5th Edition

September 16, 2016

Mrs. Rivers Class News

A Note from Mrs. Rivers:
Our Fall Fling is this week on Thursday night from 6-7pm. The kindergarten
teachers have planned some great fall activities (I will be in charge of the
marshmallow roasting!), and you and your child can explore the centers and enjoy an
awesome night together! Our Cash for Critters Service Learning Project will be
kicked off at our Fall Fling as well (with some critters joining us from the Humane
Society!). Please bring your spare change to donate to the Humane Society to the
Fall Fling with you! We hope to see you all there!!
Please remember there is NO SCHOOL on Friday for a teacher workday.
Our first field trip is coming soon. We will be traveling to Petes Pumpkin
Patch on October 4th. Parents, you are welcome to join us, but you must pay $2 for
each parent and sibling to enter and pay extra for any pumpkins you wish to take
home, and you cannot ride the school bus. The cost for your kindergartener to go to
the patch is $6. Please return the permission slip with the $6 this week. After the
pumpkin patch we will have pumpkin carving or painting in our classroom. Parents
are encouraged to join us for this activity, but please remember, you MUST have
your volunteer form on file with the office to come in our school to our classroom.
This form takes 2 weeks to authorize. If you need one, please ask!
Mrs. Jessica Rivers

Upcoming Dates:

SPECIALS
Monday PE
Tuesday Library/Tech
Wednesday Art
Thursday Music
Friday PE
Please wear tennis shoes
on PE days!

Email: jrivers@stjschools.org

Thursday, September 22nd 6pm-7pm Kindergarten Fall Fling

Friday, September 23rd No School
Teacher Work Day
Tuesday, October 4th Petes Pumpkin
Patch Field Trip
8:30 - leave school
9:00 - arrive at Petes
12:00 eat lunch at Petes
1:00 Pumpkin Carving or Painting in
our classrooms parents please join us!
October 17th-20th Parent Teacher
Conferences information to come
October 21st No School

Contact Mrs. Rivers

Phone: 265-2300 extension 10002

Website: mrsjrviers.weebly.com

5th Edition

September 16, 2016

This Week In
Reading: This week we will work with all of our letters with Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
We will finish learning all the letters of the alphabet. Practice writing the letters we have learned
so far a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, I, j, k, l, m, n, o, p. q, r, s, t, and u. Also, ask your child what sound the
letter makes!
This Weeks Letters: V, W, X, Y, Z
Pathways Letter Focus: Ff. F is a squeezer sound, because the sound squeezes out of our lips,
between our top teeth and our bottom lip.
Sight Word for the Week: at & like
Sight Words we have learned: a, I, see, and, can, at, like
First Quarter Sight Words: a, I, see, the, and, like, at, to, in, can (test will be at the end of the
quarter)
A Fun Idea for Practicing Sight Words: Playdough! Help your child form the letters of the sight
words using playdough. Have them read the sight word when it is created.
Math:
This week we will begin to learn about numbers. We will learn about counting and creating
numbers. We will also learn the meaning of 0.
Writing:
Our kiddos have been creating AMAZING settings this week! We will continue to work on our
pictures and using lots of details in our pictures, but this week we will begin writing simple
sentences!! We will write sentences together at the beginning of the week using I see a. We
will begin stretching and writing words on our own at the end of the week! What an exciting time
for your child and his or her reading and writing journey!!

At this point, your child should be able to recognize every letter capital and lowercase and should be able to read
all of our sight words learned so far. If you notice your child does not have these skills mastered, please work on
this at home. We are now using these letters to stretch words, and the words to write sentences,, and writing will be
harder for your child if they do not have these skills mastered. Thank you for working with your child at home!

Your child may keep at

water bottle (with a
lid) at his or her desk.
I will send these home
on Friday to be washed
or replaced and you
can send them back on
Monday!

Email: jrivers@stjschools.org

Friday, September 23rdNo Show and Tell today

because there is NO SCHOOL!

Contact Mrs. Rivers

Phone: 265-2300 extension 10002

Website: mrsjrviers.weebly.com