Our field day time has been changed!!!! It is now at 1:30.....it will be in the gym because of the weather.
June 4, 2009
I hope to see everyone at Bruster's Tonight. I look forward to scooping your ice cream!!!
Reminder: Tomorrow is Dads' Craft Day. The Dads should plan to arrive at 9:00. We will be having snack, doing a craft and then reading a story. The Dads should plan to be here for about an hour.
Next Tuesday, we will be celebrating all of the kids that have summer birthdays. If you would like to provide a treat for this celebration, please let me know.
There will be no more homework.
I am trying to finish up all of the charms for the kids' key chains. I will be testing the kids on April words and May/June words this week and next. I will also be doing shoe tie checks for any child that is ready.
We will be having a pizza party on Monday, June 8th. The children do not need to pack and/or buy a lunch that day.
Field Day is on Thursday, June 11th. All families are welcome to come watch. I am not sure what time our class will be scheduled. I will let you know as the information becomes available.
On Thursday, June 11th, we will be having our "End of the Year" celebration. This is our version of a Kindergarten graduation. We would like all of the children and their families to attend. The celebration will include singing, a little dancing, a poem reading, a power point presentation-highlighting events of the year and light refreshments. If your child cannot attend, please let me know ASAP.
Our plans for End of the Year Kindergarten picnic are coming together. It will be on the playground from 9:30-11:30. All families are welcome to attend. The kids need a brown bag lunch for that day.
Dates to remember:
--6/4: MOT Night @Brusters from 7-9pm--Miss Husted will be scooping!!!
--6/5: Any Pants Day $1.00
--6/5: Dad's Craft Day @9:00am
--6/8: Hound Pizza Party-the Hounds will be having pizza for lunch--no need for your child you buy or pack a lunch that day.
--6/9: Unbirthday celebration--we will celebrate all the kids that have summer birthdays.
--6/9: Stepping Up Day: the K's get to visit the first grade classrooms!
--6/10: Ice Cream Wednesday
--6/11: Field Day
--6/11: End of the Year Celebration @6:30pm
--6/12: Kindergarten Picnic and 1/2 day with dismissal at 12:30pm
June Birthdays:
--6/17: Christopher
--6/26: Joshua
July Birthdays:
--7/12: Leela
--7/12: Rohan
--7/22: Shane
August Birthdays:
--8/3: Emma
--8/18: Andrew
--8/25: Luke
--8/27: Emily
Classroom Activities:
Chapter Books We've Read:
--Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
--Junie B. Jones and the Monkey Business
--Junie B. Jones and her Big Fat Mouth
--Junie B. Jones and some Sneaky Peaky Spying
--Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake
--Junie B. Jones and the Meanie Jim's Birthday
--Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren
--Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed
--Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook
--Junie B. Jones is a Party Animal
--Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy
--Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy
--Junie B. Jones is Almost a Flower Girl
--Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine
--Junie B. Jones has a Peep in her Pocket
--Junie B. Jones is Captin Field Day
--Junie B. Jones is a Graduation Girl
--Junie B. Jones First Grader at Last
--The Chocolate Touch
Inventive Spelling--
We encourage the children to use inventive spelling. The children are to write down the sounds that they hear instead of asking us to spell. Inventive spelling helps the children apply the sounds that they learn.
Reading--
The children are bringing home reading book bags. Please read these books with your child several times before you send it back. The children should be able to "read" the book as well as know what the book was about. Please celebrate what your child is doing! Remember memorization is part of the reading process. The children know that the words say the same thing each time. They know that we read in top to bottom and left to right progression. Have your child point out words that he/she can read--especially words from our word lists.
Homework--
Homework will come home at the end of each week. It is due back the following Thursday. There will be a writing packet attached the weekly newsletter. You will find the newsletter in the children's blue Friday folder. The children are also expected to "read" five nights out of the week and record the books they've read in their purple reading logs. The reading logs are due back on Thursdays with the written homework. Please return the homework and reading log (in the red folder) on Thursdays.
Book-It-- (program runs October to March)
We will be participating in Pizza Hut's Book-It program. This program will run from October through March. The Book-It reading logs will be put in the children's purple reading logs--new form, but same reading homework procedure. The children's goal is to read five nights out of the week/20 books a month. If your child reaches the goal, he/she will receive a certificate for a free pan pizza from Pizza Hut at the end of each month.
Letter Box--
On letter box days, the children can bring in one item from home for each of the letters of the week.
Hound Chains--(this program starts on Open House)
The charms the children can earn are:
--a paw print for being a Husted Hound
--a shoe for learning to tie their shoe
--a ballon for celebrating a birthday
--a star for being the hound of the week
--a math star for filling the counting jar
--a helping hand for doing all of the classroom jobs
--an 100 for reaching the 100th day of school
--an apple for learning the September sight vocabulary words
--a pumpkin for learning the October sight vocabulary words
--a turkey for learning the November sight vocabulary words
--a tree for learning the December sight vocabulary words
--a penquin for learning the January sight vocabulary words
--a heart for learning the February sight vocabulay words
--a shamrock for learning the March sight vocabulary words
--a raindrop for learning the April sight vocabulary words
--a thumbs up for learning the May/June sight vocabulary words
--a book for participating in challege reading books
--a star reader star for participating in the A.R. program
(Sight word vocabulary words will be sent home at the beginning of each month. The challenge reading and A.R. programs start later in the year based on each's child's ability to identify sight vocabulary words)
--a mustang for a year of MOT pride
Hound of the Week--
Each child will have an opportunity to be the "Hound of the Week." Please check the class calendar to see when it is your child's turn. You will also get a letter and an information packet when it is your child's turn. The Hound of the Week gets to share some fun facts with the class including: their favorite snack, favorite book and favorite toy.
Happy--
Each child will have the opportunity to take home our class mascot, Happy. Happy will come home with a child on Friday and is due back the following Thursday. You can write about Happy's adventures in her journal.
Shared Journal Writing--
Each child will have the opportunity to tell be a story teller during journal writing. The storyteller of the day will tell a story and the rest of the class will "record" the story in their journals. Please check the class calendar to see when it is your child's turn.
Counting Jar--
Each child will have the opportunity to fill the counting jar. They will bring home a big jar and be asked to fill it with a specific number of items. The actual amount of items remains a mystery to the rest of the class. The children estimate how many items are in the jar and then we count out the items to determine the actual number.
Poem of the Week--
About every other week, your child will bring home a copy of a poem that we read in class. It is recommended that you store these poems in a three ring binder or folder. Have your child read the poems to you a few times each week. Remember to celebrate what your child knows. Memorization is a part of early reading. Have your child point out sight vocabulary words and share with you what they notice about the poem (number of words, punctuation, rhyming words, etc.).
Word Lists--
The children will bring home a list of words at the beginning of each month. These word lists are our sight vocabulary words. Please review these words with your child several times each week. The children will be "tested" to see how many words they can read. The word lists are to be kept in your child's red Friday/Homework folder.
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