more cold weather!

Another week of cold weather - and yet another reminder to dress your children WARMLY!
Sight words this week are yes, no, see, and go. Our letter of the week is "D" - you can help at home by finding things that start with the letter D around your house.
A list of names will come home soon for Valentines Day, which will be observed on Feb 11th. We will be observing Day 100 on Monday, Feb 16th (unless there is a snow day between now and then) - information will be sent home soon on our plan for that day.

Snow day once more.....

Well, Monday is here and no school..... so here's what we're doing for the rest of the week:

This week we are doing activities related to the letter C. Tricky and sight words for the week are: there, they, and can. Homework will be coming home on Tuesday, and should be returned to me on Thursday. Sorry for the short time to do it this week, but I can't predict snow days..

Remember once again to dress warmly - last week was a doozie! Hopefully the temperatures will moderate and we'll have warmer days.

winter abounds!

Well, we lost two days to the weather last week, let's hope this week is a full one.

This week we are talking about things that begin with the letter B. Our tricky words are said, here, and it. If your child brings home the alphabet bucket, please help him/her to find a few things that begin with B. The Sounds duotangs stay home noe - please remember to go over the sounds with your child once or twice a week. The students will be bringing home books to read soon, and every chance you have to help them practice the sounds of the letters they've learned will help them to become stronger and more confident readers.

Happy New Year!

Welcome back - here's to a great 2009 part to the 08/09 school year!

There are two notes coming home on Monday of this week. One is about the Math unit we will be covering and the other is about Language Arts. Please read each one carefully - if you have any questions or concerns, please contact me.

As well, please remember to send appropriate clothing for recess times outside. The playground seems to always have the wind, no matter what direction, and it is a cold one!

I hope you all had a great break and are ready to "get back at it"!

how many more sleeps 'til Christmas?

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!

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).

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!
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