Due to the snow day today, we will celebrate the 100th day of school tomorrow on Wednesday (February 13th). Please still have your child dress up!

NWEA scores were sent home today in mailboxes. Please look at students score for math and reading (it shows scores from Fall to Winter). Updates about IRP and intervention plans will be going out shortly. If you have any questions about reading the scores, please let me know!

100th Day: Tomorrow is the 100th day! Students are dressing up like they are 100 years old! We are also doing a snack exchange where students are bringing in 100 pieces of a snack and sharing 10 pieces around the room. Please no snacks that contain nuts because of our allergy.

Valentine’s Day: With our recent days off and changes in meetings and schedules, we are doing all Valentine’s related activities on Thursday. Class lists were sent home if you are sending in Valentines or treats. Please address the Valentines to all 18 students if you choose to bring them in.

Letters/Digraphs Of The Week:  wh

In Review: Ss, Mm, Rr, Bb, Tt, Nn, Aa, Dd, Oo, Ii, Cc, Gg, Hh, Ff, Pp, Ee, Vv, Zz, Uu, Ll, Ww, Jj, Yy, Zz, Kk, Qq

Long Vowels A, O, I, E, U, Digraphs ch, sh, th

Words of The Week: make, by

Words in Review: the, I, can, see, like, to, look, at, come, and, a, we, go, in, my, he, is, has, are, for, here, you, this, little, did, not,she, said, get, it, big, an, me, went, with, am, have

Spelling Words -ig pattern  dig, pig, wig

Homework:

Math: Module 3 Lessons:  lessons 24-27

Spelling:  Practice pattern words and personal words in Spelling notebook.  Test will be on Thursday.

Literacy: Continue practicing reading, sight words, and spelling words daily.  Use at least 1 night a week for writing practice with your child.  They can write about what they did in school, family time, friends, practices, ect.  Goals include capital letters at the start of the sentence only, punctuation at the end, spaces, and details in the writing.  We should be at about 2-3 sentences on 1 topic.

Spelling: We did spelling tests today and everyone that I met with has their new set of words and personal words that should be coming home to study. Students are reminded nightly to take their reading bags and spelling notebooks home to practice! There are just a few more students (about 3 or 4) that I need to catch up because we ran out of time. Those students will be caught up on Monday and tests will come home after with a score. Our next test will be on Thursday 2/14/19! **From then on, we will continue to take the tests every Friday!!

100th Day  We will be celebrating our 100th day with special activities on Tuesday February 12th.  We have had many date changes, but this is the day!  We are going to embed our 100th day actives into our regular curriculum.  We will be dressing like we are 100 years old that day! Grab those canes and wigs and dress up for fun!  I am asking you also send in a 1ooth day snack that day.  This is a snack for your child that is 100 pieces of something.  It can be healthy or not, but have the children count out the 100 pieces themselves and send them in a bag.  Please do not send in any nuts or seeds of any kind.  Some examples are 100 goldfish, cereal pieces, m&ms, popcorn etc.  We will eat these in the afternoon after we do some math work with them!

Valentines Day Thank you for all of the donations for Valentine’s Day. We will be celebrating on the 13th (Thursday). A list of student’s names were sent home if you would like to do valentines/cards. Please make sure if your child is making valentines to address them to all 18 of the students. No nuts please if you are sending in a treat!

This is an update given about our book fair this week:

This is a reminder that our Scholastic book fair will run from noon until 4:00 on Thursday. Since we missed school on Wednesday, we have decided to open for ONE hour on Friday from 12:30-1:30. Clean up will begin promptly at 1:30. If there is anything you would like to purchase, please make sure you come between the above times.  Thank you so much for supporting our school!

There have been a few more updated lunch changes because of the snow days we have had! Thank you for being flexible!

Lindbergh Menu Changes due to 3 Snow Days last week.

