Schedule for the Weeks of Dec. 6-10 & Dec. 13-17

Hello! The next couple of weeks will be busy as we have some holiday fun and take a little break from our regular curriculum. Last Friday you received the last green homework sheet (Lesson 10) until after the winter break. I am also very proud to announce that the students filled the cotton ball jar which meant they earned their first movie and popcorn party!! We had our party last Friday and watched Toy Story 3 with options of regular, cheese or caramel popcorn.

Here is a peek at our two weeks ahead!

Dec. 6th -10th

• M - Music & P.E.
  
• T - Art & Media (Please remember your library books!)
  
• W - P.E. & Music
  
• Th - Music & P.E.
  
• F - Art

Star of the Week : Maeve!!

Dec. 13th -17 th

• M - P.E. & Music & Trace's Birthday!!
  
• T - Field Trip to Old Log Theater!!! We will be back in time for lunch at school. - Media in the afternoon (Please return your library books!)
  
• W - Art & Landon's Birthday!! - PLEASE send in your child's gently used wrapped book by today!!
  
• Th - P.E. & Music & Celebrate Zachary's 1/2 Birthday!!
• F - Music & P.E. , Celebrate Ashlee's Birthday!! & Holiday Book Exchange!!
  

Schedule for the Week of November 29 - December 3

• M - computer & Art
  
• T - P.E./Music & Media (Please remember your library books!)
  
• W - Music/P.E.
  
• Th - Art
  
• F - P.E./Music

Star of the Week: Trace!

Sight Word for the Week: come

Letter of the Week: Ii

Vocabulary: squabble, mischief, uproar, tend, soggy, wobble

Schedule for the Week of November 22-26

• M - Computer and Art
• T - P.E. & Music and Media (Please remember to bring back your library books!)
• W - Music & P.E.
  
• T - No School - HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
• F - No School - Enjoy your long weekend!!

Mrs. Koepp is thankful for each of my kindergarten students!!! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families!

Schedule for the Week of November 15-19

• M - Computer & P.E./Music
  
• T - Music/P.E. & Media
  
• W - Art
  
• Th - P.E./Music
  
• F - Music/P.E.
  

Star of the Week!!: Jordyn!!

Sight Word for the Week: he

Word Family for the Week: -ap (words such as cap, nap, sap, etc.) -an (words such as can, stan, ban, etc.)

Vocabulary : Review Words - sly, proceed, apparel, announced, imaginary, precisely, active, gigantic, voyage, gasped, slum, whimper

This week we will be reviewing letters and vocabulary we have learned in the last couple of weeks. We will also be learning two new word families which will help build our rhyming and reading skills. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we will be talking about the things we are thankful for and why Thanksgiving was first started.
I apologize, I forgot to send home the homework sheet in last week's Friday Folder. I will stick it in their backpack today, and feel free to return it next week sometime.
Thanks!

Check out the fun we had at our Halloween party!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

Schedule for the Week of November 1-5

• M - Computer & P.E./Music & Family Fun Night at the Book Fair (Shirley Hills Media Center) 5-8pm
  
• T - Music/P.E.
  
• W - Art
  
• Th - P.E./Music & Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-8pm
  
• F - Music/P.E. & Grandfriends Day!

Star of the Week: Micah!!

Sight Word for the Week: to

Word Family for the Week: -am (words such as ham, Sam, dam, etc.), -at (words such as cat, hat, sat, etc.)

Vocabulary: sly, proceed, apparel, announced, imaginary, precisely

This week we will be focusing on learning phonograms: -am, and -at instead of a new letter of the week. We will also use our prior knowledge of rhyming and letter sounds to help us learn to blend sounds together to create words.

We will continue to be working on writing numbers 0-10 correctly in Chapter 3 in Math. We will be starting a new chapter in Social Studies which focuses on our families.

This week, the Book Fair is going on in the Media Center. We will not be checking out new library books for the week, but your child will get a chance to make a wish list for the books that they may want to buy. Please feel free to stop in throughout the week to check-out the wonderful books at great prices!

Schedule for the Week October 25 - 29

• M - Computer and Music/P.E. (please remember helmets for rollerskating!) & we will also be celebrating Joey's Birthday!!
  
• T - Art and Media (please remember your library books!)
  
• W - P.E./Music
  
• Th - Music/P.E. & Picture Retake Day!!
  
• F - Halloween Safety with Mrs. Swanson, Art and Class Halloween Party! (Please send costume with your child to school in a separate bag.) School Halloween Parade begins at 2:15pm - parents may watch the parade from the gym.
  

Sight Words for the Week: Review: I, a, my, the, go

Letter for the Week: Aa

Vocabulary: Review: feast, gusto, prepare, lonely, remind, preoccupied, appetite, savor, urgency, aroma, surround, tradition

Hello Families!
We have a very busy couple of weeks ahead. Hopefully you all got your Conference slip reminder a week ago. If you have any questions regarding your conference day/time, please feel free to contact me. I'm looking forward to meeting with all of you in the next couple of weeks. This week the students will be getting very, very excited for our Halloween celebration. There are some parents planning our class party which I know will be a great success.
I looking forward to a fun week!

Schedule for the Week of October 18th-22nd

• M - Computer and Art
  
• T - P.E./Music and Media (Please remember to bring back your library books!)
  
• W - No School! Teacher Workshop Day!
  
• Th - No School! MEA
  
• F - No School! MEA

As you can see, we have a very short week ahead of us! We will be continuing to finish our pattern books, practice some hand writing skills and making a few Halloween decorations for our party next week.

Schedule for the Week of October 11th - 15th

• M- Computer & P.E./Music
  
• T - Music/P.E. & Media (Please remember your library books!)
  
• W - Art
  
• Th - P.E./Music
  
• F - Music/P.E.
  

Sight Word for the Week: go

Letter for the Week: Cc

Vocabulary for the Week: appetite, savor, urgency, aroma, surround, tradition

Star of the Week: Ashlee

So much fun at the apple orchard!