MacDougal School

Jo Linscott

Dear Families, If you have any questions or concerns about your child's education, please schedule an appointment so that we may speak.  You may also feel free to e-mail me at any time. E-Mail Me

Fun in Mrs. Linscott's Room Current & Past Events Click Here!

Old McDonald had a farm... and so do we!! Check us out!

We loved...

Week of April 14th the Red Grammar song "Heading on Down to the Barn". making a hen with words in the -en word family. Officer Phil!!  He talked about being safe in the card and when crossing the street. Week of April 7th painting our barn. playing at the farm. our math centers with the silly scarecrow and addition with the birds and eggs. Week of March 31st the money game.  We exchanged pennies for nickles and nickels for dimes.  We liked it so much that we have asked to play it again! the Numbers Race!  It's a game writing 13-18. Week of March 24th asking the Question of the Week - Which season do you like best? Writer's Workshop. We learned about writing from the left to right, and top to bottom. Let's Find Out Center.  We used a feely box to pick out a coin and name it.

We Practiced...

Week of April 14th the word she. the letter and letter sound for Yy - Yetta Yo-Yo. measuring. counting by 10's to 110! Week of April 7th the sight words: said & like. the letter and letter sounds for Ww - Willy Worm. the letter and letter sound for Ee - Edna Elephant. listening for and naming beginning sounds/letters. listening for and changing beginning sounds to make new words. counting to 100!!!! Week of March 31st the sight words: said and the all the introduced letters and sounds exchanging pennies, nickels and dimes writing numbers with Jack Hartmann's song.  WOW! We are getting better! Words in the -ox and -ot word families Week of March 24th measuring items and pictures with non-standard measuring tools. the words "the" and "said". words in the -ot family ...cot...got...hot...

Wish list for my classroom
	We are all set for now. Thank You! Updated 1/27/2008

Classroom Schedule
Tuesday	Music	9:30-10:10
Wednesday	Art	10:00-10:40
Thursday	Library	8:45-9:25
Friday	Gym	10:20-11:00

Art Work from our Star Students! Click Here!

This artist likes trains and he has an old train hat.  This train has the name Thomas.

We're Always Working on Our Reading & Writing!

Reading I hope that your child's Book Treasure Box has been getting a lot of use. It is very beneficial if your child reads and rereads these books. Each time your child brings home a book, please spend some time working on it together before it goes in the box for another day. Writing We are all practicing writing our names. We use a capital letter first and then the rest are all lower case letters. Thanks for helping practice this at home too.

Name Search!

Be on the lookout for your child's name in the newsletter this week.  if you see your child's name on any page, let me know.  Just help your child write me a quick note, and he or she will get a prize.  if you don't find it this week you'll see it soon in an upcoming newsletter. February 15th - Update Over the past several weeks I have included 3-5 student names in the weekly newsletter.  Thanks for helping your child send me a note when you read his or her name in the newsletter!

Book-It! Reading Program The Book-It reading incentive program sponsored by Pizza Hut has now ended. Congratulations to Ella, Eliot, Lydia, Bryan, Shelden and Tanner for participating in at least one month. Great job Tanner and Shelden for completing the goal for all 6 months. WOW!!!

Reminders  and Notes

Updated 4/6/08

We would like to thank Bryan for donating a book from the Scholastic Book Fair to our classroom. It is a great book for our theme about the farm. The book title is Cock-a-doodle-doo!  Barnyard Hullabaloo.