Weekly Update

February 26, 2018

Spelling Words:
We will have our spelling test on Friday of this week.
Our words this week are:

1. what
2. was
3. with
4. here
5. she
6. her
7. by
8. my
9. small
10. all

Fluency Passages:
I have had some questions on fluency passages so I thought this might be the best way to answer them all. Fluency passages are not intended to have your student read super fast and not understand anything they read. The purpose of these is first to give many opportunities for repetitions of sight words, especially with those first passages. The second is to help students read with fluency which is necessary for comprehension. Fluency doesn't mean just speed. We explain it as reading "how you talk" or "with expression" (i.e. excited or questioning, pausing slightly at end marks and commas, etc.)

Math:
We will be finishing up our Place Value unit this week. Our test will be on Friday. I think they are going to do great!

Read Across America Week:
The remaining days for this week are:

Wednesday-Green Eggs & Ham day (wear green)

Thursday-"Read My Shirt" day (wear a shirt with school appropriate messages and writing that others can read)

Friday-"Cozy Up With a Good Book" day (wear PJs)

Roaring to Read:
I sent home flyers about the Roaring to Read program in December. If your student is participating I need their reading log back no later than March 22nd. This gives me time to get everything together and sent in before Spring Break.

100th Day:
We had so much fun! Here are a few pictures of our day. 

February 26, 2018

Spelling Words:
We will have our spelling test on Friday of this week.
Our words this week are:

1. what
2. was
3. with
4. here
5. she
6. her
7. by
8. my
9. small
10. all

Fluency Passages:
I have had some questions on fluency passages so I thought this might be the best way to answer them all. Fluency passages are not intended to have your student read super fast and not understand anything they read. The purpose of these is first to give many opportunities for repetitions of sight words, especially with those first passages. The second is to help students read with fluency which is necessary for comprehension. Fluency doesn't mean just speed. We explain it as reading "how you talk" or "with expression" (i.e. excited or questioning, pausing slightly at end marks and commas, etc.)

Math:
We will be finishing up our Place Value unit this week. Our test will be on Friday. I think they are going to do great!

Read Across America Week:
The remaining days for this week are:

Wednesday-Green Eggs & Ham day (wear green)

Thursday-"Read My Shirt" day (wear a shirt with school appropriate messages and writing that others can read)

Friday-"Cozy Up With a Good Book" day (wear PJs)

Roaring to Read:
I sent home flyers about the Roaring to Read program in December. If your student is participating I need their reading log back no later than March 22nd. This gives me time to get everything together and sent in before Spring Break.

100th Day:
We had so much fun! Here are a few pictures of our day. 

Weekly Update

February 19, 2019

I hope you all enjoyed your four day weekend! This week is going to be a little different, so please read carefully and be sure to email me with any questions or concerns.

Spelling Words:
We are NOT introducing any new spelling words this week. Last week's list was tough and our kiddos didn't do as well on the spelling test. We are going to practice the same list of words this week and re-test on THURSDAY. If your student got 100%, they do not need to retake the test and I will provide something else for them to do during that time. After they take the test on Thursday, I will take the higher score from last week or this week.
The words are:

1. as
2. is
3. has
4. now
5. down
6. the
7. they
8. there
9. this
10. that

Fluency Passages:

We will NOT be sending home fluency passages this week. Our EA that does the cold reads is only available to do that on Monday and since it is a short week, we will just skip it this week. :) 

Math:

We are continuing our work on Place Value this week. 

100th Day of School:

This Friday the 22nd is the 100th day of school! Your student is welcome to dress up as a 100 year old person if they would like. We have all sorts of activities planned for Friday to celebrate being 100 days smarter!

February 19, 2019

I hope you all enjoyed your four day weekend! This week is going to be a little different, so please read carefully and be sure to email me with any questions or concerns.

Spelling Words:
We are NOT introducing any new spelling words this week. Last week's list was tough and our kiddos didn't do as well on the spelling test. We are going to practice the same list of words this week and re-test on THURSDAY. If your student got 100%, they do not need to retake the test and I will provide something else for them to do during that time. After they take the test on Thursday, I will take the higher score from last week or this week.
The words are:

1. as
2. is
3. has
4. now
5. down
6. the
7. they
8. there
9. this
10. that

Fluency Passages:

We will NOT be sending home fluency passages this week. Our EA that does the cold reads is only available to do that on Monday and since it is a short week, we will just skip it this week. :) 

Math:

We are continuing our work on Place Value this week. 

100th Day of School:

This Friday the 22nd is the 100th day of school! Your student is welcome to dress up as a 100 year old person if they would like. We have all sorts of activities planned for Friday to celebrate being 100 days smarter!

Weekly Update

February 11, 2019

Welcome back to another fun week in Kindergarten! I hope you all had fun in the snow over the weekend!

