Pam Roland's Kindergarten Class

Weekly news

This is a difficult news letter to write.  It is hard to believe that the year has gone so quickly.  The children that we have grown to love are ready to move on to the next level.

 

At this time of year a teacher always feels there is so much more we need to teach with no time left.  Then as we begin to go through the children’s work we realize how far they have come.  It is always amazing how much they have learned in just 180 days.

 

This last week of school the children will be learning about bugs.  All of our activities will revolve around bugs.  We will also be making our own bugs using clay.  We will be doing several other fun activities.

 

Please remember the special check out procedures if you are planning to check your child out early on Friday.  We will be attending a assembly from 1:00 – 1:40 on that day.  It will be a performance by the Atlanta Percussion Trio.

 

Don’t forget to send in 2 stamps so that we can mail your child’s end of the year report card to you.  You can pick them up at the school on or after June 2^nd, if you prefer.

 

You will also be receiving your child’s Kindergarten Scrapbook next week.  Mrs. Hill has been working hard on finishing them.  We want to really thank her for all the hard work she has done on them.  Ms. Morris has also assisted her.  We really appreciate all the time and energy they have donated into making them.

 

 

 

    

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This week has been a very busy one.  We enjoyed spending time with our Dads on Wednesday.  We are now looking forward to spending time with our moms next Wednesday.

 

The farm is the unit we are focusing on for the next two weeks.  We will be incorporating taking care of our earth and learning about plants.

 

It is that time again!  WALK-TO-SCHOOL-DAY.  It will be take place May 8^th. (rain date-Friday-May 15)  If you live too far to walk or it is not a safe walking route, you may park at

Mountain View

Church

on Casteel & walk from there.  Cobb County Police Officers will be on Patrol in front of the school.  The upper field will be available for children who ride the bus to school, but still want to walk.

 

Please return all library books on Monday.  We will not be checking out any for the remainder of the year.

 

PTA - Kindergarten will be perform that evening, May 7th

Field Day for kindergarten will be Wed. May 13^th

Specials:  Mon-none;  Tue-PE;  Wed-Art; Thurs-PE; Fri-None

 

NEEDED:

 

1.      Pictures returned or purchased

2.     Registration forms in brown envelop checked and returned

3.     Two

US

postal stamps so that your child’s last report card and GKIDS results can be mailed to you

Newsletter

Our field trip to the Nature Center was a great one.  It was an excellent introduction to the Spring unit we will be teaching for the remainder of the year

This week grades one through five will be taking the CRCT test.  Our schedule will be changed.  We will be having lunch at 10:40am for the rest of the week.  Because of the schedule changes we will not need our center helpers for this week.

Kindergarten will also be completing the GKIDS test this week.

They are all doing so well.  We are really pleased and excited with their progress.  If you take a step back and reflect on the growth they have made in a mere 156 days, it seems unbelievable. 

Dad’s Day invitations were sent home on Friday.  If you did not get one, please let me know.  We look forward to seeing our dads that morning.   

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This week has passed so quickly.  The children had a very good time finding the dozen eggs that their book buddies hid.  Then we surprised our book buddies by hiding 5 eggs for each of them to find.  The book buddies were very excited and happy to be able to find eggs.   Many thanks to all of you for contributing the eggs for this event.  Your generosity enables all of these activities to be a success.  Friday, we reviewed our left and right by learning to do the bunny hop, (for those of you to young to know, a song from the 50’s).

 

We finished our community mural this week.  We introduced the idea of community services, wants and needs.  We concluded by writing sentences to add to our mural.

 

When we return, our learning focus will revolve around spring-related topics for the remainder of the year.

 

Mark your calendars for the upcoming events:

 

Thursday – April 16 field trip to

Wright

Environmental

Center

April 29^th – Morning refreshments with our dads (8:00am) info coming

May 6^th – Morning with Moms (10:30am) further info coming

 

Have a super Spring Break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Friday was a very fun day.  The children were so excited to have Maddie visit the classroom.  They are looking forward to having their pet visit someday soon.

 

The children are showing such growth in learning to work independently.  Their literacy centers, which they are doing on their own, involve writing book reports, using the dictionary, learning new sight words and making 3 letter short vowel words.  Their reading and writing skills are also a strong focus.

 

  In Social Studies, we will be learning about our community.  Our field trip to the Marietta Square will support this theme.  The children will also learn the connection of their community to their country.  They have already learned several of our country’s symbols and their meaning.

 

  Our next big event will be our class egg hunt.  We are beginning to plan this and will forward the information on to you soon.  The activity will be incorporated into our Spring unit.

 

 

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This week begins the last quarter of the school year.  It is hard to believe that this year has gone by so quickly.  We are so busy trying to make sure that the children have learned everything needed for first grade that we loose sight of how far they have come in just 144 days.

 

We are really focusing on our reading, writing, and phonics skills.  The children are learning to use a dictionary, making short e words, writing book reports and learning a new set of sight words in addition to the 40 we are expected to know.

 

In Science, we are finishing learning to distinguish between living and nonliving things.  In Social Studies, we are finishing learning about American symbols.  Math focus is learning the number words zero to ten and finishing ordinal numbers to 10^th. 

 

Next week, we will be learning about our community as we take our field trip to the Marietta Square.  One of the skills your child is expected to know on the GKIDS test is their address.  Please review this on a daily basis as we begin to introduce this.

 

Today, your child is bringing home a lunch request form for the field trip.  We need this returned by tomorrow so that our cafeteria can plan and order the necessary food for this.  If you haven’t returned your permission form, we also need those by tomorrow.

 

On April 3^rd, we will be having an egg hunt.  Please look for information concerning this activity next week.

 

We will also be planning a Dad’s Day and Mother’s Day celebration after Spring Break.  We will inform you of these dates as soon as we can get them set.

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Our class had fun learning with our teddy bears this past week.  We ended the week making Teddy Bear Biscuits.  This activity was also our Math lesson for the day.  We shaped our biscuits into spheres, divided them into quarters, and halves and used these fractions as parts of our bear biscuit.  We then enjoyed eating them with a bear’s favorite food, honey.  We compared teddy bears to live bears for our living and nonliving science standard.

 

This Monday, we began the week by celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday.  Our third grade book buddies helped us   to prepare, eat and compare the taste of regular scrambled eggs to green eggs and ham.  The children made no messes cracking and mixing their own egg. 

 

We will incorporate our Dr. Seuss theme by learning to spell rhyming words and reading his books.   The children were told they could bring in their favorite Dr. Seuss book for the teacher to read aloud to the class.

 

We will continue comparing living to nonliving things in Science.  In Social Studies, we will be learning more about the White House.  In Math, we will be building on skills that have been introduced.  The children are now expected to be able to recognize all four coins and their values as well as number recognition to 30.

 

The children are doing an excellent job with the 40 sight words they need to know for next year.  We will expand the word list for the remainder of the year even though it is not a requirement.  Mrs. Summers will be sending home book numbers 6, 7, & 8 this week.  Please save and practice these books with your child.

 

In writing, they are learning to compose a simple story that contains a beginning, middle and end.  Correct punctuation (period and question mark only) and capitalization is being emphasized.  When your child is writing at home, make sure they are using lower case and capitals in the proper places.

 

Reminders:

Early Release today – Tues, March 3^rd - 12:15 p.m.

Donations needed – paper plates, (small and regular size)

   plastic spoons, a food item that can be used for 

   extra snacks ( ex. Pretzels, Goldfish, cereal)

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Our trip to the Center for Puppetry Arts was very enjoyable.  The children heard a different version of Jack and the Beanstalk.  I hope your child enjoyed making the puppet send home from the Center.  We will be using the puppet making skills for later activities.  We spent the remainder of the week learning about our Presidents.  T he children learned today that a president was responsible for a stuffed bear being name teddy bear.

Now the children will be allowed to bring a teddy bear to school.  We will use them for several language arts, math and science learning activities through Friday.

This Friday night will be Cosmic Bowling.  The activity will take place in the school gym.  I am sending home a ticket for each child.  Our class received them for having the most attending Chick-Fil-A night this month. (We also get to have the large stuffed cow in our class for the month.)

Reminder:   

Early release day- March 3^rd

 This week,  we continued working on our reading and writing skills.  Each child wrote an invitation to their book buddy inviting them to the Q and U wedding.  We had the wedding on Friday followed by our reception.  This was a fun activity to teach the qu spelling pattern.  I want to thank the parents who volunteered to send in cupcakes and lemonade for the reception.  Our book buddies also enjoyed attending the event.    

We also learned about our heart and made a model of the inside of our body which showed us where our heart was located as well as other important organs. 

Next week our studies will be centered on the Presidents.  We will also be going on our field trip to the Center for Puppetry Arts.  

On February 28, 9-12:00 p.m. John Rosemond, psychologist and a down to earth leading speaker and author on parenting, will hold a parenting seminar at the

North

Cobb

Christian

School

located in Acworth/Kennesaw.  The cost is $5.00 and you must pre-register.  For more information on the event, go to www.ncchristian.org.  For more information on John Rosemond go to www.rosemond.com.

Reminders:

-No school for the children – Monday, February 16^th

^_Make sure permission form for field trip on Wed, 18^th is     returned by Tuesday, the 17^th

-Six Flags Read to Succeed forms to be completed, signed and returned on Tues. February 17^th

-Be sure and check out the wellness site on our school website for important info

Another busy week has passed.  We are seeing a lot of growth in the children’s reading and writing skills.  They are doing a good job recognizing their sight words and spelling them correctly (using their individual word sheets) when writing.

 

This week, several of our math, science and reading activities were centered on Groundhog Day. 

 

Next week, our subjects will be incorporated into the theme of Valentine’s Day.  It will include talking about friends, our heart and the sound of qu.   We will be having our Q & U wedding on Friday.  The children will also be exchanging Valentines on Friday.  This is a voluntary activity for those children who would like to participate.

 

The Six Flags reading program is coming to a close. The record sheets are due by Tuesday, Feb. 17^th.  If your child is participating please send in his/her records by this date.

 

Again, we want you to know what a joy your child brings to us each day.

 

Other Reminders:

Permission slips for field trip are due

School

Holiday

-Monday, Feb.16^th