Kindergram December 2, 2010

Kindergram

December 2, 2010

Mrs. Oetker * Mr. Daugherty   *Mrs. Eggers

READING:We have started our Nursery Rhyme Unit! The kids have enjoyed sing rhymes such as, The Itsy Bitsy Spider and Humpty Dumpty!! The kids have also enjoyed finding objects in their surroundings and brainstorming words that rhyme. Which could be a fun family game to play!! J  We  will continue  working on reading the kindergarten words.  We should know:  I, a, go, to, me, in, red, see, we, my,can ,it.  For fun at home, go to www.spellingcity.com .  Click on the button that says “Find A List.”  In the middle of the computer screen, type in the name Cynthia Eggers to search for a list by a teacher’s name.  Have fun playing the games! 

LETTER OF THE WEEK: “M” will be the letter of the week starting on Monday, December 6.  Please sit down with your child and discuss what sound this letter makes.  Have your child cut out one small picture from a magazine or newspaper that begins with the letter “M.”

MATH:  We reviewed comparing numbers 0-10 and learned new vocabulary “greater than” and “less than”.   Completed Topic 6 test.  Now learning about Geometry!!

 HANDWRITING:  We are practicing frog jump letters and corner starting letters using chalkboards, magna doodles, and mats.  Remember:  all letters start at the top!  Keep working on F, E, D, P, B, R, N, and M.  We are getting better at making L, K, H, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z which are corner starting letters.

SCIENCE:  We are continuing to look at the four seasons of the year!

Dates to Remember:

December 20  Recognition Assembly

December 22  Winter Party

  

***DONATIONS***

We could really use the following items.  These items help us with many classroom activities.  Thank you for donating!  We really appreciate it!

1.     wax paper

2.     wiggle eyes

3.     glitter glue

4.     paper plates (big and small)

5.     Magnetic strips

6.     Glitter

7.     Craft Foam

8.     Wooden clothes pins

To Make Gingerbread Houses:  Graham Crackers, White Frosting, Gumdrops or other Candy, Gingerbread Man Cookies (little Debbie snacks)

Kindergram November 18

Kindergram

November 18, 2010

Mrs. Eggers * Mr. Daugherty *Mrs. Oetker

READING:  We have been talking about our family and what makes up a family. We are all learning that every family is different. Ask your child what they have learned each day. We have also been working on reading the kindergarten words. We should know: I, a, go, to, me, in, red, see, we, my.

LETTER OF THE WEEK: “L” will be the letter of the week starting on Monday, November 29.  Please sit down with your child and discuss what sound this letter makes.  Have your child cut out one small picture from a magazine or newspaper that begins with the letter “L.”

MATH:  We are learning the numbers 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.  We will practice writing our numbers, breaking the numbers up into parts like 2 and 4 make 6 and counting out counters to make our number of the day. We will be taking our test over numbers 5-10 and starting to compare which numbers are larger or smaller.

 HANDWRITING:  We are still praciticing making frog jump letters and corner starting letters using chalkboards, magna doodles, and mats.  Remember:  all letters start at the top!  Keep working on F, E, D, P, B, R, N, and M.  We are getting better at making L, K, H, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z which are corner starting letters.

SCIENCE:  We are continuing to look at the four seasons of the year!  The colors of the leaves are beautiful!  We have been graphing the crazy weather this week, too.

Help Student Success: We use the word Quality Work at school.  When your child brings home a project question them on their work.  Ask them if they did quality work and have them explain why it is or is not quality work.

Please make sure your child has gym shoes with them each gym day!  Gym class has lots of running and sharp movement type activities.  If the children are not wearing tennis shoes they run the risk of getting injured or falling and injuring another student.

Dates to Remember:

·         November 24, 25, 26 - No School

Cold Weather- With cold weather and snow soon on its way please remember to mark all snow pants and coats.  It is amazing how many black size 6 snow pants show up during the winter. Keep practicing buttoning and zipping with your child.  We believe that it is important for children to dress themselves. Our recess time is limited to about 15 minutes, so practicing at home will help the children get outside in time for recess. 

Please make sure that your child is not as school any sooner that 8:20 a.m.  There isn't a teacher on duty until then!  If the weather is too cold for the students to be outside or it is raining, a GREEN flag will be posted by the kindergarten door.  This green flag lets the children know it is all right for them to come into the building at the First grade double doors. Thank you!

***DONATIONS for November and December***

We could really use the following items.  These items help us with many classroom activities.  Thank you for donating!  We really appreciate it! 

1. Shaving Cream               
2.  Small Jingle Bells               
3. fall colored tribeads 
4.  Baby Wipes
5.  Small Red Pom Poms 
6. Coffee Filters
7. Craft Glue 
   
8. Large paper Plates
9. Small Paper Plates
10. Wiggly Eyes   
11. Glitter

Thank you for all that you do to make your child’s kindergarten year a successful one.  Have a great weekend!  

Kindergram November 4, 2010

Kindergram

November 4, 2010

Mrs. Eggers * Mr. Daugherty *Mrs. Oetker

READING:  We have been talking about our family and what makes up a family.  We are all learning that every family is different. Ask your child what they have learned each day.   We have also been working on reading the kindergarten words.  We should know:  I, a, go, to, me, in, red, see, we, my.  For fun at home, go to www.spellingcity.com .  Click on the button that says “Find A List.”  In the middle of the computer screen, type in the name Cynthia Eggers to search for a list by a teacher’s name.  Have fun playing the games! 

MATH:  We are learning the numbers 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.  We will practice writing our numbers, breaking the numbers up into parts like 2 and 4 make 6 and counting out counters to make our number of the day.

 HANDWRITING:  We are still praciticing making frog jump letters and corner starting letters using chalkboards, magna doodles, and mats.  Remember:  all letters start at the top!  Keep working on F, E, D, P, B, R, N, and M.  We are getting better at making L, K, H, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z which are corner starting letters.

SCIENCE:  We are continuing to look at the four seasons of the year!  The colors of the leaves are beautiful!  We have been graphing the crazy weather this week, too.

LETTER OF THE WEEK: “J” will be the letter of the week starting on Monday, November 8.  Please sit down with your child and discuss what sound this letter makes.  Have your child cut out one small picture from a magazine or newspaper that begins with the letter “J.”

Help Student Success: We use the word Quality Work at school.  When your child brings home a project question them on their work.  Ask them if they did quality work and have them explain why it is or is not quality work.

Don’t forget to work on the Turkey Assignment.  This is a family activity to disguise the turkey so he will be safe on Thanksgiving Day. All turkeys will go home after the holiday.

Please make sure your child has gym shoes with them each gym day!  Gym class has lots of running and sharp movement type activities.  If the children are not wearing tennis shoes they run the risk of getting injured or falling and injuring another student.

Dates to Remember:

·        November 15:  Taco John’s Family Night!  Come to Taco John’s and let the teachers serve you!  All proceeds go to Fisher School!

·     November 8: PTO Meeting at 6:30

·     November 16:  Recognition Assembly Wear your Fisher Cats Attire.

·     November 24, 25, 26 - No School

Cold Weather- With cold weather and snow soon on its way please remember to mark all snow pants and coats.  It is amazing how many black size 6 snow pants show up during the winter. Keep practicing buttoning and zipping with your child.  We believe that it is important for children to dress themselves. Our recess time is limited to about 15 minutes, so practicing at home will help the children get outside in time for recess. 

***DONATIONS for November and December***

We could really use the following items.  These items help us with many classroom activities.  Thank you for donating!  We really appreciate it!

Shaving Cream                   Small Jingle Bells              fall colored tribeads

         Baby Wipes                       Small Red Pom Poms         Coffee Filters                          Craft Glue                  Cinnamon Sticks                       Artificial Green Leaves          Wiggly Eyes               Glitter 

                           

Thank you for all that you do to make your child’s kindergarten year a successful one.  Have a great weekend! 

Turkey Dressing Activity

Dear families,

We would like you to do the following fun activity with your child. Please return your creative turkey back to school as soon as you can. 

Activity: The title of the activity is “Turkey Dressing.”  Use the attached turkey and “dress” the turkey in a disguise to save it from being eaten on Thanksgiving Day. Some examples might be:  Hawaiian Clothes, A lamb using cotton balls, Draw/paint clothes on the turkey, etc.  Some examples from last year are below.

We hope this will be a fun activity for both of you to expand your creativity!  Have Fun!

Kindergram October 28, 2010

Kindergram
October 28, 2010
Mrs. Eggers * Mr. Daugherty *Mrs. Oetker


READING: Our color unit has been so much fun! It has been exciting watching everyone dress up in the color of the day! We made rainbows and made a book about our favorite color. We have also been working on reading the kindergarten words. We should know: I, a, go, to, me, in, red, see, we, my. For fun at home, go to www.spellingcity.com . Click on the button that says “Find A List.” In the middle of the computer screen, type in the name Cynthia Eggers to search for a list by a teacher’s name. Have fun playing the games! We also added another color! It will be gray day on Friday, October 29th. Thank you!


LETTER OF THE WEEK: “Ii” will be the letter of the week starting on Monday, November 1. Please sit down with your child and discuss what sound this letter makes. Have your child cut out one small picture from a magazine or newspaper that begins with the letter “I.”

MATH: We reviewed the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. We took Topic test 4 earlier this week. We also are taking a cumulative test over the first 4 topics. We will sort, discuss positional words, and make patterns to help us take this test.

HANDWRITING: We are still praciticing making frog jump letters and corner starting letters using chalkboards, magna doodles, and mats. Remember: all letters start at the top! Keep working on F, E, D, P, B, R, N, and M. We are getting better at making L, K, H, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z which are corner starting letters.

SCIENCE: We are continuing to look at the four seasons of the year! The colors of the leaves are beautiful! We have been graphing the crazy weather this week, too.

Please check out the kindergarten blog at:
http://fisher-kindergarten.blogspot.com

Dates to Remember:
· November 4: 10:30-12:00 Limo ride for those who qualify from our fundraiser earlier this fall
· November 15: Taco John’s Family Night! Come to Taco John’s and let the teachers serve you! All proceeds go to Fisher School!


***DONATIONS***
We could really use the following items. These items help us with many classroom activities. Thank you for donating! We really appreciate it!
1. Candy pumpkins
2. wax paper
3. wiggle eyes
4. glitter glue
5. paper plates (big and small)

Kindergram October 21, 2010

Kindergram
October 21, 2010
Mrs. Eggers * Mr. Daugherty *Mrs. Oetker


READING: Colors are everywhere again! It has been so fun watching everyone dress up in the color of the day! We loved making black cats and bats, white clouds, and green eggs. The green eggs were delicious! We are working hard on recognizing the letters of the alphabet! Any help at home is encouraged!! Continue working on these words with your child at home: a, I, go, to, me, in, red, see


LETTER OF THE WEEK: “Hh” will be the letter of the week starting on Monday, October 25. Please sit down with your child and discuss what sound this letter makes. Have your child cut out one small picture from a magazine or newspaper that begins with the letter “H.”

MATH: We are still focusing on the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. We introduced new math words of more and less. Can your child find what number is one less or one more? It is sometimes challenging!

HANDWRITING: We are still praciticing making frog jump letters and corner starting letters using chalkboards, magna doodles, and mats. Remember: all letters start at the top! The letters we are really good at making are F, E, D, P, B, R, N, and M. These are all frog jump letters! They start at the top and we have to jump back to the top to finish making the letter. We are beginning to make L, K, H, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z which are corner starting letters.

SCIENCE: We are investigating the different seasons of the year!

Please check out the kindergarten blog at:
http://fisher-kindergarten.blogspot.com
Dates to Remember:
· October 25 Science Carnival at night
· October 22-Fall Party in your child’s classroom at 10-11 a.m. Your child may wear their character costume to school. We are going to parade around the school and show them off.
· October 28-Recognition Assembly: Please have your child wear Fisher Cats attire to school

***DONATIONS***
We could really use the following items. These items help us with many classroom activities. Thank you for donating! We really appreciate it!
1. Candy pumpkins
2. Candy corn
3. wax paper
4. wiggle eyes
5. glitter glue
6. paper plates (big and small)

Kindergarten October Projects

 We made some Pumpkins for our rooms. 

We tore paper to make our apple pictures. 

We painted paper and then we tore them up to make leaves for our fall trees.  We love to notice how the leaves change in the fall.

We made our "All About Me" flowers.  We included colors of the clothes we were wearing and our favorite colors. We love to show our quality work on the internet!

Punch Cards

Each student has received a "Pawsitive Punch Card." During the month of October, every time students get "caught" doing something positive, they will receive a punch. When a student fills up a whole card, Mrs. Vopava will be notified and will send a postcard home to you, the parents! Filled cards will also be displayed in our hallway. At Fisher, we want to focus on the positive things kids are doing to encourage them to continue on with positive behavior! You can talk to your child about how receiving a punch makes them feel and what their plan is to keep doing positive things! :)

Spelling City

We are working on reading our 25 kindergarten words! We found a fun way to learn and remember the words at home!!! Go to www.spellingcity.com . Click on the button that says “Find A List.” In the middle of the computer screen, type in the name Cynthia Eggers to search for a list by a teacher’s name. Click on a list you would like your child to work on. The games are so much fun! One game some of the children really like is called Hang Mouse! Have fun learning at home with your child!!

-Mrs. Eggers, Mrs. Oetker, and Mr. Daugherty

Kindergram October 14, 2010

Kindergram
October 14, 2010
Mrs. Eggers * Mr. Daugherty *Mrs. Oetker


READING: Colors are everywhere as we begin our new reading theme! Thank you for having your child participate in the color of the day this week! This week we had a chance to brainstorm things that were red, yellow, blue, and purple. We enjoyed playing games about colors and singing songs, too! We are beginning to read sentences using some of our kindergarten words! Continue working on these words with your child at home: a, I, go, to, me, in, red


LETTER OF THE WEEK: “Gg” will be the letter of the week starting on Monday, October 18. Please sit down with your child and discuss what sound this letter makes. Have your child cut out one small picture from a magazine or newspaper that begins with the letter “G.”

MATH: This week we focused on counting and writing the numbers 0, 1, 2, and 3. We loved getting our little chalkboards out to practice writing these numbers the correct way.

HANDWRITING: Forming the letters of the alphabet is so important in kindergarten! We have been making frog jump letters and corner starting letters using chalkboards, magna doodles, and mats. We are trying to enforce that all letters start at the top! The letters we are really good at making are F, E, D, P, B, R, N, and M. These are all frog jump letters! They start at the top and we have to jump back to the top to finish making the letter. Have your child show you how to make them at home!

SCIENCE: We are beginning to wrap up our tree unit! We have been investigating leaves and drawing trees in our science journal.

Thank you for attending conferences this week to discuss your child’s progress!
Remember: If you are eating lunch with your child, please wait by the lunchroom for your child. This will help the teacher to get the children ready for lunch much easier. Thank you!

Dates to Remember:
· No School on Friday, October 15th due to Conferences Day
· October 18 Science Carnival at night
· October 22-Fall Party in your child’s classroom at 10-11 a.m. Your child may wear their character costume to school. We are going to parade around the school and show them off.
· October 28-Recognition Assembly: Please have your child wear Fisher Cats attire to school


***DONATIONS***
We could really use the following items. These items help us with many classroom activities. Thank you for donating! We really appreciate it!
1. Candy pumpkins
2. Plastic spoons
3. Eggs (2 dozen per classroom)
4. bowls

Kindergram October 7, 2010

Kindergram
October 7, 2010
Mrs. Eggers * Mr. Daugherty *Mrs. Oetker


We have had a terrific time with our senses! We didn’t realize how much we use our senses everyday! We read many stories about each sense, used our noses to smell different scents, tasted something bitter, sweet, sour, and salty, felt unfamiliar things in a secret bag, used our eyes to see bright items, and we listened to different sounds and tried to guess what they were. Ask your child what their favorite activity was this week!


LETTER OF THE WEEK: “Ff” will be the letter of the week starting on Monday, October 11. Please sit down with your child and discuss what sound this letter makes. Have your child cut out one small picture from a magazine or newspaper that begins with the letter “F.”


Remember: Conferences are next week. Be looking for a sheet coming home in the Thursday folder today, letting you know the day and time of your child’s conference. Thank you! We only have 20 minutes, so parents and teachers need to be focused on goals for your child during the first quarter.



Please make sure your child has gym shoes with them each gym day! Gym class has lots of running and sharp movement type activities. If the children are not wearing tennis shoes they run the risk of getting injured or falling and injuring another student.
Dates to Remember:
· Learn Not to Burn Assembly Thursday, October 7 at 2:30
· Follow the October calendar and wear the color of the day each day in October J
· Conferences Next Week: Oct. 12 3:30-5:00; Oct. 13 2:30-5:00; Oct. 14 3:30-7:30 and Oct. 15 8:00-3:00
· No School on Friday, October 15th due to Conferences Day
· October 18 is a Science Carnival
· October 22-Fall Party in your child’s classroom in the AM. Your child may wear their character costume to school. We are going to parade around the school and show them off.
· October 28-Recognition Assembly: Please have your child wear Fisher Cats attire to school J


***DONATIONS***
We could really use the following items. These items help us with many classroom activities. Thank you for donating! We really appreciate it!
1. Candy pumpkins and candy corn
2. Plastic spiders
3. Plastic spoons
4. Eggs (2 dozen per classroom)

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