Friday Note

FRIDAY NOTE 9/2/16

Math: In math, we continued to practice sorting objects.  Students participated in several class activities to practice sorting, classifying, and counting objects.  We practiced sorting objects by color, size and shape using different manipulatives.  We also learned how to make graphs using skittles.  

Language Workshop: This week we continued our All About Me and My Community theme.  Our focus was on families.  We read the book Families are Different and a variety of family books.  We discussed the importance of our families and discovered some similarities and differences that we have.  We realized that all families are different and special.  We talked about common physical, social and emotional needs and how these differ from wants.  We shared our family papers that we filled out and returned.  

Reading Workshop:  We continued our unit over reading routines. We practiced selecting a book, finding a reading spot, and putting books away after IR time . The students love finding unusual places around the room to read.

Writing Workshop: Our sight word for this week was “a”.  Each day we wrote a daily message.  As a class we look for sight words, capital letters, and the letters we are learning in the message. We have also introduced spacing, capital letters and when we use them in a sentence, and punctuation.   

Word Study: This week we practiced correctly forming letters Rr and Ss. Students were able to engage in various Smartboard games to reinforce recognition and the sound the letters Rr and Ss make.    

Important Dates:

• Sept. 5- Labor Day-No School
• Sept. 8- Cox CARE Mobile
• Sept. 9- Book Orders Due
• Sept. 9-Grandparents Day 2:30-4:00 *Classrooms will be open during that time as students will be asked to 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 entrance or the 5-8 office entrance.  I look forward to seeing you there.
• Sept. 16- No School-Teacher Professional Development Day    

SIGHTWORDS

I       is      a

Reading Journey

Information was sent home yesterday about our Reading Journey.  Be sure to work towards meeting your child’s reading goal by reading daily with them.  Feel free to email me pictures and we will share them during calendar time.  Thank you!

I hope you hear your child coming home each day saying, “We are learning to... (Ex: We are learning to find squares.)  These are the learning targets that we focus on each and every lesson.  These learning targets come from our standards that the state of Missouri requires us to teach in Kindergarten.  Every week we will focus on new skills in reading and math.  

Next Week:

• We will continue our All About Me and My Community theme by focusing on our school, community, and country.  We will learn about the Clever School pledge, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the American flag.
• We will continue playing the Name Game until every student has had a turn.
• In math we will learn about positional words (above, below, behind, left, right, etc.)
• We will learn about the letters “Tt” and “Gg”.
• Our sight word will be “the”.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger