Week of Oct. 11

Mrs. Barr’s Shining Stars News
October 11, 2011

Mrs. Barr’s Message:

Our IT man, Mr. Voce, would like me to remind you that GradeSpeed is only available for students in grades 4-8. Please do not request an account for a child in any other grades. Thanks!

We will not have a Halloween party. We will do Halloween and fall crafts that week as well as enjoy some popcorn and candy while watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” to go along with our fall and nocturnal animals unit.

Kindergarten does not receive formal progress reports. I will send home checklists and work that shows you where your child is and what they need to work on. Report cards come out the week of Nov. 7.



Thanks for all you do!!!

IMPORTANT DATES:

10/11-14: Fire Prevention Week

10/13: Flu vaccines for K

10/13: Principal’s Coffee 9-10am

11/3: End of 1st Quarter

11/4: No school for students

11/9-11/10 Parent Teacher Conferences (no school for Elem. students

11/10: Principal’s Coffee- 9am

11/11: No school Veteran’s Day


Monday 10/10
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday 10/11
Host Nation
Wednesday 10/12
PE
Thursday 10/13
Music (in the AM)
Friday 10/14
PE


!!!REMINDER!!!

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

Homework is not mandatory but highly recommended!!


Writing:

Sight words: to, a
Review is, it at home!

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


Reading:

Letters: T, U, V, W
Review A-S

Reviewing character, setting, sequence, and sorting/classifying.

Julius

KE1c.3: Identify characters, settings, and important events in a story.
KE1a.14: Match all consonant sounds in simple words (such as mad, red, pin, top,
sun) to appropriate letters.


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


Math: identify, sort, and classify a set of objects by color, shape, size, number, and other attributes;
identify, reproduce, describe, extend, and create color, rhythmic, shape, number, and letter repeating patterns with simple attributes,


Books:
Leo the Late Bloomer
Words are not for hurting
Flower Fairy Alphabet
Bully Bear
Cliffords Pals
I’m Gonna Like Me
A children’s Zoo
Friends at School

Plus MANY more!


COLOR OF THE WEEK:

(don’t forget Show-n-Share on Friday! It must
be the color of the week!)


Yellow