Monday, October 29, 2018

Bats!

This week in:

Reader's Workshop-We are working on using our voices to bring books to life by using the pattern to sing out books, using punctuation to figure out HOW to read, & changing their voices to show they understand the book.

Writer's Workshop-We are using rubrics to self assess our writing. We will begin our new genre of writing Information writing in January.

Math Workshop-We are continuing to learn new strategies to make us fluent with our addition facts. We have been working on plus zero, plus one, using counters, drawing pictures, and doubles. This week we will begin learning how to use a number line to help up add.

Concepts- We will study bats! We will learn words like mammal nocturnal, echolocation, and more!

Reminders
*The 50th day of school is this Friday! We will celebrate by dressing up like girls and boys from the 50's and doing a lot of fun activities with the number 50. :) We can't wait to see everyone!

Friday, October 19, 2018

Spiders!

This week in:

Readers Workshop- We are combining our reading powers and learning to use the first sound of a word to help you read a tricky word.

Writers Workshop-We are working on self assessing our own writing by using a rubric. We will begin publishing soon!

Concepts-We will continue to be scientist and study spiders next week!

Math Workshop-We are beginning addition and the kids are loving it! We will begin  with plus zero and plus one. We have been working on learning our doubles up to 5 and will begin learning our doubles to 10 soon. If you have an opportunity ask your child their doubles facts!

Reminders
*No school on Monday, October 22nd. It is a teacher workday.
*Our storybook carnival will be this Friday, October 31st. Please go ahead and send in your child's book that they will be dressing up as. Please put your child's name in the book. This will be a super fun day for our kindergartners! :)
*Report Cards will go home on October 31st. Please keep the report card but sign the envelope and send it back to school. :)
*A zero on the report card indicates that standard has not been assessed at this time. :) There will be a rubric on the report card for the number evaluation of 1, 2, or 3. :)
*Due to the hurricane day our 50th day celebration has been moved to Friday, November 2nd. Your child may dress up from the 50's error on this day.
*November the 5th we will have a special guest Kate the Chemist
*No school on Tuesday, November 6th for election day
*We still need help filling up our sign up genius for our storybook carnival. Below is the link:
http://signup.com/go/rRBrdFF
*If you have not signed up for a conference I would love the opportunity to share all the wonderful things your monkey is doing. :) If the dates and times do not work for you please let me know. :)
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4ca5aa29a1fe3-conferences1

Friday, October 12, 2018

Pumpkins!

This week in:

Reader's Workshop-We will practice our pointer power and our partner power to make us even stronger readers!

Writer's Workshop-We will begin to learn how to use a rubric to self assess our writing/personal narratives.

Math Workshop-We will continue to learn about place value.

Concepts- We will continue being scientists this week and study pumpkins!

Reminders
* Conferences start this week
*Our first field trip is Wednesday, October 17th. Please wear your class shirt that was sent home earlier in the year and pack a lunch with a drink.  Please pack their lunch in a disposable bag with a disposable drink so they do not have to keep us with lunch boxes. Please write your child's first and last name and my name on the lunch bag. Please dress your child appropriately for the weather we will be outside all day.
*Our first weather make up date is Friday, October 19th. We will have school on this day.
*No school for students on Monday, October 22nd. Teacher workday.
*Kindergarten will have their story book carnival on Friday, October 26th. Students are asked to dress up as their favorite storybook character on that day.

Friday, October 5, 2018

Dinosaur Week!

This week in:

Readers Workshop: We are learning about our reading powers. This week we will talk about our pointer power. We will practice touching each word, the number of words on the page are the number of taps, even long words only get one tap, and using our sight words to help us keep track!

Writer's Workshop: We are making books! We are so proud and excited! The students are writing personal narratives (stories that really happened to them) We are learning to make our writing come alive by adding labels and speech bubbles!

Math Workshop: We are working on place value. We are learning about the tens place and the ones place. We are learning about rods and units and how to count them!

Concepts: We are going to be scientist (paleontologists) this week and study dinosaurs! We will make hypothesis, do research, observe fossils, make fossils, make a volcano, and so much more! Lots of great science vocabulary this week! Thank you so much for sending in special items so we can make learning fun and engaging for your little monkey!

Reminders
*We are doing awesome in the Read-A-Thon! Keep reading and logging in each night. :)
*Library check out on Wednesday. :)

Pilgrims

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