THEY DID IT! Your children completed their Stanford 10 tests this week! I am so proud of how hard they prepared for the test and how focused they were during the test! You should be very proud of your child!
There is so much going on the next couple of weeks. Next Thursday, April 30th, is our Parent Luncheon and classroom activity from 11:00 - 11:45am...Hope to see you there! Then we have our Book Fair from May 11th through May 15th. Thursday, May 14th is our Educational Fair from 5:30 - 7:30pm. I would like to thank all of you who have sent in a donation for our basket raffle! It is greatly appreciated!!!
For the rest of the Quarter, please continue to practice all of the phonograms and sight words that we have learned so far this year. Their reading and writing skills are greatly improving. Keep practicing the weekly reading pages that I send home for homework. These readings reflect what they are reading at school in their reading groups. Your child should be reading EVERY night. It is so important to help increase their reading fluency. Also, continue to practice writing. We are now working on writing stories using complete sentences with correct sentence structure (capitalization, spacing, punctuation, and using their phonograms to help with spelling).
In math, keep practicing word problem addition and subtraction problems. Also, conintue to practice counting to 100 and skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.
Our Accelerated Reader Program is going better than ever! I can see that your children are reading and understanding what they read. It is important to remember that you can either read the story to your child, read with your child (helping with words they do not know), or listen to your child read to you. You can ask your child comprehension questions, and once he or she feels comfortable with the story, your child will need to bring the book back to school to take the comprehension test. After the test, your child will then be able to check out a new book. The last day to make their goal for Quarter 4 is Friday, May 22nd.
Please be sure to return all homework pages together in the folder.
Thanks to those who have brought in Box Tops for Education! When you send Box Tops in, we will turn them into the office and our school will receive money towards our classroom. ANY will be greatly appreciated!
Your children are doing such a wonderful job! Remember that if you have ANY questions or concerns about anything at our school, in the classroom, your child's work, etc., please feel free to call me at school 239-574-3113, send me an email or send a note with your child in the planner.
Please be sure to visit this web page weekly. You will find updated class and school news, as well as, information about what your children are learning each week and homework assignments.
I hope everyone enjoys their long weekend that is coming up! Thanks for all of your support!
Mrs. Heller
"Caloosa Leaders are Launched Here"
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Week of April 27, 2009:
Reading: Comprehension
Phonogram: oe (as in toe)
Number Words: zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten, eleven, twelve
Sight Words: after, ask, her, him, let, put
Math: Geometric Shapes (cube, cone, cylinder, sphere)
Adding two numbers (two groups of numbers)
Subtracting two numbers (two groups of numbers)
Calendar - Days of the Week / Month / Date / Year
Reading, Writing, Counting - 0-20
Coin Recognition - penny, nickel, dime
Telling time to the hour and half hour
Oral counting by 1's to 100, by 10's to 100
Oral counting by 2's to 20, by 5's to 100
Writing: Using complete sentences to write short stories.
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Phonograms:
We will be learning two each week beginning August 25th.
a (as in bat, cradle, watch) e (as in neck, we)
h (as in hand) k (as in keep)
m (as in mother) r (as in rat)
s (as in sit, has) w (as in wave)
z (as in zoo) c (as in cat, city)
d (as in dog) i (as in itch, kind)
j (as in jump) n (as in no)
p (as in pop) t (as in tag)
v (as in van) y (as in yes, baby, eye, myth)
b (as in boy) f (as in fan)
g (as in goat, gym) l (as in like)
o (as in off, told, to) qu (as in queen)
u (as in up, music, push) x (as in fox)
sh (as in she) ee (as in see)
th (as in with and this) ow (as in cow and row)
ou (as in sound, soul, you, double) oo (as in boot and foot)
ch (as in chop, school, machine) ar (as in far)
ay (as in day) ai (as in braid)
oy (as in toy) oi (as in boil)
er (as in her) ir (as in first)
ur (as in nurse) wor (as in work)
ear (as in early) ng (as in sing)
ea (as in eat, bread, great) aw (as in jaw)
au (as in haul) or (as in orbit)
ck (as in back) wh (as in what)
ed (as in graded, loved, mixed) ew (as in threw, few)
ui (as in fruit, juice) oa (as in boat)
tch (as in catch) ph (as in phone)
ough (as in though, through, rough, cough, bought, bough)
Kindergarten Sight Words:
I, is, my, I'm, am, see, as, has, he, said, here, like, me, the, did, had,
his, are, an, and, can, ran, at, in, into, it, a, have, that, we, went, be,
find, if, this, all, big, get, help, to, go, no, not, so, but, fun, funny,
jump, run, need, on, seed, she, sees, down, how, now, with, good,
our, out, soon, look, too, well, will, must, hasn't, away, play, say,
was, wasn't, you, your, yes, want, by, wants, off, under, up, from, isn't, eat, please, ate, ride, who, saw, come, came, pretty, where, for, of, words, little, work, what, when, do, could, should, would,
new, make, couldn't, shouldn't, wouldn't, were, there, use, they, thank, them, then, think, walk, when, fly, going, may, open, over, stop
color words:
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, pink, gray, white
number words:
zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
eleven, twelve
Identifying numbers 0 - 100.
Counting orally by 1's to 100, 5's to 100, 10's to 100, 2's to 20.
Identifying shapes:
square, rectangle, triangle, diamond, circle, oval
Identifying colors:
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown,
black, pink, gray, white
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Student of the Month:
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April 30th: Parent Luncheon (11-11:45am)
May 11th - 15th: Book Fair
May 11th: Interim Reports Go Home
May 14th: Educational Fair (5:30-7:30pm)
May 25th: Memorial Day (School Closed)
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Please remember to read with your child every night. While reading, you may have your child identify and name letters, phonograms, and sight words. You can also have your child count the words in a sentence, count the syllables in a word, name the beginning sound of a word, and identify rhyming words.
Please read and sign your child's planner every night.
Please bring homework and to school every Friday.
Please remove and review papers in your child's Communication Envelope, sign and return weekly.
When sending money, please place in an envelope with your child's name and what the money is for.
When changing how your child is to go home, a written note with parent / guardian signature must be sent to school (this can be done in child's planner).
