August 27, 2010

From Mr. Bilbe:

We are off to a great start this week with the addition of our preschool and Kindergarten students. Please scroll down to see the important dates and information related to your child(ren)'s classes.

Open House for grades 1-7 will be held on September 1 from 6:30 to 8:30. Unfortunately, we will not have the Edline login information available at Open House. We are busy tweaking the design and implementation. Please look for additional information in the coming weeks. Due to this delay, students will continue to bring test papers home on Wednesdays until the system is fully operational.

We are very excited to announce the possibility of a ensemble band at Kehoe-Francen Northshore. The potential band director will be here on Monday at 2:00 to speak with the 1st-7th grade students. Parents of students who are interested in having their child participate in the band are invited to attend as well. Remember this is for 4th-7th graders only.

With the great success of Saints last season, we have been receiving calls regarding school closure or dismissal during the season. As a matter of school policy, students will not have homework or test the day following any WEEK DAY HOME GAME. School will be open the day of and the day following these games. We have two home dates that meet this criteria. The Thursday, September 9 game vs. the Vikings and the Sunday night, October 31 game vs. the Steelers. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this policy.

Carpool line reminders: Preschool and Kindergarten carline begins at 2:45. Parents of students in grades 1-7 should line up at the stop sign on Patricia at Michelle. You will directed to enter the carline at 3:00. Please remember that you must follow the directive given by our carline duty teachers. Your cooperation not only helps carline run efficiently but most importantly ensures the safety of our students.

Uniform Shop: Regular days and hours will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:00 until 9:30 beginning Aug. 23rd. To those Parents who are waiting for special orders from Inka's Uniforms, we are receiving orders daily and will deliver to students ASAP. Thank you for your patience.

Please join us for Open House on Wednesday, September 1st from 6:30-8:30pm. This is a parent only Open House.

In answer to some of the questions about homework and testing during the Saints football season, it is Kehoe-France policy that there will be no homework or tests scheduled the day after a week day home game.

Flag Football: Practice for flag football will be every Tuesday and Thursday until 4:30 up to the time the games start. Please see the calendar on the website for upcoming games. www.kehoe-francens.com and click on the calendar.

Volleyball: Please see the school calendar for practices and games. This will be updated as needed.

Highlights of our classes:

PP2: We have had a great first week of school! We are so proud of all of our students! Hooray!!!!

Welcome to PP-2 weekly news! Next week our themes will be: Apples ( PP-2 A ) and Clifford ( PP-2 B ). We will introduce letter A, color red, number 1 and circle shape. Some of the activities the children will enjoy in PP-2 A are: apple printing, painting apples with rubber worms, making a contact paper apple and finger painting an apple red. Some of the activities the children will enjoy in PP-2 B are: coloring Clifford, finger painting Clifford, gluing red paper on Clifford and making a Clifford headband. The children will meet Apple Auntie alphabet puppet and learn her song. We will introduce the Nursery Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty.

We are looking forward to another great week next week.Have a great weekend!

Special dates:

* Wed., Sept.1- Preschool Room Rep meeting- 8:15 in the cafeteria
* Wed., Sept.1- Open House for grades 1st-7th- 6:30-8:30

PP3: We have spent the week getting to know each other and learning the school routine. It's been very nice getting to know your children. We're looking forward to a great school year!

PP4: PP4 is having a marvelous time getting to know each other and our first Letter Person, Mr. M! Did you know that Mr. M has a Munching Mouth? He is teaching us about what is safe and what is unsafe to eat. We have also met our first Number Person, Ms. 1. Her favorite coin is the penny, and she is teaching us all about them. It has been a great week, and we are looking forward to many more fun times ahead! Be on the lookout for a special project that will be coming home on Monday, and have a great weekend!

KDG:Kindergarten has kicked off the year on the right foot! We have begun our lessons by learning the Letter C, Position and Location terms, and All About Each Other. We started writing our names properly and soon we will start tying our shoes. The most exciting news of the week for Ms. Gina and Ms. Nicole was the arrival of our new rugs! They are USA maps. If you haven't had a chance to see them please stop by. The kids have already started to learn the states. YEAH!!!

1ST grade: In Reading, we will continue working in Welcome Back, Superkids. In Language, we will continue to work on sentence structure. In Math, Ms. Guidry will continue the unit on Tens and Ones. Mrs. Miller will continue the unit on Describing and Comparing Numbers. In Social Science, we will complete our work on our All About Me booklets.

2nd grade: MATH:

Mrs. Brandy- Comparing & Ordering Numbers

Ms. Lindsey - Comparing & Ordering Numbers; Patterns

LANGUAGE ARTS: This week we will continue reading our first nonfiction magazine called SUPER. We will be learning about Main Idea and Details, Cause and Effect, and Homonyms. In writing we will learn the two parts of a sentence and practice writing complete sentences.

SOCIAL STUDIES: All About Me

3rd grade: In Math this week in Mrs. Grosch's class, we learned to read and write whole numbers to the hundred thousands and millions place. We, also, learned different ways to write numbers including standard form, expanded form, and word form. We reviewed place value and practiced identifying the value of a particular digit within a larger number.

