Mrs. Cornell's Class
News for the week of December 10 to December 15th
Dear Parents,
This will be an exciting and busy week culminating in the Winter Music program on Friday. You have two opportunities to see it - 9:30 and 1:00 pm. It will last approximately one hour. Please try to come and stay for the entire program. All students will take part in the final song. If you come to the afternoon program and you wish to, you may stop by the classroom after the program is over to pick up your child.
Just a bit of information - - next week I will be out on Thursday and Friday as I am having some knee surgery done. Mrs. Ites will be my substitute. She has been here before and does a great job.
I haven't heard from anyone, so will repeat this request: If you have access to any small flashlights or battery operated tea lights, we would like to use them for the Winter Concert. Please contact me if you have something that we might be able to use.
One more request: our snack cupboard is getting very low. If possible, please send a box of crackers. Thank you!
The December Skills Checklist can be found at the bottom of this newsletter.
Have a good week!
Mrs. Cornell
READING / LANGUAGE
* s blends -slip, spell, stiff * VOCAB - boy, girl, people, when, care, water, together * Present tense verbs - skips, bakes, run, etc. * Compare and Contrast * Analyzing story structure * -ed and –ing endings * Writing personal narratives
MATH
• Measuring with a tape measure • Weather probability • Time to the quarter hour • Time lines
CONTENT
• SOCIAL STUDIES with Mr. Meyers • HEALTH with Mrs. Petersen • SCIENCE with Mrs. Cornell
INTERNET READING/LANGUAGE ARTS ACTIVITIES:
INTERNET MATH ACTIVITIES:
UPCOMING EVENTS
December 14th - Winter Music Program
December 21st - Last day before break
December 24th - January 4th - Winter Break
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Email: jcorne1@isd77.k12.mn.us
Website: www.ke.isd77.org
Location: 2600 E Main St, Mankato, MN
Phone: 507(387-2122)
December Skills Checklist
This checklist includes many of the topics and skills that your child is working on during the month of December. You will notice our math Home Links correlate with the math skills. Some skills continue from last month. You can help me in tracking your child’s progress by using and returning this checklist at the end of the month. When you feel that your child has mastered a skill, check on the line. Not all lines need to be checked off to return the sheet to school. Thank you for all of your extra help working with your child at home.
· Knows how to tie shoes ___
· Can tell time on an analog clock to the hour and half hour (half past) ___
(beginning to use quarter-to and quarter-past)
· Can write numbers up to 1000 ___
· Knows simple facts +/- 0, 1, 2 ___
· Knows doubles up to 10 + 10 ___ (not yet, but coming)
· Knows what makes 10 (9 + 1, 8 + 2, 6 + 4, 3 + 7, etc.)
· Can write a complete sentence using correct capitalization and punctuation ___
(inventive spelling expected – try descriptive or persuasive)
· Can solve +/- number or word problems using the number line or number grid ___
· Can calculate and write the value of money when using pennies/nickels/dimes ___
· Can identify the number before/after a given number ___
· Can measure to the nearest inch ___
· Can count by 2’s to 120 ___
(start anywhere and continuing forward or backward - - 44, 46, 48, 50 . . . )
· Can count up and back by 5’s and 10’s to 120 ___
(starting anywhere and continuing forward or backward - - 50, 45, 40, 35 . . . )
· Can read "long a" and "long i" words ___ (shape, plane, base, cane, tape, wide, Mike, etc.)
· Can read high frequency words (see below) ___
Your Child’s Name _____________________________
Parent Signature _____________________________
*Please keep your chart in a safe place so it will not get lost or destroyed.
Due back January 7th.
High Frequency Words listed by week
December 3rd - walk, could, all, oh, hello, pull
December 10th - girl, boy, together, when, people, care, water