Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Monday Message
Dear parents,
Thank you to everyone who has donated supplies for our writing trays! The kids have been enjoying using them for their letter writing.
Writer’s Workshop: We are continuing to write about how writers can write to make the world a better place. We discussed Earth Day and brainstormed ways to fix problems we see in our homes, at school and in our community.
Science: Our caterpillars are now formed into chrysalis! Our seeds we have planted are now seedlings. We are recording our observations in our science journals.
Sight Words: said, come, look, her, his, of
Word family: “and” words
Other Info:
· This is the last week for sight word homework and assessments. We will be reviewing words in class.
· The Music Program is Sunday May, 4th at 2:00. Kids need to meet in the lobby of the high school at 1:45 and remember…since the program is about ways to stay healthy, the students should wear Work-out / exercise clothes. Colorful sweatbands for wrists or head, tennis shoes, gym pants, whatever makes you think of staying fit.
· Our field trip to Susson Park is May 22nd, in the morning. Please send your child with a snack and drink that is disposable when finished.
Have a great week!
Friday, April 25, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
Monday Message
I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend. What beautiful weather!
This Friday is the Spring Fling. Thank you to everyone that donated to our raffle basket. It is greatly appreciated.
Last Friday we visited the book fair to preview all the wonderful books. Your child should have brought home their wish list. You are not obligated to buy anything, however, if you do wish to purchase please send the money with a list of what you would like your child to purchase.
This week we will begin our Junior Achievement classes. Mrs. B. is a guest that will be coming to teach us about many different economics and business topics such as money, saving, spending, etc. The kids will really enjoy these classes.
In writer's workshop we continue our work on persuasive letter writing. Thank you for all the donations to our writing center. The students are really motivated by all these new materials.
In Science, we continue our work on life cycles. We have some caterpillars that we will be watching closely over the next 10 days or so. We are also planting some seeds this week. We will observe their growth and record it in our observation journal. Hopefully we will have some nice plants to bring home in a week or two.
We also continue our study of word families. We have now worked on the "ing" family as well as words that end with "an", "am", and "at".
In Math, we are continuing our work on problem solving. We completed our work on addition and subtraction to ten. Most students did very well.
The weather is getting warm and beautiful and it is important to play outside a lot. However, it is also still important to read to or with your child every night for at least 15 minutes.
Thank You!
This Friday is the Spring Fling. Thank you to everyone that donated to our raffle basket. It is greatly appreciated.
Last Friday we visited the book fair to preview all the wonderful books. Your child should have brought home their wish list. You are not obligated to buy anything, however, if you do wish to purchase please send the money with a list of what you would like your child to purchase.
This week we will begin our Junior Achievement classes. Mrs. B. is a guest that will be coming to teach us about many different economics and business topics such as money, saving, spending, etc. The kids will really enjoy these classes.
In writer's workshop we continue our work on persuasive letter writing. Thank you for all the donations to our writing center. The students are really motivated by all these new materials.
In Science, we continue our work on life cycles. We have some caterpillars that we will be watching closely over the next 10 days or so. We are also planting some seeds this week. We will observe their growth and record it in our observation journal. Hopefully we will have some nice plants to bring home in a week or two.
We also continue our study of word families. We have now worked on the "ing" family as well as words that end with "an", "am", and "at".
In Math, we are continuing our work on problem solving. We completed our work on addition and subtraction to ten. Most students did very well.
The weather is getting warm and beautiful and it is important to play outside a lot. However, it is also still important to read to or with your child every night for at least 15 minutes.
Thank You!
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Science
We are learning about the life cycles of plants and animals. If anyone has an extra bag of potting soil laying around we are going to plant some seeds so we can observe them growing!
Monday, April 7, 2014
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Weekly Message
Sorry for the delay in this week's message...
We have been very busy this week. The students are excited about the warm weather and it fits perfectly with our discussions of spring. Our read aloud books have been about many spring topics, animals, plants, weather, baseball etc. They are really enjoying these stories.
In science we continue our chapter on living and non-living things. We have learned about the needs of living things and we are now focusing on how living things grow and change. We have "planted" lima beans in the classroom and we hope to see some sprouts soon! I am also working on getting some caterpillars for the room so that we can observe their life cycle.
Our reading skills are really taking off. We are now working on a strategy called Flippy the Dolphin. Flippy reminds us that if we are struggling with a word we may need to flip the vowel sound. We should try the word with the short vowel sound and with the long song. We also continue to work on word families and consonant clusters. All of these skills should help your child's reading and writing improve.
In Writer's Workshop we continue our persuasive writing. Students are writing to persuade those around them to "fix" a problem. They must first think of a problem that exists in their world, then think of some solutions, and then write to invite others to help with this problem. Kindergarten problems are quite varied. Some have problems keeping their room clean while others have problems with siblings or even parents!
Funny!
In math we continue to work on subtraction strategies. We have learned to use manipulatives and picture to solve subtraction problems. We also know to cross out what we are subtracting or to use the number line. Everyone is getting very good at both addition and subtraction!
Reminders:
Don't forget to return the form for the spring music program. Mrs. Bowles would like to know who plans to attend. We are hoping for 100% participation. Also, our program is about being healthy. The students are asked to wear "workout" type clothes. (Tennis shoes, sweatbands,etc)
Spring Fling will be coming soon. We will be collecting items for a silent auction. The kindergarten basket theme is Family Game Night. We are looking for donations of board games, cards, dice, etc.
Thanks!
We have been very busy this week. The students are excited about the warm weather and it fits perfectly with our discussions of spring. Our read aloud books have been about many spring topics, animals, plants, weather, baseball etc. They are really enjoying these stories.
In science we continue our chapter on living and non-living things. We have learned about the needs of living things and we are now focusing on how living things grow and change. We have "planted" lima beans in the classroom and we hope to see some sprouts soon! I am also working on getting some caterpillars for the room so that we can observe their life cycle.
Our reading skills are really taking off. We are now working on a strategy called Flippy the Dolphin. Flippy reminds us that if we are struggling with a word we may need to flip the vowel sound. We should try the word with the short vowel sound and with the long song. We also continue to work on word families and consonant clusters. All of these skills should help your child's reading and writing improve.
In Writer's Workshop we continue our persuasive writing. Students are writing to persuade those around them to "fix" a problem. They must first think of a problem that exists in their world, then think of some solutions, and then write to invite others to help with this problem. Kindergarten problems are quite varied. Some have problems keeping their room clean while others have problems with siblings or even parents!
Funny!
In math we continue to work on subtraction strategies. We have learned to use manipulatives and picture to solve subtraction problems. We also know to cross out what we are subtracting or to use the number line. Everyone is getting very good at both addition and subtraction!
Reminders:
Don't forget to return the form for the spring music program. Mrs. Bowles would like to know who plans to attend. We are hoping for 100% participation. Also, our program is about being healthy. The students are asked to wear "workout" type clothes. (Tennis shoes, sweatbands,etc)
Spring Fling will be coming soon. We will be collecting items for a silent auction. The kindergarten basket theme is Family Game Night. We are looking for donations of board games, cards, dice, etc.
Thanks!
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