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: 101st
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
101st 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 3rd quarter.
Next
Week:
- We will begin our class research project
about walruses.
- We will begin our unit on subtraction.
- We will celebrate the 101st
day of school.
- Our sight word will be “are”.
Have a great weekend!!
Mrs. Wenger
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