Kindergarten News
Mrs. Long's Class
December 9, 2016
Upcoming Events at JES
Santa Shop - Wednesday, December 14th - Friday, December 16th
Angel Tree -items need to be turned in by Friday, December 16
Exchange Gifts -due Friday, December 16
Christmas Break - Wednesday, December 21 - Tuesday, January 3
*School Resumes on Wednesday, January 4
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
- Character and Setting
- Comparing stories
Weekly Assessments: 12/12 - 12/16
Nursery Rhyme
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
(Students will be recite the rhyme on Friday.)
Sight Words
No new sight words this week. We have covered all words in set 1 and 2. Please continue to work on all words!
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, you, they, of, be, zero, one, two, three, four, not, run, at, yes, no, up, get
Sentences
The cat can see the rat.
Little Dan can look in the pan.
We like my little cat, Kim.
I have a mat.
Kim naps with me.
I see a kit.
Look for the little cat.
She ran with me.
The fin is little.
We like to look at the bat.
(Students will read 4 of these sentences to me on Thursday.)
Classroom Gift Exchange
We will be having our class Christmas celebration and gift exchange on Tuesday, December 20th. Please purchase a $5 gift for your child to participate in our class gift exchange. Please wrap the gift and address it to: a boy or a girl, and from: your child’s name.
Send in your present as soon as possible, but no later than Friday, December 16th. If you are not able to purchase a gift, please let me know and I will make sure your child has one.
Angel Tree
Holiday Fun!
Gingerbread Unit
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!