Welcome to Mrs. Cunningham’s Kindergarten Class! We are going to have fun this year  “Climbing to Higher Heights of Learning!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN SENDING IN ITEMS FROM MY WISH LIST ! EVERYTHING WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE AS WE DO VARIOUS CLASS ACTIVITIES.

**** Please send in your child’s Blue communication folder everyday. Put all notes and lunch money in this folder only. ****

PARENTS PLEASE SEND IN A NOTE IF YOU GIVE YOUR CHILD PERMISSION TO GET AN EXTRA SNACK OR DESSERT WHEN THEY BUY THEIR LUNCH.  THIS WAY I WILL KNOW YOU ARE AWARE OF THE EXTRA CHARGE THAT MAY BE PLACED ON YOUR ACCOUNT. SOMETIMES THE CAFETERIA MAY SURPRISE US AND GIVE OUT FREE  ICE CREAM OR A RICE KRISPIE TREAT. 

Dates to Remember:

Picture Day and Donuts for Dad will be rescheduled!!!!!

10/18- Pajama and Pancake Day in Kindergarten !!!! If you don’t want your child to eat pancakes , please tell me and send in a snack for your child to eat instead.

10/19- Field trip permission slip and money due.

10/25- Kindergarten Field Trip to the Children’s Museum in Richmond

10/26- PTA sponsored “Family Fall Movie Night”- Wear costumes!!!!

11/4- Daylight Savings Time Ends- Turn your clocks back one hour!

11/5 and 10/6 – Parent conferences  More info. to follow!

11/6- No school for students

11/21-11/23 Thanksgiving Holiday – No school for students and staff!!!  🙂

HAPPY BIRTHDAY – No birthdays this month!! Stay tune for November!

Reminder: Please send in a healthy snack daily for your child. Water bottles are permitted in the classroom. Please make sure the lids are on securely so they do not leak in your child’s backpack.  Also please make sure you label  their snack and  lunch  ( if you send it in)  so your child know the difference .

Themes of October:  Fall season, Weather changes, Apples, Pumpkins, Leaves, Halloween, Community Helpers, Patterns all around

Language Arts– We will  focus on letters “Pp, Gg” . We will learn their sounds along with how to write  them.  Upper case (Capital)  and lower case alphabet recognition continues to be ongoing.  Also we will discuss the difference between a letter, a word and a sentence.  Please have your child practice writing their first name starting with a capital letter and the rest of the letters  should be written in  lower case. All letters are introduced briefly in the first 26 days. We will then go back and spend more time on each individually. PALS (Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening)   begins this week.

Sight words- We will learn this week: he, can, go, back, funny          Please practice memorizing , spelling and writing  these.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am, a, after, at, as

B- blue, brown, back

C-can

D- 

F-funny 

G- green, get, go

H- here, his, he

I- is, I, in

L- little

M-me, my

N-name  

O- out, of

P- 

R- 

S- see

T- to, two, the

U-up

W- 

Y- yellow

Please review these and the other words on the lists I will send home to you.

Math– We will continue to  focus on Patterns: AB, AAB, ABB, ABC ( identifying , making them with manipulatives and  coloring them)  . We will also look around our environment and find them  ! Patterns  are everywhere!!! Students will identify “the core”, describe, extend, create repeating patterns.

Special thanks to Colin’s mom who came in to do a fun patterning lesson with us this week!!!

Science- Fall Season /  Weather/ Pumpkins –   Students will learn that changes occur over time and at different rates (fast/ slow- wks, months, years). Nature and humans can make changes over time ( weather, people- ht., wt., hair color, buildings- construction, demolition, plants and trees- plant, cut down)

We will do an experiment with pumpkins  and determine whether they sink or float. We will do nonstandard measurement using unifix cubes to determine how tall our pumpkins are. We will also count the number of lines on our pumpkins!!   Our culminating activity will be to wear pajamas and make pancakes  , Yummmm!

“Star Student of the Week” -Samrat was our “Star Student” this past week.  He  made a beautiful poster!  It was fun learning about Samrat’s family and all his interests!!.  Please help your child to fill out and color the poster when it is their turn. You can also send in photographs to hang on the poster . A letter will accompany the poster  explaining what is required. Please send this completed poster in the following Monday so your child can share it with the class. I will display it in our classroom and return it home on Friday.

CALLING ALL  MYSTERY READERS!  PLEASE sign up to come in and read a story to the class. All your children are hoping you will come in!!!!! 

Joanna set up the Sign up Genius for this, please sign up!!
I would like to invite any parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives, or other special people to surprise your child by being a “Mystery Reader” this year in our classroom. Students LOVE having their  family, friends, and relatives visit our classroom to share in our learning by reading a favorite story aloud to our class.
Readers are asked to bring a book to read or read a teacher-chosen book from our classroom library.
If you can find a date that works for you, please sign up to be a Mystery Reader on this sign up genius  for the 2018-2019 school year!
There will be  many open dates to choose from throughout the year.
Remember this is a mystery so please don’t tell your child you are coming!! The children love to be  surprised!

Location: Mrs. Cunningham Room
Here is the link: Mrs. Cunningham’s Mystery Reader Sign-Up

Welcome to Mrs. Cunningham’s Kindergarten Class! We are going to have fun this year  “Climbing to Higher Heights of Learning!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN SENDING IN ITEMS FROM MY WISH LIST ! EVERYTHING WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE AS WE DO VARIOUS CLASS ACTIVITIES.

THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE BEAUTIFUL BIRTHDAY CARDS  YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN SENT IN TO ME . I LOVED ALL OF THEM !!!

**** Please send in your child’s Blue communication folder everyday. Put all notes and lunch money in this folder only. ****

PARENTS PLEASE SEND IN A NOTE IF YOU GIVE YOUR CHILD PERMISSION TO GET AN EXTRA SNACK OR DESSERT WHEN THEY BUY THEIR LUNCH.  THIS WAY I WILL KNOW YOU ARE AWARE OF THE EXTRA CHARGE THAT MAY BE PLACED ON YOUR ACCOUNT. SOMETIMES THE CAFETERIA MAY SURPRISE US AND GIVE OUT FREE  ICE CREAM OR A RICE KRISPIE TREAT. 

Dates to Remember:

10/8- No school for students

10/9- Please send in 2 apples  with your children for our science experiment and activities  we will do this week .

10/12- Individual Picture Day!!  More info. to follow!             Donuts for Dad!! 7:30-8:00 AM

10/25- Kindergarten Field Trip to the Children’s Museum in Richmond

10/26- PTA sponsored “Family Fall Movie Night”

11/4- Daylight Savings Time Ends- Turn your clocks back one hour!

11/5 and 10/6 – Parent conferences  More info. to follow!

11/6- No school for students

11/21-11/23 Thanksgiving Holiday – No school for students and staff!!!  🙂

HAPPY BIRTHDAY – No birthdays this month!! Stay tune for November!

Reminder: Please send in a healthy snack daily for your child. Water bottles are permitted in the classroom. Please make sure the lids are on securely so they do not leak in your child’s backpack.  Also please make sure you label  their snack and  lunch  ( if you send it in)  so your child know the difference .

Themes of October:  Fall season, Weather changes, Apples, Pumpkins, Leaves, Halloween, Community Helpers, Patterns all around

Language Arts– We will  focus on letter “Aa” . We will learn it’s sound along with how to write  it.  Upper case (Capital)  and lower case alphabet recognition continues to be ongoing.  Also we will discuss the difference between a letter, a word and a sentence.  Please have your child practice writing their first name starting with a capital letter and the rest of the letters  should be written in  lower case. All letters are introduced briefly in the first 26 days. We will then go back and spend more time on each individually. PALS (Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening)   begins.

Sight words- We will learn this week: in,  the, at, two, as          Please practice memorizing , spelling and writing  these.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am, a, after, at, as

B- blue, brown

C-

D- 

F- 

G- green, get

H- here, his

I- is, I, in

L- little

M-me, my

N-name  

O- out, of

P- 

R- 

S- see

T- to, two, the

U-up

W- 

Y- yellow

Please review these and the other words on the lists I will send home to you.

Math– We will continue to  focus on Patterns: AB, AAB, ABB, ABC ( identifying , making them with manipulatives and  coloring them)  . We will also look around our environment and find them  ! Patterns  are everywhere!!! Students will identify “the core”, describe, extend, create repeating patterns.

Science- Fall Season /  Weather/ Apples –   Students will learn that changes occur over time and at different rates (fast/ slow- wks, months, years). Nature and humans can make changes over time ( weather, people- ht., wt., hair color, buildings- construction, demolition, plants and trees- plant, cut down)

We will do an experiment with apples and determine whether they sink or float. We will do a “Taste Test” of the  different apples and see what color is the most popular. We will graph our results. We will do nonstandard measurement using unifix cubes to determine how tall our apples are.  Our culminating activity will be to make applesauce!!! Yummmm!

Social Studies- We will learn Christopher Columbus was an explorer that came to America .

“Star Student of the Week” -Poojya was our “Star Student” this past week. She made a beautiful poster!  It was fun learning about Poojya’s family and all her interests!!.  Please help your child to fill out and color the poster when it is their turn. You can also send in photographs to hang on the poster . A letter will accompany the poster  explaining what is required. Please send this completed poster in the following Monday so your child can share it with the class. I will display it in our classroom and return it home on Friday.

CALLING ALL  MYSTERY READERS! Thank you to Joann,  Colin’s mom for coming in to be a “Mystery Reader” this past week! All the children were so excited to find out who it was! PLEASE sign up to come in and read a story to the class. All your children are hoping you will come in!!!!! 

Joanna set up the Sign up Genius for this, please sign up!!
I would like to invite any parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives, or other special people to surprise your child by being a “Mystery Reader” this year in our classroom. Students LOVE having their  family, friends, and relatives visit our classroom to share in our learning by reading a favorite story aloud to our class.
Readers are asked to bring a book to read or read a teacher-chosen book from our classroom library.
If you can find a date that works for you, please sign up to be a Mystery Reader on this sign up genius  for the 2018-2019 school year!
There will be  many open dates to choose from throughout the year.
Remember this is a mystery so please don’t tell your child you are coming!! The children love to be  surprised!

Location: Mrs. Cunningham Room
Here is the link: Mrs. Cunningham’s Mystery Reader Sign-Up

Welcome to Mrs. Cunningham’s Kindergarten Class! We are going to have fun this year  “Climbing to Higher Heights of Learning!!!!

**** Please send in your child’s Blue communication folder everyday. Put all notes and lunch money in this folder only. ****

Dates to Remember:

10/5- Class Tshirt form and money due

10/8- No school for students

10/25- Kindergarten Field Trip to the Children’s Museum in Richmond

HAPPY BIRTHDAY – No birthdays this month!! Stay tune for November!

