Mrs. Johnson’s Newsletter
Week of 11/17/08
A Look Ahead:
Date Change: January 16th Testing Day moved to the 9th of
January
Oct. 16- Nov. 26th Please send in gently used mittens or hats
to be collected for the channel 7 coat drive.
Nov 17 Apple
Award Nominations Due
Wed, Nov 19 Class
Thankgiving Celebration: 1:00-2:00 pm.
Parents are encouraged to attend.
If you are bringing food, please come at 12:50ish to help set up or drop
it off in the classroom at 12:15.
Thurs, Nov 20 School
Thanksgiving Luncheon: Since our students do not
eat lunch at the school, we will be having a class thanksgiving celebration on
Wed. (Feel free to participate in both
activities if you would like.)
Nov 25 Dress
Down Day & Virtue Awards
Nov 26-28 Thanksgiving
Break
Dec. 17th ACS K-2 Winter program: 5:30-6:30p.m.
in ACS gym. Children should arrive promptly to our classroom at 5:15, dressed
in “holiday best”.
Important Information
~I
will no longer be sending home a weekly behavior sheet, unless your child slips
below a green.
This Week in
Kindergarten:
Language Arts—We will be using the
McGraw Hill “Treasures” curriculum for our language arts program. This curriculum will focus on several areas
each week.
High Frequency Words: have
Phonemic Awareness: Sequence of
sounds, word segmentation, recognizing rhyme, syllable blending, phoneme
isolation and onset/rime blending
Phonics: c sound and the
letter c
Comprehension: making inferences
Our theme for this unit is Food and our book is called Our Special
Sweet Potatoe Pie.
Math—We will be using the
Saxon Math curriculum for Kindergarten.
This month the curriculum will focus on identifying and counting
pennies, ordering and writing money amounts to $0.10, reading and showing time
to the hour, writing the numbers 8-10, matching a number card to a set of 1-10
objects, comparing objects by weight unsing a balance, creating and reading an
ABB color pattern, and acting out story problems.
Core—This month our focus in core is on NATIVE
AMERICAN PEOPLES PAST AND PRESENT, and PILGRIMS.
Virtue—Stewardship
Mrs. Johnson
PM Kindergarten