MRS. PFEIFFER'S "HOPPING" GOOD NEWS!
DECEMBER 14TH - DECEMBER 18TH, 2009
We enjoyed a wonderful Friday creating paper gingerbread houses, cinnamon ornaments, and tasty, edible Christmas trees. We also enjoyed our pizza lunch compliments of Mrs. Bird who provided us with pizza, drinks, and dessert. A GREAT BIG thank you to the many parents who sent chips and desserts. There was plenty for all. It's easy to say that collecting boxtops for education not only helps our school, but provided a great treat for the class as well! This is our final week to study gingerbread and other holiday treats and traditions. We are looking forward to a great week filled with fun and a field trip as well.
HOMEWORK:
VOCABULARY:
Please continue to study the vocabulary list for Themes 5 and 6 in our reading series. Your child should have mastered Lists 1-4. If not, please review until mastery of the lists 1-6. Please practice the words nightly until your child masters all words. Mastery is recognition of the words on sight. Upon mastery, have your child make sentences with the words.
READING:
I hope you and your child are enjoying the reading homework. Some of the best "snuggle" times are when you and your child are reading together. Be sure to read 5 nights weekly. Ask your child questions after they read to you about the setting of the story, the characters, the problem and the solution in the story. Please continue to have your child read the assigned pages nightly, parent signature beside yes, and return the reading book daily. This week, I will only assign reading homework for Monday-Thursday. Please use your downtime over the holidays to practice any vocabulary words not mastered and have your child read books from home.
MATH:
We will be continue to learn about place value this week. Remember to work on addition and subtraction facts to 12. Ask questions such as: Is the number even or odd? How many tens and ones in a number? This helps reinforce what we are learning in school. Also, review counting by 5's, 10's, and 2's to 100.
HANDWRITING:
Your child needs to be writing with correct letter formation, neatness, and spacing. Encourage your child to slow down, copy correctly, and always write his/her name neatly on the paper.
SPELLING:
The Review Unit words were sent home on Friday, December 11th. Please practice the words at home and give a written practice test at home to detect letter reversals before the test. Remember NO capital letters unless the word is a proper noun. The practice test will be given and sent home on WEDNESDAY. The final test will be given on THURSDAY. This is different than usual due to the 1/2 day on Friday. The unit is a review from the previous short vowel word lists and red flag words. There will not be a bonus or challenge word for this unit.
Spelling Unit Review Words for First Semester
1. had
2. did
3. box
4. get
5. jump
6. does
7. first
8. come
9. here
10. busy
REMINDERS:
*The Weekly Work Folder will be not be sent on Friday, December 18th. I will send the folder again on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. This will be the end of the nine weeks/1st semester so, I will also be sending the grade card in the folder at this time.
*Please send a guardian's note or physician's note for each absence. If your child is going home a different way than usual, please send a note. If your child is riding a bus with another child home, be sure and send a note for the bus driver as well.
*We will try to go out daily if weather/temperature permits. Please send a jacket daily. The jacket also helps when our room is a little chilly in the morning. If your child does not wear comfortable shoes to play in, you may send tennis shoes and I will let them change before playtime.
*Be sure to collect box tops and Campbell's Soup labels. We have a collection box in our room so you may send them anytime. The PTA is requesting that we send as many box tops and labels as possible for the first count on or before Friday, December 19th.
* Please join the PTA and our Booster Club. Both groups have your child's learning first in their minds.
DON'T FORGET THE FOLLOWING DATES:
Monday, December 14th - PTA program, Kindergarten will perform.
Tuesday, December 15th - Field Trip money and permission slips are due.
Thursday, December 17th - Field Trip and Show and Tell.
Friday, December 18th - School Sing-a-long and Winter Parties.
Noon dismissal. No lunch will be served.
Monday, December 21st - Monday, January 4th - Winter Break
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 - School Resumes
Wednesday, January 6th - Grade cards and Weekly Folders go home.
May I be one of many to wish you the very best of all holiday seasons. I will be enjoying Christmas with my husband, two children, and two cats! May your New Year begin with good health, great friends. and lots of family time.
Yours In Learning,
Mrs. Pfeiffer
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