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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Week of: September 26, 2011

Mrs. Barr’s Shining Stars News
September 26, 2011

Mrs. Barr’s Message:
I apologize to those of you who were not receiving the newsletter through your email. Always check our class website on Friday or the weekend for updates concerning the next week.
We have started our classroom jobs to help us learn responsibility. The jobs in our room are: door holder, center checker, bathroom checker, nap checker, lunch checker, calendar, weather, supply person, scrap monster (cleans scraps off the floor), and desk checker. We are rotating through jobs daily until everyone has gotten to try each job and then we will rotate jobs weekly. Ask your child what job they had each day!
Volunteers are always welcome. Advance notice is not needed but appreciated (so we can plan for you)! Mrs. Walker always has projects needing to be completed and I can always have you work with students who need extra practice.
Thanks for all you do!!!

IMPORTANT DATES:
Sept. is National Honey Month!

9/26: Johnny Appleseed Day!

10/10: Columbus Day- No school

10/13: Principal’s Coffee 9-10am

11/3: End of 1st Quarter

11/4: No school for students

11/10: Principal’s Coffee- 9am

12/8: Principal’s Coffee- 9am

12/19-1/2: Winter Holidays


Monday 9/26
Host Nation (German class)
Tuesday 9/27
Music
Wednesday 9/28
PE
Thursday 9/29
Art
Friday 9/30
Host Nation

!!!REMINDER!!!

Send a healthy snack every day!

Check out information, resources, kid web sites, and pictures on our classroom blog:
www.mrsbarrshiningstars.blogspot.com

**NEW**
Each week we will work with a different color. On Fridays I would like to have “Show N Share” BUT the item must be something that is the color of the week to participate.

This week our color will be: Blue


Writing:

Sight words: the, little
Review I, a, and am at home!

www.handwritingforkids.com is a great place to get homework sheets!


Science:

None


Reading:

Letters: K, L, M, N, O
Review A-J

Reviewing character and setting and introducing “retelling”- first, next, last

Plaidypus Lost

KE1b.2: Use pictures and context to aid comprehension and to draw conclusions or
make predictions about story content.
KE1c.2: Retell (beginning, middle, end) familiar stories.


Math:
K.M.4a: compare and order objects according to length
K.M.1a: identify, write, and name numbers up to 20;
K.M.2b: identify, sort, and classify a set of objects by color, shape, size, number, and other attributes;


Social Studies:

KSS5.b: Describe different kinds of jobs that people do at work and home.
KSS4.c: Explore the role of students in the school community


Books:

Johnny Appleseed
Shiver Me Letters
A tree can be
Bernstain Bears Go to School
I Knew You Could
Friends at School
Sheila Rae the Brave
When Sophie Gets Angry
Just the Way You Are
Bad Case of Tattle

Plus MANY more!


Children need to hear and say the words that one day they will read and write. Have fun with the following songs and rhymes… word play leads to word power!
KE3b.2: Recite short poems, rhymes, and songs.


THIS WEEK’S POEM

We have been unable to complete poems of the
Week so we will resume this later in the year.


COLOR OF THE WEEK:


Blue


Purple Platypus
(tune: Baby Bumblebee)

I lost my purple platypus today,
Searched around the market,
Couldn’t find him anywhere,
My grandpa peeked in a bag of groceries,
Look! We found him!

Poem:
Platypus, platypus touch your nose.
Platypus, platypus touch your toes.
Platypus, platypus touch your head.
Platypus, platypus go to bed.

Oh my! Oh No!
(tune: Rockabye Baby)

“Oh my! Oh no!” Little Duck quacked.
“Someone has moved my little pink sack.”
“Oops! I’m so sorry!” Mother Duck said.
“Your little pink sack is right over your head!”

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