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Week of October 27

Important Dates and Information:

• Week of October 27 - Red Ribbon Week
• November 4 - Election Day, Student Holiday
• November 5 - October's Book It! Calendar is Due
• November 7 - Barnes and Noble Night, 6-9pm
• November 24-28 - Thanksgiving Holiday, No School
• December 1 - November's Book It! Calendar is Due
• December 20-January 4 - Winter Break, No School
• January 19 - MLK Jr. Holiday, No School

We had a great field trip on Friday to the Cherokee Outdoor YMCA!  Students learned about long ago and today!  We listened to a storyteller and learned about toys from long ago.  Students also were able to decorate their own toy tops!  We took a tractor ride through the woods and each student picked out their own pumpkin!  What a fun day!

Thank you to all of our special visitors we will have this week...Firefighter regarding fire safety, Dr. Jim for speaking to our class about bones and healthy eating, Mrs. Seigler (our media specialist) for reading Crazy Hair Day to us, and Mrs. Black for reading a special Halloween book and craving our class pumpkin!

Items Needed: Baby wipes

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  Letters:  X and Z, Writer's Workshop - Informational Writing (labeling pictures with beginning and ending sounds, turtle talk, and continuing to focus on illustrations matching story, details, and ideas) , main idea (continue to review literary elements- title, author, illustrator, title page, character, setting, problem and solution), guided reading groups, comprehension, sequencing, sight words, matching pictures and words, handwriting, phonics, beginning and ending sounds, rhyming words, computers, and book buddies. 

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, today, yesterday, tomorrow, ones, daily number work, seasons - fall, number line, power line, graphing, patterns, power line, penny, nickel, dime, fair trades with coins, ordinal numbers 1st-10th), Mega Math, 2 and 3-D shapes, the great shape hunt around the school, solid figures, counting numbers to 10, counting objects to show numbers 0-10, writing numbers 0-10, comparing sets, equal sets, more than, less than, problem solving, review positional words, sorting, and colors.

Science: Motion -How do I investigate different types of motion?

Health:  Safety rules, medicine safety, and drugs (Red Ribbon Week activities too!)

Guidance: All about self

Ways to help at home!

Practice letter, letter sounds, sight words, and writing their name and numbers daily.  Continue working on their home address too.  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.

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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.

Week of October 20

Important Dates and Information:

• Week of October 27 - Red Ribbon Week
• November 4 - Election Day, Student Holiday
• November 5 - October's Book It! Calendar is Due
• November 7 - Barnes and Noble Night, 6-9pm
• November 24-28 - Thanksgiving Holiday, No School
• December 1 - November's Book It! Calendar is Due
• December 20-January 4 - Winter Break, No School
• January 19 - MLK Jr. Holiday, No School

Report Cards - Please sign and return white card in the brown envelope letting me know that you received the report card and other important information, if you have not done so already.  Please do not seal the brown envelope.   Thank you!

Thank you Dr. Grier for reading to our class!

Items Needed: Baby wipes

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  Letters:  O and V, Writer's Workshop - Informational Writing (labeling pictures with beginning and ending sounds, turtle talk, and continuing to focus on illustrations matching story, details, and ideas) , main idea (continue to review literary elements- title, author, illustrator, title page, character, setting, problem and solution), Zoo Phonics, guided reading groups, comprehension, sequencing, sight words, matching pictures and words, handwriting, phonics, beginning and ending sounds, rhyming words, and computers. 

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, today, yesterday, tomorrow, ones, daily number work, seasons - fall, number line, power line, graphing, patterns, power line, penny, nickel, dime, fair trades with coins, ordinal numbers 1st-10th), Mega Math, 2 and 3-D shapes, solid figures, counting numbers to 10, counting objects to show numbers 0-10, writing numbers 0-10, comparing sets, equal sets, more than, less than, problem solving, review positional words, sorting, and colors.

Science: Rocks and Soil - How can I use my senses to observe soils by their physical attributes?

