Snack Schedule

I have included our February snack schedule on the calendar that is placed on the back of your students daily folder. On your assigned day please send in enough snacks for 19 students.

Thanks!!


 

Friday Note 1-29-16

Friday Note 1/29/16

This Week: We started off the week by celebrating the 100^th day on Monday followed by the 101^st day with a Dalmatian Celebration on Tuesday. 

·         Math- we practiced counting to 100 for our 100^th day celebrations!  We learned to use a hundreds chart and worked on some fun 100 day activities! 

·         Language Workshop—We read and discussed many different winter fiction books.  We also learned how to tell a fiction book from an informational text.

·         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 introduced the concept of rhyming by playing games using rhyming 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   Feb. 4: Cox Care Mobile

o   Feb. 12: Valentine’s Party (More information to follow)

o   Feb. 15: No School

o   Feb. 19: PTA Winter Festival

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, 18 kindergarten students (20%) 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 81 students (88%) can identify all their letters!  An additional 10 students (11%) are very close to meeting our goal!  Our class had only three students in August who could identify all 52 letters, but at the December break we had 15 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.
• Our sight word will be “are”.

Have a great weekend!!

Friday Note 1-15-16

Friday Note 1/15/16

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY!

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. 

**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. 18: No School

o   Jan. 19: Little Cheer- (registration and money due)

o   Jan. 22: Winter Festival

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!)

Library Books

Your child brought home a library books on Thursday.  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.

A message from Mrs. Carlson:

Your child probably brought information home this week regarding our annual Library Magazine Drive.    Thank you for taking time to read the letter that was enclosed in the packet.  This annual event along with our fall book fair help us raise funds with which to purchase books for our library.   One of the easiest and most direct methods of placing subscriptions is online.  The letter gave you instructions of how to set up an ‘online store’ for your child.   If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Carlson, our librarian at carlsonk@clever.k12.mo.us Your child can return their magazine orders as soon as you are finished, but the official deadline is Friday, January 29^th.

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 Tuesday so that your child can get new books and can continue to work towards earning the January Pizza Hut Book-It coupon.

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  

From Mrs. Wallin

Check out the latest “Lower EleMiddle Life” publication! 
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Snacks

We used all our extra snack the in month of December. I do not have any extra. Please double check the calendar and send snack in on your assigned day.  

Friday Note 1-8-16

Friday Note 1/08/16

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, which lays the foundation for addition. Our focus in reading this week was on the different versions of the gingerbread man.  Here’s what we did in each workshop:

·         Language Workshop—We read several different books about the gingerbread man.  We read Gingerbread loose at school, Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Girl, and The Gingerbread Pirates.  Each day we discussed the story elements. We reviewed character and setting. We practiced retelling the stories and we compared the books. 

·         Writing Workshop—We wrote a sentence about the book we had read during Language Workshop.  The kids 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 practiced building our sight words with magnetic letters. 

**We have finished learning the letters in the alphabet. Please work with your child if he or she does not know all of the letters and sounds.

Important Dates:

o   Jan. 11:  Breakfast in the Classroom begins!

o   Jan. 14:  Cox Care Mobile (call the nurse to schedule an appointment)

o   Jan. 18:  No School

Library Books

Your child will begin bringing home library books next week.  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.

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

I    is    like    see    my    a    the    be   

it    he    she    to    can    with    go    me    you

**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. 

The Character Word for January is:

Perseverance

(Never, ever quit!)

BOOK BAGS!  3^rd Quarter Reading Journey!!

Your child is bringing his/her book bag home for the first time today.  There are letters in the book bag and in your child’s daily folder.  Please read these carefully.  They include important information regarding our 3^rd quarter reading journey, your child’s book bag, and ways to help your child become a better reader. The bag, books, and signed log need returned every Friday!!

Next Week:

·        Our theme will be Winter. 

·        We will continue to work on addition.

·        Our sight words will be “and” and “we”.

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger  

Friday Note 12-18-15

Friday Note - 12/18/15

 Events of the Week:  This week, we began reading and discussing different versions of The Gingerbread Man.  The kids had fun writing about the various places he could run to.  We also read Christmas books and completed some fun Christmas activities.  We continued with 2^nd quarter assessments and will send your child’s progress report home after Christmas break.  On Thursday, we celebrated with Polar Express Day.  We watched the movie and ate some yummy snacks.  Today we had our Christmas Party.  Thank you to all that donated and helped organize, plan and help make the party possible for our children. 

Important Dates:

• Dec. 21 - Jan. 3 — NO SCHOOL
• Jan. 4 - Classes resume
• Jan. 14^th- Cox Care Mobile

Cold Weather

Just a reminder that we do go outside for recess, even on cold days. Please make sure your child brings the appropriate coats, hat and gloves to school each day.  If you are missing coats or jackets, you may want to check the lost and found "fence" located by the office.  Also as a reminder, children are only allowed to stay in from recess if we have a written note from the doctor stating that they need to stay inside during recess.

Thank you so much for sharing your child with me.  I hope you have a blessed and joyous Christmas!

See you in the New Year!

Mrs. Wenger