Hello parents and families and Happy Friday!!
This week we learned about our fifth and final class of animals; the amphibians! We learned that amphibians live part of their lives in water and part on land, they usually hove soft, moist skin, they are cold-blooded, they breathe through their skin, and they live in moist areas. The main types of amphibians are salamanders, newts, frogs and toads. The main focus of our week was the life cycle of a frog. We learned that frogs start off as eggs, grown into tadpole, then into froglets with a tail, and then lose the tail and become frogs! We completed some fun projects including a a frog puppet and our life cycle of a frog circle as well. Now that we have completed our animals unit, we will begin our animal reports next week! By now, all the students should have chosen their animal and turned in the paper with their 4 facts on it! We can't wait to complete our books!
In reading groups this week, we are working at our new reading levels! Each teacher assessed the students and SO MANY of them went up a level or two or more! This does mean that their books are more challenging so each group is working on the particular skills they need to master. Some are working on patterning text, some on sight word recognition, some on word family identification, some on reading comprehension, and some on fluency. All of these skills are integral to your child's success with reading! Remember to still be reading with your child on RazKids every single night so you can see how much they are improving, as well as identify areas they might need some extra help in too!
In math, we have continued to review and practice subtraction. The kids are getting stronger and stronger at this every day! Don't forget to be practicing this at home too! Next week, we will begin putting addition and subtraction problems together. The need to be able to pay attention to the sign, identify whether it wants them to add or subtract, and then complete the problem correctly. This is what will prepare them not only for our NWEA Math test in May, but also next school year. We continued to introduce Montessori math lessons during worktime, based on what each student is ready for. These include the hundred board and writing numbers to 100, making complex numbers, the ten board, missing number, more than/less than, and the teen board.
In writing, we finished up our "All About Me" books in addition to completing our Frog acrostic poem, our March "I Feel Lucky" writing and our "If I Were A Leprechaun" writing. Next week, as mentioned above, we will begin working individually with the students to complete their final draft of their Animal Chapter Books. We will be working on these for a few weeks, writing and illustrating them as well as binding them. We will be transforming into authors and illustrators and the kids are so excited! We will still be writing daily in our free writing journal to work on sounding out words, capitalization, spacing, punctuation, and multiple sentence writing.
On Friday, we celebrated St. Patrick's Day with some Lucky Charm graphing, making a four leaf clover out of paint chips, and our rainbow pot of gold! We hope that you all have a very fun and safe holiday!
Next week, our theme is rainbows! We will be learning about the colors of the rainbow, completing some fun projects, and talking about the science behind how a rainbow happens! Monday is the First Day of Spring (YAY!!!) so we will also be completing a fun project to bring in the excitement of our new season! Don't forget that next Friday (the 24th) is a 1/2 Day of School so dismissal begins at noon and Parent Conferences are that afternoon!
Homework
Word Family homework - The word family for the week is the -ed family. Please make sure the homework page is completed by your child and returned on Monday! Also, remember that the letters you use MUST make real words; not nonsense words so please reread the words with your child to make sure they make sense!
Reading Logs - Make sure you are working on reading logs nightly and filling them in! March reading logs are due on the 31st. Please remember these ARE also a grade on your child's report card so it is VERY important that they get turned in on time! Also, remember that your child gets to sign our 100/200/300 train if they reach a new milestone of books!
BOOK FAIR:
Yay! The book fair is here! One of the most exciting weeks of our year! Next Monday, the students will be previewing the Book Fair and completing their wish lists. We will send them home (just like in December) and your teacher will provide your class' "shopping" date and time. Make sure to send in the money (with tax included) for the books that you are allowing your child to purchase. It will also be open during our parent teacher conferences on Friday! There are some really awesome books; including some really great new books so make sure to check them out and take advantage of the great deals! They make great Easter basket gifts too!
Field Trip:
The next field trip is on Friday, March 31st. We will be going to the Detroit Science Center. By now, all of you should have turned in your permission slips and money More detailed information will be sent out soon, once it gets closer to the date of the trip.
Friday, March 24th :
There are a couple of things happening on this day! The talent show has been rescheduled for the morning. Also, DON'T FORGET that it is a 1/2 day of school and dismissal starts at noon! In addition, parent/teacher conferences are that afternoon; contact your teacher if you would like to sign up for one!
Sight Words To Practice:
Pre-Primer
a funny look see
and go make the
away help me three
big here my to
blue I not two
can in one up
come is play we
down it red where
find jump run yellow
for little said you
Kindergarten
all four out this
am get please too
are good pretty under
at have ran want
ate he ride was
be into saw well
black like say went
brown must she what
but new so white
came no soon who
did now that will
do on there with
eat our they yes
Winter Clothing
Please remember that we DO go outside if the temperature (with the wind chill is 25 degrees or higher). If the kids do not have boots, coats, hats, gloves and snow pants, they are not allowed to go in the snow. The absolutely minimum they must have is a coat, hat, and gloves. In addition, if you send your child to school in boots, they MUST have a pair of shoes to change into. Please check individual classroom pages for GYM schedules as well, to make sure they are prepared with tennis shoes for gym. Another important note - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LABEL EVERYTHING you send to school! We are getting A LOT of items lost with NO NAMES! Thank you in advance for your help with this! :)
This week we learned about our fifth and final class of animals; the amphibians! We learned that amphibians live part of their lives in water and part on land, they usually hove soft, moist skin, they are cold-blooded, they breathe through their skin, and they live in moist areas. The main types of amphibians are salamanders, newts, frogs and toads. The main focus of our week was the life cycle of a frog. We learned that frogs start off as eggs, grown into tadpole, then into froglets with a tail, and then lose the tail and become frogs! We completed some fun projects including a a frog puppet and our life cycle of a frog circle as well. Now that we have completed our animals unit, we will begin our animal reports next week! By now, all the students should have chosen their animal and turned in the paper with their 4 facts on it! We can't wait to complete our books!
