November

It was fun to see so many kindergarten spooks at the Halloween Carnival. Thanks for coming to support our school.

Now we are on to November!

Some of the happenings this month are:
Bus Safety fieldtrip (ie the bus is coming to US not us going to the bus garage!--but we will still learn about bus safety) is on Tuesday November 1.
McDonald's Night (where you get to come stand in line at McDonalds and see the teachers working behind the counter! It's super busy but a lot of fun. It is an awesome fundraiser for our school since McDonalds gives 1/2 the money earned-not including the drive-through-to our school during that block of time) Monday Nov. 7.
Thanksgiving Break -I know, right? We're really talking about this already???! November 23-27
Our read-a-thon will be the 2nd week of Dec. Remember you need to have a special book bag or box for the books.
Progress reports will come home by the end of the week. Look them over with your child and send back the signed attached note.
Volunteers---Please start coming to our classroom now! We will use you for art, fluency folders, reading and any other thing I think of on the spur of the moment! We need help for 30 minutes at 10:45 (morning class) and 2:45 (afternoon class)

Some of the things we will talk about this month:
Literacy: recognizing all the upper and lower case letters. Knowing all their sounds. Rhyming words and beginning sounds in words.
Math: patterns (a,b, and a,b,c). Counting to 20, 30, 40. Identifying calendar days and months. Using tally marks to represent numbers.
Social Studies: Thanksgiving, scarecrows, harvest, fall.

I will post the next sight word list (list 3) when I remember! (soon)

Our next book order will come home this week. Take a look at the great selections. This will be our last book order before Christmas and will include Nov. and Dec. Remember books make great gifts!

Return the reading calendar. Students can earn a free personal pizza from Pizza Hut this month if they meet the reading goal!

Congratulations to Malachi and Cougar for being amazing students this month! They are our "Catch the Vision" winners! Way to go!!

Pumpkin Patch--I wish I could add all the cuties here but I can't post that many pictures! Take a look as some of these perfect pumpkins...

Afternoon Class

Kody

Addison, after hiking the patch over and over to find the perfect pumpkin!

McKinley who knew exactly what she was looking for and wouldn't quit until she found it!

Dalton

Shaun

The morning class

Taina

Mason

Adain

Malachi and Alec our official "climb under the bus and retrieve all the pumpkins" boys!

October Sight Words

that
for
on
at
have
be
he
was
with
this

Fall Fun

Okay....I know October is almost over. Wow! The year is flying by. I will update with the new monthly sight words, some cute pics of our pumpkin patch field trip, and info you will need for the upcoming month. Please plan to check back often. My plan is to post each Wednesday. Feel free to comment or email me any questions you have. Thanks for sharing your cuties with me. I love spending my days with them!

April

April
Whew! Another month gone by and we still have lots to do! Here are some of the things we will be learning about this month:
Literacy: We are working on middle, sounds. Reading the kindergarten sight words (students need to have at least 25 mastered in Kindergarten). A lot of students are in the ABC and Sight Word Reader Clubs! Way to go!!
Math: subtraction facts, time, and money.
Writing: Writing all the sounds we hear in words. Remembering to start every letter at the TOP! Using our best penmanship.
Social Studies: whales, ocean.
Other important information:
• Remember to return the reading calendar, golden sneaker calendar (this is the last month for Golden sneaker) and skills sheet.
• Our school talent show is Friday, April 1 at 10:00.
• Sight Word Bonus list 1 is now what you should be working on. Please try to get caught up!
• Our last day of centers is Friday, April 8. Thank you so much to the many parents, grandparents and volunteers that have helped in our classroom this year. We cannot be successful without you.
• We will start our final testing through the month of April and finish the first week of May.
Looking ahead…………
• Our final read-a-thon will be on Tuesday May 17. Remember only the books in the special book bag or box can come on that day.
• Our Kindergarten Program will be on Tues. May 10 or Thur. May 12. The morning class will be at 6:00 p.m. and the afternoon class will be at 7:30 p.m. This is a special event that we work really hard for. Please plan to attend.
More info will come later.

If you have any questions please call me 586-2840.
Mrs. Jones

March
We are already to March, and we have a lot of things going on this month:
Literacy: We are working on beginning, middle, and ending sounds. Reading the kindergarten sight words (students need to have at least 25 mastered in Kindergarten). We have started the ABC Club and Sight Word Readers Club. When students have passed off all the requirements they can earn a certificate, a taco from Del Taco and a candy bar from me! They also get to be recognized at our school assembly and have their names on a poster in the hall.
Math: Recognizing and writing numbers to 30. Counting to 80. Counting in Spanish. Addition to 5.
Writing: Writing all the sounds we hear in words. Using 3 things good writers use (uppercase at the beginning, spaces between words, punctuation at the end of sentences). Remembering to use the lines and spaces on our paper, and practicing our best handwriting.
Social Studies: Weather, Dr. Seuss’s birthday, whales, ocean.
Other important information:
• Remember to return the reading calendar, golden sneaker calendar, and skills sheet.
• Students are getting super sloppy with homework. I am reminding them at school that homework is to practice their BEST work. Please remind them at home too.
• Sight Word list 5 is now what you should be working on. Please try to get caught up!
• If your child is absent call the office. I cannot excuse them!
• Sep’s will be the week of March 7-11. School will be out early every day. We will not have centers that week. Sign and return the SEP form. Please remember your appointment time. I will try to stay on schedule!
• Monday, February 28 is McDonald’s night. Come to McDonald’s and see the teachers from East Elementary working the counter!
• March 15 is Kindergarten registration 11:00-3:00. If you have friends or neighbors with a Kindergartener next year please pass the word.
• If you can donate to our theme basket, we are assigned “Disney”.




If you have any questions please call me 586-2840.
Mrs. Jones

March

We are already to March, and we have a lot of things going on this month:

Literacy: We are working on beginning, middle, and ending sounds. Reading the kindergarten sight words (students need to have at least 25 mastered in Kindergarten). We have started the ABC Club and Sight Word Readers Club. When students have passed off all the requirements they can earn a certificate, a taco from Del Taco and a candy bar from me! They also get to be recognized at our school assembly and have their names on a poster in the hall.

Math: Recognizing and writing numbers to 30. Counting to 80. Counting in Spanish. Addition to 5.

Writing: Writing all the sounds we hear in words. Using 3 things good writers use (uppercase at the beginning, spaces between words, punctuation at the end of sentences). Remembering to use the lines and spaces on our paper, and practicing our best handwriting.

Social Studies: Weather, Dr. Seuss’s birthday, whales, ocean.

Other important information:

· Remember to return the reading calendar, golden sneaker calendar, and skills sheet.

· Students are getting super sloppy with homework. I am reminding them at school that homework is to practice their BEST work. Please remind them at home too.

· Sight Word list 5 is now what you should be working on. Please try to get caught up!

· If your child is absent call the office. I cannot excuse them!

· Sep’s will be the week of March 7-11. School will be out early every day. We will not have centers that week. Sign and return the SEP form. Please remember your appointment time. I will try to stay on schedule!

· Monday, February 28 is McDonald’s night. Come to McDonald’s and see the teachers from East Elementary working the counter!

· March 15 is Kindergarten registration 11:00-3:00. If you have friends or neighbors with a Kindergartener next year please pass the word.

· If you can donate to our theme basket, we are assigned “Disney”.

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Mrs. Jones