This week we began to recognize 1-2 Super Scholars each day. Super Scholars are chosen based on following our class rules, demonstrating our core virtues, and always striving to do his/her personal best. At the end of each day Mrs. Trujillo and I discuss who demonstrated being a Super Scholar throughout the day and the following morning the names of students chosen will be listed on the board. As a Super Scholar your child may sit in a chair next to me during our read alouds, color with markers instead of crayons, be my personal helper, and at the end of the day is able to choose a homework pencil out of the bucket. I will sharpen the pencil, if requested, and the pencil is only to be used at home. Once a child has been chosen as a Super Scholar 3 times he/she will be presented with a Super Scholar certificate. Everyone is very excited to enter our classroom to find out who our Super Scholars are and are absolutely thrilled when his/her name is on the board!
Homework is progressing wonderfully! Students are working diligently to complete nightly homework and I am seeing a lot of improvement in our daily Spalding oral and written phonogram review. Next week we will begin learning our 2 letter phonograms. Please continue to review daily phonograms 1-26 (a-z) along with our new phonograms. The math activity book will be sent home on Monday. Once all math homework has been completed we will not be sending home the math activity book for the remainder of the week. For example, if Lesson 3.2 and 3.3 are assigned for the week and your child completes Lesson 3.2 on Monday, the book will be sent home again on Tuesday. If your child completes Lesson 3.3 on Tuesday, the math activity book will not be sent home on Wednesday. It will allow for Mrs. Trujillo to more effectively check in homework. If you ever have any questions or concerns about homework please do not hesitate to ask me in person or email me. Questions about Spalding grip, number formation, phonograms, etc. are always welcome. Unfortunately we have had a lot of sickness in our classroom these past few weeks. Kleenex and hand sanitizer is always available and encouraged! We always use hand sanitizer before snack and after coughing or blowing our noses. As a reminder if your child is absent for any reason you must call the attendance line at 623-218-6607 to leave a recorded message of your child's name, teacher's name, and reason for absence. Also, if your child visits the doctor and is diagnosed with a contagious infection please call our nurse, Beverly Perialas, to inform her. Mrs. Perialas is required to send home a notice to all parents of any contagious infections in the classroom for example, strep throat or pink eye. If you have a doctor's note for any reason you can either drop it off to Mrs. Perialas or have your child bring it to me and I will pass it along to Mrs. Perialas. Our goal, as always, is the safety and health of all our scholars! Reminders:
Our Specials Schedule: Monday: PE Tuesday: Art Wednesday: PE Thursday: Music Friday: Enrichment (Poetry)
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Each day during calendar we count by tens and ones the number of days we have been in school. Our calendar helper asks the class, "How many days have we been in school?" The entire class responds using a complete sentence, "We have been in school (as of today) for 29 days." Then, we clap as we count the number of days we have been in school. Scholars are expected to be able to count from 1-100 by the end of Kindergarten. Our scholars will be able to count to 180!
During our Singapore Math time we are learning our numbers 1-10! Not only are we counting to 10 but we are representing the numbers with our fingers, using five and ten frames with counters and dice, counting using body movements, and writing our numbers with Spalding formation. Give your child a number 1-10 and ask them to show you the number using their fingers. Then, ask your child to show you a different way to show that number. This activity builds a child's number sense. Meaning, if a child holds up 5 fingers on one hand to show the number five followed by a different way, one hand with 2 fingers and one hand with 3 fingers, a child is able to understand that the number 5 is 5 regardless of which 5 fingers are used to represent the number. Number sense is defined as: Number sense essentially refers to a student's “fluidity and flexibility with numbers,” (Gersten & Chard, 2001). He/She has a sense of what numbers mean, understands their relationship to one another, is able to perform mental math, understands symbolic representations, and can use those numbers in real world situations. Math Solutions It is essential for a child to develop number sense in their early years. To help build your child's number sense play board games which involve numbers and counting or read number books and have your child show you the number with either his/her fingers or manipulatives. Manipulatives can be blocks, pasta, beans, beads, anything that can be easily counted and manipulated. Also, ask your child to find numbers at the store or have your child place "4" apples into a bag. Engage your child in learning numbers and helping them to develop number sense. Math is engaging, exploratory, creative and most of all, fun!! Reminders:
Our Specials Schedule: Monday: Music Tuesday: PE Wednesday: Music Thursday: Art Friday: Music I am very happy to announce our Classroom Coordinator for KC! Esther Parsons, Zoey's mom, has volunteered to help coordinate activities for our wonderful group of scholars and families. Mrs. Parsons will be able to explain the activities which will take place outside our classroom for families to get to know one another in a social setting. For our classroom, Mrs. Parsons will be sending out emails to families asking for donations for our Quarter celebrations, volunteers for reading groups, and, if needed, volunteers to help with assembling books and other classroom help. I'm sure you will be hearing from Mrs. Parsons soon!!
Bi-Weekly Week 5 will be sent home in your child's folder next week. I apologize, Mrs. Trujillo and I were unable to complete all the assessments this week due to a shortened week and picture day. One section of the bi-weekly is rhyming words. Scholars are asked which words rhyme: cat/dog or cat/hat? Rhyming words can be challenging for some scholars because it is an auditory activity used to build a child's phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is the understanding that spoken words consist of sequences of sounds. Many scholars will listen to two words and hear the first sound as in hop/pop or hop/hat and think the two words rhyme because of the same first sound. By reading rhyming poems and books you can draw your child's attention to the ending sounds and develop phonemic awareness. When reading a rhyming poem or book ask your child, "which words rhyme?". If your child answers incorrectly give him/her the correct rhyming words and point out the ending. For example, hop/pop rhyme because they both end in "op". Soon your child will be hearing and saying rhyming words all on their own! Reminders:
Our Specials Schedule: Monday: Art Tuesday: Music Wednesday: Enrichment (poetry) Thursday: PE Friday: Art Homework begins for our amazing Kindergarten scholars next week. On Tuesday your child will bring home the Kindergarten newsletter. The left column will be used to outline the week's homework and a place to initial Monday - Thursday that homework has been completed. Each day your child will bring home his/her homework to be completed and returned the following day. Mrs. Trujillo will be checking in homework daily and returning it on the "Take Home" side. Homework directions are located in the bottom box and Spalding letter formation will be on one side of the Spalding Homework sheet and the phonograms to practice will be on the other side. It is very important that your child is completing his/her homework daily. Homework offers practice to say and write our phonograms with fluency and accuracy while working towards mastery. Your role as a parent during homework is to practice phonogram cards, guide them with formation of letters, and praise them for perseverance and wisdom as they embark on this new journey!
Next week we will begin reciting our poem, Whole Duty of Children. Each scholar will stand at the front of the room with a buddy and recite our poem which will be graded on a 4,3,2,1 rubric. 4-I recited the poem with feeling and I got all the words right! 3-I missed one or two words, but I still said it with feeling! 2-I asked my teacher for help, but I remembered some on my own! 1-I said it with my teacher, and I can't wait to practice more at home! We began morning copy work on Thursday. As students begin entering our classroom at 7:25 they are sitting at their seats, writing their name twice, and writing 1-3 phonograms. Once Mrs. Trujillo or I have checked their work for accurate formation of written phonograms each scholar may color a picture of his/her choice. For the next two weeks we will be using a separate sheet of Spalding paper for our daily phonograms practice. Our daily phonogram practice is saying and writing our newly introduced phonograms and reviewing 1-2 phonograms during our Spalding block. Lastly, our class and individual pictures will be next Friday, September 8th. All scholars must wear school uniforms for pictures. This is one of my favorite days because I love to see all the scholars picture hairstyles and smiling faces. It's a very exciting day having your school picture taken for the very first time! Enjoy your Labor Day weekend and see you Tuesday!! Reminders:
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August 2018
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