What's going on this week

Good afternoon! This week's scoop:
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Letter: Dd, Ff
(practice the /d/ and /f/ sound, finding Dd/Ff words, and writing Dd/Ff correctly)
Sight words:, is, a, this  (practice reading and writing these words daily)
Color: green
Books: Down to town
Math: counting/writing/making #0-10
**practice sounding out and spelling 3-4 letter words***
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Homework:
1) Complete the packet being sent home today, due Friday 10/4
2) Practice reading the little readers, and weekly sight words EVERY DAY
(Students should know a, I, the, can, see, my, to, go, is, a  by the end of this week)
The more sight words they know, the better! :)
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*Don't forget to bring in BOX TOPS!
*Library books are due Tuesdays, in their baggie!
*After homework is checked and I put a smiley face on it, you may keep it at home.
*If you would like to order from Scholastic online, our class code is in this link:

https://orders.scholastic.com/FM9H8
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GREAT WEBSITES
*starfall.com
*abcya.com
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Oct. 1- Fun Run kicks off!
Oct. 10- Fun Run (time is pending, standby)
Oct. 16- Moo-Yah Night
Oct. 18- Story Book Parade @ 8:30/early release day
Oct. 21-25- Red ribbon week
Oct. 29- Fall picture retakes
Nov. 4- 50th day of school
Nov. 13- Spring Creek BBQ night
Nov. 22- Thanksgiving feast

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Scoop of the week

Good afternoon! This week's scoop:
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Letter: Hh, Pp
(practice the /h/ and /p/ sound, finding Hh/Pp words, and writing Hh/Pp correctly)
Sight words:, go, to, is  (practice reading and writing these words daily)
Color: purple
Book: What is a Huggles
Math: counting/writing/making #0-10
**practice sounding out and spelling 3-4 letter words***
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Homework:
1) Complete the packet being sent home yesterday, due Friday 9/27
2) Practice reading the little readers, and weekly sight words EVERY DAY
(Students should know a, I, the, can, see, my, to, go by the end of this week)
Please note that we forgot to put in a #2 math worksheet, so please disregard that.

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GREAT WEBSITES
*starfall.com
*abcya.com
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Sept. 24- SK8 Town Night
Sept. 27- Progress reports go home
Oct. 10- Fun Run (time is pending, standby)
Oct. 16- Moo-Yah Night
Oct. 18- Story Book Parade @ 8:30/early release day

Progress reports go out this Friday on Friday folders, thank you so much for your patience! If you would like to schedule a conference please email me so we can work out a date/time.

Thank you for all that you do for your child and for our classroom, and for making BWE the best place to be!!

This week's scoop :)

Good afternoon! This week's scoop:
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Letter: Cc, Nn
(practice the /c/ and /n/ sound, finding Cc/Nn words, and writing Cc/Nn correctly)
Sight words:, I,see, my, the, can (practice reading and writing these words daily)
Color: yellow (practice spelling and identifying yellow items)
Books: Plop (practice reading daily)
Math: patterns, counting/writing #0-10
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Homework:
1) Complete the packet being sent home today, due Friday 9/20
2) Practice reading the little readers EVERY DAY

Upcoming Events:
Sept. 17 - "Reading is a FASHION statement!" - wear your favorite outfit for SCHOOL PICTURES
Sept. 18 - "Read for a Better Life Day" - wear BWE shirt or navy blue tshirt
Sept. 19 - "TEAM up and Read Day" - wear favorite team shirt or jersey
Sept. 20 - "HATS off to Reading!" - wear favorite hat, or donate $1 to Heavenly Hats

Sept. 24- SK8 Town Night
Oct. 10- Fun Run @ 9:00 (mark your calendar for this!)
Oct. 16- Moo-Yah Night
Oct. 18- Story Book Parade @ 8:30/early release day

Scoop of the week!

Good morning! This week's scoop:

Letter: Aa, Rr
(practice the /a/ and /r/ sound, finding Aa/Rr words, and writing Aa/Rr correctly)
Sight words: can, see, the, I, a (practice reading and writing these words daily)
Color: brown (practice spelling and identifying brown items)
Books:  My Ff Book (practice reading daily), In the mirror (in class)
Math: patterns

Upcoming Events:
Sept. 16-20 - "Read For a Better Life" gently used book drive for Oak Ridge Program.
We will be collecting gently used books for the students for the Oak Ridge High School Free Book Program

Sept. 16 - "What Have You READ Today?" - wear red shirt
Sept. 17 - "Reading is a FASHION statement!" - wear your favorite outfit for SCHOOL PICTURES
Sept. 18 - "Read for a Better Life Day" - wear BWE shirt
Sept. 19 - "TEAM up and Read Day" - wear favorite team shirt or jersey
Sept. 20 - "HATS off to Reading!" - wear favorite hat, or donate $1 to Heavenly Hats

A big thank you to Mrs. Tidwell for organizing our Parent volunteers and for her time helping me out~ I love parental involvement! If you signed up as a classroom volunteer Mrs. Tidwell will contact you within the next two weeks so we can start some rotations going on! Also be on the look-out for a sheet going home regarding reading day and volunteer readers.
Have an awesome and fabulous week!!
Mrs. Cox
P.S. I am almost finished with our beginning of the year assessments, and will be sending progress reports soon!

What have we been up to this week?

New Bulldogs in Mrs. Cox's class have been working with:
Letter: Mm (practice the /m/ sound, finding Mm, and writing Mm correctly)
Sight words: a, I, the (practice reading and writing these words daily)
Color: red (practice spelling and identifying red items)
Books: Huggles Breakfast, My Mm Book (practice reading daily)
Math: shapes-circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval

Thank you so much for the great turnout last night for parent information night! I enjoyed seeing so many of you come and get all the great information that we need to make this a successful year. If by any chance you could not make it to the meeting, be on the lookout for the slide-show print-out of what we talked about going home in the Friday folders.

A big thank you to Frankie's mom and dad for the cookies and water they sent in for last night, and also thank you to Jacob's parents for the packages of soda-scented and cookie-scented lip balms we are going to use for smellies!!!

A little extra:
Please remember to send water in sport bottles  to keep their little brains hydrated, (they can sip on) if possible, and to send juice for lunch only. Just a reminder that we do have severe allergies in my classroom and I would prefer nut-free foods at snack and lunch. If you are sending peanut butter or nut products, please help me educate the children on how careful they need to be : they cannot share food, they cannot touch anyone while they are eating , and they need to wash their hands with soap and water immediately after they eat.

Our goal is to make your child be as independent as he/she possibly can be (age appropriately, of course) so please practice these things at home:

-Bus number that they ride if they are a bus rider
-Know complete first and last name (orally and written)
-Practice shoe-tying
-Unbutton and button or zip/unzip pants (please send clothes that fit appropriately -not too tight, not too loose, so they can go to the bathroom by themselves)


Thank you again for almost two wonderful weeks of kindergarten! We have several parent volunteers that Mrs. Tidwell (Our very own PTO mommy) will call to set up rotations starting late September. 
If there is any question, doubt, praise, or concern that you may have please let me know by calling or emailing me at jmcox@conroeisd.net.
Have a wonderful rest of your week!!


Mrs. Cox
Shining Stars@ BWE