Sunday, March 31, 2019

April news1


Upcoming Events
·       Monday, April 1st – Classes resume
·       Friday, April 5th – Sophomore Carnival
·       Monday, April 15th – Delayed start day
·       Fridays, April 12th & 26th – Kindergarten Round-up – No K
·       Good Friday, April 19th – Is now a half-day dismissal
This week in class!
Language Arts:  - Essential Question –How do we take care of different kinds of pets?
Letters of the week – Gg & Ww
Sight words of the week – of & they
Vocabulary words – responsibility, train, depend, compared, social
Category words – pet words
ReadingCAFÉ reader friend – Tryin’ Lion, Iggy Iguana, & Jabber the Reteller
Reader’s workshop reviewing our reader’s workshop rules, looks, sounds, movements.  Work on reader’s stamina.
Grammar sentences with prepositions
Writing Journal entries, small moments, story map organizer, handwriting practice
Math:
6.9 – Disappearing train (homelink)
6.10 – Attribute spinner
6.11 – Hiding bears (homelink)
6.12 – Growing & disappearing train
Social Studies: -
Responsibility, Respect, and Independence at home, school, and community.
Science: - Starting Unit 3 – Living it up
Focus – How do we determine between living and nonliving things?
Review Living/Nonliving things
Technology: - RAZ kids, hideout, Splash Math

Good Friday is now a half a day of school to make up for some of our snow days.  We will dismiss at 11:35.

Due to Kindergarten Round-Up!

Remember Fridays, April 12th & April 26th – there will be no class for all kindergarteners!   All other grades will come to school that day. 

Show-N-Tell this Friday for Gg or Ww items!

Most of the snow has melted from the playground but it is very frozen and cold still outside.  You may want to send your kiddos to school with their snow pants just so they are warm out on the playground.  Hats, gloves, and boots are still highly recommended.

I sent home all of the kiddos extra change of clothes before break.  It would be a good idea to just keep it in their backpacks for the remainder of the year, in case of spills, slips, or accidents.  Thank you!

We only have 9 very fast weeks left of Kindergarten!  Wow! 

As the days get warmer and the kids stay up longer with the sunlight, please be diligent with bedtimes still into the spring time.  Once May hits, we will be having our end of the year testing and we want our little ones to truly shine! 

The end of the year is very busy with field trips, field day, & fun days, so be aware of the newsletters to sign up for volunteering.

We have had an amazing year, so let’s finish the year strong!

Monday, March 18, 2019

March News 3


Upcoming Events
·       Monday, March 18th – Delayed start & Wear Green Day
·       Friday, March 22nd – ½ day of school before break
·       Friday, March 22ndPJ day, popcorn, & a play.
·       Spring Break – March 23rd – March 31st
·       Monday, April 1st – Classes resume
·       Friday, April 5th – Sophomore Carnival
·       Fridays, April 12th & 26th – Kindergarten Round-up – No K
·       Good Friday, April 19th – Is now a half-day dismissal
This week in class!
Language Arts:  - Essential Question –How are some animals alike and some animals are different?
Letters of the week – Uu
Sight words of the week – for & have
Vocabulary words – appearance, behavior, exercise, wander, plenty
Category words – animal parts
ReadingCAFÉ reader friend – Tryin’ Lion, Chunky Monkey, Flippy Dolphin
Reader’s workshop Partner reading – I read/you read & check for understanding, keep building reading stamina and being careful readers.
Grammar verbs
Writing Journal entries, small moments, story map organizer, handwriting practice
Math:
6.7 – Tall enough to ride (2-day lesson)
6.8 – Subtraction symbol (homelink)
6.9 – Disappearing train (homelink)
6.10 – Attribute spinner
Social Studies: - PBIS – school wide expectations
Science: - Starting Unit 3 – Living it up
Focus – How do we determine between living and nonliving things?
Technology: - RAZ kids, hideout, Splash Math

March Student of
the Month is Jaxson!
Jaxson is 6 years old.
Favorite book – Hi Fly Guy
Favorite color – Blue
Favorite food – mashed potatoes & gravy
Favorite hobby – playing basketball
His pet is Lucy his dog.
He wants to learn about space.
And when he grows up, he wants to be a scientist.

Reading Month!
We have had a really great time during reading month and the kiddos are so proud of their reading accomplishments!  On Friday, we will be having a PJ day and an assembly for the end of reading month.
Please keep up the reading, writing, and counting during spring break.  Use the busy bee binders for practice and read every night if you can.
There will be no show-n-tell this Friday due to the half-day dismissal.
Just an FYI

Just so you know, I am the girls’ Varsity Track coach so in the spring I will be leaving class early some days for away track meets and there will be subs to dismiss the kiddos. 

I am less available to have after school conferences so if you need anything or wish to meet please contact me and we can make other arrangements.

Thank you for your understanding.

If you and your family are planning on leaving early for Spring Break please let me know in advance.

Have a safe and refreshing Spring Break.  Praying everyone comes back ready to finish out our school year with a BANG!