August 2009

Welcome back!  I am very excited about the upcoming school year. 

School begins on August 17th! Open House will be on August 13th at 6:00 P.M.  Please make preparations to attend this informative meeting.  You may bring your child's supplies and books to open house.  Please make sure your child's name is  on all books and supplies. Information concerning school supplies and book list for the 2009/2010 school year may be found on Mrs. Cobin's Schoolnotes page. 

Here are the sight words your child will need to practice.  Please put these words on index cards and begin practicing these words with your child each night.  Remember they are sight words and they are not to be sounded out.

the, a you, to, do, mother. father, said, says, of, come

Students will receive a reading log every month.  They are expected to read at least 14 books each month.  Each month will have a differernt theme, subject, genre, or particular author.  The theme for August is Curious George books.  Please read with your child every night and write the titles down. How many Curious George Books have you read for the month of August?  All students are encouraged to get a library card.

I look forward to meeting you during open house on Thursday!

Mrs. Blanding

Tentative Syllabus for Kindergarten/First Grade

Health

1st Nine Weeks

• Textbook- Health , Safety, and Manners
  • Unit 1- My growth, & my habits
  • Unit 2- My health (Nutrition project, Healthy Foods Chart)
  • Unit 3- My safety
  • Unit 4- My manners

*Students will receive a quiz/test after each unit.

Social Studies

!st Nine Weeks

• Textbook -Communities
  • Subject- Community Helpers(project- Who Am I?, Picture book of Community Workers)
• Multicultural activities
  • Reading about people from other cultures
  • Tasting food from various countries
  • Sharing pictures from around the world
  • meeting people from other cultures

*Students will receive a quiz or test about various community workers

2nd and 3rd  Nine Weeks

• Textbook- This is my America, This is my World
  • Projects include Native American projects, Presidents Day projects, South Carolina History projects, African American History projects

*Students will receive a test or quiz after each unit

Science

• Textbook-Discovering God's World
  • Discovering myself
  • Discovering my toys
  • Discovering my animals(Animal project)My favorite animal
  • Discovering insects
  • Discovering plants(plant project)
  • Discovering seasons
• Weekly Science experiments/home projects

*Each unit will be followed with a quiz or a test

Dinosaur book report and 3D project

Reading

• individualized reading
• small group reading
• oral reading comprehension
• writing book reports begin 3rd nine weeks
  • projects included multicultural Cinderella book report, folktale book report, ABC book

Math - Concepts will include:

• counting
• number writing
• reading numbers
• place value
• addition and subtraction
• money concepts
• geometry
• problem solving/logical thinking
• graphs
• calendar, time, measurement
• fractions
• multiplication
• daily speed drills
• weekly oral/written test will be given on Friday

Language/Phonics- Concepts will include

• Short/long volwels
• abc order
• consonant sounds
• blends
• special sounds
• prefixes/suffixes
• syllables
• antonyms/synonyms/homonyms
• rhyming words
• compound words
• contractions
• creative writing

*test will be givin on Fridays/monthly poetry recitations

Spelling

• Words introduced on Monday
• Tests will be given on Fridays

Bible

• Daily Bible Instruction
• Projects will be based on bible stories

                           Suggested Field Trips 2009-2010 School year

Columbia Zoo,  Pumpkin Patch,   Aquarium,  Columbia Museum, Santee Canal Park, Bee Farm , Medieval Times, Moncks Corner Library, Flowertown Theatre, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston Museum, Childrens, Museum,Police Department, Magiquest, Fire Department, Publix Supermarket.