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It was so nice to see all of you last night . Here is what is going on in class next week: September homework will be sent home on Tuesday . Friday is SOAR team spirit day! Have students come wearing anything and everything green! GOOOO GREEN ! We have Glen Burns from Channel 2 coming to speak to the kids about what a Meteorologist does and the kids will also have an opportunity to ask him questions about how he helps our community. I am sooooo excited !!!! Math In math we continue counting by 1’s to 120 and we will be gin crossing the decade- going from 29 to 30, 59 to 60, etc. We will also review counting on from a number. Students put the number in their “pocket” and continue counting. For example, if I asked students to count on from the number 19, I would have them pretend to put the number 19 silently in their pocket and continue counting…20, 21, 22,… We will also be working on sorting, counting, and ordering different groups. Students can sort items by color, shape, or size, count how many items are in each group, and put the groups in order from least to greatest or greatest to least. Here is a great game for this: http://www.abcya.com/counting_sorting_comparing.htm At home, please make sure students are practicing counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s every night and practicing writing their numbers 0-20. (Fun ways of writing numbers can be with chalk outside, in sand or shaving cream, on a whiteboard, etc.) When students have mastered this, you can practice skip counting by 2, 3, 4, etc. and discuss odd and even numbers. Writing In writer’s workshop we continue our Lucy Calkins narrative unit of study. Along with “When we are done we have just begun,” we will talk about how students can revise their teaching piece. Students will be put in pairs that they will work with in writing and reading. Partners will practice working together after I model-they will discuss things like asking questions, reading their pieces to each other, and giving suggestions to their partner about their writing. We will talk about how to use the stapler safely so students can add more pages to their books. Student will continue to make cover pages for their books with a title and pictures/labels to match. I will also introduce to students how we can plan our book before we begin so that students can get all the paper they need together before getting to work. What you can do at home: have students practice sounding out words and writing down the sounds they hear on paper and draw pictures with details and label their pictures. You can also remind students that when writing, the first letter in a sentence is uppercase and the rest is lower case, there are finger spaces between words, and periods at the end of sentences. We will continue to work on this in class.
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Curriculum Night : 8/29-
There are two sessions that evening .It starts at 6:00 pm .I strongly encourage all parents to attend curriculum night as I will be going over what we are working on for the school year. *We will also have the mystery reader signup sheet if you did not get a chance to sign up on sneak peek and a conference signup sheet for fall conferences . Please remember this is event is for Adults Only . Picture Day We will be taking pictures August this Tuesday Science Lab We went to the Science Lab today and the kids had so much fun! They explored the materials in the Science Lab. Have your child tell you all about it . We had another great week in Kindergarten. I am truly enjoying each day with your child . Below are the updates on what we will learn about next week.. We will be taking an county wide assessment which tests your child in the areas of Math and Literacy . Digital Citizenship-We also have a Digital Citizenship Lesson with Ms. Severson on Friday . She will come and teach the kids about internet safety. It is designed to empower students to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in our digital world. She will teach a series of five lessons. Library Books- Please return all library books by 9/3 so that your child may get a new book on 9/3( our library day) In math Next week we will work on counting . We will practice counting to 120. I have included some links to some videos that your child may watch to practice counting to 120. Keep practicing those numbers! Can you? -Count to 120 -Write your numbers 1-20 and even 1-30 -Count on from a given number (i.e count on from 5- student says "6, 7, 8..." -Identify a number on the hundreds chart -Touch count objects See below for some great songs to practice counting! Teens and groups of tens www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedvwH6Ay18 Counting By 10's www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQSdKlNvrmw Count to 100 exercise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc I can count to 100 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=estMnWVEjrk I can count to 120 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA9BhxGwGMs We are also working on writing our numbers 1-20. Sorting and counting objects What you can do at home : Have your child practice writing their numbers 1-20 Watch the videos and have them practice counting to 100 In Reading next week:This is your child's first ever reading experience and I want to build their confidence when reading . This biggest message that I want to teach them is yes, you can read!!! I will be teaching them reading strategies and habits to build reading stamina . The ultimate goal is to create a mindset for your the kids to want to learn to read and who believe that they can do it . We will be observing your child's reading habits and introducing them to reading strategies ,such as "Stretchy Snake"(stretching out the letters in the word to sound out the word) and "Owl Eyes" ( using the pictures for clues) One of the best ways to encourage your child to read is to build their confidence . You can help them by encouraging them to read by using the above strategies discussed. We will also continue to work on personalized learning by having your child work on our phonics program ,"IREAD". I will send home their usernames and passwords once they have more experience with the program. In phonics next week : We will review letter sounds "a" and "d" and start to work on the letter "A" We will come up with lists of words that start with the letter that we are working on each week.We will also review the list of words from the week before . Your child will also practice writing their letters as well. What you can do at home : Practice writing letters of the alphabet and letter sounds In Social Studies next week: We will be starting our first IB unit :" Who we are ". We will be learning about Community helpers around the world . Our IB word for the month and this unit is " Communicator." Talk to your child about how they can be a good communicator, when speaking with their friends and family Below is more information on our first IB unit Lines of Inquiry: Different roles in the community ( function) Similarities and differences between communities (connection) My role as a citizen in a community (responsibility) Key Concepts: Function Responsibility Connection Related Concepts Roles Citizenship Relationships Transdisciplinary Skills: Communication skills: Listening to speakers, stories and skype calls. Skype calls enable good questioning techniques Social skills: Acting responsibly in our community, Adopting a variety of group roles, cooperating and being kind to each other Self-management Skills : codes of behavior, safety and informed choices Research Skills :Formulating questions, planning, collecting and observing Learner Profile: Communicator: Communicating with each other and community helpers around the world/ learning to ask a question Thinker: creating rules Principled: Learning to do the right thing/ following directions Attitudes: Appreciation: appreciation of various roles in the community and different cultures Respect: respect themselves, others and the world around them tolerance : acceptance of other cultures and beliefs What a fantastic first week of school!
I LOVED how all of the kids worked as a team and took time to get to know their peers. This week we learned a lot about classroom procedures and school rules. Our class came up with an "Essential Agreement " , which is a list of classroom rules that we came up with together. Next week Assessments for next week - I will be Pre-assessing your child for our very first Math Unit " Counting with Friends ". We will also be Pre-assessing letter recognition , and sight word recognition One of the biggest life skills your child will gain in my classroom is how to work independently with confidence and pride . Math Stations- We will start to expose your child to math stations and how to independently rotate from teacher directed tables to independent work stations . Social Studies - We will start our first IB unit - Look for more info in the grade level newsletter on Thursday Writing - We will begin our Writing Workshop ... More info and pictures to come As always please feel free to email me :) |
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