Mrs. Johnson’s Newsletter

Month of September

A Look Ahead:

Mon, Sept 6^th              Labor Day, No school

Wed, Sept 22^nd Johnny Appleseed Celebration: In celebration of our study of Johnny Appleseed, we will have a Johnny Appleseed Celebration Party on Wed, Sept 22^nd from 1:00-1:45 pm. On this day, the students will come dressed as Johnny Appleseed all day long.  (For example, they can wear jean overalls, tshirt or flannel shirt, pot on their head, bag of seeds in their hands etc.)  Dress code will not apply for kindergarteners on this day, although they will probably need a change of shoes for PE. 

Thurs, Sept 23^rd Dress of Choice Day

Fri, Sept 24^th               In-service Day, No school

Important Information:

Infinite Campus/Grades: The district has made some changes to the grading system and Infinite Campus this year. At the moment, the administration is asking teachers not to input any grades into Infinite Campus until we get everything sorted out. In the meantime, you can still go to the office to get a login and password, but there will be no grades online at the moment. Once we get the go ahead to start using Infinite Campus again, I will let you know that you can begin checking grades, assignments or assessment results online. Thank you for your patience!

Informances: Music programs for the 2010 school year take on a new face at Academy Charter School. Take the “per” out of performance, replace it with “in,” and you get informance, a music program that provides a rich experience for students and parents. See below for more information and to find the confirmation form which is due back by September 10^th.

Change of Clothes:  Please remember to keep a change of clothes (ACS pants and underwear in a ziplock bag) in your student’s backpack in case of an accident.

PE: PE class is on Wednesdays. Please send your student to school with non marking tennis shoes/sneakers.

Homework: This semester, the only homework will be nightly math worksheets. Please look in your student’s backpack for the homework sheet. (Some nights there will be no homework.) Have your student complete the unfinished side of the worksheet for homework or if both sides are unfinished please choose a side and complete it. This worksheet does not need to be returned. You can keep it at home for a reference.

This Week in Kindergarten:

Language Arts— McGraw Hill, Treasures curriculum

For the month of September we will be studying:

          Phonics:                                   Recognizing letters R-Z, Letters sounds M, A

          High Frequency Words:          I, can, we, the

          Phonemic Awareness:             Segmenting sentences and words, blending words, isolating sounds, rhyming skills.   

          Comprehension:                      Make predictions, recognizing text structure, and identify setting

          Our theme this month will be “Families”.

Math—Saxon Math curriculum:

Over the next month we will be learning the following new skills: identifying most and fewest on a graph, using positional words and phrases, acting out a story problem, identifying circles and rectangles, covering a design using pattern blocks, writing the numbers 0-4, putting the number cards 1-5 in order, sequencing daily events, identifying ordinal position to fourth, creating and reading an AB color pattern, naming the days of the week.

Core Knowledge— E.D. Hirsch Core Knowledge Curriculum

September: American Legends and Tall Tales: Johnny Appleseed and Casey Jones

Mrs. Johnson

PM Kindergarten

johnsonk@academycharter.org

The ACS music department announces…

…Music Informances 2010…

For Kindergarten through 5^th grade.

Music programs for the 2010 school year take on a new face at Academy Charter School. Take the “per” out of performance, replace it with “in,” and you get informance, a music program that provides a rich experience for students and parents.

Informances 2010, which will take the place of the winter and spring music programs this year, will not only give parents a better understanding of their children’s musical abilities, but also a greater appreciation of how their children achieved those abilities. End-product and learning-approach meet in this interactive environment, sure to enrich all involved.

Please note in your calendar the date below that applies to your child’s informance. Then complete the confirmation below, and return it to your child’s homeroom teacher by Friday, September 10th.

Come enjoy, and get informed!

Sincerely,

Nathaniel Ross

ACS general music

Informance Dates for 2010-11

Oct 07 4:30-5:20 Butler (1^st grade)

(Th) 5:30-6:20 Pearson

6:30-7:20 Zimmerman

Nov 15 4:30-5:20 Johnson (Kindergarten)

(M) 5:30-6:20 Runyan

6:30-7:20 Sanders

Feb 28 4:30-5:20 Solomon (3^rd grade)

(M) 5:30-6:20 James

6:30-7:20 Young

Mar 07 4:30-5:20 Vier (4^th grade)

(M) 5:30-6:20 Delimont

6:30-7:20 Larkins

Apr 25 4:30-5:20 Bigbey (5^th grade)

(M) 5:30-6:20 Kelly

6:30-7:20 Marshall

May 2 4:30-5:20 Cook (2^nd grade)

(M) 5:30-6:20 Kennedy

6:30-7:20 Weeber

Informance 2010 Confirmation

This form confirms that we plan to attend the ACS music informance on ________(date). We understand that, in the absence of music homework assignments throughout the school year, the informance serves as the final project for the quarter in which it occurs (i.e. the informance is a required assignment).

Student Name: ________________________

Grade level: _______ Teacher: ____________________________

Parent signature: ________________________________