Cardinal Community Academy

*Good morning!  I hope your family’s Thanksgiving was peaceful and full of joy.  I’m ready to see those 20 sweet faces tomorrow.  Can you believe, 12 school days remain in this semester?  There’s SO MUCH going on.  Please check it all out below…

*With December upon us, we may find ourselves with a snow day one of these days.  In the event of one, you will be notified by the district/CCA through ParentSquare.  The same is true if we have a delayed start (which means school begins on a 2-hour delay).  Just a heads-up, in the case of a delayed start, your child will not need a morning snack.  

*Kindergarten will have a gift exchange during our Christmas Party on Friday, December 19th.  The price limit is $15.  Girls will bring a wrapped gift for a girl; boys will bring a wrapped gift for a boy.  Gifts need to be brought in on Wednesday, December 17th (no sooner, please).  If this is a hardship for your family, please just let me know.  

*Parents, please join us for our Kindergarten Christmas Party at 1:30 on Friday, December 19th (in our classroom).  The schedule for that special afternoon is as follows:

1:30-2:20 Christmas Party in the Kindergarten Room (we’ll have our gift exchange, the kids will have gifts to give to you, and the kids will eat)

2:20-2:40 Recess

2:45 Primary (K, 1 & 2) Christmas Program in the Gym

Due to space limitations in our classroom, I’d encourage other family members, such as grandparents, to attend only the Christmas Program in the gym, rather than the party in our room.  🙂  Younger siblings may attend the party in the classroom, if needed.  

*During our party on the 19th, the kids will get goody bags (like during the Halloween costume parade).  If you’d like to sign-up to help with these, here is the link.

*December is a month filled with middle-of-the-year assessments.  One assessment I’ll be completing with your child is DIBELS (I shared this information with you at P/T Conferences in October).  Mrs. Hyberg and I will also be pulling kids one-on-one to complete some assessments that will help me complete report cards, which will come home in January when we return from Christmas break.

*CCA’s National Junior Honor Society is sponsoring a dress-up week the last week before Christmas break.  See the themed days in the date list below (I have them highlighted in purple--no fee to dress-up, it’s just for fun!).  They are also hosting a Hot Cocoa Bar on Tuesday the 16th…$2 for a regular hot chocolate and $3 for a hot chocolate with toppings.  If you’d like to order this for your child, money is due by Friday, December 12th. Money raised goes to the Weld County Elves.  

 

 Important Upcoming Dates:

Tuesday, December 2nd:	*Happy Birthday, Emma!  *Show & Tell:  Mrs. Hyberg & Mrs. Diller *Sight Word Quiz *Library
Wednesday, December 3rd:	*Show & Tell:  Adley & Annalee
Thursday, December 4th:	*Show & Tell: Blakely & Brelyn
Friday, December 5th:	*Show & Tell:  Demi & Dylan *Riggs Phonogram Quiz *First Friday Hat Day--$2 *School Store open until 4:00
Friday, December 12th:	*Money due for the NJHS Hot Cocoa Bar ($2 for plain, $3 for one with toppings)
Tuesday, December 16th:	*Santa Day (dress like the jolly old elf!) *Hot Cocoa Bar sponsored by NJHS (money due the 12th)
Wednesday, December 17th:	*Ugly Sweater Day *Send your child’s wrapped gift exchange present *Goodies due for the Christmas bags (see the Sign-Up Genius link in the notes above to contribute)
Thursday, December 18th:	*Polar Express Pajama Day:  kids can wear PJs all day, we’ll drink hot cocoa, eat cookies & watch the movie!
Friday, December 19th:	*Festive Christmas Day (dress-up/festive for our party/program!) *Christmas Party & Music Program The fun starts @ 1:30.     *No afternoon snack needed today. *Last day of 1st Semester
December 23rd-January 2nd:	*Christmas Break
Tuesday, January 6th:	*First day of 2nd Semester
Friday, February 13th:	*Grandparent’s Day/Valentine’s Day Celebration @ 7:30 a.m.
Friday, April 10th:	*Dad’s Day @ 2:45

 

CKLA Knowledge Strand:  This week we will continue the fifth domain titled “Farms” and…

*describe the actions of the main character from the folktale The Little Red Hen

*describe the events that occur in each season of farming

*discuss why farmers grow crops

*review our learning in preparation for the domain assessment the following week

 

Sight Words: This week we will…

*take a quiz on Tuesday

*review Sight Words #1-#18

*add Sight Word #19 and

 

Riggs:  This week we will…

*learn Phonogram #22 'v'

*learn Phonogram #23 'w'

*learn Phonogram #24 'x'

*take a quiz on Friday

 

Math:  This week we will continue Chapter 5 titled “Compose and Decompose Numbers to 10” and…

*compose and decompose 7, 8, and 9

*complete some fun, festive color-by-number pages

Parents, if you haven’t checked this out yet, take a few minutes to watch at least part of this video on composing & decomposing numbers with number bonds; it will help you understand the chapter:

Composing Numbers & Decomposing Numbers! | Mini Math Movies | Scratch Garden

 

CKLA Skills Strand:  This week we will…

*identify words with the sounds /v/, /w/, and /x/

 

Writing:  This week we will…

*complete a fun Christmas writing prompt, with finger spaces between words, capitals at the beginning of the sentence, and end punctuation.

 

Other:  This week we will…

*practice songs for our upcoming Christmas program, which will be part of our Christmas party the afternoon of Friday, December 19th.  

*work on some top-secret gifts for you, parents! 

 

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the information in this week’s newsletter.  I’m available through Parent Square or you can email me at stacydiller@re3j.com. 

 

Warmly, 

Mrs. Stacy Diller