesday's binder. Money is due by Wednesday, December 10. Chaperone tickets must be ordered at this time.
Room 114 will begin to learn how to use Accelerated Reader this month. Accelerated Reader is where students read their library book and take a 5 question test on the computer to assess comprehension. I will send home more information about Accelerated Reader (AR) the week of December 8. To prepare for AR, all you need to do right now is make sure your child knows his/her lunch number without assistance. I will send home a slip of paper in the money pouch if you need to work on it with your child.
In reading this week, we are still working on the letter "Ii." We learned that when the letter "Ii" is tall, long and strong, he is a super hero and makes the sound of his name. However, when Super Hero "Ii" is in disguise, he is short and lazy. To help your child make short "i" sound, tell them to put his/her index fingers on each end of his/her lips. Then tilt their head sideways so that mouth and fingers are making the capital letter "I." Tell them to make the short "i" sound. By putting their fingers on the ends of their mouth, it prevents them from making the short e sound. It is a common mistake for children to mistake the short e sound for short i. The more they practice, the less mistakes they will make.
In math,we have learned the basic foundations of adding. We are going to work on this skill for the remainder of the year until we can add fluently (that means without counters and fingers) up to five. Don't panic that is the end goal for May....and some of Room 114 will go past 5. This week, we are going to be given a number and the children have to come up with different number combinations to make that number. We are thinking very hard about numbers in Room 114.
No need to save toilet tissue rolls. We have enough for our secret project. Thanks for helping me out!
I will be absent on Friday. The children will have a great day with a substitute.
Be sure to check the dates below. One of the dates is our classroom December party! Information will be coming home soon about ways to help make our party great!
Contact me with any questions or concerns you may have. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! I'm thankful for your support and love of Room 114!
Upcoming Events:
12.3: Cookie orders due
12.4: Book order money due
12.10: Chaperone and student money due for the Stephen Fite concert.
12.17: Cookie dough scheduled to be distributed
12.18: December Classroom Party (schoolwide) at 1:45
12.19: Polar Express Day: wear pajamas to school
12.22-1.5: Winter Break: no school
1.6.2015: Children return to school
2.10: Stephen Fite's "Giddy Up and Learn" concert - Kindergarten Field Trip
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