Reminder: Please send in a healthy snack daily for your child. Water bottles are permitted in the classroom. Please make sure the lids are on securely so they do not leak in your child’s backpack.  Also please make sure you label  their snack and  lunch  ( if you send it in)  so your child know the difference .

Themes of October:  Fall season, Weather changes, Apples, Pumpkins, Leaves, Halloween, Community Helpers, Patterns all around

Language Arts– We will  focus on letters Bb and Rr. We will learn their sounds along with how to write  them.  Upper case and lower case alphabet recognition continues to be ongoing.  Also we will discuss the difference between a letter, a word and a sentence.  Please have your child practice writing their first name starting with a capital letter and the rest of the letters  should be written in  lower case. All letters are introduced briefly in the first 26 days. We will then go back and spend more time on each individually.

Sight words- We will learn this week:   to, up, after, his          Please practice memorizing , spelling and writing  these.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am, a, after

B- blue, brown

C-

D- 

F- 

G- green, get

H- here, his

I- is, I

L- little

M-me, my

N-name  

O- out, of

P- 

R- 

S- see

T- to

U-up

W- 

Y- yellow

Please review these and the other words on the lists I will send home to you.

Math– We will focus on Patterns: AB, AAB, ABB, ABC ( identifying , making them with manipulatives and  coloring them)  for the next 3 weeks. We will also look around our environment and find them  ! Patterns  are everywhere!!! Students will identify “the core”, describe, extend, create repeating patterns.

Science- Changes over time/ Patterns/Fall Season and  Weather –   Students will learn that changes occur over time and at different rates (fast/ slow- wks, months, years). Nature and humans can make changes over time ( weather, people- ht., wt., hair color, buildings- construction, demolition, plants and trees- plant, cut down)

“Star Student of the Week” – We will start this the week of 10/1/18.  Please help your child to fill out and color the poster when it is their turn. You can also send in photographs to hang on the poster . A letter will accompany the poster  explaining what is required. Please send this completed poster in the following Monday so your child can share it with the class. I will display it in our classroom and return it home on Friday.

CALLING ALL  MYSTERY READERS! 

Joanna just set up the Sign up Genius for this, please sign up!!
I would like to invite any parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives, or other special people to surprise your child by being a “Mystery Reader” this year in our classroom. Students LOVE having their  family, friends, and relatives visit our classroom to share in our learning by reading a favorite story aloud to our class.
Readers are asked to bring a book to read or read a teacher-chosen book from our classroom library.
If you can find a date that works for you, please sign up to be a Mystery Reader on this sign up genius  for the 2018-2019 school year!
There will be  many open dates to choose from throughout the year.
Remember this is a mystery so please don’t tell your child you are coming!! The children love to be  surprised!

Location: Mrs. Cunningham Room
Here is the link: Mrs. Cunningham’s Mystery Reader Sign-Up

Welcome to Mrs. Cunningham’s Kindergarten Class! We are going to have fun this year  “Climbing to Higher Heights of Learning!!!!

Thank you so much for coming to Back to School Night!!! It was so nice seeing all of you! Your children were thrilled to see the little notes you left for them when they came in on Friday morning!!! I read each one to every child 🙂

**** Please send in your child’s Blue communication folder everyday. Put all notes and lunch money in this folder only. ****

Dates to Remember:

9/25- New Parent Coffee 8:30 AM in cafeteria

10/8- No school for students

10/25- Kindergarten Field Trip to the Children’s Museum in Richmond

HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Fen and Shashankh THIS MONTH !!!!!!!!

Reminder: Please send in a healthy snack daily for your child. Water bottles are permitted in the classroom. Please make sure the lids are on securely so they do not leak in your child’s backpack.  Also please make sure you label  their snack and  lunch  ( if you send it in)  so your child know the difference .

Themes of SEPTEMBER: All About Me, Rules/ Code of Conduct, Good Citizenship, Colors, Fall Season

Language Arts– We will  focus on letters Mm and Ss. We will learn their sounds along with how to write  them.  Upper case and lower case alphabet recognition continues to be ongoing.  Also we will discuss the difference between a letter, a word and a sentence.  Please have your child practice writing their first name starting with a capital letter and the rest of the letters  should be written in  lower case. All letters are introduced briefly in the first 26 days. We will then go back and spend more time on each individually.

Sight words- We will learn this week:   my, little, get, out          Please practice memorizing , spelling and writing  these.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am, a

B- blue, brown

C-

D- 

F- 

G- green, get

H- here

I- is, I

L- little

M-me, my

N-name  

O- out

P- 

R- 

S- see

T- 

U-

W- 

Y- yellow

Please review these and the other words on the lists I will send home to you.

Math– We will focus on the four basic shapes: triangle, square, circle and rectangle by identifying and drawing them. We will also look around our environment and find them  ! Shapes are everywhere!!!

Science- We will learn various positional words: above/below, next to, under/over, left/right

“Star Student of the Week” – We will start this the week of 10/1/18.  Please help your child to fill out and color the poster when it is their turn. You can also send in photographs to hang on the poster . A letter will accompany the poster  explaining what is required. Please send this completed poster in the following Monday so your child can share it with the class. I will display it in our classroom and return it home on Friday.

