Friday Note

Friday Note: April 24, 2015

Events of the Week: This week we started an Author Study on Laura Numeroff. 

• Language Workshop: We read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie the first part of the week and identified the characters and setting.  We practiced retelling the story using our story map.  We finished off the week reading If You Take a Mouse to School.  We identified the characters and setting in the story.  Today, we compared the two books and wrote our very own letter to the mouse.   
• Writing Workshop: We introduced series of events writing.  We spent the week sequencing events in the right order and discussing that in order for our writing to make sense it has to be written in the correct order.  We practiced this by writing a whole group paper sequencing the events of eating birthday cake at a party.  On Wednesday, we wrote about a girl getting ready to go out in the rain.  Please look at this paper with your child and have them read it to you.      
• Reading Workshop: Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am beginning to call each student up to read with them independently to determine their end of year reading level. 
• Word Study: We spent the week building words. We reviewed the sounds each vowel makes.
• Math: We spent the week doing math centers.  During math centers, I worked with small groups on different math skills.  If your child brought a math assessment home this week please look over it and continue to work on the necessary skills to reach proficiency. 

Important Dates:

• April 27-30- Parent-Teacher Conferences
• May 1 – NO SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS!
• May 13 - Kindergarten Field Trip
• May 26 – Last day of school

Kindergarten Field Trip

The kindergarten field trip will be Wednesday, May 13^th.  We will travel to J.R. Martin Park in Republic to play and eat lunch before heading to the Dickerson Park Zoo. 

Please make sure to get your child’s signed permission slip and payment returned. 

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held April 27^th and 28^th.  You can sign up for a conference at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4aacae2ba6f58-spring or call the office to schedule. I am looking forward to meeting with you.

We Need Your Help!

Kindergarten screening for next year’s kindergartners will be held on April 30^th and May 1^st.  If you know someone who will have a child in kindergarten next school year, please remind them to call the school to schedule an appointment for Kindergarten Screening (743-4810).  All children will need to have the following documentation:

• Birth Certificate
• Social Security Card
• Shot Record
• Proof of Residency (if NOT enrolled in Parents as Teachers)

From Mrs. Wallin…

Our 1st Annual Clever Care to Learn Golf Tournament is fast approaching on May 23rd at Indian Tree Golf Club in Crane, Missouri.

For entry forms or sponsorship information, please visitwww.clever.k12.mo.us/school/care_to_learn

or call 743-4800.

All proceeds from this event go toward meeting the needs of our own Clever students!

Picture Information

Spring Pictures:  If you still have your child’s spring pictures please return them or pay for them by Monday. 

Group Pictures:  If you would like to order a group picture of our class, please send $2 in an envelope labeled “Group Picture”.  I will then send a class picture home with your child.

                                                                                                       

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   they   in   of   at   do   not   for   am   this   so   no   his

Next Week:

± We will continue our author study on Laura Numeroff.

± In math we will introduce solid figures.

± During word study we will learn about suffixes.

± Our sight word will be “was”.  This is our last sight word for the year! 

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Wenger