We sure enjoyed the sunshine on Thursday and Friday!  There is nothing like a beautiful, spring day at school! 

What we did during our week:

Language Arts: We worked on -ip  words and onset and rime. We have officially learned all the letters of the alphabet!  Spelling words to study for next week: List 15: little, have, us, dog, log, jog, hog, blog, frog   Please practice the extra cold -og words, as there will be a cold word for number 10 on the test!  Extra words: clog.  Our 15th test will be Friday, April 20th.

Writing:    In writing, we finished our star student book and are doing some informational writing about ocean animals!  Mrs. Nardone is with us during our writers workshop to help us become better and stronger writers! We are so happy to have her with us!

Math:  We will continue to talk about name collections, subtraction/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, ones/tens etc.

Math Quizzes: We have a math quiz on Friday, April 20th on math facts -3!  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 completed a RAN and completed a fun ocean activity to go along with our RAN activity.  I will post pictures of our RAN next week:)

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 04/20/18. 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:

• You might have heard about the Penny Challenge!!!  We will be using reused milk jugs to collect money for adopting a wolf from the Detroit Zoo!  Please bring in your spare change to help the Haigh students raise money for the adoption for the whole month of April! Thank you!:) 
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• Our field trip to Domino Farms will be Thursday, April 26th from 9am-2pm.  All students are expected to bring a DISPOSABLE lunch in a brown bag to the farm.  Your child will experience a tractor ride, receive a bag of food to feed the animals and enjoy lunch in the great outdoors!   I have picked the 2 parents who will be chaperoning our trip.  They will be notified today:).  Thank you to the rest of the parents interested in chaperoning our field trip.  I wish I could pick all of you, but 2 is all we can allow on the trip due to limited space.   Thank you for your cooperation in this matter!
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• Out of 22 students today, who took the spelling test, 15 received a 100% and 6 students only missed 1 to 2  words!! This is a TOTAL victory! 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 22 students today, we had 11 students receive a 100% on their math quiz -2!   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 11 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 Violet’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 20th will be our next library check out date!  Enjoy the new book with your child this week:)

Upcoming Events:

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

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 posted in this post under the heading “other.”

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!

Reading Buddies:  

We read to our reading buddies today and enjoyed books shared with one another!  Enjoy the pics from today:)

 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:)

PBIS    : 

This month our PBIS party will be all about games! Your child may choose to bring in a game from home or an electronic device to play on during the party. If your child does not have a game they want to bring to school, we have activities they may play with in class. If you do choose to send a game to school with your child, please label everything with your child’s name. Small items are easily lost, please think about what would be an appropriate game to send in with your child, as they will be responsible for whatever they choose to bring to school. Please send one game to school with your child on Thursday, March 29th.

Thank you!

PBIS    : 

This month our PBIS party will be all about games! Your child may choose to bring in a game from home or an electronic device to play on during the party. If your child does not have a game they want to bring to school, we have activities they may play with in class. If you do choose to send a game to school with your child, please label everything with your child’s name. Small items are easily lost, please think about what would be an appropriate game to send in with your child, as they will be responsible for whatever they choose to bring to school. Please send one game to school with your child on Thursday, March 29th.

Thank you!

What we did during our week:

Language Arts: We worked on -ad  words and onset and rime. We have officially learned all the letters of the alphabet!  Spelling words to study for next week: List 13: did, what, mom, red, fed, wed, led, bed, sled.   Please practice the extra cold -ed words, as there will be a cold word for number 10 on the test!  Extra words: sped.  Our 13th test will be Thursday, March 29th.

Writing:    In writing, we finished our star student book and are doing some more narrative  writing in March! 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.  

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 Thursday, March 29th on math facts -1!  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: All 23 students were assessed on Arctic Animals/Habitat.  22 students scored an 80% or higher:) For the months of April-June we will move into Ocean Animals!  We are excited to start this unit!

Social Studies: We are having fun learning about maps and drawing maps!  In April we will learn about Civics and Government.  

