Mrs.

Coffeys Kindergarten
December 10th, 2012

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Indian Valley Elementary

Reading Focus:
Upcoming Events/Notes

unit 4: outdoor explorers

Spring Conference notes being sent home on Tuesday the 15th (parent can request or I can request or both) Library books will be due Thursday the 17th instead of Friday next week

Theme Question: What can I learn when I explore the outdoors? Focus Question of the Week: What do I see in nature? Sight Words: has on Fiction Text: Look Everyone! Letters: working on sounds A-Z (www.starfall.com) Phonological Awareness: phoneme blending and segmenting- hearing 3 sounds and blending them together to make a word and breaking words into their sound parts Poem for Fluency: Nature Everywhere! Word Families: example: -am family: ham, cam, sam Vocabulary review: seasons weather resources Comprehension: characters, setting Log-on at home: www.wglead21.com (I am always happy to resend usernames and passwords!) Take Home Book system is up and going! Please read your childs book with them until they are fluent and then send it back with the form completed for a new one! Must be signed- thank you!

Math Focus:

Everyday math section 4

Daily Kim Sutton Math drills (we call it Number Party Math) Monday: Number Line Addition Tuesday: Top It! (greater than/less than number game) Wednesday: none- field trip Thursday: Pattern Block Pictures Friday: Pattern Block Pictures contd

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Classroom Needs!
Mystery readers (12:45-1 any day of the week) Fun things for the writing station (stationary ,envelopes, stickers, themedpaper)

Social studies focus:

Martin Luther King Day Kansas Day (Jan. 29th)

Page 3 of School Newsletter 4

science focus(current reading

integration:
Weather (calendar) Seasons Natural Resources

writers workshop:
unit: list books We are doing another round of list books to help us get ready for pattern books that will start later this month. We reviewed what list books are, brainstormed ideas, and began our books. **All Writers Workshop books remain at school until the Art and Writing Fair in the spring and then you get to take them all home! **

Our Specials Schedule:

Day A: PE/Music Day B: Spanish/PE Day C: Music/Spanish Day D: Art Day E: REAL/Computer (reading program)

Indian Valley Elementary 11600 Knox Street Overland Park, KS 66210 School Phone: (913) 239-6400 Mrs. Coffeys Room: (913) 239-6471 Mrs. Coffeys E-mail: macoffey@bluevalleyk12.org Classroom Blog: http://www.mrscoffeyskinders.blogspot.com/