Spelling Words:
We have ten new spelling words this week. I am so proud of how they are doing on these! 
Our words this week are:

1. the
2. that
3. there
4. this
5. they
6. as
7. is
8. has
9. now
10. down

Math:
We are continuing our work on place value this week but we will also be doing some fun Valentine's related math.

Valentine's Day:
Please send in a clean milk jug by tomorrow. We will begin decorating them during art. Please let me know if you are not able to send one in. 

We will be celebrating Valentine's on Thursday the 14th this week. Your student is welcome to bring in a valentine for each child in class. We will be passing those out and opening them up and having a small snack to go with it. It is a pretty low-key party. You are welcome to join us if you want to!

100th Day of School:
Next Friday the 22nd is the 100th Day of School. We will be celebrating with all sorts of fun activities. Students are invited to dress up like they are 100 years old if they would like to. I will send out more details on next week's blog.

Read Across America:
Kindergarten-5th grade will be celebrating Read Across America the week of the 25th this month.
The days are:

Monday-One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish day (wear red and blue)

Tuesday-Fox in Socks day (wear crazy socks)

Wednesday-Green Eggs & Ham day (wear green)

Thursday-"Read My Shirt" day (wear a shirt with school appropriate messages and writing that others can read)

Friday-"Cozy Up With a Good Book" day (wear PJs)

February 11, 2019

Welcome back to another fun week in Kindergarten! I hope you all had fun in the snow over the weekend!

Spelling Words:
We have ten new spelling words this week. I am so proud of how they are doing on these! 
Our words this week are:

1. the
2. that
3. there
4. this
5. they
6. as
7. is
8. has
9. now
10. down

Math:
We are continuing our work on place value this week but we will also be doing some fun Valentine's related math.

Valentine's Day:
Please send in a clean milk jug by tomorrow. We will begin decorating them during art. Please let me know if you are not able to send one in. 

We will be celebrating Valentine's on Thursday the 14th this week. Your student is welcome to bring in a valentine for each child in class. We will be passing those out and opening them up and having a small snack to go with it. It is a pretty low-key party. You are welcome to join us if you want to!

100th Day of School:
Next Friday the 22nd is the 100th Day of School. We will be celebrating with all sorts of fun activities. Students are invited to dress up like they are 100 years old if they would like to. I will send out more details on next week's blog.

Read Across America:
Kindergarten-5th grade will be celebrating Read Across America the week of the 25th this month.
The days are:

Monday-One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish day (wear red and blue)

Tuesday-Fox in Socks day (wear crazy socks)

Wednesday-Green Eggs & Ham day (wear green)

Thursday-"Read My Shirt" day (wear a shirt with school appropriate messages and writing that others can read)

Friday-"Cozy Up With a Good Book" day (wear PJs)

Weekly Update

February 2, 2019

I hope you all had a nice long weekend! 

Spelling:

Our new spelling words this week are:

1. you
2. see
3. will
4. play
5. look
6. like
7. have
8. some
9. come
10. make

Math:

We are continuing our work on Place Value this week. 

Valentines Day:

We will be getting ready to make our Valentine's containers next week. We need each student to bring in an empty one gallon milk container that has been washed out really well :). If you can send in more than one, that would be helpful too :). I sent home the list of names from our class so that you can start working on those at home. 

Homework:

Our homework is changing. We will be sending home weekly fluency passages for your student to work on each day. Please have them do five 1 minute timings of it. The purpose of this is NOT to read through it so quickly that they don't understand what they read. The purpose of this is to provide repetitions of our sight words in context so that they can practice reading with expression. Encourage your student to pause at punctuation and read sentences the same way they talk. This is a separate homework grade and is so important because it really does help them read well! The five minutes of reading this passage each night DOES count towards their twenty minute total. 

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

February 2, 2019

I hope you all had a nice long weekend! 

Spelling:

Our new spelling words this week are:

1. you
2. see
3. will
4. play
5. look
6. like
7. have
8. some
9. come
10. make

Math:

We are continuing our work on Place Value this week. 

Valentines Day:

We will be getting ready to make our Valentine's containers next week. We need each student to bring in an empty one gallon milk container that has been washed out really well :). If you can send in more than one, that would be helpful too :). I sent home the list of names from our class so that you can start working on those at home. 

Homework:

Our homework is changing. We will be sending home weekly fluency passages for your student to work on each day. Please have them do five 1 minute timings of it. The purpose of this is NOT to read through it so quickly that they don't understand what they read. The purpose of this is to provide repetitions of our sight words in context so that they can practice reading with expression. Encourage your student to pause at punctuation and read sentences the same way they talk. This is a separate homework grade and is so important because it really does help them read well! The five minutes of reading this passage each night DOES count towards their twenty minute total. 

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.