Mrs.

Kennedys Newsletter
jkennedy@franklin.k12.ga.us

for week of September 23, 2013

Learning Targets for this week: Reading and Writing: -reading and spelling words with short vowel sounds -common, proper, and possessive nouns -writing narrative stories with a beginning, middle and end -graphic organizers -SH, CH, TH, WH, PH -reading with fluency (all year) Math: *Counting to 120 *Estimating and counting large quantities *1 more 1 less, 10 more, 10 less *numbers closest to, far, and in between *missing numbers on 99 chart/patterns Represent numbers with tens and ones Science/Social Studies: -water -historical figures

School News
* PTO-sponsored Family Movie Night is Friday, Sept. 20th at 6:30. This will be held at CESI's gym and is for all CES students K-5. We will be showing "Adventures in Zambezia". Come join the free family fun! * You are welcome to eat lunch with your child anytime. Please come to the office to sign in upon arrival. We have "parent tables" designated for you and your child in the cafeteria. * Car riders - please hang your car tags on your rearview mirror. If you need a tag, please contact the office. * Only water bottles containing water are allowed in the classroom. * Georgia passed a new "mandated reporter of child abuse" law that requires a report by any employee or volunteer of an organization. Please speak with someone in the office regarding Franklin County's protocol for volunteering in the school system. We are grateful for our volunteers and want to make this a smooth process for them! * Progress reports go home on 9/23 * Boy Scout Parent meeting: CESI -Sept. 24th from 6:30 - 8:30 in cafeteria * Picture Day: CESI - Sept. 25th *CESI fundraiser orders and money are due Sept. 25th. The CESP fundraiser will take place in the Spring. Thanks for your support!

Classroom News
Please send all zoo permission slips and money as soon as possible. Every afternoon this week the children will be visiting Mrs. Hurtados room (next door) for 20 minutes. She will be teaching them about historical figures. Some of the words we WORDS WE SPELLED THIS WEEK WITH OUR LETTER TILES: stopped, ponds, pockets, parents

Please do not worry too much about the word lists. I do not want you working on these more than 10 or 15 minutes a night. If your child can only learn 5 words a weekthat is fine or if more.even better! Word lists are only a small part of our reading plan. I would love for you to spend most of your time reading aloud to your child and having your child read to you. Sounding out words is a crucial skill also. You can practice sounding out words and using picture and sentence clues to figure out unknown words in a story. Most importantly it should be fun. We do not want to kill our childrens enthusiasm for reading.