Homework

There is a homework sheet everyday.  In addition on Fridays students are to read and review skills which are being taught in class (see below).  Please check your child's homework daily!  

*Please check your child's folder everyday for important news, forms that need to be filled out and returned, to see their work progress and to see what they're learning about!  Thank You!!!

Second Quarter Skills

I will be teaching and testing the students on the following skills:

Reading

*Saying their name, address, phone number and birthday (for their own safety)

*Recognizing upper and lower-case letters

*Recognizing and identifying rhyming words

*Tells about prior experience relating it to the reading selection

*Following words from left to right/top to bottom in a book

*Understanding of the functions and forms of print, such as signs, letters, newspapers, lists, messages and menus

Mathematics

*Counting and ordering numbers to 50

*Recognizing and identifying numbers to 50

*Identifying coins: penny, nickel, dime, quarter 

and their values

*Collects, records and reads information from a 

picture graph

 Physical Development (Ongoing

 throughout the year)

*Uses  crayons, pencils and scissors properly

*Ties shoes and manages buttons, snaps and zippers (if your child does not know how to perform these skills please practice at home daily!)

*Dresses self with minimal assistance

Parents/Guardians:

*We are working everyday on these skills and more!  It would be of great help to me and to your child to practice and go over all of the above skills for reinforcement.  Thank You!!!*

*I appreciate your children coming to school in their uniforms, well rested and on time. It is also very important to me to have the children eat a good breakfast and use the washroom at home to minimize disruptions early in the morning.* 

*In order to reduce the spread of germs: Please send a water bottle with your child everyday!  If your child is sick (coughing, sneezing, congested, excessive runny nose, vomiting, fever, diarrhea, etc...) or has lice, please do not send them to school until they are well.  If you child is absent, please send a note to school from a doctor or yourself.*

Classroom News

We are busy getting ready for Report Card Day!  We want to show our parents everything we are learning about.  It makes a world of difference when families share!  We are very excited about our first field trip to see Robin Hood!

November Dates to Remember:

Friday, Nov.14 - Report Card Pick-up Day - No School for students - Please sign up for a time to come and talk to me about your child.

Wednesday, Nov. 19 - Field Trip to see Robin Hood - $3.50 due as soon as possible - *Remember to bring a lunch in a bag on that day! 

Tuesday, Nov. 25 - Pow-Wow - more information will be sent home later

Wednesday, Nov. 26 - Professional Development - No School for students

Thursday & Friday, Nov. 27-28 Thanksgiving - No School 

11/12/2008 02:14:00 PM