K-3 at the Jamestown Fire Station

Mrs. MacIntyre's class with our scarecrow! Happy Halloween

K-3 Newsletter

                        Mrs. MacIntyre

October 29,2015

Dear families,

Happy Halloween!! You should have received an orange sheet telling you about the Scarecrow Event at Godena Farm. In case you missed it:

                                Friday October 30th

                      4:00-7:00 pm

This event features scarecrows made by Melrose School students.

There will be tractor pulls, campfire, maze and refreshments!!

                              Please come by

GODENA FARM 892 NORTH MAIN ROAD  JAMESTOWN

I will be posting a picture of K-3 and their scarecrow on my blog in case you can’t make the event.

The students had a good week here in K-e. Our letter of the week was “Nn”. Our tongue twister was “Nick and Natasha nibble nuts.”

We worked in our Science journals this week.We went on a leaf hunt. Each student found 5 different leaves. We observed the differences and similarities of the leaves and took data in our journals.

In math, we focused on 2-D and 3-D shapes. You could work on this at home by finding things around your home that are flat versus things that are solid. Names we are working on for 3-D shapes are sphere, cone, cube, rectangular prism and cylinder.

I am looking forward to our field trip on Friday to the Jamestown Fire Station. Thank you in advance for those who are able to come.

I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend and enjoy your Halloween!

Trick or Treat!!

Mrs. MacIntyre

Science journal writing

 K-3 Newsletter

                       Mrs. MacIntyre

October 23,2015

Dear families,

We had some beautiful weather this week here in Jamestown.Thanks to our trees and weather unit, I have been taking advantage of the weather and taking the class out to look at our adopted trees and collect data on the changes that are taking place. If you go to the Jamestown Melrose School website and click on kindergarten then click Mrs. MacIntyre you will be able to view my blog. All of my newsletter as well as some recent pictures are on there.
I have included some photos of Maker’s Space, it is definitely a favorite part of the week for the students.

Our letter of the week was “Rr”. Our tongue twister was,”Ralph and Ramona rest and read.” Writer’s Workshop is going well as we continue to write the sounds we hear and not worry about perfect spelling. This is a skill that is important to as it promotes phonemic awareness and the confidence to become an independent writer.

In math, we continued to practice addition within five, and even wrote our own number stories.

Next week will be an exciting week with Halloween right around the corner. We are not permitted to wear Halloween costumes to school, however I think that our walking field trip the fire station on Friday the 30th, will be a lot of fun! If you are volunteering to walk with the class, you can meet us on the south side of the building near the bike racks at 9:00 am. Thank you in advance.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre

Cooper's creation

Maker's Space phots

Our Adopted Maple Tree

Dear Families,

October 19,2015

Happy Monday! I am sending home a permission slip for our walking field trip to the Jamestown Fire Station on Friday, October 30th. If you are interested in walking with us, please let me know. Any parent is welcome to come as long as you have completed the school background check.

In other news, Melrose School is participating in a Scarecrow event to be held at Godena Farm in Jamestown. Each classroom is creating a scarecrow for the farm. This year the Kindergarten team theme is teachers, which means… K-3 has to create a scarecrow that looks like Mrs. MacIntyre.. oh boy!!!

Do I have a parent or two or three that would like to help. We need to collect materials to use. I would like to make it this Friday in the afternoon if possible….  Mrs. Turennes’ (first grade teacher) husband is providing the stand for the scarecrow.

Let me know via e-mail or the blue book.

Thank you in advance,

Mrs. MacIntyre

     K-3 Newsletter

                    Mrs. MacIntyre                     

Dear Families,

October 16,2015

I hope you all had a nice long weekend. Since this was such a short week, this is just a quick note to let you know how our week went.

We are enjoying our Trees and Weather Unit very much. The class has “adopted” two trees on the playground. One is an Oak and the other a Maple. We will be watching how these two trees change over the course of the year. We even took pictures so we have data to show the changes. We have been reading a lot about the cycle of apple trees, so on Thursday we tasted Granny Smith, Cortland and Macoun apples. Ask your child which one was their favorite!

Our letter of the week was “Bb.” Our tongue twister was, “Brianna and Ben bounce beach balls.”

In Writer’s Workshop, we tried writing one short sentence with a period at the end of the sentence. The student’s wrote about things that are round after reading a book about shapes.

