Kindergarten News
Mrs. Long's Class
November 11, 2016
Upcoming Events at JES
Fall Festival- Next Friday, November 18th!
Care Package Donations- All items must be sent in by Friday, November 18th
NO SCHOOL- Wednesday, November 23rd: Thanksgiving Break
NO SCHOOL- Thursday, November 24th: Thanksgiving Break
NO SCHOOL- Friday, November 25th: Thanksgiving Break
Walkathon Donations Due- Monday, November 28th
Santa Shop- Wednesday, December 14th - Friday, December 16th
Skills we are working on:
- Letters and Sounds
- Shapes
- Counting to 60 by 1's and 10's
- Writing numbers 0-50
- Number recognition
- Nursery Rhymes
- Rhyming Words
- Syllables
- CVC words
- Parts of a Book
Weekly Assessments: 11/14 -11/18
Nursery Rhyme
Little Jack Horner
(Students will be recite the rhyme on Friday.)
Sight Words
one, two, three
(These will be checked on Friday.)
Please continue to work on all of the words covered so far.
I, am, red, yellow, green, blue, orange, purple, black, white, brown, pink, the, little, to, a, gray, have, is, we, my, like, in, it, he, for, me, she, see, with, look, with, they, you, of, be, zero
Sentences
She can bat.
I sat with an ant.
She can pat it.
Nat sat with me.
He can sip it.
I bit the pit.
The rat can sit.
She ran with me.
My cat likes to nap.
We have a mat for me.
(Students will read 4 of these sentences to me on Thursday.)
Fall Festival Silent Auction
The Johnson Fall Festival is fast approaching. The online portion of the Silent Auction will be open now until Friday, November 18th at noon. The online link will be shut down at noon and the auction will continue at the festival that evening. Good luck and happy bidding!
Mock Election
We Care Walkathon
Veterans Day
Care packages
All care packages need to be turned by next Friday, November 18th. The class with the most donations will get a prize! (If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Long.)
Class items collected (as of November 11th):
Ms. Burns- 58 items
Mrs. Long- 56 items
Mrs. Schindler- 35 items
Ms. Strobl- 22 items
Mrs. McGannon- 15 items
Ms. Rose- 11 items
Mrs. VanDyke- 10 items
Mrs. Richardson- 10 items
Mrs. Spencer- 10 items
Mrs. Akemon- 8 items
Mrs. Meadows- 4 items
Mrs. Wooten- 4 items
Accelerated Reader Prize Incentive Program
Dreambox Math
Studydog
Reading Eggs
Your child has been introduced to the program Reading Eggs. We will be using Reading Eggs regularly throughout the school year. A paper has been sent home with your child's login and password information. *(Login: first name, middle initial, last name. Password: is first name and lunch number) There is also is a program called Mathseeds. Mathseeds will give your child extra math skill practice. The login is the same! If you have internet access, you are encouraged to use these programs at home! Just go to www.readingeggs.com
Scholastic Book Orders
Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub
One-Time Class Activation Code: GWMXY
Ordering online is fast and easy:
- VISIT https://orders.scholastic.com/GWMXY
- CLICK on "Connect to Your Teacher " under the FOR PARENTS section.
- ENTER the one-time Class Activation Code
- SHOP from a carefully curated selection of the best books and value packs
- SUBMIT your order and earn FREE Books for our classroom
- All book orders will be shipped to our classroom so we can celebrate the joy of reading together!
Box Tops!!
Competition ends at the end of the nine weeks!
We are collecting Box Tops this year! You can find them on lots of packages… everything from school supplies to taco shells! Each regular Box Top clipping is worth 10 cents, and those can add up quickly when we all turn them in! Please put your labels in a baggie or an envelop, label them "Long" and send them in.... Thanks so much!!
*(You can also search for What's Happening in Kindergarten)
Canvas
**This is a work in progress- there will be more information sent home at a later date!