No
School Tomorrow or Monday!
Events of the Week: This week we
started an Author Study on Laura Numeroff.
- Language Workshop: We learned about
Laura Numeroff and read several of her books, including If You Give a
Mouse a Cookie, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, If You Give a
Dog a Donut, and If You Take a Mouse to School. We identified the characters, setting,
and story events. We practiced
retelling the stories and sequencing the events. We compared the books from the week to
see how they were alike and how they were different.
- Writing Workshop: We introduced series
of events writing. We spent the
week putting events in the correct sequence and then writing about each
event. We discussed that in order
for our writing to make sense, it has to be written in the correct order. We practiced this by writing a whole
group paper sequencing the events of eating cake at a birthday party. Then the students independently wrote about
a girl getting ready to go out in the rain. Please look at this paper with your
child and have him/her read it to you.
- Reading Workshop: We are
continuing to work every day on applying the reading strategies to figure
out unknown words in our books. I am excited about the progress the
girls and boys have made so far this year. I will be assessing
end-of-year reading levels in the next couple of weeks. Please encourage your child to use the
reading strategies when he/she is reading with you at home.
- Word Study: Our sight word for
the week was “what”. We are working
on building and spelling simple words.
We’ve worked extensively on changing the beginning sound to make
new words (for example: pig, dig, wig) and now we are working on changing
the middle (pat, pit, pot) and ending sounds (hot, hop, hog) to make new
words. Please use the construction
paper letters that were sent home this week to practice this skill with
your child.
- Math: We have continued to work on counting objects to 20.
We are grouping them into sets of 10 and leftover ones. We
have done this both with ten-frames and without. Your child’s numbers to 20 assessment is
coming home today. If your child
cannot identify all the numbers to 20, please continue to practice at
home.
Important Dates:
·
April 20 - No School!
·
April 23 - No School!
·
April 27 - Kindergarten Screening - Kindergartners WILL
attend school this day!!
·
May 2 - Kindergarten Field Trip
·
May 21 – Reading Journey Due
·
May 23 - Last Day of School!!!
Kindergarten
Field Trip
The
kindergarten field trip will be Wednesday, May 2nd. We will travel to
J.R. Martin Park in Republic to play and eat lunch before heading to the
Discovery Center in Springfield. You should have already returned your
child’s permission slip and money.
We Need
Your Help!
Kindergarten screening for next year’s kindergartners will be held
on April 26th and 27h. If you know someone who will have a child in kindergarten next
school year, please remind them to call the school to schedule an appointment
for Kindergarten Screening (743-4810). All children will need to have the
following documentation:
·
Birth Certificate
·
Shot Record
·
Proof of Residency (if NOT enrolled in Parents as Teachers)
Sight Words—Keep
practicing!
I is like see my
a the be have it
he she to can
with go we me you
and are they in do
not at
said was for
this what
**Reminder...these words have to be recognized by sight within 3-5
seconds to count on an assessment.
Reading
Journey
Please remember the goal is to be reading at least fifteen
minutes each day with your child. Our reading journey goal is to complete
at least 20 activities by May 21st. Make
this a special time with your child.
Next
Week:
± We will continue our author study on Laura
Numeroff.
± In math we will continue learning about
numbers 11-20.
± We will continue working on series of
events writing.
± During word study, we will continue to make
and spell words.
± Our sight words
will be “no” and “so”.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Vestal
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