March 25 - March 28


Notes: 

  • We have a college t-shirt day on Monday and Thursday. 
  • Our school OSA is on Thursday at 2:50 in the Cologne Community Center. 
  • No school on Friday.

LANGUAGE ARTS
Theme: Ready, Set, Grow!
Letter Sounds: Long i
High Frequency Words: down, they
Decodable: 
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 we will be discovering all the different ways to make the number 8 and 9. We will also work on addition and subtraction using pictures, numbers, and story problems.
Coming up:
  • Ordinal numbers
  • Capacity
  • Telling time
  • Money- identifying and counting coins 
    Math Workstations-(Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) 
    This week students will work on ordering numbers out of sequence, composing and decomposing numbers, making 10, and creating addition sentences.

    Math Journals - (Tuesdays and Thursdays) 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
    This week's mini-lessons:
    We will revisit our pattern books this week. We are almost done with our last book and will be ready to add them to our library! On Tuesday and Wednesday we will work on writing complete sentences and editing our work. 

    CORE KNOWLEDGE UNIT
    Mrs. Mase's students will go to Ms. Sather's room from 2:00-2:30 everyday for Science. Check out Ms. Sather's portal for more details!
    Mrs. Makela's class will be learning about Nursery Rhymes and Fables with Mrs. Mase. 
    Monday: wrap-up Seven Continets with Ms. Sather's class
    Tuesday: Roses are Red & Ring Around the Rosie
    Wednesday: Rain, Rain, Go Away & It's Raining, It's Pouring
    Thursday: Jack Be Nimble & Little Jack Horner
    Friday: No School
    SHOW AND SHARE
    No Show and Share this week

    HOMEWORK
    • READ-O - complete 5 in a row, more than 5, or the whole page!
    • Read 20 Minutes every night (READ-O can be applied to Reading Rodeo Minutes) 
    • Review High Frequency Words Grade K
    • Practice writing numbers and letters
    • Count forward and backward
    • Play LEXIA or IXL