Mrs.

Coffeys Kindergarten
December 14th, 2012

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Indian Valley Elementary

Reading Focus:
Upcoming Events/Notes

unit 4: outdoor explorers

No school MondayHappy MLK Day! We are collecting pop tabs and pennies for the Pennies for Patients program! Please return conference forms signed by Friday 1/25- I have already given times to those who have returned them (will send out soon) Children in the Cultural Arts Day Friday the 25th! 1

Theme Question: What can I learn when I explore the outdoors? Focus Question of the Week: How can we take care of nature? Sight Words: has my Fiction Text: Look Everyone! and The World Around Us 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: Fish Tales Word Families: example: -am family: ham, cam, sam Vocabulary review: seasons weather resources world Comprehension: using first sound to figure out difficult words 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: Addition Symbol Tuesday: Follow my pattern Wednesday: Follow my pattern in partners Thursday: Interrupted Counting (counting on and backwards from a given number- not 0) Friday: Meet the Calculator

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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)

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science focus(current reading

integration:
Weather (calendar) Seasons Natural Resources Nature/Conservation

writers workshop:
unit: list books We finished our list books this week and shared them with the class. We will begin pattern books next week! **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/