Handwriting

Want to practice handwriting at home?

http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/

This is the website that I used to make your weekly homework. Feel free to make your own worksheets anytime. We use the D'Nealian Style Worksheets. 

Canned Food Drive

It is time for the school wide November Canned Food Drive. This canned food drive is a civil war theme. The Ducks and Beavers will compete within the school. Who will bring in more food, the Duck fans? Or the Beaver fans?

All of the canned food is donated to SHEM, Sweet Home Emergency Ministries, a local non-profit here in town. All the food you donate will stay in Sweet Home!!!

Please bring in non-perishable food ONLY!! Cans or boxes of food please! Each food item you bring in counts as one point for your team (Ducks or Beavers). If you would rather donate money each dollar counts as one point for your team.

Every day there will be boxes outside the kindergarten door. Place your items in the box for your team (Ducks or Beavers). The food will be stored at the school until the final day, November 18^th.

November 18^th – The Oregon Duck and a few cheerleaders will be here for the final day.  Benny the Beaver and a few cheerleaders will be here to root for the Beavers. The mascots will visit in the afternoon. They will help load all the food onto a bus to take it to SHEM. We will sit in the hall and cheer as the mascots carry the food down the hall. Don’t worry Morning class you will not be left out. Parents please put this date on your calendar now.

Friday Folder News October 28

Hello Families,

This week we learned the letter C. When you say c, the back of your tongue is humped and in the back of your mouth. .  Please ask your child if they know any words that start with C. We continued our study of I and See and we started studying my and the.

Check out the new sharing calendar in the Friday Folder. This month please bring something for how old you are. If you are five, you could bring 5 little cars or 5 paper clips. Use your imagination!

New book orders are in the Friday Folder, there are lots of great books. Start thinking about presents for the Holidays, books make great gifts. Book orders are due by November 22.

         -Miss Thompson

Thank you to all the parents who came to Parent-Teacher conferences.  It was great to get a chance to talk to each one of you. If you missed your conference please call to reschedule.

Halloween!!!

Monday will be the Halloween party for both kindergarten classes.

Morning Class 9:30 - 10:25

Afternoon Class 11:05 - 11:50

Costumes – kids may wear costumes all day. But they will need to leave accessories in their backpack until the party. NO masks, NO face paint, NO make-up, NO weapons! Nothing scary!

Parents – thank you to all the parents that signed up to help. I can always use more. Let me know if you want to help out.

Resources for Sweet Home Families & Students

Resources for Sweet Home Families & Students

Community Needs:

S.H.E.M. (Sweet Home Emergency Ministries) Food bank 541-367-6504

Sweet Home Gleaners clothing and household items.  541-367-3190

Kids Food Pak, “making sure kids eat well on the weekends” www.kidsfoodpak.com Parents may contact school counselor for information to sign your child up or make food or money donations.

Boys and Girls Club of S.H. 541-367-6421 Inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

Family Services:

YST (Youth Services Team) Youth Services Team provides a coordinated, community-based delivery system of crisis intervention, counseling, consultation, referral and training to youth, their families and community. The Team also promotes cooperation and understanding among different agencies. A family referral provided through the school counselor or principal. See them for details.

Mental Health Services:

Linn County Mental Health (LCMH)

Toll free # 800-560-5535 

Sweet Home Adult/Child Mental Health #541-367-3888

Alcohol & Other Chemical use Counseling:

A&D Programs: 541-766-6835

Crisis hotline toll free 1-888-232-7192

Parental Support:

Functional Family Therapy contact LCMH 541-367-3888

Quick reference guides and refrigerator notes also available ask school counselor for details.

Abuse Helplines/Crisis Intervention:

ABC House 541-926-2203

CARDV (Center Against Rape & Domestic Violence) #541-754-0110

Hospitals:

Lebanon Community Hospital 541-451-7597

Albany General Hospital 541-812-4000

Sheriff/Police Departments:
911 emergency phone number

Non-emergency toll free 800-884-3911

S.H. Police non-emergency 541-367-5181

Playground

Just a few photos from today.

Fire fighter visit

Photos from today's visit.

Some parents have chosen to not have their students photos taken for promotional things. That includes are blog. When that happens I still want to post the photo of all the other students. I block out the face of the student who is not allowed to be photographed. If you want to change your preferences on this matter you may call the school.

Halloween Party!

Halloween!!!

Monday will be the Halloween party for both kindergarten classes.

Morning Class 9:30 - 10:25

Afternoon Class 11:05 - 11:50

Costumes – kids may wear costumes all day. But they will need to leave accessories in their backpack until the party. NO masks, NO face paint, NO make-up, NO weapons!

Parents – thank you to all the parents that signed up to help. I can always use more. Let me know if you want to help out.

October and November Events

Oct 28 – School wide assembly

Oct 31 – PBIS Halloween Party

Oct 31 – Kindergarten Halloween Party

Nov 4 – NO Kindergarten

Nov 11 – NO School, Veterans’ Day

Nov 18 – PBIS Civil War Canned Food Drive

Nov 23 – NO School, Furlough Day

Nov 24 – NO School, Turkey Day

Nov 25 – NO School

Halloween Party

Want to help at our Halloween Party?

Halloween Day

Morning Class 9:30 - 10:25

Afternoon Class  11:05 - 11:50

If you want to sign up send me an email or sign up on the pumpkin on our Kindergarten door.

Homework

Thank you to all the parents who came to conferences. You already got the information about the updated homework. Every week the students will get name practice, like always. Home will now also include number practice. Please have your student practice these numbers at home. Homework is an important part of school.

