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

WELCOME TO YAFI  OUR NEW STUDENT THIS PAST WEEK!!! WE  ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR CLASS!!

**** 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:

12/19 Last day before the Winter Break!!!

12/20-1/2 Winter Break

1/3- School resumes. Happy New Year!!!

1/21- Faculty, Staff and Students  have  no school-   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

1/25-  End of Marking Period 2

1/28- Student have  no school

HAPPY DECEMBER  BIRTHDAY–  Jerimai !

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 December: Needs and Wants, Five Senses, Traditions and  Holidays Around the World

Language Arts– Upper case (Capital)  and lower case alphabet recognition continues to be ongoing.    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 have been  introduced.

Sight words- We will  learn :  where  :  Please practice memorizing, spelling and writing  this.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am, a, after, at, as, and, are

B- blue, brown, black, back,be

C-can

D-dad 

F-funny , for, four, five, from

G- green, get, go

H- here, his, he

I- is, I, in, it

J- just

L- little, like, look

M-me, my, mom

N-name , now, not, no 

O- out, of, on

P- pink, purple, play

R-red 

S- see, said

T- to, two, the, this

U-up

W-white, we, who, want, where 

Y- yellow, you

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

Math– We will  continue to focus on Numbers 11-20  and on graphing  . We will learn how to write the numbers and use our “Number sense” to make these numbers in many  different ways:  numeral, number word, tally, ten frame, set,  name one more and one less than each number,  list the  combinations that equal the number of the day,  etc.

Social Studies– Traditions and Holidays Around the World continued

Science- Five Senses continued

“Star Student of the Week” -Vimal was our   “Star Student” this past week .  He brought in a beautiful poster that he worked on very hard with her family! It was fun getting to learn about his family and his special 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!

Special thanks to Jerimai’s mom for being our Mystery Reader!!!!.

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. ****

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:

12/7- Cub’s Night In – 5:45 PM- 8:30 PM  See PTA materials sent home and their website for more information.

12/19 Last day before the Winter Break!!!

12/20-1/2 Winter Break

1/3- School resumes. Happy New Year!!!

1/21- Faculty, Staff and Students  have  no school-   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

1/25-  End of Marking Period 2

1/28- Student have  no school

HAPPY DECEMBER  BIRTHDAY–  Jerimai !

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 December: Needs and Wants, Five Senses, Traditions and  Holidays Around the World

Language Arts– We will    focus on letters  “Jj and Kk” . We will learn their  sounds  along with how to write them.  Upper case (Capital)  and lower case alphabet recognition continues to be ongoing.    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 have been  introduced.  We are now going back and spending  more time on each individually.

Sight words- We will  learn :  play, you, just, want, are  :  Please practice memorizing, spelling and writing  these.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am, a, after, at, as, and, are

B- blue, brown, black, back,be

C-can

D-dad 

F-funny , for, four, five, from

G- green, get, go

H- here, his, he

I- is, I, in, it

J- just

L- little, like, look

M-me, my, mom

N-name , now, not, no 

O- out, of, on

P- pink, purple, play

R-red 

S- see, said

T- to, two, the, this

U-up

W-white, we, who, want 

Y- yellow, you

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

Math– We will  continue to focus on Numbers 11-20 for the next week  . We will learn how to write them and use our “Number sense” to make these numbers in many  different ways:  numeral, number word, tally, ten frame, set,  name one more and one less than each number,  list the  combinations that equal the number of the day,  etc.

Social Studies– Traditions and Holidays Around the World

Science- Five Senses

“Star Student of the Week” -Sahasra was our   “Star Student” this past week .  She brought in a beautiful poster that she worked on very hard with her family! It was fun getting to learn about her family and her special 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!

Special thanks to Dhruvika’s mom for being our Mystery Reader!!!!.

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. ****

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:

Henrico Christmas Mother Program  food collection begins. It will go until November 26th. Please send in non-perishable food items for Henrico County residents in need.  Each classroom is having a friendly competition on their grade level!  SCA is sponsoring this event. Thank you in advance for your donations and your act of kindness!

12/7- Cub’s Night In – PTA will be sending out more information about this soon!

12/19 Last day before the Winter Break!!!

12/20-1/2 Winter Break

1/3- School resumes. Happy New Year!!!

