Here is a heads-up for all that is going on next week at GMCS.
On Monday the cafeteria will be closed because of the Elementary Concert, whick takes place at 1pm. Children will need to bring their lunches and will eat in their classrooms.
Tuesday is a regular day..... ( how can any day during the last week of school before Christmas be regular, you ask??)
Wednesday is Blue day for the whole school- wear blue clothes to show you are not a bully!
Thursday - wear a Santa hat!
and Friday will be a full day.
There will be no homework this week, and no sound book coming home until the end of the week when it can stay there. We have finished introducing the sounds in the English language. After Christmas we will begin going through the alphabet to reinforce knowledge of letters and their formation. We will also begin doing more writing - words, sentences, and stories.....
Have a great week! See you at the concert!
Friday, December 12, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
17 days and counting!
Well, two more weeks of school until the Christmas break. I am sending homework this week, but there will be no more after that until the new year. Our two new words to learn this week are you and your. The alternative spellings to sounds we have already learned are ue and ew, oy, ow and ou, and er, ir, and ur. I can't emphasize enough how important it is for you to go over these, and all of, the sounds we have learned this fall. We learn best by repetition, and with your help we can make this "beginning to reading" be successful.
Darla Ingalls is coming in on Tuesday morning with a craft for all of the Kindergarten students, and we thank her for her efforts in this endeavour.
Thanks to Cary's mom and dad for supplying information and yummy treats for my homeroom for celebrating St. Nicholas Day (Dec 6).
Darla Ingalls is coming in on Tuesday morning with a craft for all of the Kindergarten students, and we thank her for her efforts in this endeavour.
Thanks to Cary's mom and dad for supplying information and yummy treats for my homeroom for celebrating St. Nicholas Day (Dec 6).
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
regrets - late again!
hello! Here it is Wednesday already, and my blog not done! Well, here goes....
This week we are adding the words are and all to our tricky and sight word bags. For our weekly sounds, we are emphasizing alternative spellings to sounds we have already learned. They are ai and ay, ee and ea, ie, i_e, igh, and y, and oa and ow. Once again, please help your child learn these by going over them nightly. The more they are repeated, the better your child will be at recalling the sounds when reading.
We are fortunate to have people from "Let's Talk Science" visit our school this week, on Thursday. They will be doing activities with all ages in the school. Please remember to sign the release for any photos that are taken during their stay.
The Elementary Drama Club is performing "A Flea on Santa's Tree" tonight at 6pm, just before the annual library family night at 6:15. They will be performing the play for K-5 tomorrow morning at 9 am.
Have a great week!
SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE TO SEE OUR TEDDY BEAR FAIR PICTURE!
This week we are adding the words are and all to our tricky and sight word bags. For our weekly sounds, we are emphasizing alternative spellings to sounds we have already learned. They are ai and ay, ee and ea, ie, i_e, igh, and y, and oa and ow. Once again, please help your child learn these by going over them nightly. The more they are repeated, the better your child will be at recalling the sounds when reading.
We are fortunate to have people from "Let's Talk Science" visit our school this week, on Thursday. They will be doing activities with all ages in the school. Please remember to sign the release for any photos that are taken during their stay.
The Elementary Drama Club is performing "A Flea on Santa's Tree" tonight at 6pm, just before the annual library family night at 6:15. They will be performing the play for K-5 tomorrow morning at 9 am.
Have a great week!
SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE TO SEE OUR TEDDY BEAR FAIR PICTURE!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
A really neat site for readers and listeners!
My sister put me "on" to this site, and my homeroom asked how to get there, so I thought it would be a good idea to put it on my blog to share....
The site is called Tumblebooks, but if you go directly there, you must pay a fee to use it. Going to it through the New York Public Library site, it's free. So here is how to get there :
Go to www.nypl.org. On their home site, under the big nypl.org letters, there is a series of links highlighted in grey - click on Books & Materials. On the next page, the 6th bullet under "Find What You Need" says Tumblebooks - click on that and you're there.
The children really like the site - sometimes the authors are reading their books, and there are many choices of books to read or have read. There are also activities related to the stories you can do.
CHECK IT OUT!!!
The site is called Tumblebooks, but if you go directly there, you must pay a fee to use it. Going to it through the New York Public Library site, it's free. So here is how to get there :
Go to www.nypl.org. On their home site, under the big nypl.org letters, there is a series of links highlighted in grey - click on Books & Materials. On the next page, the 6th bullet under "Find What You Need" says Tumblebooks - click on that and you're there.
The children really like the site - sometimes the authors are reading their books, and there are many choices of books to read or have read. There are also activities related to the stories you can do.
CHECK IT OUT!!!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
A Full Week Ahead
Well, here we go - five full days to learn!
The sight words this week are to and do. The sounds we will be learning are ue, er and ar.
Tuesday is our Teddy Bear Picnic, and we invite parents and younger siblings to attend, beginning at 10:45. We will be doing some of the poems we have learned and sharing a snack with our teddies.
Please remember to send warm clothes with your student - snow pants, boots, mittens and hats along with their jackets are strongly recommended. I know I'll have all my winter wear on!
Friday morning at 10:45 is our monthly asssembly, and the students are busy learning their parts to share.
The sight words this week are to and do. The sounds we will be learning are ue, er and ar.
Tuesday is our Teddy Bear Picnic, and we invite parents and younger siblings to attend, beginning at 10:45. We will be doing some of the poems we have learned and sharing a snack with our teddies.
Please remember to send warm clothes with your student - snow pants, boots, mittens and hats along with their jackets are strongly recommended. I know I'll have all my winter wear on!
Friday morning at 10:45 is our monthly asssembly, and the students are busy learning their parts to share.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Parent -Teacher Interviews
I am away today, but look forward to seeing all Wednesday night or Thursday morning. New sight words this week - be and was, and sounds qu, ou and oi.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Remembrance Day
This week will be another "different" one, with Tuesday off for Remembrance Day.
I think my reminder about warm clothes last week must have sent the cold weather away - like I said, I was wearing ski pants and mitts on Monday, and then I only needed a light jacket on Thursday! I guess you just have to be prepared for anything this time of year!
We are still concentrating on the numbers 1-5 in Math, and the letter that is going home in the homework bags will give you some ideas that you can help out with at home. We also review patterns frequently. These concepts need to be dealt with on a daily basis, as good knowledge of them will help your child all through his/her school years.
In Language Arts we are still doing the "sound of the day" - this weeks sounds are ch, sh, and th. Sight words for the week are me and we.
I think my reminder about warm clothes last week must have sent the cold weather away - like I said, I was wearing ski pants and mitts on Monday, and then I only needed a light jacket on Thursday! I guess you just have to be prepared for anything this time of year!
We are still concentrating on the numbers 1-5 in Math, and the letter that is going home in the homework bags will give you some ideas that you can help out with at home. We also review patterns frequently. These concepts need to be dealt with on a daily basis, as good knowledge of them will help your child all through his/her school years.
In Language Arts we are still doing the "sound of the day" - this weeks sounds are ch, sh, and th. Sight words for the week are me and we.
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