Friday Note - 2/23/18

This Week:Our theme was universe. Our sight word was “of”. Thursday was Jump Rope for Heart.  Thank you to all who donated to the American Heart Association.  

• Math:  We continued our unit on subtraction. We focused on decomposing using manipulatives, drawings, and number bonds. We also introduced how to write a subtraction number sentence. The students practiced all week using different strategies to show their knowledge of solving a subtraction problem.  

• Language Workshop— We learned about the universe.  We asked questions and read books called Sun, Moon, Earth, and Stars. We also watched videos on BrainPop Jr. Then, we listed key details and new vocabulary words from each book.  The students really enjoyed learning about this topic.

• Writing Workshop—We practiced writing an opinion piece using a graphic organizer to help us organize our thoughts.  An opinion piece consists of three sentences (or more).  The first sentence states an opinion (I like inside recess.).  The next two (or more) sentences give reasons why. The students each wrote an opinion piece about inside or outside recess.

• Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups to focus on different reading skills.  During independent reading time, students are practicing the skills they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies.

• Word Study— We focused on the -at family. Students participated in various activities where they had to identify a picture and match it to the correct word.

Important Dates:

• Feb. 26-March 2:  Dr. Seuss Week (more details below)
• Feb. 28:  Cox CARE Mobile
• March 8:  Reading Journey Ends (logs due)
• March 9:  End of 3rd Quarter
• March 12-16: No School - Spring Break!
• March 20 & 22: Spring Conferences (be watching for more info)

 

Celebrate Reading ~ Dr. Seuss Week ~ February 26-March 2

Please encourage your child to participate as we celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday all week.  We will read different books each day.

Monday - Cat in the Hat - Hat Day

Tuesday - Sleep Book -  Pajama Day

Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday -  Wacky Clothes Day

Thursday - Hooray for Hair -  Crazy Hair Day

Friday - Fox in Socks -  Crazy Sock Day

Next Week:

• We will begin our unit on Dr. Seuss.
• We will continue our subtraction unit.
• Our sight word will be “do” and “not” and our bonus words will be “yes” and “good”.
• We will continue word families.
• We will continue opinion writing.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Vaughn and Mrs. Rush

Friday Note - 2/16/18

NO SCHOOL MONDAY!

This Week:

• Math: We began our unit on subtraction.  Please take time to look over your child’s math page with them daily.  This is a difficult concept for some kindergartners to master as they want to count the amount in each group rather than determining the difference between the groups.  

• Language Workshop: We read many different nursery rhymes this week.  We made Jack and Jill and Hickory Dickory Dock books so they can practice retelling the Nursery Rhyme at home.  We used sequencing cards to sequence and retell the rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle.  We had to glue Humpty Dumpty together again and made up our own story on why he fell, they are hanging in the hallway.  

• Writing Workshop: We continued working on expanding our writing. We are working on writing more than one sentence on the same topic.  We also focused on turning boring sentences into exciting ones by adding more detail.  
• Reading Workshop: Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups to focus on specific reading skills and strategies.  During independent reading time, students are practicing the skills they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies.  
• Word Study: Our sight word was “in” and bonus words were “went” and “there”.   We worked on building CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words by focusing on the short a and short i sounds.   

Important Dates:

• Feb. 19:  No School (Presidents Day)
• Feb. 22:  Jump Rope for Heart (during our P.E. time)
• Feb. 23: Box Top contest ends
• Feb. 26-March 2:  Dr. Seuss Week (more details below)
• Feb. 28:  Cox CARE Mobile

Book Bags

Keep reading and returning the book bags every Friday.  Also, please encourage your child to read these books several times before returning them.  It would be best if you are reading the books each night.  Please take care of these books while they are at your house and make sure they are being returned.  Thanks!  

Celebrate Reading ~ Dr. Seuss Week ~ February 26-March 2

Please encourage your child to participate as we celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday all week.  We will read different books each day.

Monday - Cat in the Hat - Hat Day

Tuesday - Sleep Book -  Pajama Day

Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday -  Wacky Clothes Day

Thursday - Hooray for Hair -  Crazy Hair Day

Friday - Fox in Socks -  Crazy Sock Day

Reading Journey

I hope you and your child are finding a special time each night to work on our reading journey.  Remember, our goal is to complete twenty reading activities.  This reading journey will end on March 8th.  Reading logs need returned by March 8th in order for your child to “travel” to different kindergarten rooms during our read-a-thon on March 9th.

Next Week:

• We will begin a unit on the Universe.
• We will continue working on understanding subtraction.
• Our sight word will be “of” and bonus words are “want” and “our”
• We will continue building CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words and focus on short o and short e sounds.
• We will introduce opinion writing.  

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Vaughn

Friday Note 2/9/18

This week:

• Math— We continued working with addition stories.

• Language Workshop— We read different books about Valentine’s Day.  We also used PebbleGo to learn the history behind Valentine’s Day.  

• Writing Workshop—We worked on expanding our writing. We are working on writing more than one sentence on the same topic and adding details.  
• Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups to focus on specific reading skills and strategies.  During independent reading time, students are practicing the skills they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies.  
• Word Study—We continued segmenting and blending phoneme sounds this week.  We learned to pronounce the beginning, middle and ending of words and then blend them back together.  
• Important Dates:

• Feb. 15:  Jump Rope for Heart form and money due
• Feb. 19: No School (Presidents Day)
• Feb. 22:  Jump Rope for Heart (during our P.E. time)
• Feb. 26-March 2: Dr. Seuss Week (more details below)
• Feb. 28: Cox CARE Mobile

Celebrate Reading ~ Dr. Seuss Week ~ February 26-March 2

Monday - Cat in the Hat - Hat Day

Tuesday- Sleep Book- Pajama Day

Wednesday- Wacky Wednesday- Wacky Clothes Day

Thursday- Hooray for Hair- Crazy Hair Day

Friday- Fox in Socks- Crazy Sock Day

Thank you to all the parents who helped with the Valentine party. The students always have such a good time.

Next Week:

• We will begin a unit Nursery Rhymes.
• In math, we will start subtraction.  
• Our sight word will be “in”.
• We will begin building CVC words focusing on short a and short i sounds.
• We will continue expanding one sentence into 2 or 3 sentences on the same topic.  

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Vaughn

Friday Note 2/2/18

This Week:  We started off the week by celebrating the 100th day on Monday followed by the                                                                                                 101st day with a Dalmatian Celebration on Tuesday.  What a fun way to begin our week!   

• Math—We practiced counting to 100 (by ones, fives, and tens) for our 100th day celebration!  We learned to use a hundreds chart and worked on some fun 100 day activities!  We read several 100 day books during math.  On Wednesday, we began decomposing and composing addition stories with sums of 6, 7 and 8.

• Language Workshop—We did some additional research on seals.  We also enjoyed watching video clips of seals.  We reviewed the list of facts that we wrote last week.  The class insisted on adding a few more facts this week.  Using this knowledge we then listed several things that seals are, what they have, and things they can do.  

• Writing Workshop—As a class, we used the seals facts anchor chart to write a short informational paper.  Then students created their own informational writing paper about seals to hang in the hallway.  
• Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups to focus on specific reading skills and strategies.  During independent reading time, students are practicing the skills they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies.  I hope that you are able to see them using these reading strategies when they are reading with you at home.
• Word Study—We practiced segmenting and blending phoneme sounds this week.  We also reviewed rhyming and played sight word games.     

Important Dates:

• Feb. 6: Camp Barnabas Fundraiser (see details below)
• Feb. 9:  Valentine Party (11:30-11:45 set-up, party 11:45-12:30)
• Feb. 15:  Jump Rope for Heart form and money due
• Feb. 19: No School (President’s Day)
• Feb. 22:  Jump Rope for Heart (during our P.E. time)
• Feb. 26-March 2: Dr. Seuss Week (more details to follow)
• Feb. 28: Cox CARE Mobile

Box Tops

A new box top contest starts next week!  Please send in any box tops you have :)

Ronald McDonald Tooth Truck

The Ronald McDonald Tooth Truck is planning to be at Clever Schools.  Dates have not been decided.  It is dependent on the number of returned eligible applications.  The requirements for being seen and treated on the Tooth Truck are:

-Qualify for the free and reduced lunch program at school

-Cannot be an established patient of a local dentist

-Cannot have a private dental insurance

-Must complete a Tooth Truck application form.

The Tooth Truck treats Medicaid-eligible and uninsured children at no charge for qualifying families.  Children seen last year are not eligible for a routine check-up but should apply if there is a new dental concern.  Please complete an application form and return to the school nurse as soon as possible.  An application is available upon request.

Victory Lane and Camp Barnabas Fundraiser

See the flyer below for details…

Valentine Party Information was sent home last week.  Remember, please let your child write the Valentine’s.  Have fun creating the box together!

Next Week:

• We will begin a unit on poetry, focusing on Valentine’s Day.
• In math, we will continue writing number sentences.  
• Our sight word will be “they” and the bonus words are “there” and “went”
• We will continue to segment and blend phonemes.
• We will practice expanding one sentence into 2 or 3 sentences on the same topic.  

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Vaughn