1/21- Faculty, Staff and Students  have  no school-   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

1/25-  End of Marking Period 2

1/28- Student have  no school

HAPPY NOVEMBER  BIRTHDAYS–  Saatvik and Zoya!

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 November:    Community Helpers, Past and Present, Thanksgiving, Veteran’s Day, Needs and Wants

Language Arts– We will    focus on letters  ” Dd and Hh” . We will learn their  sounds  along with how to write them.  Upper case (Capital)  and lower case alphabet recognition continues to be ongoing.    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 have been  introduced.  We are now going back and spending  more time on each individually.

Sight words- We will  continue to learn these :  look, not, no, said, from:  Please practice memorizing, spelling and writing  these.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am, a, after, at, as, and

B- blue, brown, black, back,be

C-can

D-dad 

F-funny , for, four, five, from

G- green, get, go

H- here, his, he

I- is, I, in, it

L- little, like, look

M-me, my, mom

N-name , now, not, no 

O- out, of, on

P- pink, purple

R-red 

S- see, said

T- to, two, the, this

U-up

W-white, we, who 

Y- yellow

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

Math– We will  focus on Numbers 11-20 for the next couple weeks . We will learn how to write them and use our “Number sense” to make these numbers in many  different ways:  numeral, number word, tally, ten frame, set,  name one more and one less than each number,  list the  combinations that equal the number of the day,  etc.

Social Studies– We will continue  to learn about Native Americans  and begin Needs and Wants

“Star Student of the Week” -We did not have a  “Star Student” this past week because it was a short week.   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!

We did not have a Mystery Reader last week because it was a short week.

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!!!!

HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ! I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR MY SWEET CLASS AND SUPPORTIVE PARENTS !!

**** 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:

Henrico Christmas Mother Program  food collection begins. It will go until November 26th. Please send in non-perishable food items for Henrico County residents in need.  Each classroom is having a friendly competition on their grade level!  SCA is sponsoring this event. Thank you in advance for your donations and your act of kindness!

11/20- TURKEY TROT!!   KG 10:00-10:30 WILL BE RUNNING OR WALKING OUTSIDE AROUND THE SCHOOL’S CAMPUS WHILE BEING SUPERVISED. YOU ARE WELCOME TO CO ME AND PARTICIPATE WITH YOUR CHILD!! Please dress your child appropriately!

•  Report cards coming home also today! Please sign the envelope and return it to school the day after Thanksgiving Break.

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

12/7- Cub’s Night In – PTA will be sending out more information about this soon!

12/19 Last day before the Winter Break!!!

12/20-1/2 Winter Break

1/3- School resumes. Happy New Year!!!

1/21- Faculty, Staff and Students  have  no school-   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

1/25-  End of Marking Period 2

1/28- Student have  no school

HAPPY NOVEMBER  BIRTHDAYS–  Saatvik and Zoya!

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 November:    Community Helpers, Past and Present, Thanksgiving, Veteran’s Day, Needs and Wants

Language Arts– We will  continue to  focus on letter ” Ii” . We will learn it’s  sound  along with how to write it.  Upper case (Capital)  and lower case alphabet recognition continues to be ongoing.    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 have been  introduced.  We are now going back and spending  more time on each individually.

Sight words- We will learn these over the next 2 weeks  look, not, no, said, from:        Please practice memorizing, spelling and writing  these.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am, a, after, at, as, and

B- blue, brown, black, back,be

C-can

D-dad 

F-funny , for, four, five, from

G- green, get, go

H- here, his, he

I- is, I, in, it

L- little, like, look

M-me, my, mom

N-name , now, not, no 

O- out, of, on

P- pink, purple

R-red 

S- see, said

T- to, two, the, this

U-up

W-white, we, who 

Y- yellow

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

Math– We will  focus on Numbers 11-20 for the next couple weeks . We will learn how to write them and use our “Number sense” to make these numbers in many  different ways:  numeral, number word, tally, ten frame, set,  name one more and one less than each number,  list the  combinations that equal the number of the day,  etc.

Social Studies– We will continue  learning  about  Thanksgiving

“Star Student of the Week” -Hari was our “Star Student” this past week.  He  made a beautiful poster!  It was fun learning about  Hari’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!

