Mrs. Cornell's Class

News for the week of November 5 - November 12

Dear Parents,

Did you hear? Last week Grammy Mac turned 90! What an amazing woman. She loves coming to school and spending time with your children every day. She had a fantastic day with lots of cards, hugs and wishes shared. She shared some memories of school when she was six/seven. The Free Press is coming soon to do a story about the RSVP program and wants to highlight her.

Last Friday we started Raz-Kids. It is an online, self-paced reading website. Wow did they do a lot of reading! Students can access this from home by going to raz-kids.com. The teacher username is "jocornell". Students know their passwords. Students first listen to a story, then read that story, then take a quiz. Each task they do earns them points. They are really excited about this and doing great! Parents have access to their child's reports.

That's it -- a short message this busy, busy week. Progress reports are underway and we will be meeting soon. Have a good week!

Mrs. Cornell

INTERNET READING/LANGUAGE ARTS ACTIVITIES:

This "Glog" is a fantastic resource for me in the classroom. We are able to use some things on it each week to enhance our learning through engaging activities. I am sharing it with you. Students may do some exploring or may go back to activities that we used in class.
Raz-Kids is an online, self-paced reading website. The teacher username is "jocornell". Students know their passwords. Students first listen to a story, then read that story, then take a quiz. Each task they do earns them points.

INTERNET MATH ACTIVITIES:

We started using IXL a short time ago. Many students started using this in kindergarten. Your child should know their username and password, if not I can email it to you. Most students should be working on First Grade skills. Your child should know which ones I have introduced, but with your assistance they could find many others that would provide great practice. Students should work to earn a score of 80 or higher before moving on to another skill, but if they are struggling with a particular skill it may not be the right time to work on it and they may have greater success later in the year.
Be sure to bookmark this site. There are hundreds of math games to choose from. The higher the number, the more difficult the skills.

UPCOMING EVENTS

November 8th - PTO Meeting - 6:30pm
November 9th - No School Conference Preparation Day
November 13th - Two Hour Late Start/Evening Conferences
November 15th/19th - Evening Conferences
November 20 to 23 - No School /Thanksgiving

KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2600 E Main St, Mankato, MN jcorne1@isd77.k12.mn.us 507(387-2122) ke.isd77.org

November Skills Checklist

This checklist includes many of the concepts and skills that your child is working on during the month of November. You will notice our Math Home Links correlate with the math skills. 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, but please work on each skill with your child throughout the month of November. 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) ___
  • Identifies numbers as even or odd ___
  • Knows sums of 10 (8+2, 5+5, 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 the value of money including pennies, nickels, and dimes ___
  • Can use a number grid or number line to identify and complete number

patterns (3, 6, 9, . . .) ___

  • Can count by 2’s to 120 ___
  • Can count up and back by 5’s and 10’s to 120 ___
  • Can read high frequency words (see below) ___
  • Can retell a story using beginning, middle and end ___
  • Is starting to use word endings (s, es, ed, ing) ___
  • Knows proper nouns need to be capitalized (Target, Dan, Kennedy Elementary School) ___


Your Child’s Name _____________________________


Parent Signature _____________________________


*Please keep your chart in a safe place so it will not get lost or destroyed.*

Due back December 1


High Frequency Words

does, one, two, her, they


who, some, of, no, eat


into, live, many, out


put, show, make, three, under, want


away, late, school, today, way, why