Kindergarten News November 2nd - November 6th 2015

What we’re

      Workin’ on next week..

Language Arts

 This week in Language Arts we will be practicing writing in our journals!  We are going to work on writing while using a finger space between words, starting with a capital letter, ending with a period, and adding an excellent illustration to match our words.  We will learn two new word wall words:  "the" and "little."  Book bags will come home again on Monday, thanks so much for reading with your kiddos!

 

Math

We will be continuing our study on how to compare numbers. We will be continue to words such as greater than, less than, equal to, larger and smaller. Throughout the week we will be choosing the tools that are best for us to help find the larger or smaller number. We will start using the greater than, less than and equal sign to complete mathematical sentences.

We will also continue to work on our counting skills! Your child should be able to count to at least 25 and we are now working on counting to 50. We are also working on counting by tens starting anywhere! They have been doing a wonderful job with this! I am truly blown away with how quickly they are picking up the patterns in numbers!
(example: counting by 10's starting at 8: 8, 18, 28, 38.....)

 

Science / Social Studies

In Science we will be learning about the life cycle and parts of a plant.  In Social Studies we will be learning about our families and how they are important to our lives!  As we prepare for Thanksgiving we will begin to discuss how we are thankful for our families and friends. 
  

Important Dates...

November 2nd - JDRF Fun Run during specials at 1:00! Come Run with Us at 1:00pm
November 3rd - Spring Creek BBQ Night!
November 3rd - Parent and Community School Tours
November 11th - Veteran's Day Ceremony
November 20th - Turkey Drive and Turkey Trot (we will trot at 1:20)

 

Here’s The Headlines:

Report Cards went home on Friday, October 30th! Please sign them and return to your teacher as soon as you can!  Thanks!

On Wednesday, November 11th we will have a Veteran's Day Ceremony at the Flag Pole at 8:15 a.m.  If you are a veteran or a current member of any branch of the U.S. Military please be on the look for more information to come home soon! We would love to honor you!  Even if you have not been in the military you are welcome to join us for the special event!

CISD is collecting frozen turkeys!! All turkeys can be dropped off in the car loop line on the morning of Friday, November 20th! More information is coming soon!

There will be NO SCHOOL the week of November 23rd - November 27th! Enjoy a week off to celebrate Thanksgiving! :)

A huge Thank you to all of the Families that participated in our FALL FAMILY PUMPKIN CHALLENGE!! WE loved all the pumpkins, they were awesome!!! 

TEXANS of the WEEK are back!!!

 

K1:Pranik Boppana

 

K2: Carolina Saenz

K3:  Alexa Boudreaux

Fairy Tale Fun

This afternoon our kindergarten learners were lucky enough to have a visit from a real fairy tale princess...Cinderella came to TCE!  She read us her very famous story and we even got to see her famous shoe!!! What a fun treat on a Friday! 

Kindergarten News: October 26th-October 30th

What we’re

      Workin’ on next week..

 

Language Arts

 This week in Language Arts we will be wrapping up our Fairy Tales unit!  We have learned a lot about the characteristics of Fairy Tales and have been having so much fun reading some "old classics!"  We will learn two new word wall words "not" and "am."  Keep reading those book bags at home too, and if you find the books to be far to easy or far to difficult please drop me an e.mail!

Math

We will be starting our study on how to compare numbers. We will be using words such as greater than, less than, larger and smaller. Throughout the next week we will be introducing different tools and resources that we can use to help us compare two given numbers.

Be on the lookout from some e.mails from Seesaw! This is a new app that we are using to show our knowledge! Please send me an email if you have not signed up for your child's online portfolio.
 

Science / Social Studies

We will be presenting our Shoe Design Projects to our class on Monday and Tuesday.  We will be learning how to tie our shoes using QR Codes.  We will take picture walks looking for different types of shoes (boots, sandals, etc.) people wear to better understand the purpose of wearing that type of shoe.  Look for their shoe folder to come home next week with all the fun activities in which they have participated.
 

 

Important Dates…

October 26th - October 30th - Red Ribbon Week / We Are Drug Free

 

Monday: wear red  Tuesday:  wear clothes backwards  Wed:  Wear Team Shirts 

Thurs: Crazy Hair Day  Friday:  Fun Hat Day!
 

October 3oth – Report Cards go home. Please sign & return.

October 30th - JDRF Fun Run during specials! Please come join us to run and support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund.  We will run at 1:20 p.m.!

November 3rd - Spring Creek BBQ Night!
November 3rd - Parent and Community School Tours
November 11th - Veteran's Day Ceremony

 

Here’s The Headlines:

 

Second Grade is collecting brown paper sacks to be used as part of the recycling club! Please send in any that you might have! thanks!

 

Shoe and Blue Jeans Drive is still going strong! Thanks so much for sending in all of your old shoes and jeans to donate! Please keep 'em coming! We will collect shoes and jeans until this Friday, October 30th!

