FRIENDS

This week (and last) we are continuing our "All About Me" Planner with an emphasis on FRIENDS.  Some of the activities we will be doing are...

* Reading Friends and creating a storyboard to use to retell the story.

* Reading The Rainbow Fish and creating our own rainbow fish.  We will also write about sharing.

* Reading A Color of My Own and making a class book based on this story.

* Reading Ruby the Copycat and interviewing/introducing a friend to the class.

* We will continue writing in our journals all week.  

* We are working on the following sight words...little, to, a, see, have, is.  Please practice these words with your child.

* Math activities involving size comparison, number recognition, counting and graphing.

Other Informaiton and Dates to Remember

-  The "All About Me" posters are due Friday.

- Please send in a baby picture of your child if you have not already done so.

- Friday, September 24th is an early dismissal day.

- Our Class Party will be on Wednesday, October 13th.

- Friday, October 15th will be our "ME MUSEUM" from 8-9 am. Please plan to stop by and let your child show you what we have been learning about as our All About Me planner comes to a close.

***Don't forget to join the PTA!  We are shooting for 100% participation!***

How many ways can we make a hexagon?

Today we discovered that there can be more than one way to solve a problem.  We found 10 different ways to make a hexagon!

Families

This week we are continuing with our All About Me Planner with focus on families.
We will do the following activities...
* Read The Relatives Came and draw pictures of our families
* Read What Moms Can't Do and make a class book about things we do with mommies.
* Read Just Me and My Dad and make a class book with the prompt, "Me and my dad _____."
In math we will be focusing on graphing and shapes.  (See the following post about our exploration with pattern blocks today.)
This week we will begin learning our kindergarten sight words.  These are words that students should be able to recognize and spell correctly when writing.  This week's words are I, am and the.
You should have received the first homework project in the folder today.  Please help your child decorate this paper doll.  Remember not to do it for him/her!  =)
A big THANKS goes to Grayson's mom for putting together our photo directory that was sent home today.  (I forgive her for stretching my face out!)  Hopefully this will help you figure out who your child's new friends are.
Another THANK YOU goes to Brandon's mom for putting together our class directory.  We will get that to you shortly.
Keep collecting those BOX TOPS and don't forget about the book order if you are planning to order books!
That's it for now!  Let's make it a great week!