Friday, February 26, 2016

February 26, 2016

Remember that Flat Stanleys are due March 1st.  Please send in the pictures as you get them!  We're having so much fun seeing all of Flat Stanleys adventures!

Our Read-In for Dr. Seuss' birthday is next Friday, March 4th from 12:00-12:30.   Students can invite a guest to come to the classroom and read with them.  You can bring books of your own or they can read our classroom books.

In order to encourage neatness, I am now picking a star paper each day.  Students should be coloring and writing neatly (letters/numbers formed top to bottom) by this point in kindergarten.  Please encourage this at home too!

Theme: Dr. Seuss

Sight Words: ask, away

Author of the Month: Dr. Seuss

Poem: The Lorax

Digraph: wh

Word Family: -ell (bell, cell, fell, sell, shell, smell, swell, tell, well, yell)

Wonderful Word: pleasant

VIP: Caden

Tricky Vowel: -er

Science: 5 Senses

Social Studies: improving the environment (using The Lorax)

Reading: short/long vowel sounds
                ending sounds
                verbs (past, present, future)
                blends

Math: place value
          tens and ones
          greater than, less than, equal to

Religion: Jesus Wants Us to Love


Have a great week!

Friday, February 19, 2016

February 19, 2016

Upcoming Dates:

February 26: End of 2nd Trimester
March 1: Flat Stanley Due
March 4: Read-In 12:00-12:30
               Report Cards Go Home
March 25: No School
March 28: No School
April 4-8: Spring Break


Sight Words: have, one

Word Family: -in (bin, chin, fin, grin, kin, pin, sin, skin, spin, thin, tin, twin, win)

VIP: Sophia

Tricky Vowel: ou

Letter: w

Poem: Nature's Valentine

Author: Kevin Henkes

Listening Center: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Wonderful Word: brag

Religion: Jesus Teaches Us and Helps Us

Math: groups of 10
          place value
          tens and ones
         greater than or less than

Writing: non-fiction

Science: 5 Senses

Please continue to practice sight words at home.  This will help your student become a stronger reader!

Have a great week!

Friday, February 12, 2016

February 12, 2016

Thanks to our room parents for planning our Valentine's Day party!  The kids had a great time!

Next week, Dibels testing results will be going home.  If your child is in the red or yellow overall, please contact me with a time to meet with you to go over the results.  I'm available before school, at lunch (11:00), or after school on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.  Additionally, if you have any other questions, please let me know.

There is no school on Monday and a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday.

On Friday, March 4th, we will be having a Read-In to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday.  Students can invite a guest to come to the class and read with them in the classroom from 12:00-12:30.

Remember that Flat Stanleys are due on March 1st.  If you've received any pictures from your host, please send them to me!

Yearbook forms will go home today for those who haven't purchased one yet.  If you'd like to purchase a yearbook, please submit form and payment by Tuesday.


Theme: Presidents' Day

Sight Words: has, help

Wonderful Word: wander

Digraph (letter): th

Word Family: -ed (bed, bled, fed, fled, led, red, shed, sled, wed)

VIP: Amelia

Poem: If I Were President

Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes

Reading: Nouns and Verbs
               Short and Long Vowel Sounds
               Blends

Math: dividing equally


Have a great week!

Friday, February 5, 2016

February 5, 2016

Wow!  We've been so busy!  Thanks to all of you that made our 100th Day and Invite-a-Friend a success!

Our Valentine's Day Party will be Thursday, February 11 from 2:00-2:45.  Parents are welcome to attend!  We will be exchanging cards with our classmates.  Please do not address them to individual students!  Thanks for your help with this!

Remember that there is no school on February 15 and there is a 2:00 Dismissal on February 18.

Homework that is coming home today will look a little different, because we are working on digraphs the next two weeks.


Theme: Valentine's Day

Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes

Sight Words: do, here

VIP: Carlo

Wonderful Word: nibble

Poem: My Valentine

Letter (digraph): sh

Word Family: -ag (bag, brag, drag, flag, rag, tag, wag)

Religion: Jesus Teaches and Helps Us
               Ash Wednesday
               Stations of the Cross

Reading: blends
               nouns and verbs

Math: decomposing numbers

Math Vocabulary: number bond

Have a great week!