1. Language Arts: Our theme for the week is ”My Family and Me”. The children will share stories about themselves and their family. They will share all the special things that they do with their family. The high frequency word for the week are: we. We will also review I and can. The students will continue journal writing using pictures, words, and/or inventive spelling. Math: Our focus continues to be the calendar and its concepts. We will practice writing the date, and we will explore manipulatives. In unit one we will focus on numbers to 10 and the count sequence to 20. Students will use manipulatives as tools for math. They will represent a number of objects with a written numeral. Students will use one-to-one correspondence as they count objects. They will make comparisons of different sets of objects by using greater than, less than, and equal to. Announcements: **”Our Family” project was due today. If you have not sent in your project please send it in as soon as possible. We will begin sharing tomorrow. Hope you are enjoying this fun project with your child. The kids are so excited to share these with the class. We can’t wait to learn about each other. **Grandparent’s Day: We invite all kindergarten grandparents or a special adult to attend our MES Grandparents’ Day celebration on Tuesday, September 10 th. See the following schedule for the appropriate times: 1:15-2:00 Krogsgard, Keys, and Jones’ Classes 2:15-3:00 Cascio, Wetekamm, and Turner’s Classes We would like to encourage our grandparents and special adults to join our PTA that day. With the $^ PTA fee, they will receive their membership, along with a keepsake photograph to remember this special day. Please remind grandparents of the following: -- Arrive early to avoid long check in line at front desk or on the side of the gym by the parking lot. -- They must have their ID to check in. ** The MES Cafeteria will be open to parents beginning SEPTEMBER 16 th. Our Kindergarteners eat lunch from 10:50-11:15. In order to eat lunch with your child, you will need to check in at the front office, and then wait at the lunch room door for your student. The children then go out to recess on the playground from 11:15-11:35. For safety purposes, please note that parents are not allowed on the playground during this time. **OPEN HOUSE: Our annual Open House is scheduled for Tuesday, September 24 th from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Dates to Remember : Sept. 10 Pre-K & K Grandparent’s Day Sept. 16 Cafeteria Opens to Parents Sept. 19 PTA Meeting at 9:30 Sept. 19-26 Book Fair Sept. 19 Mrs. Cascio’s Class shops at Book Fair 12:25-1:05 Sept. 24 Open House 6-7:30pm Sept. 27 Newspaper Drive Homework: Reading to your child nightly is the most effective homework you can do to foster literacy development. Please read to your child nightly and have them retell the story to you. Remember to have your child writing regularly for a purpose by keeping a journal, writing letters, notes, email, or lists. Have your child practice personal information like recognizing their first and last name, birthday, address, phone number, and counting to 20. Time spent on homework should not exceed 15 minutes daily. Essential Questions important to our theme: How do I help my community? Why do people have names? Why is it important to have rules? How does a routine help me follow the rules? Happy Birthday! Haley 9/8 September 9-13, 2013 Art Center and Prize box If you would like to donate any art scraps such as: sequins, buttons, pom poms, googley eyes, pipe cleaners, toilet paper rolls, etc. or donate any toys for our prize box, we would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!