Stuckmeyer Farm

Monday Message

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I am looking forward to seeing everyone at parent/teacher conferences tonight and Wednesday evening.

Math: We are starting a new math book this week. We will be focusing on story problems. Every day, we will read the story problem together, show the problem on a graph, draw it, and write it out. We will also find our answer on a number line.

Guided Reading: I started pulling groups for guided reading last Monday. The LTA and I will be meeting with groups Monday thru Friday. We will talk more about these groups and reading strategies at conferences.

Sight Words: me, it, you (test Thursday)

I sent home the sight word packet for November on Friday. We will start those words next Monday. Please let me know if you did not get it. I also sent home the November homework. Please start it this week. We are starting it now, to make up for the week will be out for Thanksgiving break.

Chaperones for Stuckmeyers

Dear Volunteers for Stuckmeyer's,

Unfortunately the parking lot at Sappington will be very crowded on Friday. We have visitors coming to our school, picture retakes and 5th grade is also going on a field trip to Cahokia Mounds.  If at all possible, we would like to ask our volunteers to meet us at Stuckmeyer's Farm in Fenton. Since we plan on leaving Sappington at 8:45 a.m, we should be arriving at Stuckmeyer's Farm around 9:00 a.m.  We appreciate your understanding.  If you have to ride the bus with us to Stuckmeyer's, please let us know that you will be meeting us at our classroom so we do not leave without you.

Thanks again for your understanding,   

Mrs. Stout

Friday Fun

Mrs. Moehlmann came to read to our class on Friday!

Monday Message

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Sight words for this week: she, go, this

Math: We will start a new math book this week: My Pumpkin Seed, A Counting Story. Students will fill in the numbers 1-10 on a graph to show a certain number of pumpkin seeds for each day. Look for this book to come home Friday.

Writing: In writing this week, we are going to talk about shifting from being writers to readers. To do this, I will show students that when reading their stories, they will use the pictures they drew to help guess what the words will say.

Important dates to remember:

10/25 Friday: Stuckmeyers in the morning and picture retakes in the afternoon.

Time with our third grade buddies

Today we shared the finished writing we've been working on with our buddies. We also did a pumpkin glyph and our buddies taught us a Halloween joke! Have your child share their joke with you at home.

Red Ribbon Week

What to wear for Red Ribbon Week!

Monday, 10/21-”Celebrate a Drug free Life”

Students receive red ribbons to wear promoting our theme during the week.

Tuesday, 10/22-”Wear Blue Day”

Wear blue to show that drugs will give you the blues!

Wednesday, 10/23-”Wear Green Day”

Wear green today because the grass is greener on the drug-free side.

Thursday, 10/24-”Wear Red Day”

Wear red to show you believe in being drug-free!

Friday, 10/25-”Wear Orange Day”

Wear orange today.  Orange you glad you are drug-free?

A message for the week

Parents,

I want to start out by telling you how much I have enjoyed working with you kids. They are such a pleasure to be around and I love to see their minds at work.

With that being said, here is what we have been learning...

Sight Words: did, on, up. Please review these words at home and the words from previous weeks. Our assessment will be Thursday. Ask your child to clap them, snap them, stomp them, etc.

In writer's workshop, we are making cover pages for our finished pieces. We are going to share these with our 3rd grade buddies on Thursday and with you at conference time. We started a new writing piece today and we are focusing on adding detail, planning out our stories and being brave and using sound spelling to add more words.

science: We have been observing with our magnifying glasses (mulch, leaves, and other things in nature) and recording what we see.

Math: We have been working on ways to make 1-10. To accomplish this, we are using manipulatives of two different colors.

Next week is red ribbon week and this Friday is an early release day.

Have a great week!

Mrs.  Stout

A look at what we've been learning

Dear Families,

  Here's a look at what your child has been learning in Kindergarten.

