I hope that everyone had a wonderful and relaxing Winter Break!  

We are quickly nearing the end of Quarter 2 (January 16th). Report Cards will be sent home on Monday, January 26th.  Your children are doing wonderful in school!  They continue to learn so much and work very hard each day!!! 

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.  Also, continue to practice writing.  We are working on writing complete sentences with correct sentence structure (capitalization, spacing, punctuation, and using their phonograms to help with spelling).  In addition, we will be working on writing short stories in Quarters 3 and 4.

In math, keep practicing counting.  We just finished learning to read, write, and count numbers 0-10.  We have also been working on number recognition from 0-100.  This week we will begin our measurement unit.

Our Accelerated Reader Program is going very well!  I can see that your children are reading every night 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.

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.

Thanks for all of your support!

Mrs. Heller

"Caloosa Leaders are Launched Here"

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Week of January 5, 2009:

     Reading:          Comprehension

                              Phonograms:   ch (as in chop, school, machine)

                                                      ar (as in far)

     Number Words: zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, 

                               nine, ten, eleven, twelve

     Sight Words:     too, well, will, must, hasn't

     Math:                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:            Writing first and last name

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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)

Quarters 1 & 2 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

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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      January 5th:                           School Reopens

      January 13th:                   PTO Meeting (2:30pm)

      January 14th:                   Early Dismissal (12:15pm)

                                                            DAC Meeting (6:00pm)

     January 15th:                   Early Dismissal (12:15pm)

     January 16th:                   Early Dismissal (12:15pm)

                                                            End of Quarter 2

                                                            AR Celebration

      January 19th:                   Martin Luther King Jr. Day

                                                            School Closed

      January 20th:                    Professional Duty Day

                                                             No School for Students

     January 26th:                    Report Cards Go Home

      January 28th:                    Jump Rope for Heart

     January 30th:                    100th Day Celebration

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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).