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100th day

The 100th day of school is Friday!!! We will do tons of fun activities that day! Please send your child to school with a snack totaling 100. Example- cheerios, fruit loops, raisins etc. We will use our snack during math!

 

Monday is 101 day!!!! Please send them wearing black and white!

News

Well, we are in full swing as the 2nd half of the kindergarten year picks up academically! This week we finished reading our folktales and fairy-tales and their journal is coming home today! We are tapping out words to spell and read and starting to learn spelling tricks--example, vowels make 2 sounds and we learned about when you add "e" to a word it makes the other vowel scream...tap==tape. In Math we will continue to work on adding as the year progresses, along with graphing next week.

Please continue to work on ixlmath and raz-kids. 100 day home work is due next week! The 100th day is Friday and we will have a celebration. We are also collecting 100 cans of food, we are at 32. You can send cans in all next week!

Next week we will:
-learn about graphing and collecting data
-learn about winter/winter animals
-writing- what is winter? We are writing to inform

lunch bunch

These kids enjoyed lunch in the classroom today because they went above and beyond over the holiday break! thanks for tunring in journal entries!

Movie Night

Dear Students and Parents,

The first ever Sope Creek Family Movie Night is coming on January 20, 2012.  It is being sponsored by the Student Council.  We will be showing The Smurfs and National Treasure 2.  Popcorn and drinks will be available for purchase, but you can BYOC (Bring Your Own Candy).  We will be expecting that you bring your parents because this is a family event – no drop offs, please.  So mark your calendar – January 20 7:00-9:00 in the cafeteria and the media center.  Optional donation for Must Ministries gladly accepted.

Thank you

The Movie Night Committee

January word club!

Here are the January words--- Download January word club!

 

In case you are bored over the break or eager to "play school" here is a list of things to review! Download Winter break work

Happy holidays and safe travels!

Gingerbread homes

Weekly update

Next week we will be very busy... each day we will travel to another country to see how they celebrate. They will be traveling to Russia, Israel, Germany and the Netherlands. They will keep a travel journal and all of the goodies they receive will go into their travel suitcase.

We will continue our author study on Jan Brett: we will be looking at the different story elements- setting, characters, problem/event and solution. They will use the elements also to write their own narrative stories. The stories will include who, what, where etc.

Math- When you to put 2 things together you make more. We are adding and learning the basics of putting numbers together. We will start with low numbers and build on.

We will also be making gingerbread houses during center time, which they can eat at home:)

Homework--- this may sound strange.... but please take next week and through the break to teach your child how to tie their shoes, put on the their coat and gloves, and to pull the sleeves out of their coat if reversed. After the break, Sally and I will no longer be tying shoes, if they don't know how they will have to find a shoe tying buddy in our class. Plus shoe tying and knowing how to put on a coat are key skills for life! Thanks so much:)

Countdown to Christmas and Hanukkah- the kids are making chain links to help countdown to the holiday. When they come home they are to hang them somewhere in the house. Starting that night they will take 1 link off before bed each night. When it gets to the last link.... the holiday has arrived! Hanukkah links are coming home today! Christmas links will come home next week. Thanks so much

Holiday time!

Next week we will embark on our holiday unit! This unit will cover many holidays and topics and will last until the break!
Next week we will study about the different holidays we celebrate...Christmas and Hanukkah. All of the children will make crafts to learn about both holidays!

We are also going to start an author Study on Jan Brett who has written many winter/holidays stories for children with beautiful illustrations!

The following week we are going to travel the world. The children will rotate to other kindergarten classroom to learn about holidays celebrated around the world! The Countries will include, Russia, Israel, Germany and the Netherlands!

The last week before the break we will wrap up our unit and author study. We will also have our holiday party and pajama day!

The next few weeks are going to very exciting and fun for all!

Thank you to everyone to volunteered to make play-dough! The kids will love it.

ixlmath- please continue to work and follow along with what you see coming home for math- we have been working on making groups of ten and counting on from 10 and 20. We will also work on measurement next week.

Holiday bears

Dear Sope Creek Famiy.

We are holding our annual Holiday Bear gift card program and would like you to consider making a gift card donation to help our Sope Creek families during this holiday season. Bears with store and amount designations are posted on the main bulletin board in the school lobby.  Please consider helping by taking a bear and obtaining a gift card.  Gift cards can be returned to your child’s grade level counselor by December 15.  Your generosity will help to make this a brighter holiday for many of our children and their families.  Thank you in advance, and may each of you have a wonderful holiday.

Your Counselors