Newsletter Week 27 (Recap and NEW info)! Happy Spring Break!

 See you all back Monday, April 9th!

You will notice some crafts, in your child’s folder,  that they made today in class today.  Here are some pictures of us painting in the classroom:)

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slime Mr. Short Challenge:  Today, we witnessed Mr. Short getting slime’d by all of the wonderful Haigh students.  This reward was an incentive for all students to work hard and do their best on the winter MAP test!  If grade levels exceeded 75% in both math and reading, students were able to slime Mr. Short.  We are happy to announce that the Kindergarten grade level scored 80% in both math and reading and were able to participate in the challenge!  Here are the pictures from today…ENJOY (we sure did;))!!

What we did during our week:

Language Arts: We worked on -ed  words and onset and rime. We have officially learned all the letters of the alphabet!  Spelling words to study for next week: List 14: where, out, now, sip, lip, dip, slip, ship, and chip.   Please practice the extra cold -ip words, as there will be a cold word for number 10 on the test!  Extra words: grip, tip,rip.  Our 14th test will be Friday, April 13th.

Writing:    In writing, we finished our star student book and are doing some more narrative  writing! The 4 main components of narrative writing are: It’s written by the character,  it’s written about real life events, it’s written in sequential order: first, next and last and lastly, it’s written with feelings.  We will move back to informational writing in April!

After listening to the story “Hey, Little Ant,” we wrote on an opinion writing piece (on a blue print), our feelings if the ant in the story should get “squished” or “be set free.”  The majority of our students felt the ant should be set free, but we had one student who though it should get squished because “ants are nasty.” LOL!  Enjoy our opinion writing from our Kindergartners:)  They did such a great job on opinion writing…I am one happy teacher!

Math:  We will continue to talk about subtraction and addition and greater than/less than. We have a little bit of everything during our math workshop: greater than/less than, count the room, smash it! subtraction, addition, missing numbers, etc.

Math Quizzes: We have a math quiz on Friday, April 13th on math facts -2!  Please make the flashcards at home for your child to help them prepare for their math quiz. For extra practice at home (instead of the flash cards), you could also use counters (or food) for a visual representation of the math equation for your child. You can also practice with your child by having them put the big number in their head and the small number on their hands and then count up. Try to make it fun! Thank you for supporting your child with their addition skills!

Science: For the months of April-June we will move into Ocean Animals!  We are excited to start this unit!

Social Studies:  In April we will learn about Civics and Government.  

Scholastic Reading Club:  Class Code – RKYTJ

Order Due Date – 04/20/18

Dear Families,

This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 03/21/18. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: RKYTJ.  The books are very low in price, which is a great way to build your child’s library at home and it’s FREE shipping!

Happy Reading,

Mrs. Fillmore

Other:

• Ms. Diana, Rudy’s sister (Giselle) and Ms. Kristen were our guest readers to end our reading month!  We loved having them in the classroom and reading to us<3  I  want to thank each and every person who read to our children for March is Reading month!  We loved having you and enjoyed the stories you shared with us!
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• There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, March 30th- Friday, April 6th for spring break.  School resumes, Monday, April 9th. Enjoy your break!
• Out of 19 students today, who took the spelling test, 10 received a 100% and 9 students only missed 1 to 2  words!! Way to go to my students and parents who worked so hard to ensure their child was successful for the Friday spelling test!  I will send the booklet home on Monday for you all to see how your child did:). Remember, to look over your child’s spelling test booklet, sign on the line and return the booklet in the green folder the very next day (TUESDAY)!  It is imperative I receive them all back the next day!  Thank you!

• Out of 19 students today, we had 15 students receive a 100% on their math quiz -1!   If your child is not performing at 70% or above, I suggest making flash cards for your child to practice at home with!  Way to go to my 15 students.  I am so proud of you!!
• Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: scholastic.com/bookclubs Activation code: RKYTJ.  Our due date for book orders will be Friday, April 20th. There are a lot of great books for your child at a very reasonable price and FREE shipping.  Thank you to Jad’s family for buying something from our book club:)

Housekeeping items:

• • If your child’s green folder is falling apart, please use some packaging tape to put the folder back together, or please purchase another green folder for you child.  Some folders are torn in half and is difficult to place work and or important notes in your child’s folder. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter!
  • On Gym Days (Thursday and Friday), please make sure to send your child to school in Gym Shoes!  Mr. Peecher will have the kids sit on the stage if they are not wearing appropriate gym attire. Your child’s safety is our main priority.  Thank you!
• Parents, I need your help! When you send in money for your child, whether it be for lunch, lunchroom snacks, field trip, please enclose the money in an ENVELOPE with your child’s FIRST and LAST name on the front, indicate what the money is for and write my name as well: Mrs. Fillmore.  This will cause for less confusion for the lunch room and for the classroom. Thank you!
• Please make sure to log onto math seeds and reading eggs when there is downtime at home, especially on the weekends!  I have laminated and attached logins/passwords for EACH child on their communication log this week!  Please keep this in a safe place, so it doesn’t get lost. These programs are free for you to use, how awesome is that?  All you need to do is to show your child how to log in and they can begin learning!  Parents, in the classroom, I am trying to teach each child to login typing their own username and password…independence is the name of the game!   If you could be so kind, to help your child do the same at home, it would help so much! Thank you!
•  April 13th will be our next library check out date!  

Upcoming Events:

March 30th-April 8th- SPRING BREAK!

April 9th- School resumes

April 9th- Field trip permission slip going home for Domino Farms!

April 11th- March READING LOG due!

April 13th– Homework, spelling test (-ip), math test (-2) and book check out!

April 13th- Permission slip and Money Due for Domino Farms!  $13

April 13th- Library Check out

April 16th- Picture day!

April 16th- Double Good Gourmet Popcorn sale begins!

April 20th- Homework, spelling test (-og), math test (-3) and book check out!

April 23rd- Animal cracker sale begins until April 25th

April 26th- Domino Farms Field Trip Day!  More information to follow!

April 27th-  Homework, spelling test (-ub), math test (-4) and book check out!

April 27th- Double Good Gourmet Popcorn orders due today!

April 30th- PBIS-Art in the Park!

PBIS Game Day:  We sure had a blast at our PBIS game day celebration!  All the students were able to participate in this fun event and were able to play different games with one another:).  Here are the pictures from our PBIS event…enjoy!

A Day in Kindergarten: Here are some pictures of the students working during our instructional minutes.  As you can see, there is a lot of learning going on all day, everyday! Enjoy your break with family and friends!  See you all back on Monday, April 9th:)