CALLING ALL  MYSTERY READERS! MORE INFORMATION  TO COME!!!!!!!!
I would like to invite any parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives, or other special people to surprise your child by being a “Mystery Reader” this year in our classroom. Students LOVE having their  family, friends, and relatives visit our classroom to share in our learning by reading a favorite story aloud to our class.
Readers are asked to bring a book to read or read a teacher-chosen book from our classroom library.
If you can find a date that works for you, please sign up to be a Mystery Reader on this sign up genius  for the 2018-2019 school year!
There will be  many open dates to choose from throughout the year.
Remember this is a mystery so please don’t tell your child you are coming!! The children love to be  surprised!

Location: Mrs. Cunningham Room
Here is the link:COMING SOON!!!

Welcome to Mrs. Cunningham’s Kindergarten Class! We are going to have fun this year  “Climbing to Higher Heights of Learning!!!!

****Please fill out all paperwork for your child and return it to school on Monday if you have not sent everything in so far. Please send in your child’s Blue communication folder everyday. Put all notes and lunch money in this folder only. ****

Dates to Remember:

9/17- Orange ( make up from Friday) and Red day in Kindergarten ! Wear something orange or red  if you have it. Please don’t go out and buy anything!

9/18- Pink day in Kindergarten!

9/19- Purple day in Kindergarten!  Half Day of School for students  –   Dismissal is at 11:15 AM-  Lunch is served

9/20- Black and White day in Kindergarten !

CTES Back to School Night -( For parents only )Please report to the gym at 6:15.  There will be a short PTA meeting first, then you will report to our classroom # 112 for a 20 minute presentation by  me. I will go over the  upcoming year’s agenda. This is not a time for parent conferences due to the  time constrain .  After this presentation you can go home or go to your next child’s classroom to hear his /her teacher’s presentation.

9/21- Rainbow day in Kindergarten!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Fen and Shashankh THIS MONTH !!!!!!!!

Reminder: Please send in a healthy snack daily for your child. Water bottles are permitted in the classroom. Please make sure the lids are on securely so they do not leak in your child’s backpack.  Also please make sure you label  their snack and  lunch  ( if you send it in)  so your child know the difference .

Themes of SEPTEMBER: All About Me, Rules/ Code of Conduct, Good Citizenship, Colors, Fall Season

Language Arts– We will continue to   focus on  upper case and lower case alphabet recognition.  Also we will discuss the difference between a letter, a word and a sentence.  Please have your child practice writing their first name starting with an upper case letter and the rest of the letters  should be written in  lower case. All letters are introduced briefly in the first 26 days. We will then go back and spend more time on each individually.

We will continue to learning the  colors listed this week.

Sight words we will learn this week:   I, see, me, name           Please practice memorizing  and spelling these.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am, a

B- Blue, brown

C-

D- 

F- 

G- green

H- here

I- is, I

L- 

M-me

N-name  

O- 

P- 

R- 

S- see

T- 

U-

W- 

Y- yellow

Please review these and the other words on the lists I will send home to you.

Math– We will continue to sort objects by color, shape, size , plus many other creative ways!

Social Studies- All About Me! , Family , Friends

“Star Student of the Week” -I will explain to the class what a ” Star Student”  is.  We will start this the week of 9/24/18.I  will explain this to you at Back to School Night.  Please help your child to fill out and color the poster when it is their turn. You can also send in photographs to hang on the poster . A letter will accompany the poster  explaining what is required. Please send this completed poster in the following Monday so your child can share it with the class. I will display it in our classroom and return it home on Friday.

CALLING ALL  MYSTERY READERS! MORE INFORMATION  TO COME!!!!!!!!
I would like to invite any parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives, or other special people to surprise your child by being a “Mystery Reader” this year in our classroom. Students LOVE having their  family, friends, and relatives visit our classroom to share in our learning by reading a favorite story aloud to our class.
Readers are asked to bring a book to read or read a teacher-chosen book from our classroom library.
If you can find a date that works for you, please sign up to be a Mystery Reader on this sign up genius  for the 2018-2019 school year!
There will be  many open dates to choose from throughout the year.
Remember this is a mystery so please don’t tell your child you are coming!! The children love to be  surprised!

Location: Mrs. Cunningham Room
Here is the link:COMING SOON!!!

Welcome to Mrs. Cunningham’s Kindergarten Class! We are going to have fun this year  “Climbing to Higher Heights of Learning!!!!

****Please fill out all paperwork for your child and return it to school on Monday if you have not sent everything in so far. Please send in your child’s Blue communication folder everyday. Put all notes and lunch money in this folder only. ****

Dates to Remember:

9/10-Brown day in Kindergarten ! Wear something brown if you have it. Please don’t go out and buy anything!

9/11- Blue day in Kindergarten! Please send  in the sack I will provide with small items describing your child’s interests. I will send home a  letter explaining this.

9/12- Yellow day in Kindergarten!

9/13- Green day in Kindergarten!

9/14- Orange day in Kindergarten!

9/19- Half Day of School for students  –   Dismissal is at 11:15 AM-  Lunch is served

9/20 -CTES Back to School Night – For parents only-  more information to follow

HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Fen and Shashankh THIS MONTH !!!!!!!!

Reminder: Please send in a healthy snack daily for your child. Water bottles are permitted in the classroom. Please make sure the lids are on securely so they do not leak in your child’s backpack.  Also please make sure you label  their snack and  lunch  ( if you send it in)  so your child know the difference .

