Congratulations to the students of the month of April:

Ali Chamesddine

Jana Almardaa

Mia SanchezTelles

Keep up the great work!!!!!

We are starting a new unit: What you know

Reading: We will be reading I know a lot, Water Changes, The Knee High Man and  The blind men and the Elephant. Its all about facts and description. Whenever you read with your child have your child describe what they see and  identify the real ideas (facts) that is occurring in the stories your read together.

C.A.F.E. Strategies:

Comprehension: Re-reading to get information

Accuracy: blending words to make sounds, Rhyme

Fluency: Long and short vowels

Expanding Vocabulary: Spacing between words, punctuation

Writing: We will be conducting the district writing prompt. Your child will be expected to write an informational piece on a topic.  Your child has been writing several informational pieces these past few weeks (flowers, beetles, sea creatures and dinosaurs) so they have practiced and I know they will do great. This will take a few days.

Spelling: with, my, pen, den, hen, men, then, when (and 2 cold words from the -en family)

Math: We will be working hard on the missing addend. It will look like this :

3 +__= 8

5 – __= 3

We will also continue to review adding and subtracting number problems within 15. It would look like this:

13 +2=

It could be viewed as 10 +3+2= 15, always make a ten and add more to it!

Science: We are investigating solid, liquid and gases. We will also continue our documentation of our plants.

Social Studies: We are participating in Make Our School Green Campaign. We will continue to collect soda pop cans  or bottles to be deposited. We will then give the money to our representatives to plant flowers in front of Howard.

Thank you for your support!

~Ms. Mohamed

He applied what he learned about helping the Earth by reusing a bottle to house his pencils! Great thinking and thanks for sharing!

Reading and Writing: We will continue our investigation and research of Amazing Creatures. This week will focus on Dinosaurs! We will explore different types and write an informational piece on a selected dinosaur. We will write our descriptions about one and what type of eaters (herbivore, carnivore or omnivore) they were. We will use texts (books) provided and multimedia to collect information.

Vocabulary to focus on: Fossils, history, extinct

Spelling:  

8 HOT WORDS (words we practice)

Help

Earth

Nap

Tap

Cap

Clap

He

She

2 COLD WORDS (2 unknown words from –ap family list)

Math:  We will write 0-100. Many of the students know how to do this. This is just to maintain what we know. We will review function machine and figuring out What the rule?. We will explore clocks to the nearest half hour. We will discuss the hour hand and the minute hand.

Science and Social Studies: We will discuss and review content of Earth Day. We have explored air pollution, the 3 R’s (recycle, reduce, reuse), and the importance of Trees. Here are some key points to review at home:

• Trees are homes for animals.
• Trees give us food.
• Trees give us oxygen. (what we breathe in)
• We give trees Carbon Dioxide. (what they breathe in)
• Items we recycle: paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, cans, newspaper etc..

We are also tracking our plants that are growing. We are documenting their growth in our science journals.  We are making sure they receive proper sunlight and enough water.

Reminders:

• Earth Day is Friday, April 22. Please send  in soda pop cans or bottles to help grow flowers in front of our school.
• Please make sure your child is dressed appropriate for the weather. It is easier to have layers than to not go out to play because your child is not wearing warm enough clothes.
• Make sure you are still reading 20 minutes daily.
• Send in snacks to share if you can!
• Check in with SeeSaw and see your child’s work. You can like their work and comment. Thanks to Celine’s mom for being the first parent commenting on her daughters work. She was thrilled her mom responded immediately to her post!! Your child will be looking forward to your engagement in their learning!

Have a great weekend!

-Ms. Mohamed

Hat Day Flyer

ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE PBIS STORE!

I sent home a note to have you enroll in the See Saw app where we can share what your child is learning at school.

You will be alerted every time your child posts their work and you could immediately provide your own feedback. It is like your in the classroom viewing your child’s work. You may “like” your child’s work and even post a comment. The only person that can view your child’s work is you, your child and me.

This is an opportunity for your child to share work with you they are especially proud of that would not be able to come home.

OTHER INFORMATION:

• Also, We have been discussing Earth Day. We have talked about ways to help save the earth or make it a better place. Our school is collecting cans or bottles that can be deposited to help grow flowers in front of our school. Please donate any cans that can be deposited so we can help our school.
• Also, we are short on snacks. If you can donate any that would be great!
• If you know any incoming kindergartners, please inform them about Kindergarten Round-Up tomorrow, Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 6:30.

Thanks for all you do!

-Ms. Mohamed

READING-Our theme is The Amazing Ocean.  We’ll discuss what kind of animals live in the ocean, what kind of animal has fins, a shell, claws, tentacles…

WRITING-Descriptive Sentences   Students will be writing about different fish and using descriptive words.  Students should be writing at least 3 sentences by now on a given topic.

For example, “Whales are huge animals that live in the ocean.

Whales have gills.

Whales have a blow hole.”

If you have any books that you would like to share on this topic, please send them in with your child.

SPELLING WORDS- has  look  fish  pot  cot  hot  got  plot     

***Please note*** Kindergarten Spelling words will now be 8 practiced words (HOT WORDS) and 2 unknown words (COLD WORDS-from the word family of the week.)  As you can see, we will be working with the “ot” word family next week.  To get ready for the “COLD WORDS”, use the “ot” chunk and form new words.  Have your student spell the words.  This will help solidify the word chunk family for the week.

LETTERS-X  x  V  v

MATH- We will review time to the nearest hour. We review function machine. We will practice adding and subtracting through a number talk model. Each child will receive a double ten frame and build numbers presented and will add and subtract within teen numbers. Students will also talk about the $1 bill and how 4 quarters equals one dollar.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES-We will continue with our Plant Observations and recording our findings.  We are Scientists!

We also will begin discussing Earth Day.  We will discuss ways to save the earth. We will create group poster projects with slogans to identify issues that need to be addressed in our environment.

Your child received a packet with 5 sheets of photos. There is an order form envelope in the packet along with the set of pictures.

If you are interested in purchasing these pictures, you may send the money to school or order the pictures online. Either way, please send envelope back completed. You may purchase all or some of the photos. Follow the instructions on the order form.

If you are not interested, please send all photos back and they will be shipped back to the company.

Any questions, please let me know. I will not be in Thursday, April 7th. I will return Friday, April 8th.

-Ms. Mohamed

Curriculum Night is Thursday, April 7th from 5:00-6:30.

Activities include:

• Bingo
• Make a book mark
• Sight word games
• Jeopardy
• Cootie Catchers
• Make and Take Games
• I have/ Who has
• Book walk
• Math Games
• and much more…

-Ms. Mohamed