Week of December 24, 2007

We have been working on the letter “Cc” this week. Our poem for the week was Christmas Bells. We found the Cc’s our poem. We practiced printing the capital and lowercase Cc and completed My Cc Book.
In math we are working on the teen numbers. We are learning to compare numbers up to 20 in terms of which is more and which is less. We are also writing these numbers to match groups.
A Peek at Next Week…
Letter: Mm
Theme: Mittens
Math: Numbers 11-50

Homework
Over the holiday break I am sending home math flashcards for you and your child to practice. Also remember to keep reading with you child!:) Review the popcorn words: is, the, see, he, you, my, like, a and can.

Holiday Parties
Thank you to Mrs. Burrows and Mrs. Edwards who coordinated our Holiday Parties. Thank you to Mrs. Cigrand, Mrs. Colip, Mrs. Kozlowski, Mrs. O'Donnell, Mrs. Swain, Mrs. Dignan,Mrs. Dygdon, Mrs. Drazenovic, and Mrs. Purpora who organized the games and snacks. We had a great time!

Thank you to all of you who sent cookies for the Teacher’s Cookie Exchange. A special thank you to the PTO for organizing this special event! I appreciate your thoughtfulness.


I am wishing you and your families a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Week of December 17, 2007

We have been working on the letter “Gg” this week. Our poem for the week was Where is My Gingerbread Man? We found the Gg’s our poem. We practiced printing the capital and lowercase Gg and completed My Gg Book. We read a variety of Gingerbread stories and compared and contrasted the differences in each story. We decorated gingerbread men and we did a special caring/gingerbread activity with Mrs. Hansen. We started out the week with a Gingerbread Man in our room and he ran away! We followed clues throughout the week to finally find him in Mrs. Hansen's office!
In math we are working on the numbers greater than 10. We are learning to compare numbers up to 20 in terms of which is more and which is less. We are also writing these numbers to match groups.
A Peek at Next Week…
Letter: Cc
Theme: Christmas/Caring
Math: Numbers 11-20

Our “Holiday Party” will be held on Friday, Dec. 21st from 10:15-11:15 for the morning class and from 2:00-3:00 for the afternoon class.
Each child will need to bring in a Christmas decorated gift bag with their name on it to hold all their goodies!

Important Dates
Dec. 21- Classroom Holiday Party
Jan. 7- Classes Resume after Winter
Break

Week of December 10, 2007

We have been working on the letter “Rr” this week. Our poem for the week was Santa’s Reindeer. We found the Rr’s our poem and talked about punctuation marks periods and question marks. We practiced printing the capital and lowercase Rr and completed My Rr Book. We talked about the silent e in words how it changes the vowel’s sound. Our new popcorn word was like for this week.
In math, we are continuing to work on numbers 11 to 20.
A Peek at Next Week…
Letter: Gg Theme: Gingerbread
Math: Numbers 11-20

Holiday Parties
Our “Holiday Party” will be held on Friday, Dec. 21 from 10:15-11:15 for the morning class and from 2:00-3:00 for the afternoon class.
The kindergarten teachers have decided to have the children bring in candies/trinkets (such as candy canes, stickers, pencils, etc.) for the class instead of purchasing a gift for a gift exchange.
In case you want to do some shopping this weekend, there are 17 students in the A.M. class and 16 students in the P.M. class. You may send in your candies/trinkets anytime during the week of December 17th. He/she will pass them out the day of the party. Each child will need to bring in that week a Christmas decorated gift bag with their name on it to hold all their goodies!

Important Dates
Dec. 14 – Pajama day
Dec. 21- Classroom Holiday Party
Winter Break Begins
Jan. 7 – School resumes

Week of December 3, 2007

We have been working on the letter “Nn” this week. Our poem for the week was November. We practiced printing the capital and lowercase Nn and completed My Nn Book. Our new popcorn word is “is”. We used magnetic letters to make words and used them in a sentence.
In math, we are learning how to copy and extend different kind of patterns. We worked on the AB, AAB and ABB patterns using unifix cubes and gluing squares to make the patterns on paper and we made chains following a pattern.
A Peek at Next Week…
Letter: Rr Theme: Reindeer
Math: Numbers 11-20

Holiday Parties
Our “Holiday Party” will be held on Friday, Dec. 21st from 10:15-11:15 for the morning class and from 2:00-3:00 for the afternoon class.
The kindergarten teachers have decided to have the children bring in candies/trinkets (such as candy canes, stickers, pencils, etc.) for the class instead of purchasing a gift for a gift exchange.
In case you want to do some shopping this weekend, there are 17 students in the A.M. class and 16 students in the P.M. class. You may send in your candies/trinkets anytime during the week of December 17th. He/she will pass them out the day of the party. Each child will need to bring in that week a Christmas decorated gift bag with their name on it to hold all their goodies

Important Dates
Nov. 30- No School
Dec. 14 – Pajama Day
Dec. 21 – Holiday Party