Friday Note 1/30/15

This Week:  We started off the week by celebrating the 101^st day with a Dalmatian Celebration.  In math we started learning about subtraction.  We began a research and writing project over walruses.  Our sight word this week was “are”. 

·         Language Workshop— We spent the week researching walruses.  We read a variety of books and used many resources to help us find facts.  As we gathered information on walruses, we wrote a list of facts about them.  Next week, we’ll write an informational paper as a class about walruses.

·          Writing Workshop—We continued working on writing complete sentences.  We practiced looking at a picture and writing about it. 

·         Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups or individual students to focus on different reading skills.  During independent reading time students are practicing the skills they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies.

·         Word Study— We practiced segmenting and blending phonemes.  We are learning to pronounce the beginning, middle and ending sound in words then blend them back together (ex: /j/ /e/ /t/ = jet). 

Important Dates:

o   Feb. 13: Valentine’s Party

o   Feb. 16: No School

o   Feb 9-12- Cheer Clinic practice until 5:00pm

o   Feb 13 – Cheer Clinic performances  K-4 performance at JV half-time, 5-8 Varsity half-time

Reading Challenge

If your child returned their book bag today they received their first sticker towards our reading challenge.  Please encourage your child to read these books several times before returning them.    

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

The Character word for January is:

Perseverance

(Never, ever quit!)

Library Books

Remember to take care of the library books while they are at your house!  A good idea is to keep the library book in your child’s backpack when it is not being read.  Library books are due back each Thursday, so your child can check out a new book.

February Lunch Menu

There is an error on our February lunch menu. The printed dates for the last 2 days of February are incorrect. The dates show as “22 & 23” and should be “26 & 27”. The menu items are correct and the days still line up in terms of days of the week (Thursday & Friday). 

Thank you for attending our P.E. performance last night!  

Next Week:

• We will continue our class research project about walruses.
• We will continue our unit on subtraction.
• Our sight word will be “they”.
• We will practice building and writing sight words.

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger

Friday Note 1-23-15

Friday Note 1/23/15

This Week:  In math we practiced counting to 100 in preparation for Friday!  We learned to use a hundreds chart and worked on some fun 100 day activities!  We continued learning about winter and read some fun winter books!  On Friday, we celebrated 100 days of Kindergarten in lots of fun ways!

·         Language Workshop—We read and discussed many different winter fiction books. 

·         Writing Workshop—We practiced writing complete sentences.  We learned how to turn a word or thought into a sentence.

·         Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups or individual students to focus on different skills. 

·        Word Study— We practiced building, reading, and writing sight words.

**We have finished learning the letters in the alphabet. Please work with your child if they do not know all of the letters and sounds.

Important Dates:

o   Jan. 26: 101^st Day of School

o   Jan. 29: Cox Care Mobile

o   Jan. 29: Kindergarten PE Performance at CHS during HS Girls’ Basketball Game

o   Feb. 13: Valentine’s Party

o   Feb. 16: No School

101^st Day of School!!!

We will celebrate the 101st Day of School on Monday (Jan. 26th) with a DALMATIANS theme!  We will be doing various activities with the number 101 throughout the day, including eating a special snack.  Please dress your child in black and white clothing next Monday for our 101 DALMATIAN CELEBRATION!

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

I    is    like    see    my    a    the    be    have

it   he    she   to  can   with  go  we  me  you   and

What do the teachers do on Fridays after the students go home???

Every Friday Clever students are dismissed early to allow time for teacher collaboration.  After students leave for the day, district faculty assembles together to learn and work to better the education of our students.  Teachers have learned new ways to implement technology, new teaching strategies, and how to better serve our students.

The Kindergarten team has focused on letter identification since the beginning of the year.  Each teacher gathered data during the first few weeks of school.  At that time, 8 kindergarten students (9%) were able to identify all upper and lower case letters.  The kindergarten teachers collaborated with other members of our team, which includes our preschool teacher, a Parents as Teachers Home Educator, a Speech Therapist, and reading specialists, on ways to help our students learn their letters.  After two quarters of instruction we are happy to report 63 students (71%) can identify all their letters!  An additional 11 students (12%) are very close to meeting our goal!  Our class had only one student in August who could identify all 52 letters, but at the December break we had 12 students who reached our goal!  What wonderful improvement! 

The kindergarten team will be focusing on student reading in the coming quarters!  Keep reading at home to help your child reach proficiency in their reading!

The Character word for January is:

Perseverance

(Never, ever quit!)

Reading Challenge

Thank you to all of the parents that read with your child this week and returned their book bag and logs today.  If you did, then your child is coming home with new books in their book bags today.  If you did not, please return these on Monday so that your child can get new books and can continue to work to earn the Reading Challenge for 3^rd quarter.

Next Week:

• We will begin our class research project about walruses.
• We will begin our unit on subtraction.
• We will celebrate the 101^st day of school.
• Our sight word will be “are”.

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger  

Spirt Week

Tomorrow is P.J. day and Friday is dress like you are 100!

From the Nurse

The Cox Care Mobile will be here on Thursday, January 29, 2015.  The Care Mobile is a FREE medical office on wheels with services provided by a Nurse Practitioner.  The services provided are for individuals from birth to 18 years old.   Flu vaccines and other immunizations are available for those without insurance or with active Medicaid.  You may call your school nurse to inquire about the services provided and to schedule an appointment.  Thank you!

Friday Note 1-16-2015

Friday Note 1/16/15

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY!

Remember the Winter Festival is tonight from

5:30-7:30 pm. It should be great fun for the whole family.

This Week:  In math we finished our unit on joining groups.  We learned how to use the + and = to write number sentences. 

Our focus in reading this week was winter.

·         Language Workshop—We read two informational texts about winter, Winter and Exploring Winter.  We reviewed the characteristics of informational texts (table of contents, glossary and index).  We listed key details from each text and wrote about these details in our Reading Journals. 

·         Writing Workshop—We read Winter and made a list of vocabulary words (gloves, skates, sled, coat, snowman).  We added this list to our Reading Journals.  We wrote a sentence every day using one or more of these vocabulary words.

·         Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers while I work in small groups or one on one with students. 

·        Word Study— We learned about syllables this week and then practiced this skill through a variety of games and activities.

**We have finished learning the letters in the alphabet. Please work with your child if they do not know all of the letters and sounds. 

Important Dates:

o   Jan. 19: No School

o   Jan. 29: Cox Care Mobile

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

I    is    like    see    my    a    the    be   

it   he    she   to  can   with  go  we  me  you   and

The Character word for January is:

Perseverance

(Never, ever quit!)

Reading Challenge

Thank you to all of the parents that read with your child this week and returned their book bag and logs today.  If you did, then your child is coming home with new books in their book bags today.  If you did not, please return these on Monday so that your child can get new books and can continue to work to earn the Reading Challenge for 3^rd quarter.

Next Week:

• Our theme will continue to be winter.  We will focus on fiction books.
• We will celebrate the 100^th day of school.
• Our sight word will be “have”.

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger  

Friday Note 1-9-2015

Friday Note 1/09/15

I hope you all had a great Christmas and were able to spend a lot of time with your families.

This Week:  In math we started learning to join groups.

Our focus in reading this week was on the gingerbread man.  Here’s what we did in each workshop:

·        Language Workshop— We read several different books about gingerbread.  We read Gingerbread Baby and reviewed what characters are. We read The Gingerbread Man Loose in the school and reviewed what the setting of the book is. We read The Gingerbread Cowboy and practiced retelling the beginning, middle, and end of the story.  Each day we drew and labeled a picture and added it to our Reading Journal. We also read The Gingerbread Pirates and The Gingerbread Girl.

·        Writing Workshop—Each day after listening to the book we wrote a sentence in our journal about something that happened in the book. They are working very hard on their writing each day.

·        Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers while I work in small groups or one on one with students. 

·        Word Study—Our sight word was “you”.

**We have finished learning the letters in the alphabet.  Students should be able to identify all letters and know the sounds they make.  Please work with your child if they do not know all of the letters and sounds.     

**2nd Quarter Progress Reports are coming home today.  Please look over it and work with your child on the skills they have not mastered yet.  This is your copy to keep.  Let me know if you have any questions at all.  

Your child is bringing their book bag home for the first time today.  Please read the letter that is in the bag.  It includes information regarding our 3^rd quarter reading challenge. The bag needs returned every Friday. 

Important Dates:

o   Jan. 16: Winter Festival 5:30-7:30 p.m.

o   Jan. 19: No School

o   Jan. 29: Cox Care Mobile

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

I    is    like    see    my    a    the    be   

it   he    she   to  can   with  go  we  me  you

***Reminder: These are words your child should be able to read by sight

The Character word for January is

Perseverance (Never, ever quit!)

Next Week:

• Our theme will be Winter. 
• We will continue to work on addition.
• Our sight word will be “and”.

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger 

Message from our Homeroom Mom

 The Winter Festival is Friday January 16th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.The kindergarten classes are doing a ping pong toss for the Winter Festival. We need two volunteers for each time slot. The link below takes you to sign up genius to sign up. 

Thanks for all your support!

To sign up, go to:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/5080A4DAEA62AA46-winter/20701048

Message from PTA

WINTER FESTIVAL

FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015

5:30PM TO 7:30PM

Check out the Clever PTA Facebook page for a preview of the baskets for the annual Silent Auction!  Other activities will include bounce houses, cake walk, concessions and carnival type games.  This is a tremendous fundraiser for our school and always provides a night of family fun.

Clever PTA Facebook page

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday break! I can't wait to see all my kiddos on Tuesday. I have missed them so! Thank you for sharing your child with me. I am so blessed to be able to spend my days working with these students.

I also wanted to say thanks for all the Christmas gifts. I love to scrapbook and was able to indulge over break thanks to you all!