 "Letter of the Day"   The letters that were focused on last week were Uu, Vv, Ww, and Xx.  We will complete our first rotation of "Letter of the Day" this week.  Students should be able to form the letters the "kindergarten way".  We always start our letters at the top.  During this rotation, students were also introduced to letter sounds.  We will continue to learn about our letters and review letter formation.  Students practiced sound stretching words daily with a lot of teacher guidance.  Students will be expected to do this more independently during the next rotation.

Math - Students will be bringing home their "Number Bond Book" this week. We finished these books, but we will continue to review this skill throughout the year.  Students are now working on ways to make a particular number.  Students will use counters, snap cubes and other materials to help them learn this skill.

Writing - Students are really enjoying Writer's Workshop time.  Students are learning the importance of including - who was there, what they were doing and where they were in their stories.  By adding these details to our stories, it allows the reader to feel like they are there with us.  

Sight Words -Based on recent assessments, some students are ready to read and write the weekly sight words. Please look at their homework packet this evening.  If your child is going to start reading and writing their sight words, you will see a sheet of paper that I stapled to the top of their homework.  The paper explains the expectations for sight word tests on Fridays.  Please do not be concerned if your child is not going to read and write the sight words.  After the first rotation of sight word introduction, all students will read and write the weekly sight words.  This weeks words are: at, he, and

Conferences - Conferences this year are Monday evening Oct. 28th and Wednesday evening Oct. 30th. I sent home a letter today, for you to sign and return.  

 

Here are some important dates to remember:

Tues. 10/8 McTeacher's Night at McDonalds on Watson Rd. from 4-8pm

 

Wed. 10/9 Magic House Field Trip 8:45-11:30

 

* If you are going on the field trip with us on Wednesday to the Magic House, please send $3 to school with your child before we leave on Wednesday. I will then be able to pay for all adults at the door.

 

Thurs. 10/10 Papa John's Night

 

Please call or email me, if you have any questions! hillarystout@lindberghschools.ws

 

-Mrs. Stout

Baby Nathan!

Here is a picture of baby "Nate"

 Nathan David Becker

Science

We started Science today. We talked about how scientists make observations using magnifying glasses. We looked at sea shells and recorded what we saw.

Our Week

 "Letter of the Day"   Last week students learned about the letters Rr, Ss and Tt.  Students enjoyed using ribbon, skittles and tissue paper to make these letters.  We are using an alphabet chart daily to learn letter names and sounds.  The students then use an individual alphabet chart to help them with writing words during Writer's Workshop.  The pictures underneath each letter help the students remember what sound the letter makes.

Math - Students are continuing to learn how to decompose numbers.  Last week they found ways to make the numbers 5, 6, and 7.  The students are using a number bond chart to help them with this task.  We record the different ways to decompose the numbers in a math journal.  

Writing - Students had fun sharing their informational books to the third grade buddies.  The students worked really hard on publishing a piece of writing.  We are starting to write stories about things that have happened to us in our lives.  You can help your child with this task at home by having them share what they did in a storytelling format.  Ask your child what happened first, next and last.  Practicing telling stories verbally will help them put their stories on paper.

Guided Reading - I finished individual reading assessments.  I am now working with students with leveled books.  Our LTA (literacy teacher assistant) will only be in our class a couple days this week due to trainings.  I will pull two groups each day during guided reading time.  Starting next week, all students will either meet with me or the LTA during Guided Reading Time.

Here are some important dates to remember:

Thursday Oct. 3rd - STL Blue's spirit day and Cardinal's Spirit Day.

Friday Oct. 4th -     Bingo Night 6:30-7:30

Sight Word Test:  in, am, to

Library

Wednesday Oct. 9th - Magic House Field Trip 8:45-11:30.  If you plan on attending, please e-mail me to confirm this.  I know some families marked on the permission slip they were going to attend the Magic House field trip, but since the forms were due in advance and I know plans can change I would like you to e-mail me if you still would like to attend. Also, parents will be charged an admission fee of $3 the day of the event.   
hillarystout@lindberghschools.ws

Thanks,

Mrs. Stout