Ways to help at home!

Practice letter, letter sounds, sight words, and writing their name and numbers daily.  Continue working on their home address too.  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.

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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.

Week of October 13

Important Dates and Information:

• October 17 - Report cards go home
• Week of October 27 - Red Ribbon Week
• November 4 - Student Holiday

Report Cards - Report cards go home on Friday, October 17.  Please sign and return white card in the brown envelope letting me know that you received the report card and other important information.  Please do not seal the brown envelope.   Thank you!

Yellow Folders:  Please check your child's yellow folder daily - remove work papers and any other papers in the leave at home section.  The only thing that should remain in the folder is the calendar/behavior sheet.  The calendar/behavior sheet needs to be signed daily.  Also check for important papers that need to be signed and returned.  Thank you for your support!

Items Needed: Baby wipes

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  Letters:  J and K, Writer's Workshop (labeling pictures with beginning and ending sounds, turtle talk, and continuing to focus on illustrations matching story, details, and ideas) , literary elements (title, author, illustrator, title page, character, setting, problem and solution), Zoo Phonics, guided reading groups, comprehension, sequencing, sight words, matching pictures and words, handwriting, phonics, beginning and ending sounds, rhyming words, computers, kindergarten sing-a-long, and book buddies. 

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, today, yesterday, tomorrow, ones, daily number work, seasons - fall, number line, power line, graphing, patterns, power line, penny, nickel), Mega Math, 2 and 3-D shapes, solid figures, counting numbers to 10, counting objects to show numbers 0-10, writing numbers 0-10, comparing sets, equal sets, more than, less than, problem solving, review positional words, sorting, and colors.

Science: Rocks and Soil - How can I use my senses to recognize the materials that make up the earth?

Guidance:  Stranger Danger - A police officer will come to speak with us on Friday.

Ways to help at home!

Practice letter, letter sounds, sight words, and writing their name and numbers daily.  Continue working on their home address too.  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.

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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.

Week 9

Important Dates and Information:

• October 9 - Math Night and PTA at Publix on Dallas Hwy - See you on Thursday!
• October 15 - Early Release, Dismissal at 12:20pm
• October 17 - Report cards go home
• Week of October 27 - Red Ribbon Week
• November 4 - Student Holiday

Math Night and PTA   All students must bring an adult to participate.

When:  Thursday, October 9th

Time:  6:00-6:45pm Family names N-Z; 6:45-7:00 PTA Meeting; 7:00-8:00 Family names A-M

Food:  Hotdogs, drinks, and treats available to purchase

Dowell Spirit Wear:  Wear a Dowell t-shirt and be eligible to win a prize!

Library Books:  Just a reminder to please keep their book in their backpacks after reading so they can read it in class too and able to check-out a new book when we visit the media center again.

Items Needed: We still really need hand soap.  Thank you for those who have donated items to our class!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  Letters:  H and L, Writer's Workshop (labeling pictures with beginning and ending sounds, turtle talk, and continuing to focus on illustrations matching story, details, and ideas) , literary elements (title, author, illustrator, title page, character, setting, problem and solution), Zoo Phonics, guided reading groups, sight words, matching pictures and words, handwriting, phonics, beginning and ending sounds, rhyming words, computers, kindergarten sing-a-long, and book buddies. 

Thank you to Dr. Frost for coming to read to our class!

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, today, yesterday, tomorrow, ones, daily number work, seasons - fall, number line, power line, graphing, patterns, power line, penny, nickel), Mega Math, counting numbers to 10, counting objects to show numbers 0-10, writing numbers 0-10, comparing sets, equal sets, more than, less than, problem solving, review positional words, sorting, and colors.

Science: Rocks - How can we use our senses to observe, group, and sort by physical attributes?

 

Social Studies:  Columbus Day; Workers - Who helps in our community?

Ways to help at home!

Practice letter, letter sounds, sight words, and writing their name and numbers daily.  Continue working on their home address too.  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.

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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.