In reading this week, we read the realistic fiction story, "Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend." This is a delightfully upbeat story about making friends with the new kid on the block. It is the first story of the unit with the theme of friendship. Our reading skills this week were classifying and categorizing.

In language, we studied sentences. We identified complete sentences, studied the four kinds of sentences, and learned the correct way to use capitalization and punctuation.

In spelling, we learned to spell words with short vowel sounds. We also began using the Spelling Contract for homework. The student may choose, from a list of 27 activities, the four activities that they prefer to do for homework for the week. Parents need to sign a spelling contract form only if the student performed an oral or computer activity for homework. If there is any paper to be turned in, there is no need for a parent to sign a spelling contract form.

In Ms. Sciortino's math class this week, the student's focused on place value. We worked with base ten blocks and worked real hard to grasp the concept.

We are off to a wonderful start in third grade! The third grade teachers are looking forward to a year of fun-filled learning.

4th grade: 4th grade will be in full swing this week. The students are doing well with their load of books and the use of the lockers.
Math (Aufrecht) will be comparing, ordering, and rounding whole numbers. We will begin the x rocket math program.
Math (Woods) will be learning decimal place value and comparing them as well. They will continue their rocket math program.
Language class will be beginning the study of subjects in chapter 2.
Science is a continuation on Investigation 1 about the Earth's land forms.
Social Studies class will have their first test on Lessons 1 and 2 of the overview chapter.They need to begin to learn the Southeast states as highlighted on the map in their green folder.
Reading will be a story about Lewis and Clark. Students will work on author purpose, sequencing, and cause and effect.
Spelling is unit 2

Middle School Language and Literature - Mrs. D: The fifth graders will continue working on Unit One in Language. They are learning about different types of sentences as well as subjects and predicates. There will be a quiz Thursday on lessons 1-3. In Literature, the students will continue working on "The Gold Cadillac". We will also be learning about genre and how to moniter comprehension. Tests in both Language and Literature can be expected in the following week. Don't forget that Open House is Thursday at 6:30. Please see the handout that was sent home this week. Hope to see everyone there.
The sixth graders have wrapped up the writing process and will be beginning Chapter One in Language. In Literature, they will complete reading "The Amigo Brothers" and will begin working on "Summer of the Trees". Students will be quizzed throughout the week on these stories. Tests in both subjects can be expected the following week. Don't forget that Open House is Thursday at 6:30. Please see the handout that was sent home this week. Hope to see everyone there.

5th, 6th and 7th Grade Science- Ms. Witte: 5th Grade: This has been a great week in science! The Oil Spill assignments completed by the students were amazing! The students have been learning about cells and using the microscopes to view animal and plant cells. In the upcoming week the students will learn about the structures of plants. They will examine roots, stems and leafs. The students will prepare for a test on Friday, September 3rd . A study guide will be covered in class to assist them. Remember to check homework hero for daily assignments. My website (linked on the homework hero page) has some study aides for the students to use as well.

6th Grade: The sixth graders have a week of discovery this past week. They have viewed animal and plant cells by using a microscope and compared and contrasted the major structures. The Oil Spill assignments completed by the students were terrific! Next week the students will learn about life processes cells need to survive. The students will prepare for a test on Friday, September 3rd. A study guide will be covered in class to assist them. Remember to check homework hero for daily assignments. My website (linked on the homework hero page) has some study aides for the students to use as well.

7th Grade: The seventh grade has been hard at work this week. They began a moldy bread experiment which they will write a formal lab report for beginning next week. The Oil Spill Projects were great! This upcoming week they will prepare for a test on Wednesday, September 1st over Chapter 2. . A study guide will be covered in class to assist them. Towards the end of the week the students will begin looking at the chemical compound found in cells and conduct a lab. Remember to check homework hero for daily assignments. My website (linked on the homework hero page) has some study aides for the students to use as well.

Middle School Math- Mrs. Holsten: Jr. Beta Club: The first meeting will be Thursday, September 9th, 3-3:30 in the lunchroom. (open to all 5-7 graders)

7th grade: Open house - Wednesday, September 1st 6:30PM - 8:30PM. Parents only.
Angola Field Trip - Wednesday, September 22nd more information to follow (paper folder)

Middle School Math:
Pre-Algebra - Variables, expressions, solutions, coordinate system
Math 2 - problem solving, variables, expressions
Math 1 - order of operation, variables, expressions, functions
Math 5 - decimal place value, order and compare decimals

"All people Smile in the same language."

Middle School Language/Literature- Mrs. Wilson: 6th and 7th grade classes are in full motion now. We have reviewed the writing process and started the first chapter in the textbook today. This chapter is concerning the sentence, including subject/predicate and types of sentences. Please be sure that students are reviewing their work nightly.

6th grade and 7th grade Literature classes have officially learned the new process for their textbook. There will be plenty of questions as we work our way through the new book, so please do not hesitate to email me if something is unclear. I have slowly walked the classes through the process this week that they will use for every textbook selection. Students should expect a reading quiz at the conclusion of each reading selection.

Please have your student check the test calendar on a regular basis.

Link to calendar page: Please go to the below link for instant reference to all Kehoe-France Northshore upcoming events and activities.

http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?