Mrs. Matacotta's Kindergators

Can you build a boat that floats out of one of the following materials and tape?   Bubble wrap - Aluminum foil - 6 popsicle sticks How many counting bears can it hold before it sinks?

Dear Kindergator Parents,      I must apologize about for the confusing payment information on the Art Barn Field Trip form.  I didn't realize that my writing made it difficult to read the amount ($18.00 vs $8.00).  The correct amount for the trip is $18.00 per child .  I am truly sorry for any confusion and inconvenience this may have caused.      Thank you to all of the parents who have already sent in their payment.  It would be greatly appreciated, if we can have all permission slips and payments in my this Friday, August 31st.

Our Class Mission Statement In our class, we will be leaders who: · Take care of our school and ourselves. · Follow the rules. · Listen, learn, and do our work. · Solve problems with kindness.  · Never give up, even when it is hard!           Congratulations to Our Leader of the Month for September!!

Dates to Remember  Friday, August 24th-  FBI - Fathers Being Involved Breakfast 7:00-7:45 Spirit Day - Wear Addison t-shirt or something green Monday, August 27th- Return library books Wednesday, August 29th- Early release day 12:15pm Thursday, August 30th-   Chick Fil A Night 3rd, 4th, 5th grades Grandparent's Breakfast Friday, August 31st- Kindergarten Career Dress-Up Day K,1st ,2nd grades Grandparent Breakfast Spirit Day - Wear Addison t-shirt or something green Monday, September 3rd-  Labor Day - NO SCHOOL

Congratulation to ALL of our Kindergators! They ALL turned in their homework journal yesterday!!  ALL students were able to move their names up the rainbow 1 space!  Some students moved their names all the way to Purple for completing both homework choices!  A big THANK YOU to all of the parents, too, for providing the support and encouragement your children needed to accomplish this task! Here is what we will be learning about this week: Reading- Retelling fiction stories.  Students will be practicing identifying the characters, setting, important events, problem and solution of a story. Writing- Writing a story with a beginning, middle and end. Math- Rote counting, counting objects, number recognition, and number writing. S.S.- American Symbols – comparing and contrasting our National and State flags Science- Matter- comparing and sorting objects made of different materials. Just a few reminders and notes: News F...

We would like to take a moment to say thanks! First, Thanks to Mrs. Wessner and Mrs. Castro for volunteering to be our Room Moms!   Second, Thanks to Mrs. Mackintosh for volunteering to be a Science Lab volunteer! We greatly appreciate all of you donating your time to our class!! Finally, A GREAT BIG THANK YOU  to all of our parents for making the first night of homework such a great success! The students came into class today feeling very proud of doing their homework.  We even heard the words, "I love doing my homework!" echoing through the classroom!!  What a great first step into a successful school career for your child!                                                                

Your child should have brought their homework notebook home with them today.  It is due back this Friday  but we recommend keeping it in their backpack to help ensure it doesn't get left somewhere on that day.  Each night your child should complete the review skill, choice 1 OR choice 2 and then do some reading with you. Reading aside, the work should take no longer than 20 minutes. The work should be completed on the pages behind the homework grid and you can put more than one night on a page to save paper. Until the children get more comfortable in their writing, they may need to dictate some of their ideas to you. But after a week or two, they need to begin doing some or more of the writing.  All the questions from the homework relate to our standards. For example, you will see a question about finding the numbers on the mailbox. This relates to our social studies standard of knowing their "place in space" from continent down to home address. The ques...