Friday Note 2/23/2018

Friday Note - 2/23/18

This Week:Our theme was universe. Our sight word was “of”. Thursday was Jump Rope for Heart.  Thank you to all who donated to the American Heart Association.  

• Math:  We continued our unit on subtraction. We focused on decomposing using manipulatives, drawings, and number bonds. We also introduced how to write a subtraction number sentence. The students practiced all week using different strategies to show their knowledge of solving a subtraction problem.  

• Language Workshop— We learned about the universe.  We read books called Sun, Moon, Earth, and Stars.  We created a list key details and new vocabulary words from each book.  We also learned a little bit about astronauts. The students really enjoyed learning about this topic.

• Writing Workshop—We practiced writing an opinion piece using a graphic organizer to help us organize our thoughts.  An opinion piece consists of three sentences (or more).  The first sentence states an opinion (I like to play outside.).  The next two (or more) sentences give reasons why. The students each wrote an opinion piece about their favorite thing to do (watch t.v. or play outside).

• Word Study— We focused on the -at family. Students participated in various activities where they had to identify a picture and match it to the correct word.

Important Dates:

• Feb. 26-March 2:  Dr. Seuss Week (more details below)
• Feb. 28:  Cox CARE Mobile
• March 8:  Reading Journey Ends (logs due)
• March 9:  End of 3rd Quarter
• March 12-16: No School - Spring Break!
• March 20 & 22: Spring Conferences (be watching for more info)

Celebrate Reading ~ Dr. Seuss Week ~ February 26-March 2

Please encourage your child to participate as we celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday all week.  We will read different books each day.

Monday - Cat in the Hat - Hat Day

Tuesday - Sleep Book -  Pajama Day

Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday -  Wacky Clothes Day

Thursday - Hooray for Hair -  Crazy Hair Day

Friday - Fox in Socks -  Crazy Sock Day

Reading Journey

I hope you and your child are finding a special time each night to work on our reading journey.  Remember, our goal is to complete fifteen reading activities.  This reading journey will end on March 8th.  Reading logs need returned by March 9th in order for your child to “travel” to different kindergarten rooms during our read-a-thon.     

Next Week:

• We will begin our unit on Dr. Seuss.
• We will continue our subtraction unit.
• Our sight word will be “do” and “not”.  
• We will continue word families.
• We will continue opinion writing.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger