1. Oakman Folder- sign and return behavior calendar for JANUARY!! 

Reading NWEA Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByZ94vCge-60dTZ0WEE5ejVSOFZuVWR3YWVDb1ViX0lBSXk4/view?ts=5c18f996—

Please note, the Kindergarten year end expectation is 167 in reading. Please focus on the boxes in the link that have a RIT range from 130-160. And continue to work on the rainbow letter e on CLEVER (Reading Practice). This can count as 15-20 minutes of reading EACH day since students did not get new books this week due to testing and assessments.

1. Reading bag- 35 TOTAL NEW SIGHT WORDS ARE IN THEIR BAGS one, little, play, me, here, am, do, not, who, with— I, like, the, see, we, go, can, she, a, at, is, was, will, he, has, on, in, and, you, up, look, it, my, to, and dog. Practice each night to MEMORIZE THESE WORDS!* And work on using them correctly when speaking in COMPLETE SENTENCES for example: He (when talking about a boy) vs. She (when talking about a girl). And “on” like the book is “on the table.” 
2. READING GROUP BAG — 4-6 BOOKS are in bags to keep reading over break– most are review… make sure to fill in reading logs each day!!!! (Also can you login code and password to read/listen to more books on the computer) *students still have several books to review as we will be doing some testing over letters, sounds, and sight words this week to determine possible NEW reading groups and levels.

***IF YOU HAVE FLUENCY DOWN, PARENTS PLEASE EXTEND the reading by asking questions such as:

Find the WORD “the” on this page.
What LETTER/SOUND do you see/hear at the beginning of the WORD?
What LETTER/SOUND do you see/hear at the middle of the WORD?
What LETTER/SOUND do you see/hear at the end of the WORD?
After reading, can you RETELL what happened?? What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?

4. Math Homework-MODULE 3 Lesson 27 on page 305 (homework helper is on page 303).

*No Poem this week, instead work on CLEVER and/or links sent home in blog posts today!

Read, Read, Read…. and work on “rainbow e” on CLEVER!!!<— this is a good way to practice for NWEA testing!!! Testing will be TOMORROW THURSDAY, JANUARY. 23rd!!

NWEA READING will be on Thursday, Januray 23 at 9:00! The link below has some practice questions that students did last week with their 3rd grade buddies.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H43bV1ggzPPAopI_EumQehEKU03ld9K5/view?usp=sharing

**If link does not work, please copy and paste link into web browser. **

Thanks for all you do!

Love,

Mrs. Rawson

• BY LESLIE MEANS

We asked our Her View From Home writers to share some of their favorite conversation starters with their kids. These are especially great after a long school day when your babies don’t want to chat.

Here’s some of their favorites! 

1. What made you smile today?
2. Can you tell me an example of kindness you saw/showed? 
3. Was there an example of unkindness? How did you respond?
4. Does everyone have a friend at recess?
5. What was the book about that your teacher read?
6. What’s the word of the week?
7. Did anyone do anything silly to make you laugh?
8. Did anyone cry?
9. What did you do that was creative?
10. What is the most popular game at recess?
11. What was the best thing that happened today?
12. Did you help anyone today?
13. Did you tell anyone “thank you?”
14. Who did you sit with at lunch?
15. What made you laugh?
16. Did you learn something you didn’t understand?
17. Who inspired you today?
18. What was the peak and the pit?
19. What was your least favorite part of the day?
20. Was anyone in your class gone today?
21. Did you ever feel unsafe?
22. What is something you heard that surprised you?
23. What is something you saw that made you think?
24. Who did you play with today?
25. Tell me something you know today that you didn’t know yesterday.
26. What is something that challenged you?
27. How did someone fill your bucket today? Whose bucket did you fill?
28. Did you like your lunch?
29. Rate your day on a scale from 1-10.
30. Did anyone get in trouble today?
31. How were you brave today?
32. What questions did you ask at school today?
33. Tell us your top two things from the day (before you can be excused from the dinner table!). 
34. What are you looking forward to tomorrow?
35. What are you reading?
36. What was the hardest rule to follow today?
37. Teach me something I don’t know.
38. If you could change one thing about your day, what would it be?
39. (For older kids):  Do you feel prepared for your history test?” or, “Is there anything on your mind that you’d like to talk about?” (In my opinion, the key is not only the way a question is phrased, but responding in a supportive way.)
40. Who did you share your snacks with at lunch?
41. What made your teacher smile? What made her frown?
42. What kind of person were you today?
43. What made you feel happy? 
44. What made you feel proud?
45. What made you feel loved?
46. Did you learn any new words today?
47. What do you hope to do before school is out for the year?
48. If you could switch seats with anyone in class, who would it be? And why?
49. What is your least favorite part of the school building? And favorite?
50. If you switched places with your teacher tomorrow, what would you teach the class?