 

Remember to send a snack with your child each day.  It should be something quick and easy to open.  Also, the children may only have water bottles in our classrooms.  Please do not send juice for snack time.  We are trying desperately to keep our carpets clean. THANK YOU!!!

 

 

Texans of the Week are COMING BACK SOON!

Kindergarten News October 19th - 23rd 2015

    What we’re

      Workin’ on next week..

 

Language Arts

 This week we will be reviewing all of our wall words. Please continue to help your child practice these words at home! Thanks!

a, are, can, go, I, like, see, said, we, but

We will also continue our unit on  Fairy Tales and literature that contains the characteristics of these tales! Book in a Bags are coming home today (Monday)!! The kids are so excited! Please read the directions inside the bag and read the books each night.  Send everything back to school on Friday! Yay for Book in a Bag!

Math

We will be finishing up our focus on number sense this week as well as assessing our knowledge for report cards.As you are working with your child at home please practice backwards counting from 20 and writing and forming numbers correctly.  Check out the videos on my webpage for some help and additional information!

Be on the lookout from some e.mails from Seesaw! This is a new app that we are using to show our knowledge!  
 

Science / Social Studies

We will continue working with the Engineering Design Process to improve the design of a shoe.  We will be making some global connections to those that need shoes as well as focusing on the history of the shoe and different types of shoes around the world!  Thanks for sending in so many shoes!!

 

Important Dates…

October 20^th – Picture Retakes (originals will come home soon!)

October 24^th – End of 9 weeks Spirit Rally 8:15 am in the gym

October 26th - October 30th - Red Ribbon Week / We Are Drug Free

Monday: wear red  Tuesday:  wear clothes backwards  Wed:  Wear Team Shirts 

Thurs: Crazy Hair Day  Friday:  Fun Hat Day!

October 3oth – Report Cards go home. Please sign & return.

 

Here’s The Headlines:

 

Second Grade is collecting brown paper sacks to be used as part of the recycling club! Please send in any that you might have! thanks!

 

Shoe and Blue Jeans Drive is still going strong! Thanks so much for sending in all of your old shoes and jeans to donate! Please keep 'em coming!

 

Remember to send a snack with your child each day.  It should be something quick and easy to open.  Also, the children may only have water bottles in our classrooms.  Please do not send juice for snack time.  We are trying desperately to keep our carpets clean. THANK YOU!!!

 

 

Texans of the Week are coming back soon! :) 

Kindergarten News - October 13th - October 16th

    What we’re

      Workin’ on next week..

 

Language Arts

 This week we will be learning two more word wall words so that we will have 10 words all together. We will learn "but" and "go" this week.  Please help your child practice these words at home! Thanks!

a, are, can, go, I, like, see, said, we, but

We will also begin a unit on  Fairy Tales and literature that contains the characteristics of these tales! It is going to be fun! 

We will start new Daily 5 Stations this week too! Ask your kiddos which station they visited each day!

Math

We will continue to work on Number Sense!  We have started some new Daily 5 Math Stations that are focusing on Number Sense and we are learning how to use technology as a tool to "show what we know."

Be on the lookout from some e.mails from Seesaw! This is a new app that we are using to show our knowledge!   As you are working with your child at home please practice backwards counting from 20 and writing and forming numbers correctly.  Check out the videos on my webpage for some help and additional information!

Science / Social Studies

We will be working with the Engineering Design Process to improve the design of a shoe.  We will be making some global connections to those that need shoes as well as focusing on the history of the shoe and different types of shoes around the world!  We will make language arts connections by talking about Cinderella's famous glass slipper. 

 

Important Dates…

October 20^th – Picture Retakes (originals will come home soon!)

October 20th - Parent and Community Tours of TCE (see Ms. Applegate's blog for sign up)

October 24^th – End of 9 weeks Spirit Rally 8:15 am in the gym

October 26th - October 30th - Red Ribbon Week / We Are Drug Free

Monday: wear red  Tuesday:  wear clothes backwards  Wed:  Wear Team Shirts 

Thurs: Crazy Hair Day  Friday:  Fun Hat Day!

October 3oth – Report Cards go home. Please sign & return.

 

Here’s The Headlines:

 

Parent Teacher Conferences were a huge success!  THANKS SO MUCH for taking time out of your Friday to come and visit with us! We enjoyed seeing everyone!

Second Grade is collecting brown paper sacks to be used as part of the recycling club! Please send in any that you might have! thanks!

 

Shoe and Blue Jeans Drive is still going strong! Thanks so much for sending in all of your old shoes and jeans to donate! Please keep 'em coming!

 

Remember to send a snack with your child each day.  It should be something quick and easy to open.  Also, the children may only have water bottles in our classrooms.  Please do not send juice for snack time.  We are trying desperately to keep our carpets clean. THANK YOU!!!

 

TEXANS OF THE WEEK -

Congratulations to the following friends for showing Texan Pride!

 

K1 - Liam Ayala

 

K2 - Dominik Schwarz

 

K3 - Audrey Winders

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kindergarten news: October 5th- October 9th

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.

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

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

 

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!






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