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Page Last Updated Oct 31, 2009
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Welcome to Ms. Nelson's Kindergarten
We have successfully completed the first quarter of the year. In some ways it seems like we just started, but in others it seems that we have been together forever. We have a great class. Parent conferences have gone very well. Please look at the areas that your child scored lower rankings in on the Children's Progress report shared with you. If you need additional activities to work with your child on, please let me know. The program provides a great variety of activities for each area. Also, please remember to refer to the First Steps brochure that we discussed. It includes the kindergarten standards required by the state of North Carolina and the 25 high frequency words for the year. This is an important resource for you to use to know where your child is headed. During the month of November, we will focus on Thanksgiving. We will discuss the reason and season of the holiday and share ways that we celebrate it with our own families. We will incorporate some of our high frequency words into writing and reading activities during this lesson. We will continue with our daily lessons in Writing Workshop. We will continue to work on drawings that show recognizable and meaningful details. We will also push to write beginning and ending sounds in the words that are being written. Math will continue to include sorting items by one rule; creating and continuing patterns; comparing objects with different attributes, adding weight, length, and width; collecting data; creating and reading pictorial and concrete graphs; and focusing on numbers 0-5 while adding 6-10 as well. Also, if you, your workplace, or any one else you know is looking for a way to help public schools, I highly recommend that they visit donorschoose.org. I currently have 2 projects listed that have been partially funded, but still need support. This website is a wonderful resource for teachers. I have had great success with it, as you can read at the bottom of this page. Whether your or someone you know is interested in contributing to my projects, I am sure that there are others that would be of interest. Your help with spreading the word is greatly appreciated. Please be sure to read each week's newsletter. There is up to date information about what we are doing each week, as well as important school and class information. If at any time you have questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Be sure to check your child's EAGLE Book daily. This is also the easiest way to communicate. I do check my school email address which is linked above at least two times daily, and I check my voice mail at least one time daily. Please do not use email or voice mail for messages needing immediate response. I am looking forward to a successful year with all of you. SincerelyJennifer Nelson, NBCT
A note from 2008-2009 that I still like to share: We had a WONDERFUL surprise come to our class in mid-January. Earlier in the year, I had gone on-line to post two grant requests on donorschoose.org. The requests had expired and I really had not thought much more about it. one afternoon, I received a call from the office that someone had come with some goodies. In walked a nice gentleman that had read the grants. He had FULLY funded both of them. As a result, we now have a full kitchen center complete with furniture, food, plates, pots, pans, and much more. We also have hands-on activities and books for our science center. Children will be able to explore with magnets, sink/float, look at x-rays of various animals and bones, take a closer look with magnifying glasses, and more. I am still amazed at the wonderful gift and generosity of this wonderful man. The children have thoroughly enjoyed them.
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