Friday Note-- Sorry this is LATE

FRIDAY NOTE 9/08/2017

Math: This week in math we learned how to decompose within 3 using materials and drawings.  For example, we practiced 1 + 2 and 2 + 1 make 3.  We also discussed the meaning of zero and practiced writing the numbers 0-3.

Language Workshop: This week we read The Pledge of Allegiance, learned what it meant, and learned about our flag. We also talked about our school pledge and learned about respect.

Reading Workshop:  We completed literacy center rotations. We have been working hard to learn the expectations of literacy centers. I will start working with small groups next week. While I am working with groups the students are practicing skills.

Writing Workshop: This week we practiced correctly forming letters Ee, Ff and Gg.  Each day we write a daily message.  As a class we look for sight words, and the letters we are learning that week in the message. We have also introduced spacing, capital letters, and punctuation.   

Word Study: Our sight word for this week was “a”.  Students were able to engage in various Smartboard games to reinforce recognition and the sound the letters Ee, Ff and Gg make.

Sight Words

I   is   a   my

Important Dates:

• Sept. 11 - No School
• Sept. 11 - Math Parent Night 6:30-7:45 in the cafeteria
• Sept. 12 - No School - Teacher Professional Development Day
• Sept. 13th- Book order due
• Sept. 19 - Cox CARE Mobile
• Sept. 21 - Watch DOGS Pizza Night 6:00-7:00 (be looking for more info)   
•  Volunteer Training September 29th from 9-9:30am in FEMA

Assessments

You will notice a sorting assessment paper in your child’s folder early next week. .  After we spent last week learning how we can group different objects, I assessed your child over their knowledge this week.  Students were given a score depending on how accurate they were when sorting by a given attribute.  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 an assessment, please continue to work on this skill at home.  We will continue to work on this at school as well and I will re-test them at a later date.  This is how your child’s performance will be reflected on the kindergarten progress report.

Next Week:

o   We will start a unit about color words.

o   In math we will continue working on decomposing and writing numbers 1-5.

o   We will learn about the letters “Hh” and “Ii”.

o   Our sight word will be “the”.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger