A Note From Mrs.Desselles
Dear Parents,
Thanks for sending in the white t-shirts. We will be decorating them on
Wed. I’ll contact the parents who volunteered to help decorate them and let
you know what time to arrive on Wed. Thanks for the overwhelming response to
help with all of the activities for the Pow-Wow- I ‘m so thankful for your
help and support.
We’ve been busy working on Thanksgiving activities, and the
Thanksgiving Holiday will begin on Monday, November 23, 2009.
Please continue to review with your child their telephone number and
address.
What We’re Learning This Week
We will begin Unit 4. Each week we will focus a certain letter in the
alphabet.
Themes: Where Food Comes From/Pilgrim
Stories: Apple Farmer Annie, The Singing Wagon, Pilgrims, One little two
little and three little Indians, leveled readers
Letter and Sound Recognition: Nn
High Frequency Words: to review go, see, a, like, the, we, am, can, I
Color Word: review gray, white, pink black, brown, purple, orange, green,
yellow, blue, red
Vocabulary: fruits and vegetables
Oral Vocabulary: farmer and market
Phonemic Awareness: phoneme Categorization, phoneme isolation, phoneme
blending,
Comprehension: Identify sequence of events
Math Voc.: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten reading
and writing numbers, patterns, more, less ,equal and ordinal numbers.
Show –n-Tell: On Friday, your child can bring an object or a picture of
something that begins with Nn. It is must be able to fit in your child’s
booksack.Please try to bring in an item. The children look forward to this
event. .******************************************************************
Curriculum Resources: Guaranteed Curriculum, McGraw Hill, Scott Foreman,
Every Day Counts and Investigations
Homework
Read with your child each night!
Please send all homework in blue homework folder on Friday. Challenge
Activities will be denoted by **. These are extra activities. They’re not
required.
Monday – Look in the newspaper and locate high frequency words and N’s.
Review reading high frequency words – to, go, see, a, like, the, we, am can, I
**Write a sentence with to **
Tuesday – Read decodable reader and do Handwriting sheet. Review reading
all color words
gray,white,pink,black,brown,purple,orange,green,yellow,blue,red*Write a
sentence using your favorite color.**
Wednesday -Do math worksheet. Review reading number words 1-10
Thursday – Do reading worksheet page 85 and 86 .Read: Nip and Nat
Feel free to contact me by sending a note to school, emailing me at
gayle.desselles@stpsb.org, calling and leaving a message at school (985-845-
3671)
