Reminders

Just a reminder:

December 17th- Pajama Day- Children wear their pajamas to school. Make sure your child wears sneakers/tennis shoes.

December 18th - Early Release Day- Dismissal time is at 11:30 am.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New year!!!

Newsletter : November 16-24, 2009

Theme:

Thanksgiving

We will also be learning about:

* Color : Pink

* Shape: Trapezoid

*Mathematics: Numbers 16-20
Graphing
Measurement

* Letters : Uu and Vv

*Handwriting Letters: l, k, y, j

*Nursery Rhyme: Jack and Jill

Comprehension skill:
-Retelling
-Sequencing events
- Story Structure (Beginning,
Middle, end)

Vocabulary Skill:
-Synonyms
-Action Words
- Positional words and
phrases

Dates to Remember:
November 24- Thanksgiving Party
12:00 pm
November 25-27-Thanksgiving Break


Reminders:
*Everybody is invited to come to our Thanksgiving celebration on November 24th at 12:00 pm. We will first have a short program then we will have lunch.

*Please send to school the food/items assigned to you on Monday, November 23rd.
If you have any questions about your child's costume, please send a note to school.

*Ms. Strickland, the Technology teacher is in need of bottles of Germ-X and Clorox wipes (yellow and orange) to be used by the students at the Technology Laboratory .
Our classroom is also in need of big bottle of hand soap.

*Don't forget to send to school your Box Tops , Tyson's A+ and Campbell labels.

Newsletter Week of November 9-13, 2009

This Week's Theme:
Five Senses
Thanksgiving
We will also be learning about:
* Color : Gray
* Shape: Oval
*Mathematics: Numbers 16-20
Estimation
* Letters : Ss and Tt
*Handwriting Letters: g u i e
*Nursery Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty
Comprehension skill:
-Retelling
- Problem/ Solution
-Sequencing events
- Story Structure
Phonics skill :
- Rhyming Words

Reminders:

• Ms. Strickland, the Technology teacher is asking for some donations of Germ-X and Clorox wipes (orange or yellow ) . The said items will be used by the students in the Technology laboratory .

• Our classroom is also in need of big bottle of hand soap.

• Don't forget to send to school your Box Tops , Tyson's A+ and Campbell labels.

• Please read the letter about our class' Thanksgiving celebration. If you have any questions , please send note, call or send email.

• You may order Scholastic Books online at www.scholastic.com. Click Parents then under Quick Links click Book Club orders . Sign in with our classroom username: kindergartenandres and password: neusecharter2009 to order .

• Our class receives a free book every time you order. This would be added up to our classroom library.

• You may also order using the flyers we send you. Just be sure you send the order form on or before the date indicated.

Newsletter Week of November 2-6, 2009

This Week's Theme:

Elections

Pledge of Allegiance

We will also be learning about:

* Color : White

* Shape: Star

*Mathematics: Numbers 11-15
Patterns AB , AAB,
ABC

* Letters : Qq and Rr

*Handwriting Letters: w, t ,a ,d

*Nursery Rhyme: Baa, Baa Black Sheep

*Story: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Reminders:

• Read with your child nightly. Ask HOTS questions after reading. Make sure you write the book's title in the Reading Log. If you need a Reading Log, please send a note to school.

• Have your child practice reading the Word List every night.

• Please send your child's finished homework every Friday. You may put them in the green folder.

• Our school is collecting Box Tops for Education, Campbell's labels/caps and Tyson's Project A+. If you have some at home, please send them to school.

• You may find information about these programs in the following websites :

http://www.tyson.com/projectAPlus/

http://www.boxtops4education.com/Default.aspx

http://www.labelsforeducation.com/default.aspx

• If you have any questions or concerns , please send a note to school , send email to aandres@neusecharterschool.org or call 919 965 8088.

• Thank you very much for your support and cooperation.

Newsletter Week of October 26-30

This Week's Theme:

Halloween

We will also be learning about:
* Color : Black
* Shape: Star
*Numbers : 11-15
* Letters : O and P
*Handwriting Letters: c,o,s,v
*Nursery Rhyme: Itsy Bitsy Spider and Little Miss Muffet
*Story: Monster books: There's a Nightmare in my Closet; Where the Wild Things Are; The
Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything
*Spelling Words: have, no, she, he

Important dates to remember:
October 30th-Fall Festival




Reminders:

• Our school is collecting Box Tops for Education, Campbell's labels/caps and Tyson's Project A+. If you have some at home, please send them to school.

• You may find information about these programs in the following websites :

http://www.tyson.com/projectAPlus/

http://www.boxtops4education.com/Default.aspx

http://www.labelsforeducation.com/default.aspx

Newsletter October 19-23

This Week's Theme:

Pumpkins

We will also be learning about:

* Color : Orange

* Shape: Diamond

*Numbers : Review: 0-10

* Letters : M and N

*Handwriting Letters: A I T J

*Nursery Rhyme: Peter , Peter Pumpkin Eater

*Story: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

*Spelling Words: in of we

Important dates to remember:

October 22nd- Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

October 23rd and 26th- No School

October 30th-Fall Festival

Reminders:

• Ÿ Mr. Kirk Adam, the Art teacher is asking for a sketch pad for each child . Please send one this week.

• Ÿ Always visit our classroom blog @ http://kindergarten-andresneusecharter.blogspot.com/

• Ÿ Read with your child nightly. Then ask Higher Order Thinking Skills questions. These will help your child think critically and will also help improve comprehension.

• Ÿ Have your child practice reading the word list. We have been reading this in the classroom, too. Remember it is part of the first nine weeks assessment.

