May 05, 2009

Breakfast of Champions

Congratulations to Jadyn! Character Education - Accomplishment

Week of May 4

Important Dates and Information:

  • May 8 - ALL library books are due
  • May 14 - Field Day for Kindergarten
  • May 18 - PTA Fun Day
  • May 22 - Last day of school 

    Field Day and PTA Fun Day - Please make sure to apply sunscreen and send plenty of water.  Also, make sure your child wears tennis shoes instead of flip flops and crocs.  Thank you!

    Last week of school - We will have special activities and guest readers visiting our classroom.  Please look for a note in your child's yellow folder with specific information.

    Ways to help at home!

  • Practice sight words, blending sounds to make words, and writing their name (first and last) and numbers daily.  Also practice reading number words zero to ten, and counting and writing sets 0-20.  Continue working on their home address too.  Review work completed in class.  Read nightly!

  • Great websites can be found on our Dowell website:  http://www.cobbk12.org/~dowell/  Once on the Dowell homepage, click on Computer Lab link on left-hand side of the page, and then click on Kindergarten.

    Items Needed: Baby wipes and items for our reward basket!

    Highlights from the Classroom:

    Language Arts/Reading:  We have continued with our author's study on Eric Carle.  Ask your child what they have learned and about all the many books we have read and acted out!  Blending sounds to make words, Writer's Workshop - Simple Directions - How do I use drawings, letters, and words to explain simple directions?, Reviewing:  How does sequencing help me comprehend a variety of texts? beginning, middle, end using a graphic organizer; literacy elements - title, author, illustrator, title page, character, setting, problem and solution; guided reading groups, comprehension, sight words, matching pictures and words, handwriting, phonics, cvc words, short and long vowel sounds, rhyming words, computers, sticker stories, student writing center on computer, AR (Accelerated Reader), and book buddies.  All library books are due on May 8.  Please make sure your child brings their book to school everyday! 

    Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, today, yesterday, tomorrow, ones, daily number work, seasons - spring, number line, power line, graphing, patterns, power line, penny, nickel, dime, quarter, fair trades with coins, ordinal numbers 1st-10th, time), Mega Math, review:  How do I use coins to identify numbers?; How can I make a fair trade of coins?; How can I identify the value of each coin?; How do I use ordinal numbers to sequence and identify position?; counting and writing numbers 0-20, counting and comparing sets, equal sets, more than, less than, problem solving, and building sets:  What is addition?; How can I build number combinations to 10?;  How do I model counting to show how many items are in 2 sets when combined?;  How do I use pictures to build number combinations up to 10?  What is subtraction?  How do I model counting to show how many items are in two sets when separated?

     Guidance: Helping Hands

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    Contact Information for Ms. Discepola:
      naomi.discepola@cobbk12.org

    Blog Address:  

    http://dowell.typepad.com/discepola/

    Dowell Elementary:  2121 West Sandtown Road  Marietta, GA  30064 Phone:  678 594 8059

    Dowell Elementary Website:  http://www.cobbk12.org/~dowell/

    Cobb County School District Website:  http://www.cobbk12.org

    CCSD Legal Disclaimer:  http://www.cobbk12.org/legal.htm

    ©2008 Cobb County School District. All Rights Reserved.

  • April 26, 2009

    April Highlights

    Important Dates and Information:

  • May 8 - ALL library books are due
  • May 22 - Last day of school 

    Ways to help at home!

    Practice sight words, blending sounds to make words, and writing their name (first and last) and numbers daily.  Also practice reading number words zero to ten, and counting and writing sets 0-20.  Continue working on their home address too.  Review work completed in class.  Read nightly!

    Great websites can be found on our Dowell website:  http://www.cobbk12.org/~dowell/  Once on the Dowell homepage, click on Computer Lab link on left-hand side of the page, and then click on Kindergarten.

    Items Needed: Baby wipes and items for our reward basket!

    Highlights from the Classroom:

    Language Arts/Reading:  We began an author's study on Eric Carle when we returned from the spring holidays.  Students are very excited about it!  Blending sounds to make words, Writer's Workshop - Simple Directions - How do I use drawings, letters, and words to explain simple directions?, Reviewing:  How does sequencing help me comprehend a variety of texts? beginning, middle, end using a graphic organizer; literacy elements - title, author, illustrator, title page, character, setting, problem and solution; guided reading groups, comprehension, sight words, matching pictures and words, handwriting, phonics, cvc words, short and long vowel sounds, rhyming words, computers, sticker stories, student writing center on computer, AR (Accelerated Reader), and book buddies.  All library books are due on May 8.  Please make sure your child brings their book to school everyday! 

    Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, today, yesterday, tomorrow, ones, daily number work, seasons - spring, number line, power line, graphing, patterns, power line, penny, nickel, dime, quarter, fair trades with coins, ordinal numbers 1st-10th, time), Mega Math, review:  How do I use coins to identify numbers?; How can I make a fair trade of coins?; How can I identify the value of each coin?; How do I use ordinal numbers to sequence and identify position?; counting and writing numbers 0-20, counting and comparing sets, equal sets, more than, less than, problem solving, and building sets:  What is addition?; How can I build number combinations to 10?;  How do I model counting to show how many items are in 2 sets when combined?;  How do I use pictures to build number combinations up to 10?  What is subtraction?  How do I model counting to show how many items are in two sets when separated?

     Science: How do I group plants by their characteristics?  How do I explain that plants are alike and different?

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    Contact Information for Ms. Discepola:
      naomi.discepola@cobbk12.org

    Blog Address:  

    http://dowell.typepad.com/discepola/

    Dowell Elementary:  2121 West Sandtown Road  Marietta, GA  30064 Phone:  678 594 8059

    Dowell Elementary Website:  http://www.cobbk12.org/~dowell/

    Cobb County School District Website:  http://www.cobbk12.org

    CCSD Legal Disclaimer:  http://www.cobbk12.org/legal.htm

    ©2008 Cobb County School District. All Rights Reserved.

  • March 30, 2009

    March Breakfast of Champions

    Congratulations to Latrese! Character Education - Commitment

    Field Trip Permission Forms

    Please sign and return the field trip permission form as soon as possible, if you have not done so already.  If we do not have a signed permission form your child will not be allowed to go on the field trip.  Thank you!