Starting Our Journey

On our way and learning every day! Mrs. Hawleys ClassRoom 106
Week of August 22, 2011

We are learning:
Reading:

To read books independentlywe are building stamina. About capital and lowercase letters and their sounds. About materials and routines for writing workshop. To use one-to-one correspondence when we count objects. What a scientist is and does.

Important Information:
If your child needs to go home a different way one day, PLEASE send a note or call the school office to let us know.

Phonics:

Writing:

Math: Science: Social Studies:

Monday:

About rules and norms for classroom and school work.

Tuesday:

Your childs new agenda is in his/her backpack. This is an important communication tool. Your childs special area class today is Computers. Ask your child what he or she did in this class. Your childs first homeside activity comes home today. Please look for it in your childs backpack. Your childs special area class today is Library. Ask your child what he or she did in this class. Have a great weekend! Read lots of books and play outside tomorrow :)

Common Core Standards

At the bottom of this page, youll notice 4 bullets with I Can statements. The common core standards are standards that many states in the US are beginning to use. They are a progression of learning expectations, written out for each grade level. Each week I will share some of the standards we are working on in class, and write them in child-friendly I can terms, so you can clearly see some of the skills your child is working on. Please use these as ideas for working with your child at home. I will share more information about these standards in the coming weeks.

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

Kindergarten Common Core Standards:

I can count to 100 by ones and tens I can describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to. I can recognize and name, and then print many upper-and lowercase letters. I can follow words from left-to-right, top-to-bottom when reading.