Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday
We had a very busy day. We learned how to use our word boxes. That was exciting for the boys and girls. We had more practice with alphabetizing and sequencing numbers, letters, and parts of a story. We also practiced writing numbers. We went to the computer lab today and worked on Study Island - math. Don't forget pictures are taken tomorrow. If you haven't already done so, make sure to send in the payment envelope.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Daily Daisy for week of August 31, 2009
Monday Today we have Computer Lab and P.E. Please have your child wear tennis shoes to school. Students do not need an extra pair of shoes at school for gym.
Tuesday Today we have library. SCHOOL PICTURE DAY! Make sure you send in the order form and payment to Van Gogh Photographers if you haven't already done so. If you need another one, let Mrs. Stuckey know.
Wednesday Today we have music and Reading Buddies with Mrs. Woods language arts students.
Thursday Today we have P.E. Wear tennis shoes to school. I will be individually assessing each child today using the DIBELS. I will let you know as soon as possible how your child scored.
Friday Today we have music and mini-economy payroll. We will have our selection assessment over our basal story and a spelling assessment for kindergarten sight words today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ADRIANNA! We will not have Art Smart or Mini Economy Store today! Sorry.
Other News:
Thanks to all who showed up for Parent Information Night. It was nice to see all of you. If you could not attend, please make sure to read through the packet of information that will be sent home with your child today and let me know if you have any questions.
SORRY! - I mistakenly put September on the calendar for Art Smart and Mini-Economy Store, however, we will not start either of those programs until October. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Language Arts - Your child will bring his/her basal home every Monday and have an assignment to read the story for the week. This week the story is "I Can! Can You?" on pages 44-55. Please make sure your child returns their basal every Tuesday a.m. If your child did not get a chance to read it, let me know and they can take it home the following night and return the next day. Your child should practice so that they can read the following words by sight: jump, not, up, down, to, it, yes, over. If there are still some kindergarten sight words that your child has not mastered, I will let you know by writing them in their binder. We will also be working on complete sentences, correct word order, story structure, and sequence of events. We will also be working on abc order and correct letter formation.
Math - This week we will be working on writing numbers 1 - 9 correctly; counting orally by 2's, 5's, 10's, and 1's; temperature; and one more one less number stories. We will continue to work on making tally marks, too. You can play Rock, Paper, Scissors with your child and keep track of who wins on a tally chart. They also learned how to play TOP IT. This would also be a fun game to play with a deck of cards 1-10 and also be practicing more or less.
If you need to contact me, please do not use my voicemail because I never check it. You can call and leave a message with Mrs. Stuckey or Mrs. Colborn for me to call you after school. You can also email me at jmcgann@phm.k12.in.us. or just send in a note with your child. You can also check out two different blogs. I am going to take a vote in a couple of weeks to see which one is viewed more, if any. Then... I will only keep one active. http://staff.phmschools.org/jmcgann or www.mcgannsminutes.blogspot.com
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!
Tuesday Today we have library. SCHOOL PICTURE DAY! Make sure you send in the order form and payment to Van Gogh Photographers if you haven't already done so. If you need another one, let Mrs. Stuckey know.
Wednesday Today we have music and Reading Buddies with Mrs. Woods language arts students.
Thursday Today we have P.E. Wear tennis shoes to school. I will be individually assessing each child today using the DIBELS. I will let you know as soon as possible how your child scored.
Friday Today we have music and mini-economy payroll. We will have our selection assessment over our basal story and a spelling assessment for kindergarten sight words today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ADRIANNA! We will not have Art Smart or Mini Economy Store today! Sorry.
Other News:
Thanks to all who showed up for Parent Information Night. It was nice to see all of you. If you could not attend, please make sure to read through the packet of information that will be sent home with your child today and let me know if you have any questions.
SORRY! - I mistakenly put September on the calendar for Art Smart and Mini-Economy Store, however, we will not start either of those programs until October. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Language Arts - Your child will bring his/her basal home every Monday and have an assignment to read the story for the week. This week the story is "I Can! Can You?" on pages 44-55. Please make sure your child returns their basal every Tuesday a.m. If your child did not get a chance to read it, let me know and they can take it home the following night and return the next day. Your child should practice so that they can read the following words by sight: jump, not, up, down, to, it, yes, over. If there are still some kindergarten sight words that your child has not mastered, I will let you know by writing them in their binder. We will also be working on complete sentences, correct word order, story structure, and sequence of events. We will also be working on abc order and correct letter formation.
Math - This week we will be working on writing numbers 1 - 9 correctly; counting orally by 2's, 5's, 10's, and 1's; temperature; and one more one less number stories. We will continue to work on making tally marks, too. You can play Rock, Paper, Scissors with your child and keep track of who wins on a tally chart. They also learned how to play TOP IT. This would also be a fun game to play with a deck of cards 1-10 and also be practicing more or less.
If you need to contact me, please do not use my voicemail because I never check it. You can call and leave a message with Mrs. Stuckey or Mrs. Colborn for me to call you after school. You can also email me at jmcgann@phm.k12.in.us. or just send in a note with your child. You can also check out two different blogs. I am going to take a vote in a couple of weeks to see which one is viewed more, if any. Then... I will only keep one active. http://staff.phmschools.org/jmcgann or www.mcgannsminutes.blogspot.com
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Daily Daisy
Daily Daisy
Vol.
17
No.
1
Weekend Edition
Published
Almost Weekly
Activities and Events for the Week of: August 16, 2009
Monday Today we have computer lab and P.E. Please have your child wear tennis shoes to school. Students do not need an extra pair of shoes at school for gym. If they wear tennis shoes to school, they can go directly to gym. This helps out a great deal because we don't spend a lot of time changing in and out of shoes. Three Favorite things in the brown bag that characterize your child are due today.
Tuesday Today we have library.
Wednesday Today we have music. FIRST GRADE PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday Today we have P.E. Please have your child wear tennis shoes to school. Students do not need an extra pair of shoes at school for gym. If they wear tennis shoes to school, they can go directly to gym. This helps out a great deal because we don't spend a lot of time changing in and out of shoes. Ronald McDonald is coming to visit Northpoint's Kindgergarten and first grade students to talk about friendship.
Friday Today we have music.
Other News:
WOW! It has been a wonderful first three days of school. I have really enjoyed getting to know your children. Please help your child to complete their bag homework and return on Monday. This will also be a way to get to know each other. I have also attached a getting to know your child information sheet. Please complete it and return to me on Monday.
SNACKS/BIRTHDAY TREATS – Our lunch time is in the middle of the day, therefore, we will not have a scheduled snack time in the classroom. We do have a water fountain in our classroom, however, if your child feels they need more hydration during the day, they can bring in a water bottle from home. Again, as long as it is not disruptive to their learning, they can keep it at their desk and enjoy it when they need it. Please make sure it is clearly marked with their name and has a pull top lid that can be closed. We will not celebrate birthdays with food. Feel free, however, to send in pencils, erasers, party favors, donate a book or game to the classroom, or make arrangements to come in and read to the class, etc. for your child to pass out to their friends.
DAILY AGENDA AND TAKE HOME BINDER - Your child needs to take home his/her black binder with their planner in it every day. Please check it for any messages and review any work that has been completed. The binder needs to be brought back to school every morning. We will be starting our mini-economy next week. If your child forgets his or her binder, there will be a mini-economy fine.
- more on back-
MINI-ECONOMY – Our classroom will be participating in mini-economy this year. Each student will be assigned a class job. At the end of each week, students will receive $1.25. I hope to have a store each month for the children to spend their earned mini-economy money. You can help by sending in any donations for the store. Items such as pencils, stickers, stuffed animals, cars, paper, Happy Meal toys, left over birthday gift bag items, etc. Just send the items in marked mini-economy. If we get enough donations, we will have one each month. Students also receive stars for exceptional behavior and on payday can exchange each star earned for $0.25.
KEEP YOUR STICKS AND DON'T LOSE YOUR MARBLES Students start out each day with 3 sticks. If they choose to make an inappropriate choice with their behavior, they will be asked to remove a stick. Fines for sticks will be 1 - $0.25, 2 sticks $0.50 and 3 sticks $1.00. At the end of the day, any student that still has 3 sticks will be able to put a stone in our class basket. When the basket is full, we will get an extra recess. They also get stones for compliments and exceptional behavior.
Parent-Information Night – Please mark your calendar for Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. I will have a lot of information about procedures and curriculum for you. I will also have sign-up sheets for volunteering in the classroom. Currently, I know I will need at least 1 parent each day Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in the classroom during our guided reading/centers time which will be from 9:50-10:50 a.m. and in the afternoons for math centers.
If you need to contact me, please do not use my voicemail because I never check it. You can call and leave a message with Mrs. Stuckey or Mrs. Colborn for me to call you after school. You can also email me at jmcgann@phm.k12.in.us. or just send in a note with your child. Also... if you email me, it may go to my junk mail file the first time. If you do not receive a response, assume I did not receive it or haven't retrieved it from junk mail and let me know via note or phone call. After I have opened it and marked your email as a trusted address, it will come to me automatically.
Also... you can view our Daily Daisy on line by going to the Penn Harris Madison home page at www.phm.k12.in.us and then click on the following links: Our Schools, Northpoint Elementary, Staff Homepages, and then Mrs. McGann's Room 6 First Grade. I also have other resources that may help your with activities to enrich your child at home.
HAVE A SUPER WEEKEND!
**Activities and Events are tentative and subject to change.
Vol.
17
No.
1
Weekend Edition
Published
Almost Weekly
Activities and Events for the Week of: August 16, 2009
Monday Today we have computer lab and P.E. Please have your child wear tennis shoes to school. Students do not need an extra pair of shoes at school for gym. If they wear tennis shoes to school, they can go directly to gym. This helps out a great deal because we don't spend a lot of time changing in and out of shoes. Three Favorite things in the brown bag that characterize your child are due today.
Tuesday Today we have library.
Wednesday Today we have music. FIRST GRADE PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday Today we have P.E. Please have your child wear tennis shoes to school. Students do not need an extra pair of shoes at school for gym. If they wear tennis shoes to school, they can go directly to gym. This helps out a great deal because we don't spend a lot of time changing in and out of shoes. Ronald McDonald is coming to visit Northpoint's Kindgergarten and first grade students to talk about friendship.
Friday Today we have music.
Other News:
WOW! It has been a wonderful first three days of school. I have really enjoyed getting to know your children. Please help your child to complete their bag homework and return on Monday. This will also be a way to get to know each other. I have also attached a getting to know your child information sheet. Please complete it and return to me on Monday.
SNACKS/BIRTHDAY TREATS – Our lunch time is in the middle of the day, therefore, we will not have a scheduled snack time in the classroom. We do have a water fountain in our classroom, however, if your child feels they need more hydration during the day, they can bring in a water bottle from home. Again, as long as it is not disruptive to their learning, they can keep it at their desk and enjoy it when they need it. Please make sure it is clearly marked with their name and has a pull top lid that can be closed. We will not celebrate birthdays with food. Feel free, however, to send in pencils, erasers, party favors, donate a book or game to the classroom, or make arrangements to come in and read to the class, etc. for your child to pass out to their friends.
DAILY AGENDA AND TAKE HOME BINDER - Your child needs to take home his/her black binder with their planner in it every day. Please check it for any messages and review any work that has been completed. The binder needs to be brought back to school every morning. We will be starting our mini-economy next week. If your child forgets his or her binder, there will be a mini-economy fine.
- more on back-
MINI-ECONOMY – Our classroom will be participating in mini-economy this year. Each student will be assigned a class job. At the end of each week, students will receive $1.25. I hope to have a store each month for the children to spend their earned mini-economy money. You can help by sending in any donations for the store. Items such as pencils, stickers, stuffed animals, cars, paper, Happy Meal toys, left over birthday gift bag items, etc. Just send the items in marked mini-economy. If we get enough donations, we will have one each month. Students also receive stars for exceptional behavior and on payday can exchange each star earned for $0.25.
KEEP YOUR STICKS AND DON'T LOSE YOUR MARBLES Students start out each day with 3 sticks. If they choose to make an inappropriate choice with their behavior, they will be asked to remove a stick. Fines for sticks will be 1 - $0.25, 2 sticks $0.50 and 3 sticks $1.00. At the end of the day, any student that still has 3 sticks will be able to put a stone in our class basket. When the basket is full, we will get an extra recess. They also get stones for compliments and exceptional behavior.
Parent-Information Night – Please mark your calendar for Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. I will have a lot of information about procedures and curriculum for you. I will also have sign-up sheets for volunteering in the classroom. Currently, I know I will need at least 1 parent each day Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in the classroom during our guided reading/centers time which will be from 9:50-10:50 a.m. and in the afternoons for math centers.
If you need to contact me, please do not use my voicemail because I never check it. You can call and leave a message with Mrs. Stuckey or Mrs. Colborn for me to call you after school. You can also email me at jmcgann@phm.k12.in.us. or just send in a note with your child. Also... if you email me, it may go to my junk mail file the first time. If you do not receive a response, assume I did not receive it or haven't retrieved it from junk mail and let me know via note or phone call. After I have opened it and marked your email as a trusted address, it will come to me automatically.
Also... you can view our Daily Daisy on line by going to the Penn Harris Madison home page at www.phm.k12.in.us and then click on the following links: Our Schools, Northpoint Elementary, Staff Homepages, and then Mrs. McGann's Room 6 First Grade. I also have other resources that may help your with activities to enrich your child at home.
HAVE A SUPER WEEKEND!
**Activities and Events are tentative and subject to change.
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