Friday Note

Friday Note: April 28, 2017

• Language Workshop: We continued our author study on Laura Numeroff.  We read “If you take” books, including If You take a mouse to school, and If You take a mouse to the movies. We continued to discuss story elements, cause and effect, and retelling events in order.  
• Writing Workshop: We continued our series of events writing.  We wrote about getting ready to come to school each day.  First, the students helped me to write about how I get ready and come to school.  Then, the students each wrote about how they each get ready in the mornings.  We are focusing on putting the events in the correct order and making sure our writing makes sense.  
• Reading Workshop: Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am having each student read to me independently to determine their end of year reading level.  
• Word Study: This week we focused on prefixes and suffixes.  We learned about how these can change the meaning of a word.  We added re- and un- to the beginning of words and added –s, -ed-, and –ing to the ending of words.  
• Math: We continued the unit on solid figures (cylinder, cone, cube, and sphere).  The students enjoyed learning about these new shapes and finding them in our classroom.  

Important Dates:

• May 2 - {New Date} Kindergarten Field Trip
• May 16 – Last day of school! We will dismiss at 11am.  Breakfast will be served, but lunch will not.

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

I   is   like   see   my   a   the   be   have   it   he   she   to   can   with   go   we   me   you   and   are   they   in   of   at   do   not   for   am   this   so   no   his   was

*This is the entire list.  We will not be learning any more new words.  We will begin assessing over these words soon.

Reading Challenge

Don’t forget to be reading with your child every night.  4th Quarter Reading Challenge is due on May 11th.  

Individual and Class Pictures

Spring pictures were sent home on Tuesday.  If you would like to purchase your child’s spring pictures, payments are due by May 5th.  If you are not purchasing the pictures, please return them by May 5th.  You may also purchase individual sheets of the photos (instead of the entire package).  The prices and instructions are in the packet.

Group/Class pictures are also available.  If you would like one, please send $2 in an envelope with your child's name on it and the purpose (i.e class picture).  I will then send a class picture home with your child.  Thank you.

Book Bags: In order to complete my end-of-the-year book inventory we have started checking in book bag books. As students return their book bags they will earn a trip to the treasure box. Please check at home and sent back any classroom books. Thanks!!

Next Week:

• Our theme will be summer.
• In math we will continue to analyze, compare, and compose shapes.
• During word study, we will practice making words.
• We will practice reading and writing all 34 sight words.

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger