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The final countdown….

jboltong — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:53:31 +0000

These are the last 10 days of the 2009-2010 school year. There will be alot going on for the next 2 weeks. Here are important dates for you to remember.

May 17- End of the Year Kindergarten Awards
May 20- End of the year classroom celebration
May 21- Last day of school. Report Cards come home.

Keep working at home!!!!
This week’s academics include…graphing and calendar time, our organs and their functions, Reading comprehension and fluency, and plant life.

Welcome Back!

jboltong — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:41:42 +0000

Welcome back. I hope that everyone had a great Spring Break. Now it’s back to business as usual. The school year is starting to come to a close, but we still have lots of learning to do. This week we are covering…

Reading: Make predictions from pictures and titles.
Math: Identify coins by name and value. Count money.
Health: Treating people with respect, and anger management.
Science: All About Animals. How do animals change and grow?

Update

jboltong — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:54:57 +0000

Here’s what we’re working on….

Math: Review addition/subtraction
Introduce money
Reading: Rhyming words
Recall details about a story
Social Studies: Beginning maps, land and water
Health: Responsibility: Clean up after yourselves.

Week of Feb. 22

jboltong — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:16:30 +0000

Hello. This is a busy week.
Wednesday- Early Release Day. Students are dismissed 11:30.
Thursday- Black History Month Program at 6:00pm.

Reading: Letter sounds and sight words!
Writing: Draw pictures to communicate
Math: Simple Addition
Health: Impulse control and Sharing
Social Studies: Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day- How and Why do we celebrate?

jboltong — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:16:25 +0000

Math: addition and subtraction readiness: 1 more, 2 more and 1 less, 2 less. Ordinal numbers. 1 to 1 counting up to 20 objects.
Science: What makes up the Earth’s surface?
Health: Dental health and hygiene
Reading: Drawing pictures to communicate meaning. Putting letter sounds together to read 3 letter words. Read previously taught texts with expression.

Jan. 25th

jboltong — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:14:48 +0000

Continue working on academic skills…but this week i would like to refocus on some self help skills. Try making the kids dress themselves including shoes and jackets. Keep in mind boys need their shirts tucked into their pants and that they should be doing this independently at this point. The more they are doing independently the more prepared they will be for first grade. Hand washing, sitting quietly, and listening to read aloud stories are important skills!!!
Thanks for all your hard work! I’m so proud of your kids.

Happy New Year!

jboltong — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:29:01 +0000

Welcome back to school. I’m looking forward to a great start of the new year. School is back in session, and so let the learning continue! This week we will be covering…

Math: Patterns
Health: Using senses to identify problems, and impulse control.
Science: Day and Night, What’s in the sky?
Reading/LA: Letters of Alphabet, Sounds, Blending sounds to make words, identifying sounds in spoken words.

Last week before the break!

jboltong — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:56:55 +0000

This week is the last week of school before the winter break. We will have our class party on Thursday afternoon. Here’s what we are learning…
Math: Patterns: Shape pattersn, color patterns, action patterns.
Social Studies: Wants and Needs
Health: What to do when you feel sick.
Reading: Letter identification: letters of your name.
Read previously taught texts
Writing: Draw a picture about a person, place, object or experience.

Drama club will be presenting Peggy the Pint Sized Pirate at 6pm on Wed. evening. $2 pre-pay, $3 at door.

This week…

jboltong — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:22:04 +0000

Our math unit is all about shapes. Talk about shapes at home with your kids and find them in the environment. Talk about the sun being a circle or sphere, and that the refridgerator is a huge rectangle. Make shapes a part of your daily conversations.

We still need to know our letters and letter sounds…so keep at it!

We all need to practice tucking in our shirts too. It is a school rule for boys to keep their shirt tales tucked in, so please practice that with your child.

Thanks so much for all you do to support our class and school!

Math night is Nov. 10, 2009!

Fire Safety

jboltong — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:51:41 +0000

This is fire safety week and we are learning all about it. We took a trip to the fire station had a great time. We saw the fire fighters, the trucks, and the place where they sleep. We enjoyed it, even if the weather was a bit gloomy. Ask your kids about 911, and how to stop drop and roll!