News from Ms.

Bishops
Kindergarten Class
Welcome Back Paideia Owls!
The second half of the
school year has begun! I
am so excited to start this
third quarter - I really
missed the scholars!

6:00pm), and we can schedule a time for you to come

in the classroom or call to
discuss your scholars progress. Thanks!

On Wednesday, each
scholar will be receiving
their 2nd quarter report
card, so please be sure to
check their backpack and
review their grades! If you
have any questions or concerns, please contact me
(see the back of this newsletter for contact info).
Just like last quarter, I will
be happy to host a parentteacher conference if you
would like - please contact
me with a time that works
for you next week (before
school from 7:00-7:45am
or after school from 4:00-

Very soon, our classroom

will be receiving a huge
carpet that was donated to
us through a website called
donorschoose.org! This new
carpet will replace our
large, blue carpet that I
bought to fit each scholar
comfortably. The carpet
will have a large square for
each scholar to sit on, and
I am so excited to guide
the scholars through the
thank-you process of the
donation, and I also look
forward to using this new
carpet to help us during
whole-group activities and

Week 1
story readings! :)
One of the new tools we
will be using this quarter
are individual readers for
each scholar. These books
are for scholars to practice
reading, and allows them to
write and mark in the book
in order to help them blend,
gather meaning, and improve fluency. Because we
are reading more in class,
please make sure you continue to review the phonograms with your scholar, as
well as practice those
spelling words every night!
This will improve your
scholars ability to read by
leaps and
bounds!

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Quarter 3

Important Dates:
Wednesday, January 7:
Quarter 2 Report Cards go home
- check your scholars backpack!
Friday, January 9:
Honor Roll Assembly more info TBA
Monday, January 12Thursday, January 15:
Optional Parent-Teacher
Conferences
Friday, January 16:
No School
Monday, January 19:
No School:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, January 26:
100th Day of School!

The Seven Habits Seek First to Understand...

Habit #5 is Seek first to understand, then to be understood. From time to time
the scholars will run into a confrontation with a peer, and we encourage scholars to
use their words to communicate effectively with each other. Scholars know that
leaders will listen to other peoples ideas and feelings, in order to better understand why another person may be acting a certain way. From this, scholars can
then make better decisions and find resolutions that benefit everyone.
For more information on the Seven Habits, check out:
http://www.theleaderinme.org/the-7-habits-for-kids

Contact Information
Arienne Bishop
abishop@paideiamail.com
(760) 409-7854 (call or text)
(602) 343-3073 (classroom)
*Please leave a message if I cannot
answer your call, and I will get back
to you as soon as possible! Please
also use Class Dojo to message me!
Check out our class website at:
http://msbishopkindergarten.weebly.com/

Coming Up...
In Language Arts, scholars will be reviewing
phonograms, while also learning a couple new sounds!
They will also be receiving their readers, which will
have each scholar reading on their own! Wow!
In math, scholars are beginning a new unit (in
their new math books!) that will focus on scholars
being able to identify that the next number in a
sequence is one more than the previous number (ex.
8 is one more than 7). This will help scholars improve
their number sense and addition/subtraction skills!
This week, scholars will be learning all about
the continent of Asia! Although there are so many
countries and cultures throughout Asia, scholars will
be learning about some Japanese and Chinese customs,
and compare them to American customs! A lot of fun
is coming our way! :)

Reading Your Scholars Report Card...

In preparation for your scholars report card, which will be
sent home this Wednesday, please review this legend. In Kindergarten,
we do not use the traditional A,B,C method of grading:
ES: Exceeds Standard
MS: Meets Standard
AS: Approaching Standard
NM: Not Meeting Standard
Again, please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, or concerns regarding your scholars progress! I will be sending
home more information later this week on the Awards and Honor Roll
Assembly, which will be taking place this Friday.

Remember to sign your scholars agenda every night! Thank you!