Wednesday, 2/ 6
1st Choice – Cheesy Garlic Flat Bread
2nd Choice – Cheese Pocket Pizza

We tried to accomplish as much as we can with this short week. Since I was not at school today, we will be taking our Spelling Test on Monday with the -an words. We will then get our new set of words and take that test on Thursday. (hopefully things will get on a normal schedule soon!)
Reminder: Kindergarten does not have school on Friday the 8th. Kindergarten teachers will be at a meeting.
After next week, spelling test will continue on the normal schedule and be given on Fridays. Thank you for understanding!

Lunch Changes:
Monday, 2/4:   1st Choice: Halal Hot Dog   2nd Choice: Cheese Pocket Pizza
Tuesday, 2/5: 1st Choice: (New) Halal Taco made with Halal Taco ground Beef 2nd Choice: Cheese Pocket Pizza

Thank you for those that have signed up for the Valentine’s Day supplies!
We are still in need of some things, please check out the link to see if you can bring anything in!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0545a5ac23a7fe3-valentines

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Report cards-They will be sent home as soon as we return back to school. Please sign the envelope and return the blank envelope back to school!

Language Arts- Please had your child fill out their nightly literacy activity sheet. I will collect them every Monday (Tuesday this week). Our class goal is that everyone turns in their homework weekly! We have completed our first spelling test! The children were sent home with their new list in their spelling notebooks on Friday (unless they forgot their reading bag or spelling notebook at home). Missed personal words will be on their test again this week followed by our new pattern (-an). Please make sure spelling notebooks and reading bags are brought to school daily!!

Math- We have just completed Module 3 up to Lesson 18. Please continue to use words at home like longer/shorter, heavier/lighter, etc. to keep the information fresh. Please continue to work on the nightly practice homework. Our goal is to finish lessons 19-22 this week.

Science/Social Studies- In Science, we have just completed out first experiment of ice melting! We will be using artificial light this week (because of winter) to finish our sunlight explorations. We shared timelines this week for Social Studies and they are proudly hanging in the hallway! Students did a great job presenting and putting their posters together:)! We are now starting geography with discussions on where we live. We are starting with our home, classroom, and moving to the world. By the end of this unit, it is important for students to learn their address and phone number, so please practice as much as you can at home!

Diagraphs of the week: sh (it is the next page in the blend/diagraph packet that was sent home)

Spelling Words -an pattern  fan, pan, man

Words of The Week: am, have

Words in Review: the, I, can, see, like, to, look, at, come, and, a, we, go, in, my, he, is, has, are, for, here, you, this, little, did, not,she, said, get, it, big, an, me, went, with

Homework:
*Math Module 3 Lessons 19-22
* Spelling words in spelling notebook (Test will be every FRIDAY)
*Continue practicing reading, sight words, and spelling words daily.  Use at least 1 night a week for writing practice with your child.  They can write about what they did in school, family time, friends, practices, ect.  Goals include capital letters at the start of the sentence only, punctuation at the end, spaces, and details in the writing.  We should be at about 2-3 sentences on 1 topic.

Leader In Me
We will be reviewing the first 3 habits, Be Proactive- you are in charge of you, Begin with the End in Mind- have a plan, Put First things First- work, then play.  Don’t forget to worry about your circle of control- only take care of what you can take care of.  Please continue to use these phrase at home and be an example of using the 7 Habits in your own daily life.  Let this be a journey your whole family embraces!

Valentines Day is a great day to celebrate friendship.  We will not be having a party with parent volunteers,  but we will be having a treat and passing out Valentines. We will be celebrating on February 13th however, because the 14th is a half day for students and some of the Kindergarten team will be at a training.  If you would like to volunteer to bring in the few items we need, please click the link below.  If your child chooses to make valentines to pass, please remember we have 18 children and have a valentine for everyone. If you are attaching a treat, no nuts of any kind please.  I am also including a few items we will need for the 100th day of school.  More information to come on that exciting event  Thank you for all signing up!!!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0545A5AC23A7FE3-valentines

I hope everyone is enjoying their day off! Kindergarten had a great first half day on 1/22. The transition has been really smooth so far and I am very excited to be working with you for the rest of the year!

