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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Sight Words Slide Show
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Missed Days
If your child is out sick or has to miss school one day for personal reasons I can put together a package of missed work for he/she to work on! If you know that your child will be out a head of time I can get the package put together early for you as well!
Please be advised that this work is practice. You do not need to send their makeup work back to me, just please be sure that they do it so that they do not get behind.
*I do check their work everyday for completion and understanding. But in Kindergarten we do not take letter grades, we check for mastery. The first six weeks I do not mark on their worksheets at all. Starting the second six weeks you will start to see marks on their papers.
Please be advised that this work is practice. You do not need to send their makeup work back to me, just please be sure that they do it so that they do not get behind.
*I do check their work everyday for completion and understanding. But in Kindergarten we do not take letter grades, we check for mastery. The first six weeks I do not mark on their worksheets at all. Starting the second six weeks you will start to see marks on their papers.
Schedule Change
Here is the updated schedule for the classroom! Hopefully this is our last change, but my goal is to make the schedule work for everyone and to keep each child enthusiastic and ready to learn!
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
| 7:30-7:45 | *Breakfast & Quiet Reading Time |
| 7::45-8:00 | Morning Meeting |
| 8:00-8:05 | Announcements |
| 8:05-8:40 | ELA *SRA Lesson& Read Aloud |
| 840-900 | Recess |
| 900-930 | Math *Calendar & Saxon Lesson |
| 930-1025 | TIERS |
| 1030-1100 | Lunch |
| 1100-1135 | Flash Cards *ABC’s, Sight Words & TPRI SKills |
| 1135-1220 | TEAM |
| 1220-1250 | Writers Workshop |
| 1250-120 | Science |
| 120-220 | Reading Centers |
| 220 | Snack time |
| 245 | Dismissal |
Monday, August 15, 2011
Music in the Classroom
I for one believe in having music in the classroom. Our classroom playlist ranges from classical to Bob Marley to Coldplay, to David Bowie etc. I remember before I started teaching I read a study that playing Bob Marley to babies was beneficial for calming them down because reggae music mimics the mothers heartbeat.
I figure if it works when they are babies it has to work when they are 4, 5 and 6. I have to say that it totally does. In fact, all types of music as long as it's mellow tends to help with the nervous chatter during independent work time.
Does your child have a specific artist or band that they respond to? I would love to have a bigger playlist to listen to, so ideas are welcome!!
I figure if it works when they are babies it has to work when they are 4, 5 and 6. I have to say that it totally does. In fact, all types of music as long as it's mellow tends to help with the nervous chatter during independent work time.
Does your child have a specific artist or band that they respond to? I would love to have a bigger playlist to listen to, so ideas are welcome!!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
New Sight Words for this Week
Week of Aug.15th
go
and
Week of Aug. 8th
a
the
Please, please study these words nightly! We review them daily and read them as we go out the door into the hall but it helps to see the words as much as possible.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
BOOKS!
Don't forget book orders are due this coming Friday!! I will order them and the books should be delivered within 3 days. I also updated the books tab with new books that would be great for the classroom or your child's home library!!
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