Themes of SEPTEMBER: All About Me, Rules/ Code of Conduct, Good Citizenship, Colors, Fall Season

Language Arts– We will   focus on  upper case and lower case alphabet recognition.  Also we will discuss the difference between a letter, a word and a sentence.  Please have your child practice writing their first name starting with an upper case letter and the rest of the letters  should be written in  lower case.

Sight words we will learn this week:   is, am, here           Please practice memorizing  and spelling these.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am

B- 

C-

D- 

F- 

G- 

H- here

I- is

L- 

M-

N-  

O- 

P- 

R- 

S- 

T- 

U-

W- 

Y- 

Please review these and the other words on the lists I will send home to you.

Math– We will learn how to sort objects by color, shape and size.

Social Studies- We will learn how to be a  good citizen and good friend.  We will continue to go over  rules to follow in our classroom as well as in our school.

“Star Student of the Week” -I will explain to the class what a ” Star Student”  is.  We will start this the week of 9/24/18.I  will explain this to you at Back to School Night.  Please help your child to fill out and color the poster when it is their turn. You can also send in photographs to hang on the poster . A letter will accompany the poster  explaining what is required. Please send this completed poster in the following Monday so your child can share it with the class. I will display it in our classroom and return it home on Friday.

CALLING ALL  MYSTERY READERS! MORE INFORMATION  TO COME!!!!!!!!
I would like to invite any parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives, or other special people to surprise your child by being a “Mystery Reader” this year in our classroom. Students LOVE having their  family, friends, and relatives visit our classroom to share in our learning by reading a favorite story aloud to our class.
Readers are asked to bring a book to read or read a teacher-chosen book from our classroom library.
If you can find a date that works for you, please sign up to be a Mystery Reader on this sign up genius  for the 2018-2019 school year!
There will be  many open dates to choose from throughout the year.
Remember this is a mystery so please don’t tell your child you are coming!! The children love to be  surprised!

Location: Mrs. Cunningham Room
Here is the link:COMING SOON!!!

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN!!!! WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FUN YEAR LEARNING ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY!!!!

IT WAS SO NICE MEETING YOU AND YOUR SWEET CHILDREN AT OPEN HOUSE! THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BRINGING ALL YOUR CHILD’S SUPPLIES!!!

Please fill out all forms that were in your child’s blue folder and return them on Tuesday.  Please respond to my test email if you have not done so yet. I need to know the email I can use to communicate with you. 

**** Please send in your child’s BLUE communication folder everyday. Put all notes and lunch money in this folder only. All money must be put in an envelope or zip lock bag labeled with child’s name, teacher’s name and the purpose of the money.  Also please send in a drink for your child if he/ she brought their lunch. *****

Please read all pages of my blog.

Reminder: Please send in a healthy snack daily for your child labeled with name and word: SNACK.

Water bottles are permitted in the classroom. Please make sure the lids are on securely so they do not leak in your child’s backpack.  Also please make sure you label  their   lunch  ( if you send it in).  Your  children are permitted to take their water bottles outside when it is very hot. Please put your child’s name on their water bottle. 

Themes of SEPTEMBER: All About Me, Rules/ Code of Conduct, Good Citizenship, Colors, Fall Season

Language Arts– We will learn the procedures of working in small groups at language arts workstations. Also we will learn the rules to follow while Mrs. Cunningham has guided reading groups.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- 

B- 

C-

D- 

F- 

G- 

H-

I- 

L- 

M-

N-  

O- 

P- 

R- 

S- 

T- 

U-

W- 

Y- 

Please review these and the other words on the lists I will send home to you.

Math–Introduction to Calendar Math on the promethean board

Social Studies- Pledge of Allegiance, American Flag,  Code of Conduct, Class Rules and School Rules,

The president is the Leader of our Country.

 “Star Student of the Week” -I will explain to the class what a ” Star Student”  is.  We will start this the week of 9/24/18.I  will explain this to you at Back to School Night.  Please help your child to fill out and color the poster when it is their turn. You can also send in photographs to hang on the poster . A letter will accompany the poster  explaining what is required. Please send this completed poster in the following Monday so your child can share it with the class. I will display it in our classroom and return it home on Friday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY  in September- Shashankh and Fen !!!!!!

CALLING ALL  MYSTERY READERS! MORE INFORMATION  TO COME!!!!!!!!
I would like to invite any parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives, or other special people to surprise your child by being a “Mystery Reader” this year in our classroom. Students LOVE having their  family, friends, and relatives visit our classroom to share in our learning by reading a favorite story aloud to our class.
Readers are asked to bring a book to read or read a teacher-chosen book from our classroom library.
If you can find a date that works for you, please sign up to be a Mystery Reader on this sign up genius  for the 2018-2019 school year!
There will be  many open dates to choose from throughout the year.
Remember this is a mystery so please don’t tell your child you are coming!! The children love to be  surprised!

Location: Mrs. Cunningham Room
Here is the link:COMING SOON!!!

Important Upcoming  Dates:

9/3- Labor Day

9/4- FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!

9/19- Half Day of School for students –  11:15 will be time for  dismissal.    Lunch will be served.

9/20- BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT – More information will follow.

