Week of October 29, 2007

We have been working on the letter “Hh” this week. Our poem for the week was 1, 2, Halloween Boo. We used spooky fingers to help us read. We practiced printing the capital and lowercase Hh and completed My Hh Book. Our new popcorn word for this week was “he”.
In math, we worked on recognizing and printing the numbers 0 to 5 and matching groups to the numbers.
A Peek at Next Week…
Letter: Review Theme: Halloween
Math: Recognizing and writing the numbers 0 to 10 in order and random order.

Halloween Parties/Parade
Wednesday, October 31st
A.M. Parade-9:45, Party-10:15
P.M. Parade-1:30, Party-2:00
Please come and watch the parades. The AM parade is out in front of the school, and the PM parade (with the entire school) is in the field in the back of the school. The students should bring their costumes to school in a bag. We will help the students get dressed prior to the parades. Since the students will have a treat and drink at the party, no additional snack is necessary.

Picture Retakes
Picture retakes will be on November 15th at 9:15 aim. If your child is in the pm class you will need to bring them to school for picture retakes.

Important Dates
Oct. 29 -Teacher Institute Day -
Oct. 31 –Halloween Parties
Nov.1 – October Reading Sheet is Due.

Have a Safe and Happy Halloween!

Week of October 22, 2007

We have been working on the letter “Bb” this week. Our poem for the week was Bats are Sleeping. We found Bb’s in our poem and the popcorn word “the”. We enjoyed singing the poem together. We practiced printing the capital B and lowercase b and completed My Bb Book. We worked on recognizing the punctuation marks: periods and question marks and why we use them in sentences. We are learning that a capital letter needs to be at the beginning of a sentence. Our new popcorn word is “can” for this week. Our homework for this week will be handwriting Bb’s and writing 1’s and 2’s.
In math, we are learning how to compare two groups to determine which group has more and less. We started number writing.
A Peek at Next Week…
Letter: Hh Theme: Halloween
Math: Number writing 0-5







Johansen Farm Field Trip
We will be going on our field trip to Johansen’s Farm on Tuesday, October 30th. Please have your child dress appropriately for the weather. We will not be having a snack on that day, make sure your child eats a good breakfast.








On October 31st we will be having a Halloween Parade and a Halloween Party. We are short party helpers for the A.M. Halloween party. If you are willing to help, please contact our party coordinator Mrs. Burrows at amy.burrows@comcast.net. The parade will be outside and anyone is welcome! The children are to bring their costumes to school in a bag and we will dress before the parade. No makeup or weapons will be allowed.

Important Dates
Oct. 25 –Hat Day
Oct.29 – Teacher Institute Day – No School
Oct. 31 – Classroom Halloween Parties
A.M. Class – 9:45 parade, 10:15 party
P.M. class – 1:30 parade, 2:00 party

We have been working on the letter “Ee” this week. Our poem for the week was The Eensy Weensy Spider. We made up some actions to the poem. We practiced printing the capital and lowercase Ee and completed My Ee Book. We made some spooky spider webs.
In math, we continued to work on the shapes.
A Peek at Next Week…
Letter: Bb Theme: Bats
Math: Exploring Numbers 0-5

Johansen Farm Field Trip
We will be going on our field trip to Johansen’s Farm on Tuesday, October 30th. Please have your child dress appropriately for the weather. We will not be having a snack on that day, make sure your child eats a good breakfast.

Important Dates
Oct. 17 – Early Dismissal – A.M. attends
Oct. 30 -Field Trip-Johansen’s Farm
Oct. 31– Classroom Halloween Parties
A.M. class – 9:45 parade, 10:15 party
P.M. class – 1:30 parade, 2:00 party

We have been working on the letter “Jj” this week. Our poem for the week was Jack-O’Lantern. We made jack-o’lanterns focusing on the shapes used to create them. We have practiced writing Jj’s and read our Jj booklets. We are working on trying to connect letters and/or words to our pictures in our ABC Journals.


In math, we worked on recognizing and cutting out the basic shapes – circle, square, triangle and rectangle. We learned new math vocabulary for shapes (angles, lines, and points). Next week we will continue to work on identifying the shapes and patterning.
A Peek at Next Week…
Letter: Ee Theme: Spiders
Math: Patterns , Shapes and Numbers


Important Dates
Oct. 8 – Columbus Day – No School
Oct. 12 – Fire Safety Assembly
Oct. 17-Early Dismissal – A.M. Attends
Oct. 29-Teacher's Institute-No School
Oct. 30 -Field Trip-Johansen’s Farm
Oct. 31 – Classroom Halloween Parties