Friday Note April 27, 2018

Friday Note: April 27, 2018

Events of the Week: This week we continued our Author Study on Laura Numeroff.  

• Language Workshop: We read several “If you give books”. The students enjoyed hearing about the cat, dog, pig, and moose. We identified the characters and setting in each of the books and compared the stories.

• Writing Workshop: We continued series of events writing.  We practiced by writing the steps we take to get ready for school.

• Reading Workshop: We are continuing to work every day on applying the reading strategies to figure out unknown words in our books.  I am excited about the progress the girls and boys have made so far this year.  I will be assessing end-of-year reading levels in the next couple of weeks.  Please encourage your child to use the reading strategies when he/she is reading with you at home.

• Word Study: Our sight words for the week were “no” and “so”. We also learned that a noun is a person, place, thing, or animal. We learned a verb is a word that tells what someone or something is doing.

• Math: We have started learning to compose and decompose numbers 11 to 19 into sets of tens and leftover ones.  We are also writing the number sentence to match (example: 10 + 8 = 18).

Important Dates:

• May 2 - Kindergarten Field Trip
• May 15th- Cox Care Mobile
• May 23 - Last Day of School- we will dismiss at noon.

The Cox Care Mobile is scheduled to be at Clever schools on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.  This will be the last visit for the school year. If your child is needing immunizations, sports physicals, or preschool physicals, call your school nurse today to schedule an appointment.  Thank you!

Next Week:

• We will continue our author study on Laura Numeroff.
• In math we will continue learning about numbers 11-20.
• We will continue working on sequence writing.
• During word study we will continue to work with nouns and verbs.
• Our sight word will be “am”

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Wenger

Friday Note 4-19-2018

Thursday Note: April 19, 2018

No School Tomorrow or Monday!

Events of the Week: This week we started an Author Study on Laura Numeroff.  

• Language Workshop: We started by reading  If You Give a Mouse a Cookie  and identified the characters and setting.  We practiced retelling the story and sequencing the events. We then read several other If you Give books. We enjoyed comparing the stories.

• Writing Workshop: We introduced series of events writing.  We spent the week sequencing events in the right order and discussing that in order for our writing to make sense it has to be written in the correct order.  We practiced this by writing a whole group paper sequencing the events of eating birthday cake at a party. Later in the week, we wrote about a girl getting ready to go out in the rain.  Please look at this paper with your child and have them read it to you.

• Reading Workshop: We are continuing to work every day on applying the reading strategies to figure out unknown words in our books.  I am excited about the progress the girls and boys have made so far this year.  I will be assessing end-of-year reading levels in the next couple of weeks.  Please encourage your child to use the reading strategies when he/she is reading with you at home.

• Word Study: Our sight word for the week was “what”.  We are working on building and spelling simple words.  We’ve worked extensively on changing the beginning sound to make new words (for example: pig, dig, wig) and now we are working on changing the middle (pat, pit, pot) and ending sounds (hot, hop, hog) to make new words.

• Math: We have continued to work on counting objects to 20.  We are grouping them into sets of 10 and leftover ones.  We have done this both with ten-frames and without.  We are counting in two ways right now--the traditional way of counting (for example:  16) and the “say 10” way (ten six). This may seem confusing at first, but this is a great way for students to learn about the tricky teen numbers--to see that the number 16 is a set of 10 and 6 ones.

Important Dates:

• April 20 - No School!
• April 23 - No School!
• April 27 - Kindergarten Screening - Kindergartners WILL attend school this day!!
• May 2 - Kindergarten Field Trip
• May 23 - Last Day of School!!!

We Need Your Help!

Kindergarten screening for next year’s kindergartners will be held on April 26th and 27h.  If you know someone who will have a child in kindergarten next school year, please remind them to call the school to schedule an appointment for Kindergarten Screening (743-4810).  All children will need to have the following documentation:

• Birth Certificate
• Shot Record
• Proof of Residency (if NOT enrolled in Parents as Teachers)

Next Week:

• We will continue our author study on Laura Numeroff.
• In math we will continue learning about numbers 11-20.
• We will continue working on sequence writing.
• During word study we will continue to make and spell words.
• Our sight words will be “no” and “so”.  

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Wenger

Friday Note 4-13-18

Friday Note - April 13, 2018

Events of the Week:

Math: We worked on counting objects to 20.  We grouped them into sets of 10 and leftover ones.  We are counting in two ways right now--the traditional way of counting (for example:  16) and the “say 10” way (ten six). This may seem confusing at first, but this is a great way for students to learn about the tricky teen numbers--to see that the number 16 is a set of 10 and 6 ones.  