SPECIAL THANKS TO Dharunia’s  MOM FOR BEING OUR MYSTERY READER LAST WEEK !!!!

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 TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO ATTENDED PARENT CONFERENCES. IT WAS SO NICE TALKING TO EACH ONE OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT YOUR CHILD’S PROGRESS.  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!  BY WORKING TOGETHER,  WE WILL HELP  YOUR CHILD  HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR!! 

**** 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:

11/12- Veteran’s Day Assembly   9:00AM  – wear red , white and blue clothes to school.

Henrico Christmas Mother Program  food collection begins. It will go until November 26th. Please send in non-perishable food items for Henrico County residents in need.  Each classroom is having a friendly competition on their grade level!  SCA is sponsoring this event. Thank you in advance for your donations and your act of kindness!

11/20- Report cards coming home

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

HAPPY NOVEMBER  BIRTHDAYS–  Saatvik and Zoya!

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 November:    Community Helpers, Past and Present, Thanksgiving, Veteran’s Day, Needs and Wants

Language Arts– We will  focus on letters ” Cc and Ii” . We will learn their sounds along with how to write them.  Upper case (Capital)  and lower case alphabet recognition continues to be ongoing.    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 have been  introduced.  We are now going back and spending  more time on each individually.

Sight words- We will learn this week: mom, dad, we, this, who        Please practice memorizing, spelling and writing  these.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am, a, after, at, as, and

B- blue, brown, black, back,be

C-can

D-dad 

F-funny , for, four, five

G- green, get, go

H- here, his, he

I- is, I, in, it

L- little, like

M-me, my, mom

N-name , now 

O- out, of, on

P- pink, purple

R-red 

S- see

T- to, two, the, this

U-up

W-white, we, who 

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 Numbers 0-10 . We will learn how to write them and use our “Number sense” to make these numbers in many  different ways:  numeral, number word, tally, ten frame, set,  name one more and one less than each number,  list the  combinations that equal the number of the day,  etc.

Social Studies– We will continue  learning  about  Past and Present and Thanksgiving

“Star Student of the Week” -Dharunia was our “Star Student” this past week.  She  made a beautiful poster!  It was fun learning about  Dharunia’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!  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!

SPECIAL THANKS TO SAMRAT’S MOM FOR BEING OUR MYSTERY READER LAST WEEK !!!!

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.

**** 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:

11/5- Community Helper homework due

11/5 and 10/6 – Parent conferences- I’m so happy to see everyone signed up! I’m looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your child’s progress in Kindergarten!  🙂

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B4EA9AB23AB9-fall4

11/6- No school for students

11/12- Veteran’s Day Assembly   9:00AM  – wear red , white and blue clothes to school.

11/20- Report cards coming home

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

HAPPY NOVEMBER  BIRTHDAYS–  Saatvik and Zoya!

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 November:    Community Helpers, Past and Present, Thanksgiving, Veteran’s Day, Needs and Wants

Language Arts– We will  focus on letter ” Ll” . 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 have been  introduced.  We are now going back and spending  more time on each individually

Sight words- We will learn this week: it, and, four, five, now        Please practice memorizing, spelling and writing  these.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am, a, after, at, as, and

B- blue, brown, black, back,be

C-can

D- 

F-funny , for, four, five

G- green, get, go

H- here, his, he

I- is, I, in, it

L- little, like

M-me, my

N-name , now 

O- out, of, on

P- pink, purple

R-red 

S- see

T- to, two, the

U-up

W-white 

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 Numbers 0-10 . We will learn how to write them and use our “Number sense” to make these numbers in many  different ways:  numeral, number word, tally, ten frame, set,  name one more and one less than each number,  list the  combinations that equal the number of the day,  etc.

Social Studies– We will continue  learning  about  Past and Present, Veteran’s Day

“Star Student of the Week” -Jessica was our “Star Student” this past week.  She  made a beautiful poster!  It was fun learning about  Jessica’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!  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.

SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO CHAPERONED FOR OUR FIELD TRIP AND HELPED WITH OUR FALL CELEBRATION !!!! JOANNA SPENT SO MUCH TIME PLANNING THE FALL CELEBRATION, I CAN’T THANK HER ENOUGH! WE HAD A GREAT PAST WEEK!!!

***If you did not sign up for a conference , please do! There are a couple openings  on Tuesday, Nov.6th in the morning. *** See the link below.  

**** 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:

11/2- Donuts for Dad !! 7:30-8:00 AM

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

11/5 and 10/6 – Parent conferences  Please sign up https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B4EA9AB23AB9-fall4

11/6- No school for students

Change: THERE WILL NOT BE A COMMUNITY HELPER PARADE

11/12- Veteran’s Day Assembly- wear red , white and blue clothes to school.

11/20- Report cards coming home

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

HAPPY NOVEMBER  BIRTHDAYS–  Saatvik and Zoya!

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 November:    Community Helpers, Past and Present, Thanksgiving, Veteran’s Day, Needs and Wants

Language Arts– We will  focus on letters ” Tt and Nn” . 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 have been  introduced.  We are now going back and spending  more time on each individually

Sight words- We will learn this week:  on        and review  the color words        Please practice memorizing, spelling and writing  these.

Classroom  Word Wall Words  will be posted weekly.

A- am, a, after, at, as, and

B- blue, brown, black, back,be

C-can

D- 

F-funny , for

G- green, get, go

H- here, his, he

I- is, I, in

L- little, like

M-me, my

N-name  

O- out, of, on

P- pink, purple

R-red 

S- see

T- to, two, the

U-up

W-white 

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 Numbers 0-10 for the next two more  weeks. We will learn how to write them and use our “Number sense” to make these numbers in many  different ways:  numeral, number word, tally, ten frame, set,  name one more and one less than each number,  list the  combinations that equal the number of the day,  etc.

Social Studies– We will continue  learning  about Community Helpers all around us and how important they all are to us.

“Star Student of the Week” -Linden was our “Star Student” this past week.  She  made a beautiful poster!  It was fun learning about  Linden’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!  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.

**** 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 is TOMORROW!!!!!!!

10/22- Picture Day!!!

10/25- Kindergarten Field Trip to the Children’s Museum in Richmond- Students and chaperones should bring a bag lunch and drink  that can be disposed of. We will eat our lunch at the museum.  Students and chaperones must ride the bus with the class.

10/26- Class Fall Celebration 10:00-11:00 AM in classroom for students only.  Please sign up to help on Joanna’s Sign  Up Genius!! Here is the link:   https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040c4aaea62aab9-autumn  -PTA sponsored “Family Fall Movie Night”- 6:00-8:00 PM        Wear costumes!!!!

11/2- Donuts for Dad !! 7:30-8:00 AM

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

11/5 and 10/6 – Parent conferences  Please sign up https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B4EA9AB23AB9-fall4

11/6- No school for students

Change: THERE WILL NOT BE A COMMUNITY HELPER PARADE

11/12- Veteran’s Day Assembly- wear red , white and blue clothes to school.

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 ” Zz” . 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 have been  introduced.  We are now going back and spending  more time on each individually. PALS (Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening)  continues this week.

Sight words- We will learn this week: like     and review  the color words        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, like

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 focus on Numbers 0-10 for the next two weeks. We will learn how to write them and use our “Number sense” to make these numbers in many  different ways:  numeral, number word, tally, ten frame, set,  name one more and one less than each number,  etc.

Social Studies– We will learn about Community Helpers all around us and how important they all are to us.

“Star Student of the Week” -Zoya was our “Star Student” this past week.  She  made a beautiful poster!  It was fun learning about  Zoya’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!  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!

SPECIAL THANKS TO  MANUK’S MOM FOR COMING IN TO BE MYSTERY READER THIS PAST THURSDAY!!!!!!

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.

**** 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.

10/22- Picture Day!!!

10/25- Kindergarten Field Trip to the Children’s Museum in Richmond- Students and chaperones should bring a bag lunch and drink  that can be disposed of. We will eat our lunch at the museum.  Students and chaperones must ride the bus with the class.

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

11/2- Donuts for Dad !! 7:30-8:00 AM

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

11/9- Kindergarteners will have a Community Helper Parade- They may dress up like the community helper they want to be when they grow up.  This will be in the morning during school hours.

11/12- Veteran’s Day Assembly- wear red , white and blue clothes to school.

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