Hi Families,
I hope everyone had a safe weekend! Yesterday was a good day to stay inside and relax. We have an exciting 5 day week ahead of us. Here is what’s happening in Kindergarten….
In Language Arts, we will:
-read poems for fluency (I Love and Fall)
-read poems to identify rhyming words/sight words/letter of the day
-discuss what we do to prepare for reading (what is our purpose?)
-make and record predictions about the story
-stop reading to clarify words and questions we may have
-revisit predictions and ask – Were they correct? What helped us make these predictions?
-read Bear Shadow, Bear Snores On and A Chair For My Mother
-begin reading rotations including their small differentiated reading group
In Writing, we will:
-continue to use checklists to monitor our own writing
-use sound cards to write the sounds that we hear
-orally rehearse our stories to see the connection between telling a story and writing a story
-listen to read-alouds to demonstrate how a story flows
-add meaningful details to our words to make the reader feel like they are there
-practice writing the beginning, middle and ending sounds in words
In Science, we will:
-explore our 5 senses (touch, smell, sight, taste, hear)
-ask questions and seek answers
-record predictions/observations in our science journal
In Math, we will:
-represent objects with a written numeral
-Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group
-practice subitizing dot cards (looking at a quantity and identifying the number quickly using patterns and groups seen)
Important Information:
***Book Fair***
The Scholastic Monster Book Fair is coming to Whittier! The Book Fair is held in the Media Center. Scholastic offers quality books and classroom favorites at a great price! Come check out what awesome books, games, and contests the Book Fair has to offer.
The book fair will be held October 2nd – October 7th.
***Library***
We will not have a library book exchange or a lesson this week due to the book fair. Library will resume next week.
***HERO SLIPS***
We counted Hero Slips on Friday! If your student chose prize box I asked them to keep their prize in their backpack until they got home. If your student chose a fossil….I’m sorry about the mess!! (I got the fossils from a science camp that I taught) You may want to put newspaper below them while they work! Some friends decided to save their Hero Slips for a larger reward. Please remind your child to put their Hero Slips directly in their “wallet” when they earn them. I think some Hero Slips are making their way home : )
10 = Prize Box
12 = Show and Tell
20 = Slippers in the classroom
25 = Pick your own seat for the day
30 = Special chair for the day (teacher chair)
35 = Lunch with the teacher
40 = Hat day
***Homework***
I can’t believe that we are already beginning homework! Tomorrow, I will send a HW journal home with each student. This is one of the journals that you provided at the beginning of the school year. Inside the journal is a monthly optional HW menu with tasks that build off of what we are learning in reading, math, science, social studies and writing. There is a note inside each journal that explains how this works. At the end of each month please send the journal back to school for me to review and make notes! We have decided as a team to send the remainder of the HW menus electronically. During the first week of each month we will send the HW menu out with the weekly email. HW is optional so please have your child work at your discretion and have fun! I can’t wait to see all their hard work!
***Reading Groups***
Differentiated reading groups will begin this week. This a 15 minute block where your student will receive reading instruction to meet their needs. During this time, students will be rotating throughout the classroom working independently at literacy centers. On Tuesday, I will send home a book baggie that will have reading book(s) that we work with during group. Please have your student read the books inside their baggie to you each evening. Your child will receive 2 – 3 new books a week. With these stories we will work on fluency, word work, and comprehension. In the coming week we will have information about the Pizza Hut reading incentive that we use for our monthly reading logs. This is a very exciting time. I know our class can’t wait to bring books home! If you have any questions please let me know!
Please send the reading bag back to school each day. We use these materials in group!
Have great week!
Ms. Grimes
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