Welcome to Mrs. Chrzanowski's Class Blog. We are excited to start 2008-2009 school year with our new students and welcome back our returning students !! I look foward to working with all of you and please feel free to contact me at Debbie. Chrzanowski @ cobbk12.org
Oct. 6th-Oct 10th
First Grade
Reading- The link below is for the first 50 sight words that the boys and girls need to know. We have been practicing at school but you may use this link at home. Remember that they should be able to recognize by sight and not be sounding out the words within 4 seconds.
http://cicobb.typepad.com/es_la/files/first_50_words_powerpoint.
Kindergarten
This week we will learn about Fire Safety Week! The boys and girls will learn about ways to stay safe incase of a fire and to be able to show you the STOP, DROP, and ROLL technique. The state of GA wants all Kindergarten students to have a fire escape plan for home. On Thursday, I will ask each child about his/her escape plan at home. Your child should also be able to orally tell me his home address and phone number. If you don't have a home phone, please make sure your child knows your cell phone number.
Language Arts- we have been assessing upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet and the kindergarten sight words. Your child should be able to read at least 5 words.
Math- we will count sets to 5. We have been practicing writing our numbers with correct formation. At Calendar Math we have practiced the penny and nickel as well as their values.
Nurse Sue will be coming in this week to talk about proper handwashing. The boys and girls are forgetting to wash, some just rinse their hands under the water for a few seconds, and some aren't even drying hands. This is also on the report card, so please talk to your child about it at home.
Sept. 29th- Oct. 3
First Grade -We have been learning about how the world is made up of 7 continents and 5 oceans. This week we will learn about the Earth's landforms. In science, we are learning about the four seasons and weather. We are practicing counting on in math and we are learning about fact families. In writing we will continue to learn how to stay on one topic and using capitalization and punctuation.
Kindergarten- This week we will begin Community Helper Week! We will talk about the jobs of many people including police, doctors, construction workers, and farmers. In math, we will be learning more, fewer, and equal. Please visit the Harcourt math website to practice. In writing we will continue to practice our names and how to form correctly lowercase letters. Please practice at home.
Sept. 22-26th
Friday was the last day of Cogat testing for first grade. We will continue with the testing schedule as the other grades take the ITBS. Our lunch time is 11:59 and our specials time is 11:05-11:50.
This week we will continue our Apple/Fall theme and learn about Johnny Appleseed. On Friday we will complete a taste test and graph the Apple products we like/dislike. We will continue to read books about Fall and start to observe the changes in our weather as Fall starts this week. In math we have been learning about AB patterns, number recognition, and relationship words (in, out, above, below, in front of, behind, between).
September 2-5
I hope your family enjoyed an extra day off from school with fun Labor Day activities !! We have finished most of the beginning of the year assessments. Please look for information in your child's RED folder for home/family activites as well as our class blog.
- We will be learning touch math. By touching the TouchPoints and counting aloud, the teacher engages the visual learner, the auditory learner and the kinesthetic learner. For infomation and to see a visual of the numbers go to
http://www.touchmath.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.welcome&gPage=23
- Please review the Harcourt glossary for your child's math grade level vocabulary. The glossary contains an audio of the word, a picture example, and a read aloud sentence. http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/math04/index.html
Math-Kindergarten-We are learning new math vocabulary words for example: inside, outside, in front of, behind, and beside. We will practice these words through movement and manipulation of objects as well as with paper pencil activities. Please reinforce vocabulary with family activitiy suggestions already sent home. 
Math- First Grade- We will be learning to add sums to 10.We will also learn math vocabulary such as add, plus +, sums, is equal to =, an addition sentence, as well as "0" zero. Please practice at home with flashcards
