Hello Families,
I hope everyone is enjoying this fresh fall weekend. I am
excited to announce that I became an aunt to a beautiful baby boy last week.
For the first time today, I get to meet baby Jack! I couldn't be happier!!
A few announcements before I talk about what is happening this
week....
- Monday
is library day. The students will have a lesson with our librarian,
Ms. Datoli. Please send students to
school with their library books.
- Last
week we attended the computer lab for the first time. We will have
time at the computer lab again on Tuesday. If you have not sent a
pair of headphones for your student, please do so.
We appreciate all of your donations!
- Please
return the pumpkin patch field trip form and money as soon as possible.
I would like to notify parents about being a chaperon.Thank
you!
- We
will begin reading groups this week. Monday and Tuesday we will simply practice
rotations and complete a short activity at the reading table. On Wednesday, I will send a gallon size
ziplock baggie home with your student. The book/books inside the baggie
are used during your child's differentiated reading group (15
min each day). Please read and return these books daily. A
book may stay in your child's bag for a few days. We will practice
using many strategies and comprehension with these stories. That
will take a week at times.
- On
Friday's we are having "Go For The Green Recess." This is
an extra recess for students that have ended each day that week on warning
or above. The students who are on loss of privilege or below are
not allowed to participate. This is an extra incentive for students and a
school wide policy. If you have any questions, please let me know.
- Our
Warm Fuzzy Jar will most likely be filled on Monday....be on the lookout
for a note stating what the students have earned.
- Homework
begins this week. Homework is optional. I will send home your
students homework journal each Monday. Please return is on Friday.
Here's
what's happening in Kindergarten this week.....
Morning
meeting:
- Students
will look for the letter of the day. We only have two letters left:
X, U. We will practice writing these letters and identify words that begin
with the letter sound.
- Starting
Wednesday, students will look for the word of the day. There will
only be 3 words a week. This week our words are: a, I, no. We
will practice writing these words, putting them in a sentence and then we
will add them to our word wall. These words will also be part of the
weekly homework.
- I
will also add these words of a yellow word ring that will go home in your
students reading baggie each evening.
Please practice reading and writing these words. Also, please return these words each day
so that we can use them in reading group.
Thank you!
- We
will add a poem to our poetry journal, "I Love..."
- We
will identify rhymes in the poem, add the foods they like to eat, echo
read, identify beginning sounds, and identify syllables.
Math:
These
are the standards we are working with...
- Know
number names and the count sequence
- Understand
the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The
number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or
the order in which they were counted.
Ask
students....
- how
we used the Barrel of Monkeys?
- how
to write numerals 0 – 10?
- why
we use a tens frame?
- how
we can subitize ?
Science:
Our
class will work with Ms. House this week. They will continue to work with
magnets.
This
week's essential questions in science:
- What
objects can magnets pull through?
- What
are magnets attracted to?
- What
are magnets not attracted to?
- Which
magnet is the strongest? ring, small rectangular, cow, bar?
- Students
will test magnets.
Writing:
I
plan to send students’ writing folder home soon. They will love to sharing
their pieces with you. When I do send them home, please send everything
back because they are creating a writing portfolio. When we look back on
these portfolios at the end of the year, you will be amazed at their growth!
This
week...
- How
can we extend our story past one page?
- Review
booklets from last week.
- Last
week, students began telling a story, using illustrations, over a span of
3 pages.
- They
sketched their story using pencil.
- They
labeled and added speech bubbles.
- They
practiced telling their story using the illustrations.
- This
week, they will begin to color and write.
- I
will show other purposes for writing: lists, letters
- Students
will work independently to make their own lists and letters
- They
will share their lists and letters
- I
will encourage students to go back to their writing and add more.
- We
will generate a list of reasons why we may write a letter.
I
also wanted to mention that this year, we are following the Lucy Calkins
writing kit. She is amazing and the students are really enjoying their
ability to explore, learn and be creative. She is very well know. If you
look her up, there will be a lot more information on her ideas of the writing
process.
Whole
Group:
We
will apply before, during and after reading strategies, using a variety of
literary complex text.
We
will apply before, during and after reading strategies, using a variety of
informational complex text.
The
books we are reading:
- Bear
Shadow (a personal favorite!)
- Bear
Snores On
- Click
Clack Moo
- A
Chair for My Mother
- Informational
books about bears
The
before during and after reading strategies will consist of…..
- making
predictions
- evaluating
those predictions
- higher
level thinking questions
- think
pair share (sharing with a partner)
- walk
and talk (walking while sharing with a partner)
- open
ended questions (is this a happy or a sad story? Why?
Reading
Groups/Literacy Centers:
We
have practiced using literacy centers for the past month of school.
Reading rotations will consist of 4, 15 minute sessions: 3 literacy
centers, and one guided, differentiated reading group with me. This
will be a week of practice. Groups will be in full swing by next week.
Thank you for your patience in this! It has been extremely beneficial
to get to know the student's strengths and needs prior to beginning reading
groups.
If
you have any further questions, please let me know. Have a fantastic
Sunday afternoon!
Ms.
Grimes
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