What We're Learning!
Language Arts
We will continue to review the word wall words we have learned so far. Your child should be able to recognize and spell the following words: a, can, I, like, see, and said. This week we will also be adding the word "are." and your child will learn how to write at least two sentences on a single topic.
Example: I like dogs. Dogs are fun.
We will also be starting our handwriting boo next week. This will be a time that we will be focusing on forming our letters correctly as well as holding our pencils properly.
Example: I like dogs. Dogs are fun.
We will also be starting our handwriting boo next week. This will be a time that we will be focusing on forming our letters correctly as well as holding our pencils properly.
Our library day is on Tuesday. Please enjoy the library books that your child will bring home each week and then return them on Tuesday morning so that they will be able to check out a new book!
Math
We will be continuing our unit on numbers by working with counting different quantities and writing the amounts, talking about place value (1's and 10's), as well as working with representing numbers in new ways ( tally marks). We will also be looking at different ways that we can sort things and organize our thinking (graphing). I cannot wait to see the different ways that everyone will show their thinking when working on our data analysis.
Don't forget that I will occasionally be putting math city challenges on my twitter account for your child to complete!
If you did not receive an email asking you to sign up for your child's online portfolio account on SeeSaw, please email me with the correct email you would like to get notifications on when your child uploads things to their account. (kmckinney@coppellisd.com)
We are collecting any blue jeans that you are not using/wearing any more! We are going to be doing our very first global service learning project this month. We will be helping to make closed toe shoes for children in Africa out of blue jeans. If you would like a little more information before we get started, please click on the link below! More information will be coming home as we get closer to starting this global service learning!
http://www.solehope.org/
Science and Social Studies
Kindergarten is collecting gently used shoes for our shoe drive! We will be using these shoes in our first Engineering unit as well as donating them to various charities in our community.
In Other News
Special Friends day was a huge success! Thank you to our room moms and to all who donated treats and your time! We had a wonderful time visiting with our special friends! Also, a giant thank you to everyone who bought books for the teachers! We love getting new literature in our classrooms! THANK YOU!!!
Fall Family Picnic was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who was able to make it out!
Thank you to everyone who have donated to our write-a-check campaign at TCE! We are fortunate to have such giving parents!
Parent/ Teacher Conferences are set for October 9th. Please be sure to sign up for a time online. If you did not get the link, please email your homeroom teacher and she will email the link to you again!
Follow us on Twitter!
Katy McKinney: @kmckinney_cisd
Lauren Torti: @LaurenTorti
Lorri Brehm: @lorribrehm
Don't forget that I will occasionally be putting math city challenges on my twitter account for your child to complete!
If you did not receive an email asking you to sign up for your child's online portfolio account on SeeSaw, please email me with the correct email you would like to get notifications on when your child uploads things to their account. (kmckinney@coppellisd.com)
We are collecting any blue jeans that you are not using/wearing any more! We are going to be doing our very first global service learning project this month. We will be helping to make closed toe shoes for children in Africa out of blue jeans. If you would like a little more information before we get started, please click on the link below! More information will be coming home as we get closer to starting this global service learning!
http://www.solehope.org/
Science and Social Studies
Next week in science we will explore fabric to discover its properties, discuss how it is made and how it can be taken apart. We cannot wait to do the dyeing experiment! If your career connects to this in any way, please let us know! We would love make a career connection with the kids!
Kindergarten is collecting gently used shoes for our shoe drive! We will be using these shoes in our first Engineering unit as well as donating them to various charities in our community.
In Social Studies we will be ending our unit on "Watch Over Me". We have learned how important it is to take responsibility to be a good citizen. How our school community is like our city community, and why our community needs people to work. We know rules, laws and authority figures help us in our home, school, and community. Sequencing history helps us keep track of how things change over time.
Texan of the week:
K1: Siddartha
K2: Abi
K3: Naima
Important Dates
K1: Siddartha
K2: Abi
K3: Naima
Parent Teacher Conference Day - Friday, October 9th ( No school for the kids! )
No School- Columbus Day- Monday October 12th
Red Ribbon Week- October 26th- October 30th
End of 1st 9 weeks Spirit Rally- 8:15 a.m.- October 23rd
Report cards go home- October 30th
In Other News
Special Friends day was a huge success! Thank you to our room moms and to all who donated treats and your time! We had a wonderful time visiting with our special friends! Also, a giant thank you to everyone who bought books for the teachers! We love getting new literature in our classrooms! THANK YOU!!!
Fall Family Picnic was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who was able to make it out!
Thank you to everyone who have donated to our write-a-check campaign at TCE! We are fortunate to have such giving parents!
Parent/ Teacher Conferences are set for October 9th. Please be sure to sign up for a time online. If you did not get the link, please email your homeroom teacher and she will email the link to you again!
Follow us on Twitter!
Katy McKinney: @kmckinney_cisd
Lauren Torti: @LaurenTorti
Lorri Brehm: @lorribrehm
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