10/8- No School for students

Wow, I can’t believe this is the LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL!!!! Thank you so much for being very supportive parents. Your children have worked very hard and have progressed so much!!! Please have your child read and write daily over the summer. I will be sending home their Starfall Journals this week. They can continue to write at least a sentence or two daily about what they did that day. Please reemphasize a sentence starts with an upper case letter, there should be  spaces between words and a sentence must end with the correct punctuation. Please also encourage your child to use describing words in their sentences ( size, color, season , etc).

Boosterthon was a tremendous success! Thank you for all your donations! The children loved  all the excitement daily that Castle Quest brought!! There was a great turn out of families Friday evening for the Fun Run!!!

Please sign up to join the PTA!! There is a competition  between classes!! The class that has 100% of the parents sign up gets  a Popsicle Party!!! You children would LOVE this treat!!! See my PTA pg of this blog for more details!!! Thank you for your support!!!

Thank you to the parents who have sent in  items for our Treasure Chest and  from the Wish List . Feel free to send in little items for our Treasure Chest in case you are cleaning out !

**** Please send in your child’s red communication folder everyday. Put all notes and lunch money in this folder only. Also please send in a drink for your child if he/ she brought their lunch. *

Please read all pages of my blog.

Reminder: Please send in a healthy snack daily for your child.

Water bottles are permitted in the classroom. Please make sure the lids are on securely so they do not leak in your child’s backpack.  Also please make sure you label  their snack and  lunch  ( if you send it in)  so your child knows  the difference . Your  children are permitted to take their water bottles outside when it is very hot. Please put your child’s name on their water bottle. 

Themes of June: Sink and Float, Insects, Summer Fun!!!!

Language Arts– Plays-  Various play parts will be given out to all students to practice. Friday everyone will do their play in front of the class with their classmates. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN DOING THIS LAST FRIDAY!!!! ASK YOUR CHILD ABOUT IT!

This week we will be working  on their Kindergarten Memory Book that will be a treasure when we are done!

Continue to encourage your child to  write  sentences beginning with an upper case letter, using spacing between words, spelling sight words correctly and using correct punctuation at the end of the sentence .  Please have your child practice writing their first and last names starting with an upper case letter and the rest of the letters  should be written in  lower case. Have your child write at least one sentence a day using sight words  starting on the left of the page and going to the right in a straight line.

Please practice memorizing  and spelling all sight words.  By now your child should know at least 50  sight words.  Please practice these daily so your child will not forget them.  The more sight words your child knows the easier it will be for him/ her in first grade.

Here is a list of  sight words we have on our Word Wall :

A- a, am, at, and, an, are, away, all

B- brown, blue, black, be, big

C- can, come

D- do, dad, day, down

F- from, fun

G- green, go, got, grow

H- here, he, have, happy, her, home

I- is, I, in, it, into

L- like, little, look

M- me, my, mom

N- not, no, name 

O- orange, on, out, over

P- purple, pink, play

R- red, read

S- see, said , so, she 

T- to, the, they, this, that, there

U- up

W- white, we, where, will, when, went, with, who, what, why

Y- yellow, you, your

Please review these and the other words on the lists I have sent home to you.

Math–Review everything!!!!

Reminder : By the end of this last quarter your child should be able to count to 100, count by 10’s to 100 and count backwards from 10-0. They should be able to identify all numbers in random order to 20. All children should know what number comes before , without counting, when given a number between 1 and 10 . They should be able to identify the number after, without counting, when given any number between 0 and 100.  It would be advantageous for your child to practice writing numbers to 30 or higher.  All students will need to identify a  penny, nickel, dime and quarter and tell their values. The students also need to identify how many pennies are equal to a nickel, dime and a  quarter. All students should know the days of the week and the months of the year by now due to the fact we do Calendar everyday. Practice addition and subtraction.

Social Studies- Father’s Day

 “Star Student of the Week” –  Please help your child to fill out and color the poster when it is their turn. You can also send in photograph to hang on the poster . A letter will accompany the poster  explaining what is required. Please send this completed poster in the following Monday so your child can share it with the class. I will display it in our classroom and return it home on Friday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY- We celebrated  all summer birthdays!!

Mystery Reader – Daisy was so kind and set up a Sign up Genius for Mystery Reader !! See below!

CALLING ALL  MYSTERY READERS!
I would like to invite any parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives, or other special people to surprise your child by being a “Mystery Reader” this year in our classroom. Students LOVE having their family, friends, and relatives visit our classroom to share in our learning by reading a favorite story aloud to our class.
Mystery Readers will visit us Tuesdays at 10:15-10:35 am on specified weeks.
Readers are asked to bring a book to read or read a teacher-chosen book from our classroom library.
If you can find a date that works for you, please sign up to be a Mystery Reader on this sign up genius  for the 2017-2018 school year!
There are many open dates to choose from throughout the year.
Remember this is a mystery so please don’t tell your child you are coming!! The children love to be  surprised!

Location: Mrs. Cunningham Room
Here is the link:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4aaaa82fa1f49-mystery

Important Upcoming  Dates:

6/12- Kindergarten Program 11:00-12:00– Please plan on attending!!  All students need to wear  class Tshirts or a red Tshirt . We have been practicing for this all May and June! You will enjoy this very much!! Come by 10:50  to get a good seat!! We have ordered the pizza so no extra pieces will be available. Thank you for turning in your slips and for ordering on time!

6/15- Half day of school– LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!! Report cards are coming home!!! If your child will not be in school on the last day of school please send in a self addressed and stamped   envelope for your child’s report card to be sent home to you. No report cards will be distributed early. 

