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News and Notes Mrs. Orlando K-4 April 23, 2009 Dear Kindergarten Families, This week we began our Earth and Space Unit! We learned that our planet is named Earth, and that it is made of land, air, and water. Then, we created a model of the earth that included all 3 of its parts. We also identified and researched animals that inhabit the land, air, and water in order to create a mural. In addition, we defined the word continent and identified the 7 continents and discovered information about them. In celebration of Earth Day we watched The Lorax by Dr, Seuss and identified ways to care for the Earth. In ILA this week we read My Teacher Can Teach Anyone! By W, Nikola-Lisa, and Bravo, Maurice! by Rebecca Bond. Our Comprehension Skills this week were identifying the main idea and answering questions. In Phonics, we continued to practice building words. Our word building focused on the phonograms (word families) –et and –eg. Our Phonemic Awareness Skill this week was segmenting words. Our High Frequency words were she and good. Our Robust Vocabulary words were appreciate, grace, host, lush, marvelous, and constantly. Our writing focus for the week was writing stories. We continue to work to meet our individual writing goals to help us monitor our own progress. Ask your child to tell you about their writing goal! In math, we counted by 2’s and 5’s. We also counted by 2’s using a calculator, and made 3 dimensional shapes from toothpicks and marshmallows. This week has been a busy week in room K-4! Enjoy Spring Break!
News and Notes · Please save and send in box tops – this is our last contest this year! · Report cards will be coming home on Friday April 24, 2009. Please sign and return everything in the unsealed envelope. · Reminder the Patriot Program will end May 1, 2009. · Please send in or email a baby picture of your child for the end of the year slide show. · Also, I am collecting pictures of our class for our end of the year slide show – if you have any pictures taken during class events, we would love for you to send them in on a disk so we can include some of them. · The children voted! We are collecting sticky foam pieces for our guess how many jar for the Spring Bizarre on May 16th. Please help us fill our jar by sending in some sticky foam pieces. Our class and the PTA appreciate your support! Regards, Jessica T. Orlando
IMPORTANT :) Please send in or email a baby photo of your child for the end of the year slide show. ALSO . . . Today is the last day to order Scholastic for this month. If you wish to order something from the Scholastic pamphlet simply send in the order form and the payment amount in check form by the date indicated. Or visit www.scholastic.com/parentordering ; enter the username roaringreaders and the password roar. Payment for online orders can be made by credit card. Your order then will be sent home with your child as soon as it is received.
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News and Notes Mrs. Orlando K-4 April 2, 2009 Dear Kindergarten Families, This week we brought our Construction unit to a close by finishing up our Homes Around the World projects. Also, we had a fantastic time exploring all the Home Shelter projects built by our K stars. We ended the unit by watching the movie Building a House to see how a house is built from the foundation up. In ILA this week explored nonfiction text. We examined how authors use charts and maps to help us understand information. We also identified the main idea in nonfiction text and explored nonfiction books that identify the similarities and differences of a topic. Finally, we explored who might use different types of nonfiction texts. Our writing focus for the week was writing descriptions of places. This week we evaluated our individual writing goals and set new ones to help us monitor our own progress. Ask your child to tell you about their writing goal! In math, we counted by 2’s and5’s. We also sorted and identified the rule to find Frog’s button from the story Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel. In addition, we defined half and divided groups of objects in half. This week has been a busy week in room K-4! Enjoy Spring Break!
News and Notes · Please continue to save and send in box tops there will be one more contest this school year! · April 3, 2009 is an early dismissal day. · Reminder: I will be checking the work for the Patriot Program every Monday. (Our next Patriot Program check will be Tuesday April 14 due to Spring Break) · Spring Break is April 6 to April 13, 2009. · May is the last month for Volunteers. If you would like to volunteer twice in May to help us prepare for first grade and prepare for next year’s Kindergarten students please email me or write a note. · The children voted! We are collecting sticky foam pieces for our guess how many jar for the Spring Bizarre on May 16th. Please help us fill our jar by sending in some sticky foam pieces. Our class and the PTA appreciate your support! Regards, Jessica T. Orlando
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- Scholastic Order Page Order from the scholastic flyer online to purchase books or other learning materials and earn our class free books and materials! Username: roaringreaders Password: roar