News from the Jungle
February 1, 2018
**** No School for Kindergarten students Friday, February 2nd.
We have completed this round of NWEA testing. We will take the test again in the spring. Please continue to do NWEA practice with your child over the next few months. Not only is it good practice for the test, but these are skills that they will need to know for First grade. This website can help reinforce skills we are learning each day at school. Please find the Prepdog link below:
Coming soon on homework, the math story will include making a number bond. We also call this part, part, whole. For any of you that may not be familiar with this concept, here are a few videos in order to help you support your child’s learning at home:
If you need help on how to support your child in completing the homework packet, please refer to the homework packet instruction video. You can find this video at the top of our blog under the new tab called “How-To Videos.” This is where I will put any videos I have made for the class in order to make it easier to find the videos.
PLEASE PUT YOUR CHILD ON READING EGGS AND MATH SEEDS EACH NIGHT!!!! This is a great way to supplement and support their learning!
If you misplaced your child’s login and need the information again, please email me at dimitrm@dearbornschools.org
Upcoming Events
2/2 No School for Kindergarten students only
2/5 – 2/8 Popcorn Sales (popcorn will be delivered on 2/9)
2/7 Late Start – arrival 9:35am
2/7 Scholastic Book order due (should be delivered by 2/14 or 2/15)
2/9 +6 Math Fact Quiz
2/9 Spelling Test: me, on, do, she, cap, map, nap, tap, clap, snap
2/13 Valentine celebration (Your child may bring Valentine’s to pass out)
2/13 – 2/14 Valentine Gram Sale (delivered on 2/16)
2/16 Assembly – Journey to the Center of the Earth
2/16 +7 Math Facts Quiz
2/16 Spelling Test: no, he, of, we, men, hen, ten, pen, then, when
2/16 100th Day (Please turn in 100 day projects on this day)
2/19 – 2/23 Mid-Winter Break
2/28 PBIS celebration – Solo Cup Competition
3/1 +8 Math Facts Quiz
3/1 Spelling Test: are, here, was, sit, hit, pit, fit, kit, bit, split
Agenda for the Week
Spelling Words for our next spelling test on 2/9:
me, on, do, she, cap, map, nap, tap, clap,
Plus a bonus word which will be one of the following words: snap, flap, slap, gap, rap, zap
The purpose of the bonus word is to assess whether the children understand the word family pattern of each word ending in the same two letters -ap.
These words will be in the homework which will come home on Monday!
Please remember the spelling booklet will come home on the Monday after the children take the test and will be expected to be reviewed, signed, and returned to school on Tuesday. This will be the protocol for the test booklets each week. At the end of the year, the test booklets will be sent home for you to keep.
Reading and Writing: This week was a quick week. We continue to practice writing sentences which include uppercase letters to start the sentence, finger spaces between words, and periods at the end of the sentence. We have also been reviewing nouns, verbs, and adjectives and are trying to include those in our writing. We learned about our work on writing journals and began using those during Daily 5. The children choose their own topic and write about it. This is a great time for them to explore writing about a topic they like and try adding details to it to make it at least two sentences long.
Math: The children took their +5 math test today! Next week, we will focus on learning +6 math facts. Our test will be on Friday, February 9th.
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6+ 0 = __ 6 + 5 = __ 6 + 10=__ 6 + 1 = __ 6 + 6 = __ 6 + 2 = __ 6 + 7 = __ 6 + 3 = __ 6 + 8 = __ 6 + 4 = __ 6 + 9 = __ |
The scope of our math curriculum for the rest of the year will be addition, subtraction, and greater than or less than concepts.
The children continued learning about base 10 blocks and how to count tens and ones to make a number. For example one bunch of 10 and 2 ones makes 12. We included many base 10 activities in our math centers this week.
Here are some addition, subtraction, and greater than/less than videos to support your child’s learning:
Here are some addition videos:
Science: We continued learning about polar habitats! We completed a few more cut and glue activities to label body parts on polar animals and learned facts about the animals. Next week we will learn about penguins and try using our informational blueprint to write an informative piece of writing.
If you missed the post about how arctic animals stay warm, here is the link to the post with pictures of our experiment using the blubber glove:
https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/dimitriou/2018/01/24/how-do-arctic-animals-stay-warm/
Social Studies: Next month we will begin learning about maps. This will be a fun unit for the children to begin learning about the world around them!
Housekeeping Items:
Spelling booklets: Please be sure to return these promptly on Tuesday!
Snack Time
**** Due to a peanut allergy in our room, please do not send in any snacks that contain nuts.*****
Folders
Please make sure to empty the green folders each night! It is very difficult and time consuming to locate homework or important notes when the folder is full of papers from the day before. Remember to initial the communication log and feel free to add any notes to me!
