Weekly Update

March 18, 2019

I cannot believe we are already up to Spring Break! This year seems to just be flying by! That must mean we are having fun :).

Spelling Words:
Remember, the first five words on the list are kindergarten review words and the second five are new 1st grade words! Our words this week are:

1. it
2. at
3. in
4. us
5. an
6. then
7. them
8. these
9. their
10. than

Math:
We are continuing our work on 2-D shapes this week. We will be finishing those up this week and them moving on to 3-D shapes when we come back from Spring Break.

Art:
Our class will be studying James Whistler and his use of shape. They will be using chalk pastels and black paper to create their own replicas of one of James Whistler's pieces.

Homework:
Homework this week will be all of the usual except there is no fluency homework this week. We wanted to give those students who have missing homework to get caught up. Please look at your Parent Portal to see what your student's current grade is for homework and to check for any missing work. I can accept missing work through Friday of this week which is the last day of Quarter 3.

Spring Break:
We will NOT have school the 25th through the 29th for Spring Break! Your student is bringing home homework today, but there won't be any additional homework over Spring Break!

Roaring Readers:
Roaring readers are due by this Friday the 22nd. I will not accept any late entries this year. I will be mailing them off by the end of the day on Friday. Please make sure your student returns their log to me sometime this week.

March 18, 2019

I cannot believe we are already up to Spring Break! This year seems to just be flying by! That must mean we are having fun :).

Spelling Words:
Remember, the first five words on the list are kindergarten review words and the second five are new 1st grade words! Our words this week are:

1. it
2. at
3. in
4. us
5. an
6. then
7. them
8. these
9. their
10. than

Math:
We are continuing our work on 2-D shapes this week. We will be finishing those up this week and them moving on to 3-D shapes when we come back from Spring Break.

Art:
Our class will be studying James Whistler and his use of shape. They will be using chalk pastels and black paper to create their own replicas of one of James Whistler's pieces.

Homework:
Homework this week will be all of the usual except there is no fluency homework this week. We wanted to give those students who have missing homework to get caught up. Please look at your Parent Portal to see what your student's current grade is for homework and to check for any missing work. I can accept missing work through Friday of this week which is the last day of Quarter 3.

Spring Break:
We will NOT have school the 25th through the 29th for Spring Break! Your student is bringing home homework today, but there won't be any additional homework over Spring Break!

Roaring Readers:
Roaring readers are due by this Friday the 22nd. I will not accept any late entries this year. I will be mailing them off by the end of the day on Friday. Please make sure your student returns their log to me sometime this week.

Weekly Update

March 11, 2019

Welcome back to another fun week in kindergarten! This week is a short week as we do NOT have school this Friday the 15th. Teachers will be at the school working and the administration will be working on the lottery for next year.

Spelling Words:
We have ten new words this week. Our test will be on Thursday since we don't have school on Friday. Starting last week we moved into our combination lists of kindergarten review words and 1st grade words. The first five are always our kindergarten words and the last five are first grade words.
Our words this week are:

1. go
2. sit
3. he
4. who
5. me
6. way
7. he
8. when
9. we
10. how 

Math:
This week we are working on Geometry. We are focusing on 2-dimensional shapes to start with. Those shapes are:

1. circle
2. oval
3. square
4. triangle
5. rectangle
6. rhombus (not diamond)
7. trapezoid
8. pentagon
9. hexagon
10. octagon
11. heart
12. star
13. crescent

Their homework in math this week is asking them to find objects around their home that are the listed shapes. So for example they could say the face of the clock for a circle.

Fluency Homework:
Some of your students moved to kindergarten passages this week! The font is much smaller and more of a "book" font. You will also notice that their aren't as many sight words in it, they are still simple words that your student should be able to sound out with help. Remember the focus is to read how you talk, not like a robot :).

Book Orders:
Book orders are due by the end of the school day this Thursday the 14th. Please let me know if you want anything held back as a gift for your student :).

March 11, 2019

Welcome back to another fun week in kindergarten! This week is a short week as we do NOT have school this Friday the 15th. Teachers will be at the school working and the administration will be working on the lottery for next year.

Spelling Words:
We have ten new words this week. Our test will be on Thursday since we don't have school on Friday. Starting last week we moved into our combination lists of kindergarten review words and 1st grade words. The first five are always our kindergarten words and the last five are first grade words.
Our words this week are:

1. go
2. sit
3. he
4. who
5. me
6. way
7. he
8. when
9. we
10. how 

Math:
This week we are working on Geometry. We are focusing on 2-dimensional shapes to start with. Those shapes are:

1. circle
2. oval
3. square
4. triangle
5. rectangle
6. rhombus (not diamond)
7. trapezoid
8. pentagon
9. hexagon
10. octagon
11. heart
12. star
13. crescent

Their homework in math this week is asking them to find objects around their home that are the listed shapes. So for example they could say the face of the clock for a circle.

Fluency Homework:
Some of your students moved to kindergarten passages this week! The font is much smaller and more of a "book" font. You will also notice that their aren't as many sight words in it, they are still simple words that your student should be able to sound out with help. Remember the focus is to read how you talk, not like a robot :).

Book Orders:
Book orders are due by the end of the school day this Thursday the 14th. Please let me know if you want anything held back as a gift for your student :).

Weekly Update

March 4, 2019

I hope you had a good weekend!

Spelling Words:
Numbers 1-5 are reviewing kindergarten sight words and numbers 6-10 are first grade sight words.

 Our words this week are:

1. up
2. I
3. on
4. a
5. no
6. or
7. if
8. so
9. but
10. to

Math:
We took our test on Place Value today and it looks like they have done a great job! We will begin our unit on Geometry tomorrow. We will begin by studying two dimensional shapes and their attributes then move into three dimensional shapes and their attributes.

Pajama Day:
This Friday we are having a pajama day! Please do send blankets or stuffed animals to school. :) 

Snacks:
We now have 24 students in our class. I will let you know if that changes again. 

Roaring Readers:
If your student is participating in the Roaring to Read program, I need their reading log turned in by March 22nd of this month.

March 4, 2019

I hope you had a good weekend!

Spelling Words:
Numbers 1-5 are reviewing kindergarten sight words and numbers 6-10 are first grade sight words.

 Our words this week are:

1. up
2. I
3. on
4. a
5. no
6. or
7. if
8. so
9. but
10. to

Math:
We took our test on Place Value today and it looks like they have done a great job! We will begin our unit on Geometry tomorrow. We will begin by studying two dimensional shapes and their attributes then move into three dimensional shapes and their attributes.

Pajama Day:
This Friday we are having a pajama day! Please do send blankets or stuffed animals to school. :) 

Snacks:
We now have 24 students in our class. I will let you know if that changes again. 

Roaring Readers:
If your student is participating in the Roaring to Read program, I need their reading log turned in by March 22nd of this month.