Our Class News
November 13, 2014
This Week
Friday will be the Atten"dance" for those with perfect attendance and no tardies for this grading period. We will start doing this each six weeks. Tardies are becoming an issue; please have your child here by 7:40. Several students come in around 8:00 and haven't eaten breakfast. We are done with breakfast by 8:00 and have cleaned up and started our academic day. Thanks for your help.
When your child is reading to you remind him/her to point to the words and LOOK at the words he/she is saying. It is a great strategy to use the pictures to figure out hard words, but we are transitioning from "reading the pictures" to reading the words and correcting ourself when we say the wrong word. Please help your child work on this at home too.
In math we began our unit on the numbers 11-15. We are building the numbers with ten frames and noticing that when the ten frame is full we don't have to count those we automatically know there are ten. Writing the teen numbers is a very difficult skill. It is a common misconception to write "31" for 13, etc. Please work on this at home to get ahead of their creating that bad habit. :)
Brr! That cold weather really snuck up on us! We go out to recess at 9:45/10ish. We go everyday unless it's raining or the windchill is below 40 degrees. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather and brings a jacket/coat labeled with his/her name. This is me acting as the "pot calling the kettle black" because my 16 year old attempted to wear shorts to school yesterday. So please understand I get it. Life happens. Just do what you can. :)
Reminders
- Report cards will go home 11/17 (due to a glitch we had to re do some of them) - please sign and return the report card envelope
- Book orders due 11/21 (remember we cannot accept cash or check - online orders only)
- Early Release 11/26
- No school 11/27 & 11/28 Happy Thanksgiving
- Dec. 12 DRA Testing (reading level) - I'll have a sub
Mrs. Hoelscher's contact information
The school number is below, but feel free to text or call me at (512)426-6190 when something important comes up.
Email: mhoelscher@taylorisd.org
Website: http://kindergarten-classro.thj.taylorisd.schoolfusion.us/modules/groups/integrated_home.phtml?gid=4282656&sessionid=f5ef724e0b082d551dbd1ba36e0690cd
Phone: (512) 365-7114
Things we've learned so far...
You can reinforce these things at home for review.
Language
Letters (to identify, name the sound & write)Ll Oo Gg Hh Dd Xx Mm Rr Ss Ee Aa Bb Ii Tt Cc Yy Pp Zz Kk Vv
Sight words (read & write/spell)
like I the a and see can we to yes no
Decoding strategies (figuring out unknown words)
point to the words
use picture clues
sound out the word
beginning sound and what makes sense
Comprehension
characters
setting
events in a story (B/M/E)
predictions
author's group information in ways to help us understand (informational texts)
Math
Numbers (identify, build & write) 0-15
Comparing numbers 0-10
Sorting & organizing data
creating graphs
Social Studies
- why people work
- needs vs. wants
- why we have rules
- community helpers
- Verteran's Day
Science
- science tools/ lab safety
- hand-washing/ germs
- recycling
- 5 senses
- force & motion
- magnets