Mrs. Cornell's Class
News for the week of December 3rd to December 7th
Dear Parents,
It looks like we are going to have a mild week weather wise. Yay! I'll take it!
The latest report is that the article about our Grammy Mac made it into three Twin Cities newspapers and the Rochester paper along with The Free Press. Fun! If you missed seeing it, I included a link below this message. In her words, "What a hoot!"
Completed reading tests will be coming home soon. This week we begin practicing reading long vowel sounds. This can be confusing. We will learn how the "bossy e" or "silent e" can make the vowel say its name (lake, base, wade.) We will finish taking the Unit 3 Math test on Monday.
Additionally, students will begin Social Studies with Mr. Meyers and Health with Mrs. Petersen. We will continue doing Science in our own room.
The December Skills Checklist can be found at the bottom of this newsletter.
Have a good week!
Mrs. Cornell
READING / LANGUAGE
• Long "a" sound: make, late, and came • Action verbs: run, jump, write • Making predictions • Reading maps • Add -ed and -ing endings • Take words apart by sounds
MATH
• Unit 3 Assessment • Unit 4 - Reading thermometers, nonstandard linear measures, personal and standard “foot” measurements, measuring to the nearest inch
CONTENT
• SOCIAL STUDIES with Mr. Meyers • HEALTH with Mrs. Petersen • PREJUDICE REDUCTION - guest presenters • 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