Daily Daisy
Vol.
17
No.
5
Weekend Edition
Published
Almost Weekly
Activities and Events for the Week of: September 21, 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. Basal readers will be sent home this evening. Your child needs to read "Soccer" on pages 120-133. You can discuss the questions on page 135 to help your child with story comprehension. Please make sure to return basals to school on Tuesday a.m. Homelink 2.6
Tuesday Today we have library. Homelink 2.7. Read for 10 minutes.
Wednesday Today we have music and Reading Buddies with Mrs. Woods language arts students. Homelink 2.8. Read for 10 minutes.
Thursday Today we have P.E. Wear tennis shoes to school. Homelink 2.9. Read for 10 minutes.
Friday Today we have music and Mini Economy Store.
Other News:
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 "Soccer" on pages 120-133. 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, ride, run, be, come, that, on, good, very, help, use, now. If there are still some kindergarten sight words that your child has not mastered in reading and spelling, please frequently review the words with your child so they can remember. Sight words are to be learned by sight which is done by repetition, repetition, repetition. Sight words are not to be sounded out. We will also be working on blends, digraphs, questions, and exclamations.
Math - We have begun studying Unit 2 in our Everyday Math program. I sent home the Homelinks for the entire unit last week. Remember.... these are to be done at home with a parent so they don't need to be returned to school. If a Homelink tells you to bring something into school, disregard it. This week we will be focusing on telling time to the hour and exchanging pennies for nickels and dimes.
Writing - Many of us are in the revision stage of our "When I was Little" writing. The next step will be editing, and lastly rewriting and publishing. I know you will be happy with the process and will be awaiting the final product.
NWEA MAP TESTING - Yeah! We are done! It will be exciting to see their growth when we take it again in December.
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! GO ND!
**Activities and Events are tentative and subject to change.
