Friday Note

Friday Note - 3/11/16

Events of the Week: Our theme was weather.  We spent the week learning about different types of weather.  The student’s that earned their 3^rd quarter reading journey enjoyed going to different classrooms today to read.  Everyone had a great time dressing up as their favorite book character.  What a fun way to end 3^rd quarter! 

Math: We worked in math centers to review addition and subtraction.  During this time I pulled small groups to work on these skills.  Please continue to work on these skills at home since switching between the two is often difficult in kindergarten.  Remind your child to pay extra close attention to the + and – to know which operation they need to use. 

Language Workshop: Each day we focused on a different type of weather.  We read different informational books as well as fiction books about weather.

Writing Workshop: We wrote an opinion piece about our favorite play center.  Please look over your child’s writing and continue to practice at home.  We wrote an opinion piece about our favorite type of weather.   

Reading Workshop: We read the book, How is the Weather Today? as a class all week.  We found the sight words in the book and practiced using our reading strategies to figure out unknown words.  This book was a harder level then I use in reading groups and they did such a great job reading it.  I am so proud of each of them!

Word Study: We practiced making –at words such as cat, hat, bat, that and flat on our whiteboards. 

Important Dates:

March 14 - March 18th - NO SCHOOL - Spring Break

March 21 - 4th Quarter begins

March 21 -24 – NWEA Testing  

April 1 - Day in K - for incoming Kindergartners
April 5- Spring pictures
April 28 - April 29 - Kindergarten screening

April 29 - NO SCHOOL for Kindergarten students (due to K screening)

  

Summer School information came home this week.  We have a lot of exciting changes this year for summer school.  Be sure to sign you child up soon!  You can register your child online at http://goo.gl/forms/hRO5EOyjcq or call the office (743-4810). 

Next Week:  SPRING BREAK!

March 21-25:

• We will learn about spring.
• We will be NWEA testing in the computer lab Monday-Thursday at 10:45.  Please make sure your child eats a good breakfast each morning and arrives at school on time.
• We will practice making words.
• We will begin a new math topic on composing numbers 11-19. 
• Our sight word will be “for”.    
• Our 4^th quarter reading journey will begin.
• Progress reports will be sent home.   * (Students must a current lunch balance and no overdue library books)

Have a great spring break!
Mrs. Wenger