Snack Time

Working hard in the classroom

Fun in the Sun photos

A parent took these!!!

The Great Body Shop

The Great Body Shop is a nationally recognized comprehensive health and substance abuse prevention program developed by Children’s Health Market. It is used by preschool, elementary and middle schools throughout the US. The program meets all state and national standards, is affordable, easy to teach, and provides an educational environment in which it is enjoyable to learn. Combining current research from the fields of substance abuse and violence prevention, educational psychology, neuroscience and human behavior, the program synthesizes accurate, developmentally appropriate content with effective instructional processes.

The Great Body Shop also provides a fully articulated cross-curricular approach for school districts that require additional concentration in one or more of the following specific areas:

• Substance Abuse Prevention
• Social and Emotional Health
• Character Education
• Violence Prevention (including bullying)
• Critical Thinking
• Asset Building
• Reading, Communication, Technology and other Learning Skills

Check out this site for more information http://www.thegreatbodyshop.net

Parents – please go over these sheets with your child at home.

You should have received a music CD during conferences. Please play that CD for your child so they can learn the songs!

Sight Words

Sight Words

What are sight words? "Sight words" is a term that parents of early elementary students have most likely heard before, but not many people outside of the educational community know what these important words actually are. A simple sight words definition would be common words that a reader should recognize on "sight." These important words are also referred to as "high-frequency words" or "instant words."

Sight words are a group of common words with a high-frequency of use that readers must know on sight, instantly, and automatically in order to develop into an efficient and smooth reader.

Attached you will find one list of sight words. These would be words that you child should be able to read by the end of Kindergarten. Some ideas for at home practice:

 ABC Order - Write your words in alphabetical order

 Rainbow Words - Write your words in three colors

 Picture Words - Draw a picture and write your words in the picture

 Scrambled Words - Write your words and then write them again with the letters mixed

 Ransom Words - Write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or magazine and glue them on a paper

 Delicious Words - Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or anything you can eat

 Good Clean Words - Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some other surface that can be cleaned safely

 Dirty Words - Write your words in mud or sand

 Pasta Words - Write your words by arranging alphabet pasta or Alphabits

 3D Words  - Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words

 Magazine Words  - Use an old magazine or newspaper and find your word

 Cheer Your Words  - Pretend you are a cheerleader and call out your words

For more ideas check out these links

Teaching Sight Words

Sight Words

Sight Words on Word Walls

Sight Words at home (word document)

Pumpkin Patch

We had a great time at the pumpkin patch. We had so much fun. Thank you to all the parents who came. If you took pictures please email them to me. I will post them on the website.

Parent Teacher Club

Parent Teacher Club

Any parent can join. The parent teacher club helps out with all sorts of stuff. They need more help. The club meets the second Thursday of the month at 5:30. The next meeting is November 10th.

OR come on November 3rd to help decorate the school for the Civil War Canned food drive.

How to Help Hawthorne School

Box Tops for Education – Please make sure they are NOT expired. Please cut out just the box top. Each one of these is worth 50 cents to our classrooms.

Campbell’s Soup Labels –Remember, just the UPC is needed. If you are confused about what part is needed just bring the whole label

 

Thriftway receipts –Hawthorne gets 1% back for everything you spend at Thriftway. Turn in all your Thriftway grocery store receipts.

Jog a Thon

Thank you once again to all the parents who helped with the Jog a thon



We ran a total of 157 laps which is 39 1/4 miles

We raised a total of $ 653.50 for our classroom!!!

Wahooo!!! Good Work

Box Tops for Education

BOX TOPS

If you have Box Tops now is the time to turn them in. 

Friday Folder News

Hello Families,

This week we learned the letter F. When you say f, your top teeth touch your bottom lip. You should feel your top teeth touch your bottom lip.  Please ask your child if they know any words that start with F. We continued our study of I and See.

Remember next week is busy!! Monday is normal. Tuesday is the pumpkin patch field trip. Wednesday is no school for Kindergarten (big kids have a half day). Wednesday and Thursdays are conferences. Friday is no school for anyone!

            Conferences are super important! Please make sure you show up. Conferences are only 20 minutes long so please make sure you are on time.

There are so many good things in your Friday Folder this week. Be sure to check out each page.

Reading to your child is one of the best ways for your child to learn to read. Please take some time to read to your child every night.

            -Miss Thompson

THANK YOU

A special thank you to all the parents who have been doing projects at home. Sharpening pencils, washing name practice sheets, art projects and so much more. Thank you so much parents!!!!

Pumpkin Patch

If you have not turned in your money turn it in ASAP!!!!

Remember ….

Toys from home, stay at home.

Friday Folders!

Please make sure your child’s Friday Folder is returned on Monday!

If you have any questions or concerns about Kindergarten feel free to call me 541-367-7168 or email me Julie.Thompson@sweethome.k12.or.us

Book Orders

Book Orders are going home in Friday Folders today!!! There are a couple of books that are back ordered. You will see that note on your order form. When those books come in I will send them right home.

Thank you to everyone who ordered books. I will send home new order packets soon!!!

Follow by Email

On the right hand side of this page there is a Follow by Email box.

Enter your email address and you will get email update with every blog post!!!!!!

This week

Wow!! This week has been so busy!

Please check Friday Folders for all the news!

P is for Pizza

P is for pizza and we made pizza on Friday

A few photos from a parent

A few photos from the Jog-a-thon!

Don't forget Jog-a-thon money is due on Oct 13th.

On the track!!

Getting ready to run

Running with buddies

Lunch on the lawn

Another photo of lunch on the front lawn