End of year Assembly 9:00 AM ( parents are welcome!!) Dismissal at 11:35

6/17- Happy Father’s Day!!!!

 You have been the best parents ever!!!!

HAVE A SAFE AND FUN SUMMER!!!!!!!!

Please sign up to join the PTA!! There is a competition  between classes!! The class that has 100% of the parents sign up gets  a Popsicle Party!!! You children would LOVE this treat!!! See my PTA pg of this blog for more details!!! Thank you for your support!!!

Thank you to the parents who have sent in  items for our Treasure Chest and  from the Wish List . Feel free to send in little items for our Treasure Chest in case you are cleaning out !

**** Please send in your child’s red communication folder everyday. Put all notes and lunch money in this folder only. Also please send in a drink for your child if he/ she brought their lunch. *

Please read all pages of my blog.

Reminder: Please send in a healthy snack daily for your child.

Water bottles are permitted in the classroom. Please make sure the lids are on securely so they do not leak in your child’s backpack.  Also please make sure you label  their snack and  lunch  ( if you send it in)  so your child knows  the difference . Your  children are permitted to take their water bottles outside when it is very hot. Please put your child’s name on their water bottle. 

Themes of June: Sink and Float, Insects, Summer Fun!!!!

Language Arts– Plays-  Various play parts will be given out to all students to practice. Friday everyone will do their play in front of the class with their classmates. It is always fun for the children to act out their parts!

Continue to encourage your child to  write  sentences beginning with an upper case letter, using spacing between words, spelling sight words correctly and using correct punctuation at the end of the sentence .  Please have your child practice writing their first and last names starting with an upper case letter and the rest of the letters  should be written in  lower case. Have your child write at least one sentence a day using sight words  starting on the left of the page and going to the right in a straight line.

Please practice memorizing  and spelling all sight words.  By now your child should know at least 50  sight words.  Please practice these daily so your child will not forget them.  The more sight words your child knows the easier it will be for him/ her in first grade.

Here is a list of  sight words we have on our Word Wall :

A- a, am, at, and, an, are, away, all

B- brown, blue, black, be, big

C- can, come

D- do, dad, day, down

F- from, fun

G- green, go, got, grow

H- here, he, have, happy, her, home

I- is, I, in, it, into

L- like, little, look

M- me, my, mom

N- not, no, name 

O- orange, on, out, over

P- purple, pink, play

R- red, read

S- see, said , so, she 

T- to, the, they, this, that, there

U- up

W- white, we, where, will, when, went, with, who, what, why

Y- yellow, you, your

Please review these and the other words on the lists I have sent home to you.

Math–1/2 and 1/4 fractions; part and whole;  equal parts; what is a fair share  continued.

Reminder : By the end of this last quarter your child should be able to count to 100, count by 10’s to 100 and count backwards from 10-0. They should be able to identify all numbers in random order to 20. All children should know what number comes before , without counting, when given a number between 1 and 10 . They should be able to identify the number after, without counting, when given any number between 0 and 100.  It would be advantageous for your child to practice writing numbers to 30 or higher.  All students will need to identify a  penny, nickel, dime and quarter and tell their values. The students also need to identify how many pennies are equal to a nickel, dime and a  quarter. All students should know the days of the week and the months of the year by now due to the fact we do Calendar everyday. Practice addition and subtraction.

Science- 3  forms of water: solid, liquid , gas and sink and float 

 “Star Student of the Week” –  Please help your child to fill out and color the poster when it is their turn. You can also send in photograph to hang on the poster . A letter will accompany the poster  explaining what is required. Please send this completed poster in the following Monday so your child can share it with the class. I will display it in our classroom and return it home on Friday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY- No birthdays in June. We will celebrate all summer birthdays!!

Mystery Reader – Daisy was so kind and set up a Sign up Genius for Mystery Reader !! See below!

CALLING ALL  MYSTERY READERS!
I would like to invite any parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives, or other special people to surprise your child by being a “Mystery Reader” this year in our classroom. Students LOVE having their family, friends, and relatives visit our classroom to share in our learning by reading a favorite story aloud to our class.
Mystery Readers will visit us Tuesdays at 10:15-10:35 am on specified weeks.
Readers are asked to bring a book to read or read a teacher-chosen book from our classroom library.
If you can find a date that works for you, please sign up to be a Mystery Reader on this sign up genius  for the 2017-2018 school year!
There are many open dates to choose from throughout the year.
Remember this is a mystery so please don’t tell your child you are coming!! The children love to be  surprised!

Location: Mrs. Cunningham Room
Here is the link:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4aaaa82fa1f49-mystery

Important Upcoming  Dates:

SCA SPIRIT WEEK THEMES!!!

6/4- Mix Up Day and PJ Day!!

6/5- Tie Dye Day

6/6- Workout Clothes

6/7- Tshirt Day

6/8- Festive Day!- Wear your favorite outfit !

Yearbooks will be distributed to children who bought them

Boosterthon Fun Run and Cub Celebration!!!

5:30-5:45 Student check in

6:00 Opening ceremony

6:15- 6:45 PM—- FUN  RUN !!!!

7:00-8:00 PM– Cubs Celebration ( Food trucks with food will be available for purchase)  and Yearbook signing!!

6/12- Kindergarten Program 11:00-12:00– Please plan on attending!! If you have not sent in your RSVP and money , please do so tomorrow. We need to know this for planning purposes. You need to  order and pay ahead. All students need to wear  class Tshirts or a red Tshirt .

6/15- Half day of school– LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!! Report cards are coming home!!! If your child will not be in school on the last day of school please send in a self addressed and stamped   envelope for your child’s report card to be sent home to you. No report cards will be distributed early. 

End of year Assembly 9:00 AM ( parents are welcome!!) Dismissal at 11:35

6/17- Happy Father’s Day!!!!

HAVE A SAFE AND FUN SUMMER!!!!!!!!

Please sign up to join the PTA!! There is a competition  between classes!! The class that has 100% of the parents sign up gets  a Popsicle Party!!! You children would LOVE this treat!!! See my PTA pg of this blog for more details!!! Thank you for your support!!!

Thank you to the parents who have sent in  items for our Treasure Chest and  from the Wish List . Feel free to send in little items for our Treasure Chest in case you are cleaning out !

**** Please send in your child’s red communication folder everyday. Put all notes and lunch money in this folder only. Also please send in a drink for your child if he/ she brought their lunch. *

Please read all pages of my blog.

Reminder: Please send in a healthy snack daily for your child.

Water bottles are permitted in the classroom. Please make sure the lids are on securely so they do not leak in your child’s backpack.  Also please make sure you label  their snack and  lunch  ( if you send it in)  so your child knows  the difference . Your  children are permitted to take their water bottles outside when it is very hot. Please put your child’s name on their water bottle. 

Themes of May: More Animal Life Cycles, Maps and Globes, Sink and Float, Insects, Summer Fun!!!!

Language Arts–   This week we will doing a week on being a “Bug Detective!” We  will read  about bugs and write about them.

Continue to encourage your child to  write  sentences beginning with an upper case letter, using spacing between words, spelling sight words correctly and using correct punctuation at the end of the sentence .  Please have your child practice writing their first and last names starting with an upper case letter and the rest of the letters  should be written in  lower case. We will review the author’s and illustrator’s job and rhyming words continuously. Have your child write at least one sentence a day using sight words  starting on the left of the page and going to the right in a straight line.

Please practice memorizing  and spelling all sight words.  By now your child should know at least 50  sight words.  Please practice these daily so your child will not forget them.  The more sight words your child knows the easier it will be for him/ her in first grade.

Here is a list of  sight words we have on our Word Wall :

A- a, am, at, and, an, are, away, all

B- brown, blue, black, be, big

C- can, come

D- do, dad, day, down

F- from, fun

G- green, go, got, grow

H- here, he, have, happy, her, home

I- is, I, in, it, into

L- like, little, look

M- me, my, mom

N- not, no, name 

O- orange, on, out, over

P- purple, pink, play

R- red, read

S- see, said , so, she 

T- to, the, they, this, that, there

U- up

W- white, we, where, will, when, went, with, who, what, why

Y- yellow, you, your

Please review these and the other words on the lists I have sent home to you.

Math–1/2 and 1/4 fractions; part and whole;  equal parts; what is a fair share 

Reminder : By the end of this last quarter your child should be able to count to 100, count by 10’s to 100 and count backwards from 10-0. They should be able to identify all numbers in random order to 20. All children should know what number comes before , without counting, when given a number between 1 and 10 . They should be able to identify the number after, without counting, when given any number between 0 and 100.  It would be advantageous for your child to practice writing numbers to 30 or higher.  All students will need to identify a  penny, nickel, dime and quarter and tell their values. The students also need to identify how many pennies are equal to a nickel, dime and a  quarter. All students should know the days of the week and the months of the year by now due to the fact we do Calendar everyday. Practice addition and subtraction.

Science- 3  forms of water: solid, liquid , gas

 “Star Student of the Week” –  Please help your child to fill out and color the poster when it is their turn. You can also send in photograph to hang on the poster . A letter will accompany the poster  explaining what is required. Please send this completed poster in the following Monday so your child can share it with the class. I will display it in our classroom and return it home on Friday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY –  Aman, Alex, Sydney, and Tyce have  birthdays  in  May !!

Mystery Reader – Daisy was so kind and set up a Sign up Genius for Mystery Reader !! See below!

Thank you to Sydney’s dad for being our Mystery Reader last week!!

CALLING ALL  MYSTERY READERS!
I would like to invite any parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives, or other special people to surprise your child by being a “Mystery Reader” this year in our classroom. Students LOVE having their family, friends, and relatives visit our classroom to share in our learning by reading a favorite story aloud to our class.
Mystery Readers will visit us Tuesdays at 10:15-10:35 am on specified weeks.
Readers are asked to bring a book to read or read a teacher-chosen book from our classroom library.
If you can find a date that works for you, please sign up to be a Mystery Reader on this sign up genius  for the 2017-2018 school year!
There are many open dates to choose from throughout the year.
Remember this is a mystery so please don’t tell your child you are coming!! The children love to be  surprised!

Location: Mrs. Cunningham Room
Here is the link:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4aaaa82fa1f49-mystery

Please return all interims signed. 

Important Upcoming  Dates:

6/1-Field Day- Please sign up to help

6/8- Yearbooks will be distributed to children who bought them

Boosterthon Fun Run for students   6:15- 6:45 PM

Cub Celebration immediately afterwards!!!!

6/12- Kindergarten Program 11:00-12:00   ( more information  coming!)

6/15- Half day of school- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!

6/17- Father’s Day!!!