Monday, November 30, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
Kindergarten News November 30- December 4th
What we’re
Workin’ on next week..
Language Arts
We will be starting a new author study in Language Arts this week! We are going to study the books that are written and illustrated by Jan Brett! We will also be doing some fun rotations after we have learned about several of Jan Brett's books! We will focus on the elements of each story: Characters, Setting, Problem, and Solution! We will also learn two new word wall words: "to" and "have." We will also keep writing in our journals! They are doing great! Book bags will resume on Tuesday, December 1st.
Math
We will starting our unit on money. During this time, the kids will be learning all of the different attributes of all the coins. I will be adding a few new songs to my website for your child to listen to while we are learning all about money!
We will be starting new daily five stations that are working on extending what we have learned with composing and decomposing numbers.
Science / Social Studies
In Science we will be exploring our Trees & Weather Foss Kit. We will focus on parts of a tree, types of trees, and how trees change throughout the seasons.
In Social Studies we are continuing our unit on Family Customs and Traditions. We will learn how to understand families through their customs, celebrations, and traditions, and how they affect the way in which we live. We will have an opportunity for families to come and share their family traditions with their child's class the week of December 7-10th. We still have a few spots available if you would like to share your tradition. Please contact me at lbrehm@coppellisd.com
Important Dates...
November 23rd-November 27th - No school
December 11- Jingle Bell Run ( 1:20-2:10)
December 17th- Winter Party (2:00-3:00)
December 11- Jingle Bell Run ( 1:20-2:10)
December 17th- Winter Party (2:00-3:00)
Here’s The Headlines:
Thank you to everyone who donated for our Thanksgiving Feast as well as helping serve and clean up! You are the best!
Thank you to all who came out to help up cut the fabric for our partnership with Sole Hope! You have helped us so much! We could not have done this project without you!
Thank you to everyone who donated to the turkey drive! frozen turkeys!!
Thank you to everyone who donated to the turkey drive! frozen turkeys!!
Thank you to everyone who donated to our second graders Canned Food Drive. All food collected was donated to a local food pantry at Thanksgiving.
There will be NO SCHOOL the week of November 23rd - November 27th!
Enjoy a week off to celebrate Thanksgiving! :) Happy Thanksgiving!
Town Center first graders are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in need. They will be donating the toys to the Lions Club. When you place your toy under the Christmas Tree, please sign your name on an ornament and hang it on the tree! The collection will take place between November 30th and December 18th.
Texans of the week:
We got off in the office and Ms. Applegate announced many Texans throughout the week. We would love to recognize all that were acknowledged for their great behavior!
K1:
Luke
Heidi
Nicholas
K2:
Megan
Jack P.
Jack W.
K3:
Liam
Allison
Lianne
Enjoy a week off to celebrate Thanksgiving! :) Happy Thanksgiving!
Town Center first graders are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in need. They will be donating the toys to the Lions Club. When you place your toy under the Christmas Tree, please sign your name on an ornament and hang it on the tree! The collection will take place between November 30th and December 18th.
Texans of the week:
We got off in the office and Ms. Applegate announced many Texans throughout the week. We would love to recognize all that were acknowledged for their great behavior!
K1:
Luke
K2:
Megan
Jack P.
Jack W.
K3:
Liam
Allison
Friday, November 13, 2015
Kindergarten News November 16th - November 20th
What we’re
Workin’ on next week..
Language Arts
This week in Language Arts we will continue to practice our reading and writing skills in our “Total Turkey Rotations” Ask you kiddos what station they visited! When we are done we will make a Turkey Folder to put all of our work in! It will come home this week! We will review all the word wall words we have learned so far, no new words this week!
Math
We will continue our study of composing and decomposing numbers. We are focusing on numbers 1-10 right now and we will be moving to numbers 1-20 for a challenge when needed! We will continue using our tens frame to help us see that numbers can be broken up and made by two or more other numbers.
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!
Science / Social Studies
In Science we will be continue our study of living and nonliving organisms. We will focus on living things (plants and animals) and their basic needs.
In Social Studies we are continuing our unit on Families and relationships by learning about the Native Americans and the Pilgrims. We will learn about their relationships and compare our Thanksgiving Traditions today to Thanksgiving Traditions of the past. We will continue our rotations! We are having a great time!
