Farah's Fantastic Learners

Oct. 31-Nov. 4,2011

This week, we are learning about:  N is for Native American ,Concepts of Print-front & back cover, author, illustrator, identifying/classiflying letters, words, sentences, spaces between words, Letters & Sounds, Rhyming Words, Opposites, ABC/AAB/ABAC Patterns, Days of Week, Months of Year, Simple Graphs , Seasons, Describing Words, Number/number words 0-15, Ordinal #’s, Position Words, Shapes—Checklist came home lost week, we are focusing on Sphere/Cube/Trapezoids/Hexagons , Cubes/Spheres/Cylinders/Cones, Pennies & Nickels & Dimes—students should know that 5 pennies equals 1 nickel and 10 pennies equals 1 dime, Counting by 5’s and 10’s, Thanksgiving, Long Ago & Today

Cooking: Cone shaped Teepee

Please Initial	Behavior	Homework
Mon.		Reading:  Books in Bag—no bags on HalloweenJ
Tues. PE-wear tennis shoes		Math:  Shape Hunt Sheet—Look for shapes  in your environment.
Wed.		Technology Job: please see the letter regarding IXL.
Thurs. PE-wear tennis shoes
Fri.

Important Dates:

--Tuesday, Nov. 8—student holiday, staff workday

--Kindergarten  Thanksgiving Lunch-Wednesday, Nov. 9—If you have not turned in your RSVP form to the cafeteria and plan to join your child for lunch that day, please do so ASAP.

October 28,2011

Dear Families,

On Monday, your child will bring home student login information regarding 2 great technology sites.

Links:

www.ixl.com/signin/mountainview

www.skillstutor.com

 

 

Oct. 24-28, 2011

            This week, we are learning about:  H is for Halloween ,Concepts of Print-front & back cover, author, illustrator, identifying/classiflying letters, words, sentences, spaces between words, Letters & Sounds, Rhyming Words, Opposites, ABC/AAB/ABAC Patterns, Days of Week, Months of Year, Simple Graphs , Seasons, Describing Words, Number/number words 0-15, Ordinal #’s, Position Words, Shapes—Checklist came home lost week, we are focusing on Sphere/Cube/Trapezoids/Hexagons , Pennies & Nickels & Dimes—students should know that 5 pennies equals 1 nickel and 10 pennies equals 1 dime, Counting by 5’s and 10’s, Day & Night

 Cooking: No snack due to early release. Our lunch time is at 9:33 this weekJ

Please Initial	Behavior	Homework
Mon.		Reading:  Books in Bag
Tues. PE-wear tennis shoes		Math:  Practice drawing: circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, ovals, diamonds, trapezoids, hexagons
Wed.		Technology Job: listen to http://www.storylineonline.net/ Retell the story—1. What happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story? 2. Who are the characters in the story? 3. Where does the story take place?
Thurs. PE-wear tennis shoes
Fri.

Important Dates:

**Conference Week—CLUBS WILL NOT MEET AFTERSCHOOL DURING CONFERENCE WEEK. Early dismissal will begin at 12:20

**Our class will visit the book fair on Tuesday, Oct. 25 if you would like to send money with your child.

Red Ribbon Week Reminder: Tuesday-Team Jersey Day, Wednesday-Pajamas, Thursday-Red   Friday—Bring in canned goods or other nonperishable items.

October 17-21

This week, we are learning about:  J is for Jack-O-Lantern ,Concepts of Print-front & back cover, author, illustrator, identifying/classiflying letters, words, sentences, spaces between words, Letters & Sounds, Rhyming Words, Opposites, ABC/AAB/ABAC Patterns, Days of Week, Months of Year, Simple Graphs , Seasons, Describing Words, Number/number words 0-15, Ordinal #’s, Position Words, Shapes—Look for checklist to come home later in the week, Pennies & Nickels—students should know that 5 pennies equals 1 nickel, Counting by 5’s and 10’s, Day & Night

Cooking: We will make jack-o-lantern cookies.

Please Initial	Behavior	Homework
Mon.		Reading:  Books in Bag
Tues. PE-wear tennis shoes		Math:  See Math Newsletter
Wed.		Technology Job: Day/Night http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/  WebLessons/AsTheEarthTurns/default.htm
Thurs. PE-wear tennis shoes
Fri.		Poetry Folder: Return Poetry Folders on Monday

Important Dates:

**Conference Week—CLUBS WILL NOT MEET AFTERSCHOOL DURING CONFERENCE WEEK. Early dismissal will begin at 12:20

 

October 10-14,2011

This week, we are learning about:  W is for Where The Wild Things Are ,Concepts of Print-front & back cover, author, illustrator, identifying/classiflying letters, words, sentences, spaces between words, Letters & Sounds, Rhyming Words, ABC/AAB/ABAC Patterns, Days of Week, Months of Year, Simple Graphs , Seasons, Describing Words, Number/number words 0-15, Ordinal #’s, Position Words, Pennies & Nickels—students should know that 5 pennies equals 1 nickel, Counting by 5’s and 10’s, US Flag/GA Flag/Pledge, Columbus Day

Cooking: We will make monster bagels.

Please Initial	Behavior	Homework
Mon.		Reading:  Books in Bag
Tues. PE-wear tennis shoes		Math: Practice counting by 5’s to 100 and visit http://www.321know.com/pat20dn.htm to practice counting backwards from 20 to 0.
Wed.		Technology Job: http://www.google.com/search?q=columbus+day+ filetype%3Appt&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=674&num =10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images&tbs=.
Thurs. PE-wear tennis shoes
Fri.		Poetry Folder: Return Poetry Folders on Monday

Important Dates:

**Today, your child is bringing home a note about conference week. Please return the bottom portion ASAP.

Tuesday, October 11—Please send in your child’s sight word folder. Many of the students have mastered all 40 kindergarten sight words. I will be giving you a new sight word book during conference week.

October 3-7,2011

This week, we are learning about:  C is for Cat and Candy Corn,Concepts of Print-front & back cover, author, illustrator, identifying letters, words, sentences, spaces between words, Letters & Sounds, Rhyming Words, ABC/AAB/ABAC Patterns, Days of Week, Months of Year, Simple Graphs , Seasons, Describing Words, Number/number words 0-15, Ordinal #’s, Position Words, Pennies & Nickels—students should know that 5 pennies equals 1 nickel, Counting by 5’s and 10’s, US Flag/GA Flag/Pledge

Cooking: We will make pancakes and read If You Give A Pig A Pancake.  

Please Initial	Behavior	Homework
Mon.		Reading:  Books in Bag
Tues. PE-wear tennis shoes		Math: Practice counting by 10’s to 100 and by 5’s to 50.
Wed.		Technology Job: www.starfall.com  , do the October calendar. Practice saying months of year. Challenge: Practice reading months of the year out of order.
Thurs. PE-wear tennis shoes
Fri.		Poetry Folder: Return Poetry Folders on Monday

Important Dates:

Tuesday, Oct. 4-Wildlife Wonders In House Field Trip—PLEASE have your child wear their class tshirt that day!

Friday, Oct. 7-Book Orders are due!