Friday Note

Friday Note 12/9/16

Events of the Week:

• Language Workshop— We read different accounts of the story The Gingerbread Man. We had fun comparing and contrasting different versions of this well-known story.

• Writing Workshop— We spent a few moments every day writing in our journals.  The students are improving their writing skills so much.  We’re working on utilizing the pencil rubric to remind us to use capital letters, punctuation and finger spaces in our sentences.  Students are also applying the knowledge that they have learned about letter sounds to “stretch out” unfamiliar words.  

• Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers while I work in small groups or one on one with students.  

• Word Study—Our letter for the week was “Uu”.  We have now learned about all the letters! We also learned the sight word “we”.  

• We took the NWEA assessment this week. I have also been completing reassessments on any skill that students did not receive proficient on. I will be assessing sight words and counting to 50 next week.

Important Dates:

• Dec. 10: Clever Christmas Parade (5:30pm)
• Dec. 12: Kindergarten Christmas Program (6:00 at the High School)
• Dec. 16: Final day to turn in the Reading Log for Reading Journey
• Dec. 16: Christmas Party (12:00-1:00)
• Dec. 19: Polar Express Day (wear pajamas)
• Dec. 21-Jan.3: Christmas Break (NO SCHOOL)
• Jan. 4: Students first day back!

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

I    is    like    see    my    a    the    be    

it   he    she   to  can   with  go  we  me

Care to Learn Program

In lieu of a gift exchange for Christmas, we would appreciate donations to Care to Learn.  To ensure that we have useable items for our Backpack program, our grade level has been asked to bring in single serve, shelf stable, microwaveable meals (macaroni & cheese, Chef Boyardee, soup in a cup, ramen noodles, Dinty Moore, etc.).  Thank you in advance for your support to such a great program.  

Reading Journey

Please be working on completing the Reading Journey before the deadline on December 16th.  You can return the reading log as soon as it is complete.  If your child does not complete the journey and return and return his/her reading log, he/she will not be allowed to travel between classrooms and participate in our Polar Express read-a-thon on December 19th.

Next Week:

• We will be learning about number bonds and how to break numbers into parts.  
• Our theme will continue to be The Gingerbread Man.  We will be reading different versions of these books (The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Pirates, The Gingerbread Ninja, etc.).   
• We will review all of our sight words.
• We will be finishing up our 2nd quarter assessments.
• Our Christmas party will be Friday at 12:00.  

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger