I believe our class is finally in a place where we are comfortable with the routine, know the expectations, and are demonstrating growth with reading. We now have a chart in our classroom where each scholar is able to level up using a magnet with their name on it to the next book. I believe the visual representation is encouraging each student to try his/her personal best to decode words quickly and accurately, read with fluency, and comprehend first, next, last in the story. It also helps that they get to move a little magnet which is very exciting for Kindergartners! Many scholars will be beginning to read books with long vowel words, specifically long vowel with final silent e words. Please encourage your scholar to think about the 5 jobs of "e" and apply the rules to decode these new books. In class we have also been discussing the title, characters, and setting along with first, next, and last. You can try this at home with any book! Please have your child respond in a complete sentence. For example, "The setting is...", "The characters are...", "The title is...".
Every culture has phrases and proverbs that make no sense when carried over literally into another culture. Children hear sayings and phrases at home but don't always understand the meaning behind the saying. Each month we post, recite, and review the meaning of a saying. Our saying during the last two weeks has been "Better safe than sorry" and for the following two weeks it will be "Practice Makes Perfect". These sayings have been chosen because they are likely to have some connection to your child's work of experience. At home you can help your child learn these sayings by using them in meaningful situations. My goal for the next few weeks is to use our saying "Practice makes perfect" within our content learning especially reading groups!! Reminders:
Our Specials Schedule: Monday: Music Tuesday: PE Wednesday: Art Thursday: Art Friday: Music
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At the Sea-side by Robert Louis Stevenson is our January poem. We will be reciting our poem beginning the last week of January on the 30th. Please practice with your child to recite our poem with fluency (reading like we talk), correct pronunciation, standing straight and tall in scholarly position, and using a loud, clear voice! Our scholars enjoy reciting our poem in front of the entire class. Scholars are proud to demonstrate how hard he/she has worked to memorize our poem.
At the Sea-side by Robert Louis Stevenson When I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me To dig the sandy shore. My holes were empty like a cup. In every hole the sea came up, Till it could come no more. Next Tuesday is our 100th day of school! If possible, please send a baggie of 100 items that can be glued to a paper for a 100th day activity we will be doing on that day. Some examples of items to bring are: cheerios, fruit loops, dried beans, paper clips, beads, etc. Be creative! Just ensure that the item can be glued onto a paper! Today our scholars finished Kindergarten Mathematics Textbook A in class and it was sent home in their backpacks. Some of the pages were discussion pages and other pages were practice pages. At the end of the unit there is 1-2 Review pages which is our unit assessment. I have graded each assessment but did not always write the answers and/or score at the top. Also, please feel free to finish an incomplete pages for extra practice! We will begin Textbook B on Monday with a discussion of 1 more and 1 less for numbers 1-20. Reminders:
Our Specials Schedule: Monday: Art Tuesday: Music Wednesday: Enrichment Thursday: PE Friday: Art Amazing project week and fantastic American Symbols night is how I would describe it! I was in awe as our super scholars handed in their American Symbols projects. All of the projects were creative, colorful, and beautiful works of art. Our presentations couldn't have been any better. Scholars were excited to share their projects and all that could be seen around the room were smiles by everyone. Great job scholars (and parents too)!
Mr. Scott visited our classroom with some uniform reminders. I wanted to pass along the information he shared with our scholars.
Thank you so much to all of the wonderful volunteers who have come into our classroom to read with our scholars and assemble book boxes. Words can't begin to express how appreciative I am for all our help. I am a very fortunate teacher to have such phenomenal parents and I thank you! Reminders:
Our Specials Schedule: Tuesday: Art Wednesday: Music Thursday: Music Friday: PE |
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August 2018
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