March is Reading Month:  Your child came home with a “Paws for Reading” packet.  In this packet is a special calendar with all kinds of exciting reading activities you can do at home with your child!  Also, you will see a 2018 March Reading Log to keep track of your child’s reading minutes at home. Each child who returns their reading log by Wednesday, April 11th will earn a special prize, if they have reached their recommended reading goal for the month.  The Kindergarten reading goal is 20 minutes per day...I know we can do it!  Make sure to jot the minutes down on the reading log calendar and on the homework as well:)

Other:

• Alessandra (Bianca’s sister) Ms. Maria, Ms. Heba, Layla (Ameena’s sister), Ali’s sister and Ms. Zeinab were our guest readers for the week!  We loved having them in the classroom and reading to us<3 Thank you ladies!
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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 21 students today, who took the spelling test, 19 received a 100% and 2 students only missed 1 to 2  words!! This is a TOTAL victory! 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 21 students today, we had 21 students receive a 100% on their math quiz -0!   WOW!!  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 21 students.  I am so proud of you!!

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!
•  New library books came home today!  April 13th will be our next library check out date!  Enjoy the new book with your child!

Rain Forest LIVE:  Here are a few picture from our Rain Forest Live Assembly.  The kids loved seeing the different animals from the rain forest and learning about how we can protect our rain forest and animals that live there!  Enjoy the pictures:)

Upcoming Events:

March 29th- PBIS Board Game Celebration and Ice Cream Social!

March 29th- Homework, spelling test (-ed) and math test (-1)

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) and math test (-2)

April 13th- Permission slip and Money Due for Domino Farms!  $7

April 13th- Library Check out

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

April 30th- PBIS-Art in the Park!

Reading Buddies:  Today we met with our reading buddies and it was a blast!  The 4th graders prepared a “Baby Animals” power point presentation for their Kindergarten reading buddy.  The Kinder kids learned real facts about their baby animal and then wrote an informational story about their animal!  Ms. Cronin also bought the students “animal” crackers for each group to snack on!  How did we get so lucky to have the best reading buddies in the world??  I’m not really sure, but we do love our buddies and the time we get to spend with each other<3  Enjoy the pictures from our time together today:)

Hello:)   In your child’s folder, you will find his/her report card  along with a current standing of your child’s sight word recognition list.  The words that are highlighted are the words your child missed in class.  Please use this list as a checklist or as a guide to help your child at home to master the sight word lists.   Remember to sign the manila envelope, take out the report card and place the envelope back in your child’s folder!   I need all envelopes brought back tomorrow.  Thank you!

You will also see a sheet attached to the sight word list called “Help your child become a better reader.”  Please use this handout to extend the reading at home with each book your child reads.  These questions will give more meaning and understanding to the books your child reads and better comprehension skills for your child to attain.   Thank you!

Also,  Rain forest Live will be here tonight at Haigh!  The 2 shows times are 5:30 or 7:30pm and it’s $5 admission for anyone who is 3 years old and up.  In your child’s folder you will see a yellow ticket.  Present this ticket when you arrive and your child will be able to pet an alligator (if he or she would like)!   How cool!

Remember: It’s gym day tomorrow and library check out!  Students can bring in their favorite stuffed animal from home to bring in the class for reading month!  The students will read a story to their stuffed animal:)  Spelling test on -ad words, -0 and homework will be tomorrow as well!

This Thursday, March 22nd Rain forest Live will be at Haigh!  They have 2 show times: 5:30 and 7:30.  It will be a $5 admission for anyone who would like to attend.  The flyer is coming home today in your child’s folder:)

What we did during our week:

Language Arts: We worked on -ug words and onset and rime. We have officially learned all the letters of the alphabet!  Spelling words to study for next week: List 12: that, did, but, had, bad, dad, mad, sad, pad,   Please practice the extra cold -ad words, as there will be a cold word for number 12 on the test!  Extra words: glad.  Our 12th test will be Friday, March 23rd.

Writing:  In writing, we finished our star student book and are doing some more narrative  writing in March! 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. 

Math:  We will continue to talk about subtraction and addition  in March, but I will also introduce greater than/less than as well. 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.  Here are some pictures from our math workshop:

Math Quizzes: We have a math quiz on Friday, March 23rd on math facts -0!  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 subtraction skills!

Science: All 23 students were assessed on Arctic Animals/Habitat.  22 students scored an 80% or higher:) For the month of April we will move into Ocean Animals!  We are excited for this unit!

Social Studies: We are having fun learning about maps and drawing maps!

March is Reading Month:  Your child came home with a “Paws for Reading” packet.  In this packet is a special calendar with all kinds of exciting reading activities you can do at home with your child!  Also, you will see a 2018 March Reading Log to keep track of your child’s reading minutes at home. Each child who returns their reading log by Wednesday, April 11th will earn a special prize, if they have reached their recommended reading goal for the month.  The Kindergarten reading goal is 20 minutes per day...I know we can do it!  Make sure to jot the minutes down on the reading log calendar and on the homework as well:)

Scholastic Reading Club:

Class Code – RKYTJ    Order Due Date – 03/21/18

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. Nicole, Ms. Islam, Ms. Michelle, Ms. Leone and Ms. Zeinab were our guest readers for the week!  We loved having them in the classroom and reading to us<3  Thanks ladies for sharing your favorite stories with our class!
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• Parent Teacher Conferences will be by invite only!  Since I only have 1 day for conferences, I will reach out to the families I need to speak with during the conference day.  If you do not get an invite, have no fear, with the report card I will send home a comprehension handout to better help your child become a retelling pro and also a current standing on what sight words your child can recognize, so you are in the “Know!”

• Out of 21 students today, who took the spelling test, only 9  received a 100% and 8 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 21 students today, we had 20 students receive a 100% on their math quiz +10!  How AWESOME is that?!?!   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 20 students.  I am so proud of you!!  We will be moving into subtraction next week!
• Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: scholastic.com/bookclubs Activation code: RKYTJ.  Our due date for book orders will be Wednesday, March 21st. 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:

• Homework is a requirement we have in Kindergarten.  I have a handful of students who are not turning in their homework packet, including the reading log completed on Fridays.  I cannot stress the importance of homework and the positive effect it has on your child’s academic performance.  Homework touches on previous skills, new skills and skills we are working towards; especially spelling words and math computation.  Homework also gives your child more independent practice on skills they should master by the end of Kindergarten.  If you are having a hard time completing the homework with your child, please email me and we can set up a time to talk about how to fit homework into your daily schedule.  Thank you!
  • 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!
•   NEW library books came home today!!  March 23rd will be our next library check out date!  Enjoy the new library book this week!

Upcoming Events:

March 19th- Popcorn Sale this week!

March 21st- Classroom Scholastic Book Order Due!  

March 22nd- Parent Teacher Conferences for ONLY selected students!

March 23rd- Homework, spelling test (-ad) and math test (-0)

March 23rd- Library check out

March 29th- PBIS Board Game Celebration!

March 29th- Homework, spelling test (-ed) and math test (-1)

March 30th-April 8th- SPRING BREAK!

April 9th- School resumes

April 11th- March READING LOG due!

April 13th– Homework, spelling test (-ip) and math test (-2)

April 13th- Library Check out

Reading Buddies:  We met with our reading buddies today and the Kindergartners read their new stories from their reading bags to their buddy!  They focused on 3 ways to read a book: 1) Read the words 2) Read the pictures 3) Retell the story.  Here is a picture from our visit today:)  Next week, we will write a story with a stuffed animal and enjoy some animal crackers with our buddies!  We can’t wait!

Tomorrow is late start.  School will start at 9:35a.m.

Tomorrow is hat day.  $1 to participate.  I forgot to mention that all money raised from spirit week will be donated to a local animal shelter in Dearborn.  PAWS for a cause:)

Rockin’ Read-A-Thon permission slip and $5 is due this Friday, if you are interested in your child participating:)

If you are signed up to be a guest reader, please check into the office first at 3pm and then make your way down to our classroom.  The students have been loving our guest readers and the stories read to them!

As always, please email me with any questions you may have.  Have a great day!

