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Ms. Jhanson's Class
Kindergarten / 1st Grade
November 18, 2009

Thanksgiving Feast Menu / Sign Up

Olives (black) – 1 can

Janessa, Dani

Craisins – 1 pouch

Annabel

Raisins – 1 med box

 

Cheese (chunked in small cubes)

Robert, Ben

Cornbread muffins / butter

Andrew

Beef jerky (1 package)

Gabrielle

Carrot sticks (washed, peeled, chunked)

 

Celery sticks (washed, chunked)

 

Ranch dressing

Jayden

Mixed Nuts

Justin

Popcorn (already popped)

Trinity

Turkey lunchmeat (1 package)

 

Ham lunchmeat (1 package)

Donny, Anneke

Dinner rolls (1 dozen)

Isaac, Danika

Apple juice (2 qt.

Layla, Macie

Dried apples

Emily

Grapes

Ayelleah

Broccoli (washed, chunked up, ready to eat)

 


Themes and Special Events:
Volunteers Needed
  • I need a couple of volunteers for the next couple of weeks while we are working on our shape unit in math.  I need help cutting out pattern block pieces and shape pieces.  We have a machine at the school that will cut the pieces for you, but it is time consuming.  If someone has the time to donate about an hour or so to cut out the shapes, I would really appreciate it.
  • I also need a volunteer to come in once a week to quiz the kids on their safety information.  I would like to start safety city after Thanksgiving break.  I believe this would only take about an hour once a week.
  • A volunteer is needed Monday mornings for about a half hour to help get the students homework folders ready (put in homework, newsletter and any other important papers.)  I could also use some help Friday mornings to put in each child's work for the week and staple the weekly report for each child's folder.  I am guessing this would also only take about a half hour.
  • Any other time you have that you would like to donate in the classroom is more than welcome.  I will have a box ready for volunteers that drop in.  There will be things that need to be cut and stapled together (books), copies to be made, etc.  I also have some phonics games that you could play with the students. 
School Board Meeting
The McCleary School Board will be meeting on Wednesday, November 18th at 7pm.  One of the agenda items is Make Your Day.  If you would like to voice your opinion or hear more about Make Your Day I invite you to come.  I plan on being there to help support Make Your Day in our district.  The meeting will be held in the school library.

Scholastic Book Order
Thank you to all who ordered books in October- Jace and Danika.  They earned us 2 free books for our classroom.  Since the kids earned us the books, I decided to let the class vote on the books we will order from the November book order.  
The November book order will be placed Friday (November 13th).  The books should be here within two weeks.
December book orders will go home Monday (Nov. 16th).  The online ordering has already been set up.
click on parent -> quicklinks -> book club orders
Username:  msjhansonsclass
Password:  DrSeuss

Parent Borrowing Library
As I have been packing and preparing to move this weekend, I have discovered that I have a lot of books that would be great resources for parents and families.  Over winter break (depending on the weather) I will be finding a shelf in a cupboard in the classroom for a parent/family borrowing library.  I will post the titles and subjects of books that are in the library.  If you are interested in borrowing and reading one of the books, please feel free to contact me.  I am more than happy to lend these resources to you.  I do ask that you return them in a timely manner so others may also have the opportunity to borrow these books.

Parent Information Nights
Thank you to all who came to our very first parent information night.  I am happy to say that we had between 35 - 40 people attend.  We received positive feedback from all who attended.
Our next information night will be the third Thursday in January (January 21st) from 6 - 7pm.  We will be focusing on reading and writing and how to work with your children at home with reading and writing.
We thought it might be fun for you to bring your favorite dessert.  Mrs. Peek and I will also be providing coffee and tea.  Please don't feel pressured to bake treats. If you don't have time to make your favorite dessert, please come anyways.  Child care will not be provided at this session.

Cambell's Soup Labels / Box Tops

Save your box tops and Cambell's soup labels.  For each box top and soup label your child brings in, the school earns money.  Also, once funny money begins in our class, your child will earn one funny money dollar for each box top and soup label.
 

Phonics
Youngers: (Kindergarteners)

Youngers this week will be studying the letter I.  Please remember that they will be studying the short vowel sound.  Long vowel sounds won’t be taught until May.  Along with the letter name and sound, they will also be working on ‘twin consonants.’  Whenever you see two like consonants next to each other in a word, you pronounce only one of them.  (hill, inn, mitt)  They will also be getting their second fluency reader.  The fluency readers help them blend sounds together to read words and read for meaning (comprehension).  A new sight word will be introduced this week, ‘to.’ 

This week they will be getting their third reading practice page.  Please review these words with your child daily.  These words help your child blend sounds together fluently and become a stronger reader.  I will do my best to get through all of the kids reading practice on Monday so they can go home that evening.  

Olders:  (1st graders)

Olders will be working on the letters x and y, along with digraphs sh and oo.  They will also be working on counting the number of syllables in words.  New sight words this week:  bought, brought, fought, thought, could, should, would, school.  They will be working on decoding words and reading sight words with two new decodable readers, “Fox, Not Ox!” and “A Get Well Wish”. 


Spelling


I am looking for correct spelling and lower case letters used throughout the test.  For the sentence dictation I am looking for a capital letter at the beginning, spaces between the words and correct punctuation at the end.

Congratulations to all who passed their spelling test on Monday.  For those who misspelled any words on their pretest, they will take the spelling test on Friday. Spelling words come home each Monday.   Please practice these words with your child daily.

Math

This week we will be continuing our unit on shapes through a variety of activities.

We will find as many different ways as we can to compose the rhombus, trapezoid and hexagon, using pattern-block shapes.  We will discuss the largest and smallest number of blocks we can use to make the hexagon.  We will fill an outline with pattern blocks in three different ways—once again talking about the smallest and largest number of pattern-blocks used.

We will also be creating a shape mural.  This will be a class creation using only shapes to create a scene.  I am hoping to have this hanging up for Visitor’s Lunch.

 

 

Reading Goal

November's reading goal is 17.
Congratulations to all who made their October reading goal - Andrew, Annabel, Ayelleah, Ben, Danika, Emily, Gabrielle, Isaac, Jace, Jacob, Janessa, Jayden, Justin, Nathaniel, and Trinity.  Each child received a $20 funny money bonus and got to each lunch in the classroom for free. 

Super Star
Kayleen is our super star this week!



Homework and Newsletter
Don't forget to read for 20 minutes each night and fill out your reading slip.  The reading goal for November is 17.  If you need more reading slips, there is an attachment below for you to download and print.
 
Important Dates
November 10th:  Veteran's Day Assembly
November 11th:  No School (Veteran's Day)
November 25th:  Class Feast
November 26 - 27th:  No School (Thanksgiving Break)

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