In math, we began learning about addition. We talked about what a plus sign and an equal sign look like. The students did a great job adding within 5. Practice at home with your child if you can. Do not worry about numbers being written in reverse right now. It will come in time.

On Monday, during Music with Literacy class, the Heiftez string group will be performing for all the kindergarten classes together at 9:15.

Mrs. Hosteltler and Mrs. Kauffman have asked that your child bring in one small stuffed animal from home to bring to the performance!

Have a nice weekend,

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre

 K-3 Newsletter

                              Mrs. MacIntyre

October 9, 2015

Dear Families,

I hope you all are enjoying the beautiful Autumn weather. We had a nice week here in K-3. I went to a science training on Tuesday to learn about a new science unit we will be starting this winter call Animals Two by Two. Right now we are digging right into our Trees and Weather unit and the students are really enjoying watching the changes in the trees right outside our window. You may notice your child paying special attention to trees or even naming different parts of a tree. Enjoy and encourage this with them!

Our letter of the week was “Pp”. Our tongue twister was “Pat and Paul pick pickles and peppers.” I hope that you enjoyed reading your child’s September writing. I will send a folder home at the end of each month.I will also be keeping one writing sample from each month in a folder here at school. At the end of the year you will get the folder and you will be amazed at the growth your child makes!

We are also moving forward in our SIPPS phonics program. When your child brings home the story papers like the I see pets paper that went home last week, you only need to read that with your child, it does not have to be sent home. You will also see some writing papers that we do in class come home. If you have any questions, feel free to write me a note.

In math, we  counted, named and graphed pattern blocks. We also identified and matched numbers and continued practice in our Go Math workbooks. You may have noticed your child will be getting math homework every Wednesday night, that is our homework night, in case I haven’t mentioned that.

We are reading lots of literature about trees, apples and pumpkins. Next week, we will taste different apples and graph our favorite.

I will try to take the class outside to look at the trees throughout the fall. I know it may seem hard to know how to dress your child in the morning. Layering works best. Our classroom is pretty comfortable: not too hot or cold. Having a sweatshirt to wear outside is important and please if you haven’t already LABEL the sweatshirts and hats, they get left outside a lot. Thank you in advance!!

Remember there is no school on Monday in honor of Columbus Day and Tuesday is a Professional Development Day for teachers. I hope that you all enjoy the long weekend!

See you on Wednesday October 14th!!

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre

         K-3  Newsletter

                                          Mrs MacIntyre

October 2, 2015

Dear families,

Happy October!

First of all, I would like to thank all of you who were able to come to Open House on Wednesday night. It was great to see you and I hope that you enjoyed seeing your child's classroom. I appreciate having such kind and supportive parents. I love being a kindergarten teacher and it makes my job even more rewarding when families are supportive. I feel like we are going to have a wonderful year together.

If you were not able to come to Open House or you forgot to sign up for a conference, please send me a note in the blue book so we can arrange one. I have afternoon slots for Monday, November 9th available. Conferences lasts approximately 15 minutes. If you have anything pressing you would like to talk with me about please feel free to come in. I am here by 7:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Just let me know.

This week our letter of the week was “Dd”. Our tongue twister was “David and Dominique dance with Dalmations.” We began journaling in our Science Notebooks. We are observing and taking data on trees and leaves. I was at a Science training on September 29th. learning about our new science curriculum. I am scheduled to go to another training on October 6th, so I will be out that day also. The class will have the same substitute as last week.

In math, we talked about 5 frames and 10 frames. The students had to color the correct number of frames to match a number. We also practiced naming and identifying shapes including the hexagon!

In our Writer’s Workshop, we worked with our Being a Writer program and read wrote about things we like to do with our families and  we also learned how to label pictures. I am excited about the progress the students are making already! Our Writer’s Workshop is already lasting about 5 minutes longer than it did in September.

We finished up our Eric Carle author study. I really enjoy reading his books and I told the class my favorite book by Eric Carle is Walter the Baker. The class loved it!

This month, we will read a lot of books about autumn, pumpkins and foliage. We will also learn about fire safety and visit the Jamestown Fire Station.

Thank you all for the donations of tissues and Lysol wipes. I will definitely put them to good use!

Enjoy your weekend. Keep sending in those awesome signs of autumn!

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre