DATES:
· 3/9~ Parent Expo & Family dinner 5-7
· 3/12~ Spring Pictures: Individual and Class pictures will be taken
· 3/19~ In-service Day/Student Holiday
· 3/22~ Snow Make Up Day
Congratulations to Addison Boggs! Her Tornado Safety Poster won Second Place in the School District of Oconee County! We’re proud of her! We practiced a tornado drill last week. This would be a good time to discuss tornado safety at home, too!
4 Year Old Pre Kindergarten Registration & Screening – Tuesday, March 9, 2010 – Please call the school for an appointment if your child will be 4years old on or before September 1, 2010. Pre Kindergarten Registration is done by appointment only.
Please bring the following items for Pre Kindergarten and /or Kindergarten registration:
· Birth Certificate· Social Security Card· Updated Immunization Record· Proof of Residency (One of the following: Electric Bill, Water Bill, Gas Bill, or Telephone Bill)
REMINDERS:
Thank you for continuing to send in Campbell’s soup labels, General Mills’ Box tops, and Nestle Pure Life water bottle labels! Our library day is Friday. Wear sneakers on our PE days, Mondays & Wednesdays!
Homework: We will have math homework Tues, Weds, and Thursday this week.
TAKE HOME READERS/100 BOOK CHALLENGE: Wow! Congratulations to the newest students to reach 100 steps! Caroline McKenzie, Cole Bryson, Garrett Hare, Lee Blassingame, Paige Hood, Alexis Harbert, and Mac Stancil That’s almost the whole class! (Please let me know if I’ve left anyone off…)
The children are doing a wonderful job with their independent reading, and they’re growing by leaps and bounds! Thanks so much for your assistance in listening to them read daily. Many of the children are earning 2 steps each night. Thank you also for reviewing your child’s Skills Cards regularly. I’ve been holding individual reading conferences with the children, and many of them have gotten new cards. Thanks for reviewing old skills as well.
Language Arts: We are wrapping up our study of Dr. Seuss. We’re focusing on words that rhyme with common spelling patterns and words pairs such as here & deer that rhyme, but have different spelling patterns. We’re learning about antonyms (opposites) and synonyms (words that have similar meanings.) We learning about homophones, which are words that sound alike, but are spelled differently, such as hear & here, their & there, etc. We are continuing to work on long vowel sounds and spelling patterns, such as “magic e” at the end of words, and vowel “teams” such as ‘ea,’ “oa,” and ‘ai.’
In our writing, we are working on combining multiple sentences on one topic, spelling high frequency words correctly in everyday use, and using a dictionary when necessary. Our handwriting is definitely improving! At this point in the year, the children should be consistently putting spaces between words, writing letters correctly on the line, using capital letters correctly, and ending sentences with a period.
Math: We are continuing to work on addition facts, with more emphasis on subtraction. We’re learning how to use the number chart to add larger numbers, such as 35+10. We are working on comparison number stories, answering questions such as, “Who has more? How much more?”
Have a great week!
· 3/9~ Parent Expo & Family dinner 5-7
· 3/12~ Spring Pictures: Individual and Class pictures will be taken
· 3/19~ In-service Day/Student Holiday
· 3/22~ Snow Make Up Day
Congratulations to Addison Boggs! Her Tornado Safety Poster won Second Place in the School District of Oconee County! We’re proud of her! We practiced a tornado drill last week. This would be a good time to discuss tornado safety at home, too!
4 Year Old Pre Kindergarten Registration & Screening – Tuesday, March 9, 2010 – Please call the school for an appointment if your child will be 4years old on or before September 1, 2010. Pre Kindergarten Registration is done by appointment only.
Please bring the following items for Pre Kindergarten and /or Kindergarten registration:
· Birth Certificate· Social Security Card· Updated Immunization Record· Proof of Residency (One of the following: Electric Bill, Water Bill, Gas Bill, or Telephone Bill)
REMINDERS:
Thank you for continuing to send in Campbell’s soup labels, General Mills’ Box tops, and Nestle Pure Life water bottle labels! Our library day is Friday. Wear sneakers on our PE days, Mondays & Wednesdays!
Homework: We will have math homework Tues, Weds, and Thursday this week.
TAKE HOME READERS/100 BOOK CHALLENGE: Wow! Congratulations to the newest students to reach 100 steps! Caroline McKenzie, Cole Bryson, Garrett Hare, Lee Blassingame, Paige Hood, Alexis Harbert, and Mac Stancil That’s almost the whole class! (Please let me know if I’ve left anyone off…)
The children are doing a wonderful job with their independent reading, and they’re growing by leaps and bounds! Thanks so much for your assistance in listening to them read daily. Many of the children are earning 2 steps each night. Thank you also for reviewing your child’s Skills Cards regularly. I’ve been holding individual reading conferences with the children, and many of them have gotten new cards. Thanks for reviewing old skills as well.
Language Arts: We are wrapping up our study of Dr. Seuss. We’re focusing on words that rhyme with common spelling patterns and words pairs such as here & deer that rhyme, but have different spelling patterns. We’re learning about antonyms (opposites) and synonyms (words that have similar meanings.) We learning about homophones, which are words that sound alike, but are spelled differently, such as hear & here, their & there, etc. We are continuing to work on long vowel sounds and spelling patterns, such as “magic e” at the end of words, and vowel “teams” such as ‘ea,’ “oa,” and ‘ai.’
In our writing, we are working on combining multiple sentences on one topic, spelling high frequency words correctly in everyday use, and using a dictionary when necessary. Our handwriting is definitely improving! At this point in the year, the children should be consistently putting spaces between words, writing letters correctly on the line, using capital letters correctly, and ending sentences with a period.
Math: We are continuing to work on addition facts, with more emphasis on subtraction. We’re learning how to use the number chart to add larger numbers, such as 35+10. We are working on comparison number stories, answering questions such as, “Who has more? How much more?”
Have a great week!
