Dates to Remember:
Monday, September 23 – Math Homework packets will go home and will be returned the following Monday on September 30. Please make sure your child write’s their name on their math packet.
Also, I went on the Zearn math-site that aligns with Eureka Math and you need a class code YK6P2U in addition to student log-in. Please let me know, if you have any problems logging in. (I have advanced the assignments to numbers 1-20). We will take the NWEA math assessment in the morning. NWEA is an assessment tool used in the district to monitor academic progress in the Fall, Winter and Spring.
Wednesday, September 25 – Late Start. Students start school one hour later.
Friday, September 27 – No school for Kindergarten only. Kindergarten teachers will be attending a district professional development workshop.
Peek at the Week:
Letter of the Week: Letters Aa and Tt (read/write/sound) Sight word: can
Friday’s I typically do an assessment of letters to check if student’s can read, write and make the sound of the letter. We will be building a ring card of sight words each week for our book bags.
Literacy/Daily Five – Focus for the week will be understanding what a character and setting is in stories. A character is someone who is in a story. The setting is where the story takes place and when it takes place.
We will continue to build stamina in our Daily Five/Literacy block of time. This week we will add Work on Writing to our Daily Five block of time. Students will work in centers on Word Work, Read to Self and Work on Writing. Work on Writing is student choice of writing (making lists, labeling pictures, making a poster or writing a story).
We will begin reading groups and getting students familiar with working in a reading group and learning beginning reading strategies in groups. We will start sending book bags home on Monday, September 30. It is important students are familiar with working in a reading group and practicing reading strategies and can model this at home.
Writing – We have been working on adding details to our stories and a setting. This week we will focus on labeling our stories and adding words to our stories. Pictures and words tell stories.
Please continue to work with your child on writing their name correctly starting with an upper case letter followed by lower case letters.
Math – This week’s focus: Lessons 14-16. Writing numbers 0-3 and decomposing numbers 1-3. 3=2+1 3=1+2. Ordering and writing numbers 4 and 5 to answer how many by sorting and counting. Writing numbers 1-5 in order. Decomposing numbers 1-5 without equations. Assessment on writing numbers 0-5 and counting objects up to 5. Please work with your child on writing their numbers 0-5 to ensure proper formation of numbers.
Science – We will start Science and learn What a scientist is and What do they do? What is Science? will be discussed. Learning about our 5 senses.
Have a great weekend and enjoy!
Mrs. Polgar