• Ÿ Help your child with his/her homework everyday. You may find the daily HW activities in the white notebook.

Downtown Selma

Newsletter-October 5-9

This Week's Theme:

• Apples/Seasons

We will also be learning about:

* Color : Green
* Shape: Review of 4 shapes
*Numbers 9 and 10
* Letters I/J
*Handwriting Letters: X Y Z C
*Nursery Rhyme: Mary had a Little Lamb
*Story: Johnny Appleseed
*Spelling Words: if, said, my

News ! News! News!

• The children had lots of fun when we walked to Downtown Selma and visited the fire station, dentist office , drugstore, post office, and the bank.

• We did not go to the police station that day. On Friday, two police officers from Selma Police Station came to visit us . The children asked lots of questions . The officers gave each child a sticker.

Important date/s to remember:

October 7th- Picture Day
October 13-16- Scholastic Book Fair
October 22nd- Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Reminders:

• Our library day is Tuesday. On this day, your child will take home a library book. Please send the book on Fridays to be returned to the library.

• Permission slip for the Pumpkin Patch field trip is due on October 9th.

• We are in need of volunteers for Guided Reading 10:30-11:00 Mon-Wed (1 volunteer), Literacy Stations Thur-Fri (2 volunteers) ; Math Stations 1:45-2:15 Tues-Frid.

• You may visit www.google.com/calendar, sign in as tracey.wehrle@avon.com and the password is msandres09 to schedule the times to volunteer.

• You may also call Ms. Wehrle :

919-300-1200 Home
973-864-7363 Cell

• Here are some of the things we need in our classroom: - small treats/toys for the treasure box

• Since we will be learning about apples this week, please send one apple on Tuesday. You may send any of these: Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Fuji, Golden Delicious. Also if you could send any foods that are made from apples eg. apple sauce, cider, etc. we would appreciate it very much.

• Thank you very much for all your help.

Newsletter: Week of September 21-25,2009

This Week's Theme:
Community

We will also be learning about:
* Color : Purple
* Shape: Rectangle
*Numbers 5 and 6
* Letters E and F
*Handwriting Letters: M H K
*Nursery Rhyme: Little Boy Blue
*Story: Too Much Noise
*Spelling Words: it at come

Important dates to remember:
September 29th- Kindergarten Night
September 30 -Community Field Trip
October 22nd-Pumpkin Patch

Reminders:

• You may order Scholastic Books online at www.scholastic.com. Click Parents then under Quick Links click Book Club orders . Sign in with our classroom username: kindergartenandres and password: neusecharter2009 to order . Our class receives a free book every time you order.This would be added up to our classroom library.
  

• You may also order books using the flyers that we send home.

• Visit your child's daily folder nightly. Don't forget to initial your child's behavior calendar.

• Make sure you send in your child's Guided Reading (leveled) book everyday. You may put the bag in your child's daily folder.

• Read with your child nightly. Write the book's title in the Reading Log.

• Please visit our classroom blog:http://kindergarten-andresneusecharter.blogspot.com/

• If you have any questions/concerns please give me a call at 919-965-8088 or send email at aandres@neusecharterschool.org or send a note to school if you want to schedule a conference.

• Thank you very much for all your support and cooperation. We greatly appreciate all the help that you extend to our class.

Free Websites

Here are some free websites where your children can learn while having fun :

Alphabet recognition:

http://www.literacycenter.net/letters_en/match_en_uclc.asp#

http://www.seussville.com/titles/flapbook/abc.html

Learning to read:


http://pbskids.org/lions/

http://www.starfall.com/

Learning to read and count:

http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/#1

http://pbskids.org/sesame/

School and Home

I dreamed I stood in a studio

And watched two sculptors there

The clay they used was a young child’s mind

And they fashioned it with care.

One was the teacher, the tools she used

Were books and music and art;

One was a parent with a guiding hand

And a gentle , loving heart.


Day after day,

The teacher toiled with touch that was deft and sure,

While the parent labored by her side

And polished and smoothed it o’er.

And when at last their tasks were done

They were proud of what they had wrought,

For the things they had moulded into the child

Could neither be sold or bought.

And each agreed they would have failed

If they worked alone,

For behind the parents stood the school

And behind the teacher , the home.

Newsletter: Week of September 14-18, 2009

This Week's Theme:

Family/Friends/Pets

We will also be learning about:

* Color : Purple
* Shape: Triangle
*Numbers 3 and 4
* Letters C and D
*Handwriting Letters: P B R N
*Nursery Rhyme: Old Mother Hubbard
*Story: Too Much Noise
*Spelling Words: the to is

News! News! News!
* We have already started with Guided Reading , Literacy and Math Centers last week.

* Thanks to all parents who volunteered and will volunteer for the coming days.



Reminders:

*Make sure you send in your child's Guided Reading (leveled) book everyday. We use it for our reading groups. Most of the time , the books we have in school are just enough . So it is important to send it in. You may put the bag in your child's daily folder.

*Visit your child's daily folder nightly. Don't forget to initial your child's behavior calendar.
Please make sure you ask HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills ) questions to your child after reading any book with him/her.

*Read with your child nightly. Write the book's title in the Reading Log.
Have your child practice reading the First Nine Weeks Word List.

*Visit our classroom blog:http://kindergarten-andresneusecharter.blogspot.com/

Welcome to Kindergarten !!

I am Ana Rina Nessia-Andres and I will be your kindergarten teacher! I would like to welcome you all to my class! I am looking forward to a fun and exciting year!