Notes:
Valentine’s Day
We will exchange valentines on Thursday, February 14th. You may send valentine’s to school as early as Monday, February 11. Your child can use the list of student names that I sent home to write out valentines.
We will exchange valentines on Thursday, February 14th. You may send valentine’s to school as early as Monday, February 11. Your child can use the list of student names that I sent home to write out valentines.
Tuesday, February 5 our class will have a substitute teacher. I will begin to assess student reading progress (STEP test). I will finish assessing next week-Feb. 12.
Coming up Feb. 22 - 8:15a.m. - 9:00 a.m....
DUDES AND DONUTS!
This is a K-1 event. Students can invite a special "dude" to come visit the classroom, enjoy a donut and juice together, and share what they have been working on in kindergarten Dudes may arrive in the classroom at 8:15 a.m..
LANGUAGE ARTSComing up Feb. 22 - 8:15a.m. - 9:00 a.m....
DUDES AND DONUTS!
This is a K-1 event. Students can invite a special "dude" to come visit the classroom, enjoy a donut and juice together, and share what they have been working on in kindergarten Dudes may arrive in the classroom at 8:15 a.m..
Theme: My Shadow
Letter Sounds: /z/ and /z/ spelled Ss
High Frequency Words: but, up
Decodable: Bud and Max*
*Please have your child read and re-read the pre-decodable and the decodable books that are sent home. Depending upon your child's reading abilities these books will range from very easy to challenging. However, it is still good practice to have your child read and discuss these books with you at home.
MATH
This week our mini-lessons will focus on classifying and sorting based on attributes and using the strategy "counting on". In the upcoming weeks we will be working on the following concepts:
- Number Facts: composing and decomposing numbers, combining sets, counting on
- Length and Height: comparing length and height using nonstandard units
- Capacity
This week students will work on tens and ones, measuring and comparing length using cubes and measuring weight using a balance.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays students work in their Math Journals. Our Math Journal work begins with an open ended question that provides an opportunity for students to use multiple strategies for problem solving. Students are then asked to record their work and discuss how they solved the problem. Finally, a few students each week share their problem solving strategies with the class.
WRITING
PLEASE SEND A FOLDER FOR WRITING IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY-THANK YOU!
This weeks mini-lessons:
- Widening Writing Possibilities: Lists and Letters
- Real-World Purposes for Writing (everyday all around us, there are reasons to write)
- Fixing Up Writing
- Editing and "Fancying Up" Writing
- Celebrating Our Writing!
Our goal is to convey our ideas through drawing and writing including a lot of details, colors, labels and sentences. The conventions of writing are practiced every day by our little kindergarten authors!
CORE KNOWLEDGE UNIT
Pilgrims and Colonial Times with MRS. MAKELA
check out Mrs. Makela's portal
Students will go to Mrs. Makela's room from 2:00-2:30 everyday.
In Mrs. Mase's room for Core Knowledge Ms. Sather's class will be reading classic stories:
Momotaro Peach Boy, The Story of Jumping Mouse, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have?
SHOW AND SHARE
Friday - show and share
HOMEWORK
- Read 20 Minutes every night
- Review High Frequency Words Grade K
- Practice writing numbers and letters
- Count forward and backward
- Play LEXIA or IXL
