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.