Just a reminder- Report cards will be going out this week. Please sign the gold envelope and bring it back to school empty as soon as possible.

Now that there is snow on the ground, please remember to send your child with snow boots and snow pants. If they do not have these items, they will still go out, but can only stay on the blacktop. Make sure to pack extra dry socks/refill dry clothes in the bags that stay in lockers (even with boots- socks are still getting wet!). We will go outside on the days the windchill is over 20. Continue to practice having your child zip their coats and put on their items by themselves in order for us to get outside in a timely fashion.

Language Arts: Please continue to fill out the nightly literacy recording sheets and return them every Monday. Extra copies are found under the homework tab.

Spelling- words were sent home at the beginning of the week. Your child will be tested on the three words of the week on Friday and 3 personal words they will be working on individually. These personal words were chosen by pre-tests given last week. On test day they will have the 3 pattern words and bonus word that follows the pattern.  If they learned the pattern, they will be able to spell the bonus word.  They will then complete the test with our spelling mom helpers.  Missed personal words will be on their test again the following week and we will move on with the new pattern.  Please keep all spelling notebooks in the reading bags and have them returned to school each day since we will be using them in class.

Reading Groups- I am also resuming guided strategy reading groups with the children after this weeks transition and once assessments are complete.  I have reorganized groups and reading bags will once again go home 3-4 times a week.  Continue practicing reading, sight words, and spelling words daily.  Use at least 1 night a week for writing practice with your child.  They can write about what they did in school, family time, friends, practices, etc.  Goals include capital letters at the start of the sentence only, punctuation at the end, spaces, and details in the writing.  We should be at about 2-3 sentences on 1 topic.

Math/Science/Social Studies  In Math we are starting with Module 16. We will be using area words such as enough.  Please continue to use words like longer/shorter, heavier/lighter, and more and less to keep the information fresh.  In Science we have been journaling the weather conditions and temperature to look for patterns.  We have noticed the temperature goes up in the afternoon and will investigate why soon.  We also discussed cause and effect for the clothing we chose for the weather. This week, we will be learning about Sunlight and it’s effect. In Social Studies, we started to share our timeline and will continue to do so this week.  I will be hanging them out in the hall for all to see. We will be starting our unit on Geography. Our goal is to have our class know their own personal address and phone number by the end of the year.

Letters/Digraphs Of The Week:  ch

Letters in Review: Ss, Mm, Rr, Bb, Tt, Nn, Aa, Dd, Oo, Ii, Cc, Gg, Hh, Ff, Pp, Ee, Vv, Zz, Uu, Ll, Ww, Jj, Yy, Zz, Kk, Qq  Long A, O, I, E, U

Words of The Week: went, with

Words in Review: the, I, can, see, like, to, look, at, come, and, a, we, go, in, my, he, is, has, are, for, here, you, this, little, did, not,she, said, get, it, big, an, me

Spelling Words -at pattern  cat, sat, hat

Leader In Me
We will be reviewing the first 3 habits, Be Proactive- you are in charge of you, Begin with the End in Mind- have a plan, Put First things First- work, then play.  Don’t forget to worry about your circle of control- only take care of what you can take care of.  Please continue to use these phrase at home and be an example of using the 7 Habits in your own daily life.  Let this be a journey your whole family embraces!

**Valentine’s Day**
 We will not be having a party with parent volunteers,  but we will be having a treat and passing out Valentines. We will be celebrating on February 13th however, because the 14th is a half day for students. If you would like to volunteer to bring in the few items we need, there will be a signup genius link on this page shortly.  If your child chooses to make valentines to pass, please remember we have 18 children and have a valentine for everyone. If you are attaching a treat, no nuts of any kind please.  I am also including a few items we will need for the 100th day of school.  More information to come on that exciting event!