Week of October 31 - November 4, 2011

Week of October 31 – November 4, 2011

This week marks the end of the first marking period. All first quarter assessments are completed and will be available for you to look over on November 3 at the conference time ( 4 or 5 depending on which session you are attending). Please note that I have changed the conferences in my room from Tuesday, November 1 to Thursday, November 3 due to a conflict in my schedule. Also, as the letter stated that was sent home, this is not a one on one conference but an information session to explain our grading and the kindergarten report card. The report cards will be sent home on Friday, November 4. Please look over the report card and sign and return. If you would like a meeting ( phone or in person) to discuss your child’s progress or any other concerns, I will arrange a day and time to do that after report cards have been given. Thanks for your understanding.
This week in phonics we are going to be working on the letter M. Show and tell will continue on Thursday and Friday. Also, our first word list will be sent home. Please review this list as part of the daily homework. Children do not need to memorize the words, but should be able to sound out the words using their knowledge of the letter sounds we have covered so far. The only word that needs to be memorized is the sight word that is circled on the page. Again, thank you for working with your child on this. Each week a new list will be sent home and Friday the students will be tested on their ability to sound out the words.
In math this week we will be identifying numbers 0 – 9, sequencing events, using one to one correspondence and introduce the penny.
In reading we will be finishing the story "Animal Babies in Grasslands" and then moving right into the next story called "Bear Snores On". This story is about a bear who sleeps right through a party all of his animal friends and when he wakes up is very sad, so his friends have another party to include him. The focus skill on this story is to distinguish between realism and fantasy.
Monday, October 4, 2011will be day 2 in our five day cycle. We will have computer class. Have a wonderful weekend!