Hello Families:)  Tomorrow for spirit week is twin day.  We decided as a class we would all wear blue and white and be twins together:)  If you would like your child to participate, please bring in $1 and show your Haigh Pride by wearing blue and white!  If you have any other questions, please let me know!

Mrs. Fillmore

Spirit week is next week.  It will be $1 a day to participate!  

Monday-  Dress like an animal   Tuesday-  Twin Day     Wednesday-  Hat Day    Thursday-  Dress like a book character   Friday-  Crazy hair/ wear green day

What we did during our week:

Language Arts: We worked on -ot words and onset and rime. We have officially learned all the letters of the alphabet!  Spelling words to study for next week: List 11: yes, by, want, this, bug, hug, mug, tug, slug.  Please practice the extra cold -ug words, as there will be a cold word for number 10 on the test!  Extra words: shrug, jug, pug, rug.  Our 11th test will be Friday, March 16th.

Writing:  In writing, we finished our star student book and are doing some more narrative  writing in March! 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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

Math Quizzes: We have a math quiz on Friday, March 16th on math facts +10!  After our +10 test, we will go into subtraction -0.  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: We will be wrapping up our Polar Climate this month!  The students will be tested on their knowledge of Polar Animals at the end of the month!  

Social Studies: We are having fun learning about maps and drawing maps!

March is Reading Month:  Your child came home with a “Paws for Reading” packet.  In this packet is a special calendar with all kinds of exciting reading activities you can do at home with your child!  Also, you will see a 2018 March Reading Log to keep track of your child’s reading minutes at home. Each child who returns their reading log by Wednesday, April 11th will earn a special prize, if they have reached their recommended reading goal for the month.  The Kindergarten reading goal is 20 minutes per day...I know we can do it!  Make sure to jot the minutes down on the reading log calendar and on the homework as well:)

Scholastic Reading Club:

Class Code – RKYTJ    Order Due Date – 03/21/18

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:

• UPDATE: I do not have any more available spots for guest readers.  The last 2 slots were filled today!  Thank you to the families who have already signed up and who have already read to our kiddies:) Here are pictures of Ms. Amal, Ms. Ashley and Ms. Leticia ending our week of guest readers.  Thank you Ms. Amal, Ms. Ashley and Ms. Leticia!:                                                                                                                                                                                          
• Parent Teacher Conferences will be by invite only!  Since I only have 1 day for conferences, I will reach out to the families I need to speak with during the conference day.  If you do not get an invite, have no fear, I will still send home a comprehension handout to better help your child become a retelling pro and also a current standing on what sight words your child can recognize!                                                                                                                  
• Out of 22 students today, who took the spelling test, 16 received a 100% and 5 students only missed 1 to 2  words!! This is a TOTAL victory! 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 22 students today, we had 12 students receive a 100% on their math quiz +9!   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 12 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 Wednesday, March 21st. There are a lot of great books for your child at a very reasonable price ($1 books) 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!

•  March 16th will be our next library check out date!

Upcoming Events:

March 12-16th– $1 each day for SPIRIT WEEK: Dress like an animal, Twin Day, Hat Day, Dress like a book character, and Crazy hair/wear green day!  All money raised will be donated to a local animal shelter.

March 13th- “Art to Remember” order forms due with money

March 14th– Late Start @ 9:35 a.m.

March 16th- Homework, spelling test (-ug) and math test +10

March 16th- Library Check out

March 16th- Rockin’ Read-A-Thon permission and $5 cash due!

March 19th- Popcorn Sale this week!

March 21st- Classroom Scholastic Book Order Due!  

March 21st- Rocking Read-A-Thon Event for those who signed up!  3:45-5:00pm

March 22nd- Parent Teacher Conferences for ONLY selected students!

March 23rd- Homework, spelling test (-ad) and math test (-0)

March 29th- PBIS Board Game Celebration!

March 30th-April 8th- SPRING BREAK!

April 9th- School resumes

Reading Buddies:  We met with our reading buddies today and made Dr. Seuss word family hats with our buddies!  The students thought of a word family to write in the hat with their buddy, they decorated the hats and then they cut out the hats to make a Dr. Seuss mask!  How fun!  Here are some pictures from our visit together: