Friday Note

Friday Note - 8/26/2016

 This will be the last week for a paper copy of the Friday note. I have also posted this on the blog. If you have signed up for email notifications already, you should get an email today.  

Events of the Week:  It’s hard to believe that we have three weeks of school under our belt- and what a busy week it has been.

Math: In math, we learned about sorting objects.  You can practice this skill at home by giving your child several objects and then asking them to sort them by size, color and shape.

Language Workshop: We continued our theme of All About Me.  Our Shared Reading for the week was Me Too.  We also introduced the sight word is.  Your child should now be familiar with two sight words: I and is.  Practice finding these in books and other writing.  We also continued with the Name Game..  

Reading Workshop:  This week we started a unit over reading routines.  During these lessons we will be learning who we are as readers, how to take care of books, what rules we follow during Independent Reading (IR) time, and how to share books with friends.  Our goal by the end of the year is to look at books and read independently for up to twenty minutes every day.    

Writing Workshop:  We practiced correctly forming our letters of the week Bb, and Mm.. We practiced writing our names correctly.  Remember: only the first letter in your child’s name should be capitalized.

Word Study: We learned about the letters Bb, and Mm. We practiced finding them, forming them correctly, and the sound they make.   

Important Information and Reminders:

Please make sure to write your child’s name inside of his/her lunch boxes, jackets and coats.  It is amazing how quickly our lost and found fence gets filled up!

Important Dates:

• Aug. 31st- Volunteer Training at 2pm in the Clever Conference Center
• Sept. 5th- Labor Day-No School
• Sept. 8th- Cox CARE Mobile---The Cox CARE Mobile will see infants up to age 18. The Care Mobile is a FREE medical office on wheels with services provided by a Nurse Practitioner.   They will do well check-ups, see sick kids, pre-k physicals & sports physicals. Contact Nurse Sarah at 743-4810 if you need to make an appointment.
• Sept. 9th- Grandparent’s Day 2:30pm-4:00pm (see below for information)
• Sept. 16th- No School for Students (Staff Professional Development)

Grandparents Day   

Classrooms will be open for visitors during that time as students can escort their grandparents through the building.  Weather permitting, visitors may park in the open field west of the school as parking around the building may become limited.  Visitors should enter using the K-4 office.  

SIGHTWORDS

Has your child said anything about sight words??  In kindergarten, we learn sight words.  These are common words that tend to “pop up” all over the place.  By mastering words, such as our sight words, children become more fluent readers.  Also, it is so much fun to see the boys and girls get excited when they find a sight word in a book and can read it!  These are the sight words we have learned so far.  Your child should be able to read each of these words.  Please practice them at home with your child.

I    is     

Shapes Assessment

You will notice a shapes assessment paper in your child’s folder today.  After we spent last week learning to identify five basic shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle and hexagon), I assessed your child over their knowledge this week.  They were given a score depending on how accurate your child identified these shapes.  Each score corresponds with an achievement level (advanced, proficient, basic and below basic).  Definitions for these terms are as follows:

Advanced:   *Goes above and beyond meeting the standard

*Very few of our assessments in Kindergarten lend themselves to the   possibility of advanced     

Proficient:    *Meets grade level expectations regarding understanding of the    standard

               *Consistently and independently demonstrates understanding of standard

Basic:          *Shows some success on assignments related to standard

               *Meets expectations on only some parts of the standard

Below Basic:  *Rarely shows success on assignments related to standard

                  *Does not meet expectations for understanding of the standard

If your child did not score Proficient on the shapes assessment, please continue to work on this skill at home.  We will continue to work on this at school as well.  This is how your child’s performance will be reflected on the kindergarten progress report.

Tooth Truck

We are pleased to announce the Tooth Truck has the opportunity to treat eligible students at Clever during the 2016-2017 school year.  The Tooth Truck provides comprehensive treatment, from cleanings and x-rays, to repairing cavities at no charge for qualifying families.  Requirements for being seen and treated on the Tooth Truck are:

-Qualify for free and reduced lunch program at school

-Cannot be an established patient of a local dentist

-Cannot have private dental insurance

-Must complete a Tooth Truck application form

The Tooth Truck treats Medicaid-eligible and uninsured children.  Children seen last year are not eligible for a routine check up but should apply if there is a new dental concern.

An application is available at school upon request.  Complete the application form and return to the school nurse as soon as possible.

The Tooth Truck staff will be scheduling students very soon.

Thank you,

Your school nurse

Next Week:

• Our theme will be Families.  Please complete the family page that was sent home today and return it on Monday.  We will share these with the class.    
• In math we will finish our topic over sorting.
• Our sight word will be “a”.
• Our letters next week will be Rs and Ss.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger