Week of December 1-5, 2014

Hello Room 4 families!
I enjoyed meeting with all of you this week during conferences. Thank you for taking time out of your busy days to come talk about your child's progress.

Here is what we have coming up:

Important Dates:

12/1-12/5: Scholastic Book Fair in the library. Kindergarteners can visit the book fair with parents after school or on Wednesday, when it will be open until 6. Please let me know if you have questions.

12/10: Picture re-take day

12/12: PH Craft Faire; 6-8 pm in the cafeteria

12/19: free dress day

12/22-1/2 HAPPY HOLIDAYS! No school

Language Arts
This week we will finish up our unit on telling stories from pictures. The kids have been doing an excellent job talking about setting and what the characters are doing, saying, and feeling.
We have begun to do a lot of blending sounds to make words. The kids are excited about this, and they have been very successful. Keep reading every day for at least 20 minutes!
New sight word: on
This week we will begin our first opinion writing piece about which season we prefer--Fall or Summer.

Math
This week we will finish the chapter on numbers to 20. We will plan to take the chapter test on Friday.

Thanks for reading, everyone!
I hope you all have a relaxing Thanksgiving Holiday with your families.
Please don't hesitate to email carrie.relles@gmail.com or stop by if you have questions or concerns.

Week of November 10-14, 2014

Hello Room 4 families!
We had another super week in Room 4. I've been doing a lot of testing in preparation for report cards and parent/teacher conferences, and the kids are really showing what they know!

Important Dates
Monday, November 10: picture day; free dress. Please send your order form and payment on Monday with your child. Our scheduled picture time is 9:25 am

Tuesday, November 11: Veterans' Day; NO SCHOOL

Thursday, November 13-Friday, November 21: Parent/teacher conferences; early dismissal. I will walk the kids to the cafeteria at 11:50. You can either pick them up there then or after they eat at 12:20.

Monday, November 24-Friday, November 28: Thanksgiving Holiday; NO SCHOOL

Monday, December 1-Friday, December 5: Book Fair in the library

Wednesday, December 10: Picture re-take day

Language Arts
Letter experts: this week your child was given a letter to be the "expert" of. Ask your child what his/her letter is. Beginning on Monday I will encourage them to bring in small items from home that begin with their letter sound. For example, if they are the Bb expert, they could bring in a bouncy ball, a book, etc.
This week's new sight words were go, up, down. Next week's new words are do, has, who.
Next week we begin focusing on putting sounds together to make words orally.

Math
This week we continue our chapter on comparing and ordering numbers to 10. We will take the chapter test at the end of the week.

Thank you for reading, everyone! Have a fantastic weekend. Please let me know if you have questions or concerns. carrie.relles@gmail.com