{"id":1828,"date":"2017-03-13T16:43:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T20:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mehrhok\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2017-03-13T16:43:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T20:43:26","slug":"week-of-march-13th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mehrhok\/2017\/03\/13\/week-of-march-13th\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of March 13th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello Kindergarten Families! Happy 25th week of Kindergarten! Please help your child login to Clever to access MyOn. Here, they have so many online books to choose from for reading. Many of the books are read aloud to them as they follow along! This is a super awesome resource to get your child reading more books. We are having a contest to see which class has the most minutes spent at home on MyOn! Please help us be one of the winners!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 14<sup>th<\/sup> is Bring a Furry Friend to School Day! Your child can bring a stuffed animal to read their favorite books to tomorrow!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, March 15<sup>th<\/sup> is a Late Start! School starts at 9:30AM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, March 17<sup>th<\/sup> is the day to wear GREEN! Every Friday in March will feature something fun or silly your child can wear to school. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Homework<\/strong>: Be sure to complete the daily homework assignments on the March calendar. If this was misplaced, you can find it on your teacher\u2019s blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Spelling<\/u><\/strong>: Here are the<strong> words for this week. Please be sure to help your child practice EVERYDAY! The test is on FRIDAY! Your child will be tested on three word family words and three sight words. * We will also give your child a \u201ccold word\u201d to spell. This is a word that follows the pattern of the word family. (an ex. is bit) <\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>*This week\u2019s word family is \u2013it. Students will write three words that have a different beginning sound with the rime \u2013it.<\/p>\n<p>fit\u00a0 hit\u00a0 kit\u00a0 as well as one mystery \u2013it family word. This is a \u201ccold word\u201d. (ex. bit)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> fit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> hit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> kit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> do<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> are<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> will<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Reading: <\/strong>We are practicing many reading strategies. This week we will practice asking and answering questions about a story using characters, setting, and story sequencing. We will identify when we do not know a word. We will practice asking questions to gain understanding of this unknown word.\u00a0 We will practice using illustrations in the book to help better understand the story. In addition, we will practice decoding words with controlled r. (ex. ar says Arrrr like a pirate) <strong>Please practice the following sight words: (These are words your child needs to recognize and read by sight.)\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Review: her\u00a0\u00a0 help\u00a0\u00a0 girl\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0New words: went\u00a0\u00a0 want\u00a0 good<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Math: <\/strong>We will practice composing numbers less than and equal to 10 in more than one way. (ex. 7=3+4, 2+5=7, 1+6=7)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science: <\/strong>We will continue a unit about living and non-living things. We will continue to distinguish between what is living and what is non-living. We are currently studying snails and fish!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Studies: We will review and test the children on the concepts from our unit \u201cWhere am I?\u201d The children will be tested on position words, reading a map, understanding maps and globes, and describing places in their environment, as well as identifying needs that are provided by the earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Writing: <\/strong>This week we will review and practice opinion writing. We will write about our favorite animals this week. We will also write our opinions and provide two reasons why we like our animal. Please practice stretching for the sounds and using finger spaces between words with your child each day for homework. These writing skills are very important for moving into first grade.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for all you do!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Have a wonderful evening!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be safe driving if you need to go out! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Mehrhof<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Hello Kindergarten Families! Happy 25th week of Kindergarten! Please help your child login to Clever to access MyOn. Here, they have so many online books to choose from for reading. 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