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Scarlet and Gray Newsletter
November 16th to 20th, 2015
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Volume 19, Issue 13
Monday
We started by doing our ‘b’ page of our’ Big and Little’
book. We greeted classmates, said the pledge and
our class promise and did calendar. We sang our ‘Days
of the Week’ song and ‘Macarena Months’. We read
our popcorn words, did our ABC chart and ‘Action
Alphabet’. Our kindergartner of the week shared her
poster and we wrote a sentence about her using
shared writing. We learned that great thinkers think
flexibly and reviewed the other habits of thinkers. We
read Clifford’s Busy Week by Norman Bridwell. We
learned our new popcorn word, ‘he’ and did rainbow
writing of it. We read our poem of the week, ‘It’s
Apples’. We read Celebrating Thanksgiving. We did
shared reading and read Fruits. We had recess. We
read The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree and made an
interactive apple tree in all four seasons. We graphed if
we’d ever picked an apple. We watched Clifford’s Fun
with Letters.
Wednesday
We did the ‘d’ page of our ‘Big and Little’
book, greeted friends, said the pledge and our
class pledge and did calendar. We counted to
100 by 5’s and 10’s. We did our ABC chart and
‘Action Alphabet’. Our kindergartner of the
week brought something for us to estimate and
we wrote a sentence about her using shared
writing. We read Clifford’s Pals by Norman
Bridwell. We sequenced the lines of our poem.
The AM class had library. The PM class did a
handwriting assessment to check pencil grips,
letter formation, etc. We read Feeling Thankful
and did a Time for Kids – Music Makers. We had
recess. We did another Clifford Riddle. We made
our costumes for our feast.
Tuesday
We started with our ‘c’ page of our ‘Big and Little’
book. Then greeted classmates, said the pledge and
our class promise and did calendar. We counted to
100 by ones and read our popcorn words. The AM
class had library. The PM class did a handwriting
assessment to check pencil grips, letter formation, etc.
We did our ABC chart and ‘Action Alphabet’. Our
kindergartner of the week shared a science image and
we wrote a sentence about her using shared writing.
We read Clifford’s Best Friend by Norman Bridwell. We
did speedwriting of our popcorn word. We illustrated
apple trees in each season and labeled them. We did
shared reading and Pete the Cat – The First
Thanksgiving. We had recess. We read another riddle
in Clifford’s Riddles. We did our November Writing
Sample.
Thursday
We greeted one another, said the pledge and our
class promise and did calendar. We subitized ten
frames to 5 and counted backwards from 20 and
read our popcorn words. We did our ABC chart
and ‘Action Alphabet’. Our kindergartner of the
week shared something for social studies, we
located where it came from on the world map and
we wrote our final sentence about her using
shared writing. We wrote individual sentences
about her as well. We read Clifford’s Good Deeds
by Norman Bridwell. We did shared reading and
read Over the River and Through the Woods. We
played ‘Roll a Turkey’ in math. We had recess.
We watched the third grade musical.
Friday
We highlighted popcorn words in and illustrated our poem of the week. We
greeted classmates and said the pledge and our class promise. We had Family
Friday. We read Clifford Grows Up and Who Will Carve the Turkey this
Thanksgiving? We watched Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and then had our
feast. Thanks to all of our feast volunteers!!
Dear Parents,
Contact Info:
Voicemail:
760-6298
E-MAIL:
letostak_vianne@
dublinschools.net
REMINDERS:
MONDAY:
Homework Due
If you are interested in the latest information on redistricting for
the 2016-17 school year, it is available at this site:
http://www.dublinschools.net/k8redistricting2015.aspx
Thanks so much for all of the donations to make our feast happen!
Hopefully, it was fun for them. Some costumes were left at school and will
come home on Monday.
PM parents – did your child accidentally bring home a red jacket that wasn’t
theirs? If so, please send it back in on Monday. There is a little girl who
would like to have it back J
Upcoming Dates:
November 25th to 27th – No School – Thanksgiving
December 18th – Holiday Parties
December 21st to January 1st – No School – Winter Break
Thanks to our volunteers this week: Mrs. Shea, Mrs. Harden, Mrs. Raza,, Mrs.
A DAY: Library Books Bonnette, Mrs. Piedra, Mrs. Smith and all of our feast volunteers: Mrs. Eskridge,
Due
Mrs. Smialek, Mrs. Griffith, Mrs. Mulder, Mrs. Piedra, Mrs. Harden, Mrs. Smith,
FRIDAY:
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Wear Tennis
shoes for
Fitness
Book Pockets
Due
(beginning in
November)
PLEASE REMEMBER
TO STORE LIBRARY
BOOKS AND BOOK
POCKETS IN
BOOKBAGS TO
PREVENT LOSS OR
DAMAGE.
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
www.dublinschools.
net/oldesawmill
Mrs. Bonnette, Mrs. Cornette and Mr. Weese.
Have a spectacular weekend!
Go Bucks! Beat Michigan State!!
Vianne