In reading groups this week, we are working at our new reading levels! Each teacher assessed the students and SO MANY of them went up a level or two or more! This does mean that their books are more challenging so each group is working on the particular skills they need to master. Some are working on patterning text, some on sight word recognition, some on word family identification, some on reading comprehension, and some on fluency. All of these skills are integral to your child's success with reading! Remember to still be reading with your child on RazKids every single night so you can see how much they are improving, as well as identify areas they might need some extra help in too!
In math, we have continued to review and practice subtraction. The kids are getting stronger and stronger at this every day! Don't forget to be practicing this at home too! Next week, we will begin putting addition and subtraction problems together. The need to be able to pay attention to the sign, identify whether it wants them to add or subtract, and then complete the problem correctly. This is what will prepare them not only for our NWEA Math test in May, but also next school year. We continued to introduce Montessori math lessons during worktime, based on what each student is ready for. These include the hundred board and writing numbers to 100, making complex numbers, the ten board, missing number, more than/less than, and the teen board.
In writing, we finished up our "All About Me" books in addition to completing our Frog acrostic poem, our March "I Feel Lucky" writing and our "If I Were A Leprechaun" writing. Next week, as mentioned above, we will begin working individually with the students to complete their final draft of their Animal Chapter Books. We will be working on these for a few weeks, writing and illustrating them as well as binding them. We will be transforming into authors and illustrators and the kids are so excited! We will still be writing daily in our free writing journal to work on sounding out words, capitalization, spacing, punctuation, and multiple sentence writing.
On Friday, we celebrated St. Patrick's Day with some Lucky Charm graphing, making a four leaf clover out of paint chips, and our rainbow pot of gold! We hope that you all have a very fun and safe holiday!
Next week, our theme is rainbows! We will be learning about the colors of the rainbow, completing some fun projects, and talking about the science behind how a rainbow happens! Monday is the First Day of Spring (YAY!!!) so we will also be completing a fun project to bring in the excitement of our new season! Don't forget that next Friday (the 24th) is a 1/2 Day of School so dismissal begins at noon and Parent Conferences are that afternoon!
Homework
Word Family homework - The word family for the week is the -ed family. Please make sure the homework page is completed by your child and returned on Monday! Also, remember that the letters you use MUST make real words; not nonsense words so please reread the words with your child to make sure they make sense!
Reading Logs - Make sure you are working on reading logs nightly and filling them in! March reading logs are due on the 31st. Please remember these ARE also a grade on your child's report card so it is VERY important that they get turned in on time! Also, remember that your child gets to sign our 100/200/300 train if they reach a new milestone of books!
BOOK FAIR:
Yay! The book fair is here! One of the most exciting weeks of our year! Next Monday, the students will be previewing the Book Fair and completing their wish lists. We will send them home (just like in December) and your teacher will provide your class' "shopping" date and time. Make sure to send in the money (with tax included) for the books that you are allowing your child to purchase. It will also be open during our parent teacher conferences on Friday! There are some really awesome books; including some really great new books so make sure to check them out and take advantage of the great deals! They make great Easter basket gifts too!
Field Trip:
The next field trip is on Friday, March 31st. We will be going to the Detroit Science Center. By now, all of you should have turned in your permission slips and money More detailed information will be sent out soon, once it gets closer to the date of the trip.
Friday, March 24th :
There are a couple of things happening on this day! The talent show has been rescheduled for the morning. Also, DON'T FORGET that it is a 1/2 day of school and dismissal starts at noon! In addition, parent/teacher conferences are that afternoon; contact your teacher if you would like to sign up for one!
Sight Words To Practice:
Pre-Primer
a funny look see
and go make the
away help me three
big here my to
blue I not two
can in one up
come is play we
down it red where
find jump run yellow
for little said you
Kindergarten
all four out this
am get please too
are good pretty under
at have ran want
ate he ride was
be into saw well
black like say went
brown must she what
but new so white
came no soon who
did now that will
do on there with
eat our they yes
Winter Clothing
Please remember that we DO go outside if the temperature (with the wind chill is 25 degrees or higher). If the kids do not have boots, coats, hats, gloves and snow pants, they are not allowed to go in the snow. The absolutely minimum they must have is a coat, hat, and gloves. In addition, if you send your child to school in boots, they MUST have a pair of shoes to change into. Please check individual classroom pages for GYM schedules as well, to make sure they are prepared with tennis shoes for gym. Another important note - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LABEL EVERYTHING you send to school! We are getting A LOT of items lost with NO NAMES! Thank you in advance for your help with this! :)
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