Language Workshop: This week we learned about animals.  We talked about how plants, animals, and humans are alike and different (needs, habitats, etc.).  We discussed how plants, animals, and humans can change the environment to meet their needs. We talked about various animal parents and their babies and discussed ways in which animal parents care for their young- just like our mommies and daddies care for us!

Writing Workshop:  This week we wrote in our journals. We also did informational writing and wrote facts that we knew about animals.   

               

Reading Workshop:  We are continuing to work every day on applying the reading strategies to figure out unknown words in our books.  I am excited about the progress the girls and boys have made so far this year.  Please encourage your child to use the reading strategies when he/she is reading with you at home.

Word Study:  Our sight word was “this”. We also worked with the -ip, -ill, and -ig word families. We are learning to make new words by changing the beginning sound.  Next week, we will begin changing the middle and ending sounds also to make new words.

Important Dates:

• April 16 - Cox Care Mobile
• April 19 - Last day to turn in field trip money
• April 20 - No School!
• April 23 - No School!
• April 27 - Kindergarten Screening - Kindergartners WILL attend school this day!!
• May 2 - Kindergarten Field Trip
• May 23 - Last Day of School!!!

Summer School

Summer School registration is now open!  We have a lot of exciting field trips planned this year.   You can register your child online at https://goo.gl/forms/LrrLDG7lGmGGWgWT2 or call the office (743-4810).  Be sure to sign up by the May deadline in order to receive the free t-shirt.

Kindergarten Field Trip

The kindergarten field trip will be Wednesday, May 2nd.  We will travel to J.R. Martin Park in Republic to play and eat lunch before heading to the Discovery Center in Springfield.  Please return the permission slips and money by April 19th if you have not done so already.  

We Need Your Help!

Kindergarten screening for next year’s kindergartners will be held on April 26th and 27h.  If you know someone who will have a child in kindergarten next school year, please remind them to call the school to schedule an appointment for Kindergarten Screening (743-4810).  All children will need to have the following documentation:

• Birth Certificate
• Shot Record
• Proof of Residency (if NOT enrolled in Parents as Teachers)

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    do   not   at said was for this

**Reminder...these words have to be recognized by sight within 3-5 seconds to count on an assessment.  

Reading Journey:

Please remember the goal is to be reading at least fifteen minutes each day with your child.    Our reading journey goal is to complete at least 20 activities by May 21st. Make this a special time with your child.

Next Week:

• We will begin an author study unit on Laura Numeroff.
• We will continue learning about the teen numbers.
• We will be working on building and spelling simple words.
• Our sight word will be “what”.

Have a great weekend!!

~Mrs. Wenger

Friday Note 4-6-18

Friday Note - 4/6/2018

Events of the Week: This week our theme was plants. Our sight word was “for”.   

Language Workshop: We read different books about the parts of a plant and talked about how each part of the plant is important and has a different job. We completed various activities about the parts of a plant for the students to remember the different parts and their jobs.

Writing Workshop: We wrote sentences about plants. We also wrote about the different parts of plants. We are continuing to work on adding details to our writing. Our sentence writing is getting better every day! Continue to practice writing sentences at home.  

Word Study:  Our sight word was “for”. We also worked with -ut, -un, and -ug word families. We are learning to make new words by changing the beginning sound.

Math: We worked on making 10 this week with different number pairs. We completed various activities with a tens frame and drawing pictures to check how many more we needed to make 10. We also worked on writing number sentences to match our pictures and tens frame. The students were assessed on subtraction problems within 5 and making 10 number sentences. Please practice skills at home that your student does not score proficient on. I will reassess near the end of the quarter.

Important Dates:

• April 12: Skate Night @ Skateland 6-8pm (see information that was sent home)
• April 16:  Cox Care Mobile
• April 20:  No School!
• April 23:  No School!
• April 26 & 27: Kindergarten Screening  (Kindergarten students WILL be in school)
• May 2:   Kindergarten Field Trip
• May 23:  Last Day of School!!!

Kindergarten Field Trip

The kindergarten field trip will be Wednesday, May 2nd.  We will travel to J.R. Martin Park in Republic to play and eat lunch before heading to the Discovery Center.  A permission slip was sent home last Friday. Please return the permission slip as soon as possible if you have not done so already.  Thanks!

  

Summer School

    Summer School registration is now open!  We have a lot of exciting field trips planned this year.   You can register your child online or call the office (743-4810).  Be sure to sign up by the May deadline in order to receive the free t-shirt.  

Next Week:

• We will be learning about animals and the things they need to live and survive.
• In math, we will start a new unit on numbers 11-20.
• Our sight word will be “this”.
• We will continue to practice building and spelling simple words with the endings -ig, -ip, and -il.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Wenger