Reading Objectives:

CCSS: RL. K. 10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

RL. K. 7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.

RI. K. 6 Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.

Writing Objectives:

CCSS: W.K.3  Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened

Science Objectives:

CCSS: E.SE.00.11 Identify Earth materials that occur in nature (sand, rocks, soil, water).

Math Objectives:

K.G.3: Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, “flat”) or three-dimensional (“solid”).

K.G.4: Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts, and other attributes.

Social Studies Objectives: 

CCSS: C2.0.2 Explain why people do not have the right to do whatever they want

Students received a parent letter and log-in card for our Everyday Math Online Program in their folders today.  We played some of the games and the kids LOVED it, especially Monster Squeeze!  Play these games at home to help your child with their math skills!! They also need to practice writing the number 1 and drawing one item in the box, such as 1 star, 1 person, 1 toy, etc.

We had a Fun Friday learning about apples and even tasting red, green, and yellow apples and graphing our favorite (check out our poster in the hallway!)  We made an apple life-cycle starting with 1.seeds—> 2.sprouts—>3. blossoms—>   4. APPLES!  We practiced counting apples in math and even made a “I SEE APPLES” book that they took home in their reading bags to share with you!

Have a great weekend and see you Monday!

As always, should you have any questions, please call the office at 827-6500. If you need to speak to someone in Arabic, ask for Nadia Dakroub.

Thank you for your assistance in these matters,

Michelle Rawson

Tonight please practice writing the number zero.  In the box, draw 0 items!!!  😉  Please help your child write their name on their paper so I know who’s paper it is AND to practice writing our names!

BIG thanks to parents who attending the Title I/Bond meeting this morning and a BIG thanks for signing up for PTA!  If you have not yet signed up, you still have time!

Thanks for your support!

As always, should you have any questions, please call the office at 827-6500. If you need to speak to someone in Arabic, ask for Nadia Dakroub.

Thank you for your assistance in these matters

Michelle Rawson

This Title I/Bond meeting will be held in the cafeteria tomorrow.  Please attend if you are able.

THANK YOU!

For those of you who have not signed up for the PTA yet, I letter went home today.   The money that we collect from each family helps the PTA do many things for your children throughout the year.  The PTA pays for school activities such as Movie Night, Fun Friday, Field Trips, and Ice Cream Parties.  We are asking each adult parent to send $8 to the PTA.  The classroom that has the most memberships wins a pizza party.  Help us win!

Homework for tonight includes handwriting practicing the letter Mm and reading bag work (the students have a new book that they made today, I See, and should practice clapping the words in each sentence as practiced in class).

Thank you parents for your support!

As always, should you have any questions, please call the office at 827-6500. If you need to speak to someone in Arabic, ask for Nadia Dakroub.

Thank you for your assistance in these matters,

Mrs. Michelle Rawson

The students received a math homework page on patterns.  Please circle the picture that would come next in the pattern.  If you have crayons or markers, please encourage them to color the pictures to make the pattern as well.  This should be returned to school when finished.  Papers on the keep at home side of their folders should be taken out and kept at home.

Students received 4 new books in their reading bags as well as a new sight word, my.  These words (I, like, see, my) they should know just by looking at the word.  It is very important to practice each night at home.  This week we have been working on clapping words in a sentence.  Have the children show you when they read their new books tonight!

As always, should you have any questions, please call the office at 827-6500. If you need to speak to someone in Arabic, ask for Nadia Dakroub.

Thank you for your assistance in these matters

Have a nice evening,

Mrs. Michelle Rawson

There is an important Title I and Bond parent meeting this Thursday @ 8:50 am in the cafeteria.

Please attend if you are able.

Thank you.

Common Core State Standards (CCSS) we will learn this week 9/23/13:

Reading:

CCSS: RI.K. 1  With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about details in a text.

RI.K. 10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

RL. K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

Writing:

CCSS: W.K.3 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.

Math:

K.CC.3: Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

K.CC.4: Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality:

–  When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object.

– Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger

Science:

CCSS: E.SE.00.12 Describe how Earth materials contribute to the growth of plant and animal life.

S.IA.00.13 Communicate and present findings of observations.

S.IA.00.12 Share ideas about science through purposeful conversation.

Social Studies:

CCSS: C2.0.2 Explain why people do not have the right to do whatever they want

Kindergarten Parents,

Here is some great info on kindergarten readiness. Just click on the following link and go!

https://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-6530_6809-152726–,00.html

1) The Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Office of Great Start/Early Childhood Education and Family Services, is pleased to announce the Transition to Kindergarten Parent Guides have been updated

These Parent Guides are a series of tip sheets which highlight a variety of questions parents may have when their children are entering kindergarten.

This week we continued to work on procedures and classroom expectations.  We have worked on our stamina in read to self and got to 6 minutes this week!!  We will be working on writing more, which is very exciting!

Our sight words are: I, like, see, and next week will be my and the

*Reminder* Please send in a snack for the class 1-2 times a month as we have snack twice a day.  Please send in enough for 28 kids.  We will have a special snack of apples next Friday (9/27).  Please let me know if you can donate cut red, green, or yellow apples as the students will get to taste each and decide their favorite apple!

Next week, we will be talking about the /m/ sound and learning about apples in science!

Have a great weekend!

As always, should you have any questions, please call the office at 827-6500. If you need to speak to someone in Arabic, ask for Nadia Dakroub.

Thank you for your assistance in these matters,

Michelle Rawson