News 09 Oct 12th-16th

October 12th16th, 2009 contact me @ 227-1221 or

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A Peek at the Week

Highlights!

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New Skills include: Language Arts: This week we will be continuing to learn about Transportation and we have wrapped up our 1st 9 week grading period!! WOW that has gone fast! Handwriting:

This week we will do letter Nn keyword: Nickel Remember to begin letters at the top when forming for handwriting purposes. As I checked proper name writing this pasted week one on one- there are several students who are still in need of more practice with correct formation on the letters in their first name. We work very hard to make sure that students are writing their letters properly to ensure for a smooth transition into 1st grade. I will be sending more practice sheets for name tickets with the starting “dots” included on them so that your child can continue to practice if needed. This will be shared at your child’s conference.

Writer’s Workshop: We are working on being great illustrators which can become great authors. We learn that both “Good Readers and Writers” match the pictures with the text. We are in the beginning stages of writing and learning to use what we call a “mini office” to help us write. This is a laminated folder which is a reference for the alphabet, sounds, and words. We can use this mini office as we learn to sound out words when writing. Your child is working on a book about a place that he or she went… Ask them what it is. • Math Patterns.. Patterns.. they are everywhere! In Kindergarten we love them. AB patterns are what we have mastered so far. Can your child tell you the rule for an AB pattern?

New Words to know: Popcorn Words/High Frequency First 9 week words: I a see me red yellow blue green can do, orange, purple, the, brown, black, to, like, pink, white, we ______________________________________ Review: gray, go, my New words this week: you, am

Books we are Reading: Dan the Flying Man, (Rhyming) The Little Engine That Could

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More for this week:

During the month of October we do not celebrate Halloween at BPE, however in Kindergarten we do activities based around the theme Spiders and Insects—on Friday October the 30th Mrs. Hay’s Kindergarten will have a Miss Spider’s Tea Party!

- Reminders ! Thank you for those of you who were able to come out and support Chick-Fil-A Family Night this past week—I had an opportunity to see some of you there and missed a few of you as well. Sorry I missed some of you! What a fun way to see BPE families! Friday the 16th- Our BIG Event is this Friday the 16th- The end of the 9 week celebration day for BPE students. A day to celebrate academic and behavioral growth at school. We will participate in some Fall Fun in our classroom on this day. Remind your child to be on hid or her BEST behavior this week. Two days or more with SIT marked on our class behavior system will keep a child from getting to participate in this activity. P.T.O. will host a Pumpkin Patch on Sat the 17th here at BPE mark your calendars! BPE Book Fair will be open on the 17th during the Pumpkin Patch as well as during Parent Teacher conferences for parents- for students it will be open the week of the 26th-30th –Our Library Day is on Thursday the 29th- if you would like your child to purchase an item from the BOOK FAIR most items cost atleast $5.00 –money needs to be clearly marked with your child’s name and BOOK FAIR and sent to school with your child. Report Cards will be distributed at parent teacher conferences either before or after Fall Break depending on when your conference is scheduled

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October 21st -22nd and 23rd- No School! Fall Break

--More information will be available during Parent Teacher Conferences about our Special Miss Spider Tea Party!

From the Teacher’s Desk:

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With cool weather already here, it is hard to tell what the weather will be like when we go out for recess. Be sure your child has a jacket and or sweatshirt other than the one they are wearing all day for outdoor weather. If it is cool enough to need a jacket and children are not dressed appropriatelythey will be sent to a partner kdg. classroom during recess and stay inside. Please be aware of what your child is wearing out the door. Also, it is time to switch out our “spare clothes” that were sent at the beginning of the year for long pants and long sleeve shirts. Please send a new zip lock bag with warmer spare clothes to leave at school in case of accidents. When your child brings the new bag they can bring home the old one. Thank you!

Mrs. Hay