Scarlet and Gray Newsletter
September 8th to 11th, 2015
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Volume 19, Issue 3
Tuesday
Monday
We greeted each other, said the Pledge of
Allegiance, our class promise and did calendar.
We did our ABC chart and ‘Action Alphabet’. We
counted to 100 by ones. We wrote thank you
notes for our field trip. We learned our first
popcorn word, ‘a’ and did rainbow writing of it. We
read our poem of the week, ‘Colors’. We heard
our letter ‘c’ presentation, felt how it sounds in our
mouth and throat and practiced writing it in the air,
on our hand, on the carpet and on our white
boards. We did shared reading and read Pete the
Cat and I Love My White Shoes. We learned
about resources in the classroom to help us. We
read Mouse Paint and mixed primary colors to
make new colors in science. We had recess. We
did a number sense activity for math.
Labor Day
Wednesday
We greeted friends, said The Pledge of Allegiance,
our class pledge and did calendar. We did our ABC
chart and ‘Action Alphabet’. We counted to 100 by
5’s and 10’s. We learned how illustrations can help
us tell a story as we ‘read’ a wordless picture book,
Wave. We also learned that we read and write from
left to right and top to bottom. We did speedwriting
of our popcorn word. We did shared reading. We
heard our ‘o’ presentation, felt how it sounds in our
mouth and throat and practiced writing it in the air,
on our hand, on the carpet and on our white boards.
We made our one ‘o’ books. We read Brown Bear,
Brown Bear and watercolored our own brown bear.
We had recess. We read Wax to Crayons. We
showed the numbers 1-5 by putting the correct
number of stickers under each number.
Thursday
We greeted one another, said The Pledge of
Allegiance, our class promise and did calendar. We
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learned about place value with our 10 day of school.
We subitized ten frames to 5 and counted backwards
from 20. We did our ABC chart and ‘Action Alphabet’.
We learned about titles and previewing books as we
read Bow Wow Bugs a Bug, We read, highlighted
popcorn words in and illustrated our poem. We heard
our ‘a’ presentation felt how it sounds in our mouth and
throat. We made our ‘a’ books. We practiced writing it
in the air, on our hand, on the carpet and on our white
boards. We did shared reading and read Blueberries for
Sal. We chose an animal and a color to paint for our
class version of Brown Bear, Brown Bear. We had
recess. We read Ten in the Bed and Ten Black Dots in
honor of our tenth day of kindergarten. We did rainbow
writing of the numerals 1-5.
Friday
We greeted each another, said The Pledge of Allegiance and our class pledge and did
calendar. We counted on from a mystery number. We did our ABC chart and ‘Action
Alphabet’. We read What Grandma’s/Grandpa’s Do Best and made Grandparent’s Day cards.
We highlighted the popcorn words in and read A Park. We did shared reading and read
Mary Wore Her Red Dress and made a class version of it. We read Mouse Count and
showed 0-6 in our counting books.
Dear Parents,
Contact Info:
Voicemail:
760-6298
E-MAIL:
letostak_vianne@
dublinschools.net
REMINDERS:
MONDAY:
Homework Due
A DAY: Library Books
Due
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
If you did not sign up for a parent-teacher conference at curriculum night,
please contact me to do so. I have times available on all three dates,
October 21st, 28th or November 5th. October 21st is kindergarten only so if you
have another child in the building you may want to choose one of the other
dates.
We are cutting almost daily for the next two months. If I notice children
having difficulty with scissors I have/will send home some extra cutting
practice to help them ‘sharpen’ their skills.
Upcoming Dates:
•
September 16th – Father’s Night – info went home on Thursday
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September 22nd – Picture Day
Thanks to our volunteers this week: Mrs. Shea, Mrs., Russell, Mrs. Nosek and Mr.
White.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Go Bucks! Beat Hawaii!
Vianne