Please practice daily on counting 1-100 orally.

Please practice number writing 1-30. If you can go higher, GREAT!

Please practice counting backward from 20-0.

Please practice counting by 10’s to 100

Please practice counting by 5’s.

Please practice the name of shapes 2-d/3-d.

If you need help her are some great sites to practice with:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc > count by 1’s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7stosHbZZZg >> count by 10’s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amxVL9KUmq8 >count by 5’s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPktd4k_O8 >>count 20-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRCt9Ch7oR0 >2-d shapes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guNdJ5MtX1A >3-d shapes

Games to help with numbers:

https://www.free-training-tutorial.com/ordering-numbers-games.html  >> sequencing numbers

https://www.mathgames.com/skill/2.45-counting-and-number-patterns-skip-counting-sequences 

https://www.mathgames.com/numberpatterns

https://www.abcya.com/one_hundred_number_chart_game.htm

https://www.abcya.com/number_bingo.htm

There are some challenging games for those who can achieve higher! Have fun!!!! Enjoy!

Ms. Mohamed

There is a precautionary letter about lice sent home today.

WE DO NOT HAVE LICE IN OUR CLASS.

This is just a letter sent to the whole school as information, so please do not panic.

Thank you!

Ms. Mohamed

Four day week this week! No school on Friday, November 17th for Kindergarten only. Late start on Wednesday too!!

Reading:We will be reading the First Thanksgiving; Celebrating Thanksgiving; Its Thanksgiving; Fluffy’s Thanksgiving

Strategy: Identifying the main idea and recording it.

Letters of the week: Ee, Ww

Sight words of the week: red, yellow, blue

Here are some songs to help with spelling and reading them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTus18ko370 >>>>yellow song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMfkODJw30M  >>>>red song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ILheTtuq4   >>>> blue song

Writing:We will continue to write about turkeys. Last week we wrote about what turkeys have. This week, we will write about what turkeys can do. This is all descriptive informational writing. If your child struggled with last weeks writing, they will practice more this week. We will also write a book about what we are thankful for.

Math: We will review 2-d, 3-d shapes. We will also practice composing numbers (adding) using number sentences, manipulatives and number bonds.

Science: We will explore the weather conditions and continue to graph November weather.

Social Studies: We will discuss economics in kindergarten. We will discuss what a person needs to live:

• water
• shelter
• food
• clean air
• clothes

REMINDERS

• Again, there will be no school on Friday, November 17th for kindergarteners only.
• Parent teacher conferences are Wednesday & Thursday this week. Please attend your scheduled time.
• Late Start: Wednesday, November 15th- school starts at 9:30
• Library check out: Wednesday

Thank You!

Ms. Mohamed

Wow! November already….. I just can not believe it!

We are focusing on this week:

Reading: We ware wrapping our friends unit up with how to problem solve. We will be reading Simon & Molly plus Hester; Helping Hands, Little Red Hen; The turtle and the sheep. Each story will have a problem and solution. Our task is to find out each one and draw/sketch/write it out.

Strategy to focus: Identify the problem and solution of a story

Sight words of the week: it, is, have

Letters of the week: Bb, Zz

Writing: We will start informational writing this week. We will be writing an informational piece about Turkeys. This week we will focus on its characteristics (descriptive writing) Our sentence stem will be: Turkeys have__. Turkeys can__.  We will create a web to help guide our writing. Your child will be expected to write 2 or more sentences with guidance. The sight words introduced this week and the sight words introduced in the past will help with this task.

Examples include: Turkeys have beaks. Turkeys have wings. Turkeys have feathers etc.

Math: We will learn about 2-d, 3-d shapes. Please refer to below example:

We will also learn about number bonds. These are numbers when they are combined (composed) make a certain number. This is also referred to as 2 parts equal one whole. We will also write addition number sentences to match. Please refer to example below:

****Math homework Wednesday!

Science: We will explore weather further this week. We will create a group of weather conditions and label them. We will graph the weather daily. Types of weather to know:

REMINDERS:

• No school Tuesday, November 7th- Election Day
• Reading bags will come home with new books this week. Make sure you read all 3.
• Parent Teacher conferences Thursday, November 9th. Please check your scheduled time and meet with me accordingly. Report cards will be given then.

Thank you and have a great week!

Ms. Mohamed

Reading: We will be reading stories about friends: Friends all around; The mouse and the lion; Big Red Barn; Poems about Friends.

C.A.F.E. Strategies:

Comprehension: Retell- Identify: Beginning, Middle, End

Accuracy: Identify: Beginning Sounds, syllables/word parts (through clapping)

Fluency: Identify: letters, sight words

Expanding vocabulary: Concepts of print: front/back cover, word by word matching, spacing between words, where to begin reading, identify title, author, illustrator, opinion, narrative.

Letters of the week: Hh, Ii

Sight words of the week: go, to

Writing: We will be continuing narrative writing using the new sight words this week. Our sentence stem will be: I can go to the ___.

Math: Number racks!! We will learn that this is a math tool. We will use it in our learning of adding with in 10, counting and to build automacity and numeracy. This will be another modality to assist in counting. I will teach when and how to stop and start counting using the racks. We will write addition number sentences to match. Homework on Wednesday.

Social Studies: We will discuss ways to get along by creating webs and sentence stems: I can be responsible by__. I can be fair by __. I can solve a problem by __.

REMINDERS:

• 1/2 day Friday, November 3rd-Dismissal at 11:45
• I will continue to assess where your child stands in time for report cards, so no new reading books this week. We will continue new books and reading groups next week.
• October reading logs due Wednesday, Nov. 1st.
• Parent Teacher Conferences coming up:
  • Thursday, November 9th,
  • Wednesday, November 15,
  • Thursday, November 16
  • Note coming on Friday for your scheduled time. I will be giving out report cards and having a short discussion on where your child stands and address any concerns you may have.

Have a great week!

Ms. Mohamed

Please send costumes in a bag, they will change after lunch. See you at 1:30 behind the school on the track to watch our annual Halloween parade. Once students have completed, parents may go home and pick up their child at the end of the day 3:35. If you would like to send in candy to share, send it in the morning!

Thank you for your support!

Ms. Mohamed

We are going on  Field trip Wednesday! We will be attending, even if it is rainy. There are many enclosures to keep dry. According to the weather channel, it will be 47 degrees so dress appropriately. It will be cloudy and no rain. A couple things to keep in mind:

• Parent chaperones- you will meet at 9:00 in Mrs. Smith’s room to go over expectations
• We are leaving at 9:30.
• Only students will ride the bus. All students must ride the bus to and from the trip. You can not drive your child home.
• Please pack a lunch. No glass beverages. Paper and plastic only.
• Parents that do drive, must pay and park and meet at the entrance, so we can walk in as a group. Parking cost $7. Carpooling is recommended.
• Please dress appropriately for the weather. Check the weather channel.
• No siblings please. This is an opportunity to spend time with your child.

Now to gear focus on what we are learning about:

Reading: we will listen to multiple stories and practice retelling using beginning, middle and end as a guide. the stories are: What do you like?; Country mouse & city mouse; Games around the world.

Strategies:

• Retelling- focus on beginning, middle, end
• syllables/word parts- clap parts you hear in a word:
  • ball-breaks into one part: /ball/
  • balloon- breaks into two parts: bal/loon
  • pizza- breaks onto two parts: piz/za
  • banana- breaks into three parts: ba/na/na

Testing this week: We will not have reading groups this week, therefore your child will not be getting a new book. I will be individually testing students letter id/sound (write and see), sight words, syllable/word part practice, number write, oral counting, counting and comparing objects, counting on from a certain number. This is just to see how much your child knows and where their learning can go from this point.

Sight words: see, a (pronounced ‘ah’)

Letters of the week: Nn, Ff

Math: Counting and comparing amounts. We are learning about greater than, less than and equal to. Practice the symbols >,<,=. Here is a really good game for practice. Math homework (Bug bingo) on Tuesday and (Count and compare butterflies) on Friday.

https://www.abcya.com/comparing_number_values_jr.htm

Science: Its all about force and motion. This week we will focus on speed and direction objects move. Practice with objects at home. Use the vocabulary: roll, spin, turn, forward, backward, fast, slow, start, stop.

Social Studies: We are discussing how we get along with others. (Citizenship) Below are some ideas we will be talking about:

• I am friend
• I share
• I follow rules
• I take turns

Have a great week!

Ms. Mohamed

We are going on trip to the Detroit Zoo!!!! Below is the attached permission slip:

Field trip to the zoo 10-25

A couple of things to keep in mind:

• We are leaving at 9:30.
• Only students will ride the bus. All students must ride the bus to and from the trip. You can not drive your child home.
• Please pack a lunch. No glass beverages. Paper and plastic only.
• If you want to be a chaperone, please complete the chaperone form in the office ASAP and let me know you are interested.
• Everyone attending needs to pay $6 to enter.
  If you have a membership and you are joining us, then you do not need to pay. Please bring it with you. Let me know as well. You still need to complete the permission slip.
• If you have a membership and you are not coming, send a copy with your child-attach it to the permission slip. Your child’s name must be on the membership.
• Permission slip will be due on Thursday, October 19th. If I do not receive it by Thursday, expect a call from me.
• Parents that do drive, must pay and park and meet at the entrance, so we can walk in as a group. Parking cost $7. Carpooling is recommended.
• Please dress appropriately for the weather. Check the weather channel.
• No siblings please. This is an opportunity to spend time with your child.

Any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Ms. Mohamed

Reading: We will listening to Peters chair; Family Fun; Jennifer Bing why wont you sing; Rooster goes to Taio’s wedding.

Strategy to focus on: RETELL- we will identify beginning and end of a story. Whenever you read with your child, read the story close the book and ask what do you remember in the beginning? What do you remember in the end? Then check to see if he/she is right.

Sight words: Review week: Please practice these words every day:

I

can

we

the

am

like

Letters of the week: Gg, Oo (review these letters and their sounds: Aa, Cc, Dd, Ll, Mm, Pp, Ss, Tt)

Writing: Opinion writing continue. We will read about bats! We will discuss whether or not we like them and why or why not. Our sentence stem will be I like bats because ___. I do not like bats because__.  I will help your child to inventive spell through this process. Encourage your child to stretch our what they hear (letter sound) and write the letter down.

Math: We are learning about patterns. We are learning how to extend and create patterns. We will practice using animal sounds, body movement, manipulatives such as unifix cubes and pattern blocks

Science: We are learning about force and motion. We will discuss direction things move and how they move: roll, slide, turn/flip. We will also discuss items we push and pull.

• Push items include: vacuum, grocery cart, stroller, push open a door to leave
• Pull items include: wagon, a toy on a string, pull open a door to enter

Social Studies: We will revisit our rules. Have your child tell you a rule in our class and why its important.

Coming up:

• Late start Wednesday, October 18th. students report to school at 9:30
• Field trip to the Detroit Zoo on Wednesday, October 25th permission slip coming home today. Info on next post.

Have a great week!

Ms. Mohamed