Important Dates...
November 20th - Turkey Drive and Turkey Trot (we will trot at 1:20)
November 20th - Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast (at 10:30 in the cafeteria)
November 23rd-November 27th - No school
Here’s The Headlines:
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!
Our second grade learners are also hosting a Canned Food Drive. All food collected will be donated to a local food pantry at Thanksgiving. Please send in a few canned goods to help!
All items for the Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast should be brought to your child’s classroom by Thursday, November 19th. Our feast will be held on the 20th during lunch so you will not need to send a lunch that day unless your child does not like what’s on our Thanksgiving menu. J
There will be NO SCHOOL the week of November 23rd - November 27th!
Enjoy a week off to celebrate Thanksgiving! :) Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoy a week off to celebrate Thanksgiving! :) Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday, November 6, 2015
Kindergarten News November 9th - November 13th
What we’re
Workin’ on
next week..
Language
Arts
This week in Language Arts we will be practicing our reading
and writing skills in some new learning stations! Our “Total Turkey Rotations” will be up and
running by Wednesday of this week! Ask you
kiddos what station they visited!
We will also learn two new word wall words: "the" and
"little." (We did not quite get to these last week.) Book bags are going great! Thanks so much for
reading at home!
Math
We will start our study of
composing and decomposing numbers. We are focusing on numbers 1-10 right now
and we will be moving to numbers 1-20 for a challenge when needed! We are
starting out using our tens frame to help us see that numbers can be broken up
and made by two or more other numbers. Be on the lookout-- your child will be
bringing home some papers with number bonds! I cannot wait for you to see their
smart thinking!
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, 18,2 8, 38, 48....)
Science / Social Studies
In
Science we will be learning about the properties of living and
nonliving organisms. We will compare and
contrast. Please make sure that your
child has done their flipped classroom homework by watching the video that was
sent out earlier this week. If you need
the info on the video link again please e.mail Mrs. Brehm at lbrehm@coppellisd.com
In Social Studies we are continuing
our unit on Families and relationships by learning about the Native Americans
and the Pilgrims. We will learn about
their relationships and compare our Thanksgiving Traditions today to
Thanksgiving Traditions of the past. We
will have fun rotations to help us in our learning!
Important Dates...
November 11th - Veteran's Day Ceremony ( 8:15 at the Flag Pole)
November 20th - Turkey Drive and Turkey Trot (we will trot at 1:20)
November 20th - Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast (at 10:30 in the
cafeteria)
November 23rd-November 27th - No school
Here’s The
Headlines:
Report Cards ... Thank you so much to everyone who signed and
returned the report cards! If you still have yours, will you please sign and
return it to school with your child.
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!
Thank you
so much to everyone who donated jeans for our Sole Hope shoe project! Now that
we have collected our materials, we are looking
for volunteers to come and help us trace and cut the denim into
squares. Once the squares are made and put into pairs, we can ship them off to
be made into shoes! Kindergarten is teaming up with the Fashion Club during
Texan Town. If you would like to volunteer to help trace and cut, please bring
fabric scissors on Friday,
November 13th from 8:00-8:50. Thank you so much!! Kindergarten
cannot wait to make a difference for other kids just like them that do not have
shoes!
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!
Our second grade learners are
also hosting a Canned
Food Drive. All food collected will be donated to a local
food pantry at Thanksgiving. Please send in a few canned goods to help!
All items
for the Thanksgiving Feast should be brought to your child’s classroom
by November 19th. Our feast will be held on the 20th
during lunch so you will not need to send a lunch that day unless your child
does not like what’s on our Thanksgiving menu. J
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 Spring Creek BBQ Night! It was
a huge success and so much fun to see everyone outside of school!
The weather
is turning much colder. Please don’t forget to send coats to school for
recess. CISD policy states that we will go outside for recess unless the
temperature is below 32 degrees (with the wind chill).
Don’t forget
to write your child’s name in the label of their jacket as many coats end
up in Lost and Found. If it has a name on it, it is much easier to find
the owner. Thank you!
Also a big Congratulations to Mrs. Brehm’s class, K3! They gave the most donations in kindergarten
to our JDFR Run! Yay K3!!
Texan of the Week!
Texans of the week this week are.....
Liam Berger- K1
Claire Nevels- K2
William Stewart- K3
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