Reading NWEA Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByZ94vCge-60dTZ0WEE5ejVSOFZuVWR3YWVDb1ViX0lBSXk4/view?ts=5c18f996

1. Oakman Folder- sign and return behavior calendar for JANUARY!! 

Reading NWEA Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByZ94vCge-60dTZ0WEE5ejVSOFZuVWR3YWVDb1ViX0lBSXk4/view?ts=5c18f996—

Please note, the Kindergarten year end expectation is 167 in reading. Please focus on the boxes in the link that have a RIT range from 130-160. And continue to work on the rainbow letter e on CLEVER (Reading Practice). This can count as 15-20 minutes of reading EACH day since students did not get new books this week due to testing and assessments.

1. Reading bag- 30 TOTAL NEW SIGHT WORDS ARE IN THEIR BAGS am, do, not, who, with— I, like, the, see, we, go, can, she, a, at, is, was, will, he, has, on, in, and, you, up, look, it, my, to, and dog. Practice each night to MEMORIZE THESE WORDS!* And work on using them correctly when speaking in COMPLETE SENTENCES for example: He (when talking about a boy) vs. She (when talking about a girl). And “on” like the book is “on the table.” 
2. READING GROUP BAG — 4-6 BOOKS are in bags to keep reading over break– most are review… make sure to fill in reading logs each day!!!! (Also can you login code and password to read/listen to more books on the computer) *students still have several books to review as we will be doing some testing over letters, sounds, and sight words this week to determine possible NEW reading groups and levels.

***IF YOU HAVE FLUENCY DOWN, PARENTS PLEASE EXTEND the reading by asking questions such as:

Find the WORD “the” on this page.
What LETTER/SOUND do you see/hear at the beginning of the WORD?
What LETTER/SOUND do you see/hear at the middle of the WORD?
What LETTER/SOUND do you see/hear at the end of the WORD?
After reading, can you RETELL what happened?? What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?

4. Math Homework-MODULE 3 Lesson 25 AND 26 on page 297 AND 301 (homework helper is on page 296 and 299). *NO NEW HOMEWORK ASSIGNED*

*No Poem this week, instead work on CLEVER and/or links sent home in blog posts today!

Read, Read, Read…. and work on “rainbow e” on CLEVER!!!<— this is a good way to practice for NWEA testing!!! Testing will be THURSDAY, JANUARY. 23rd!!

NWEA READING will be on Thursday, Januray 23 at 9:00! The link below has some practice questions that students did last week with their 3rd grade buddies.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H43bV1ggzPPAopI_EumQehEKU03ld9K5/view?usp=sharing

**If link does not work, please copy and paste link into web browser. **

Thanks for all you do!

Love,

Mrs. Rawson

1. Oakman Folder- sign and return behavior calendar for JANUARY!! ***please note next 2 MATH HOMEWORK PAGES ARE ASSIGNED AND PLEASE REVIEW SOME PRACTICE QUESTIONS ON LINK BELOW FOR NWEA READING NEXT WEEK***

Reading NWEA Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByZ94vCge-60dTZ0WEE5ejVSOFZuVWR3YWVDb1ViX0lBSXk4/view?ts=5c18f996—

Please note, the Kindergarten year end expectation is 167 in reading. Please focus on the boxes in the link that have a RIT range from 130-160. And continue to work on the rainbow letter e on CLEVER (Reading Practice). This can count as 15-20 minutes of reading EACH day since students did not get new books this week due to testing and assessments.

1. Reading bag- 30 TOTAL NEW SIGHT WORDS ARE IN THEIR BAGS am, do, not, who, with— I, like, the, see, we, go, can, she, a, at, is, was, will, he, has, on, in, and, you, up, look, it, my, to, and dog. Practice each night to MEMORIZE THESE WORDS!* And work on using them correctly when speaking in COMPLETE SENTENCES for example: He (when talking about a boy) vs. She (when talking about a girl). And “on” like the book is “on the table.” 
2. READING GROUP BAG — 4-6 BOOKS are in bags to keep reading over break– most are review… make sure to fill in reading logs each day!!!! (Also can you login code and password to read/listen to more books on the computer) *students still have several books to review as we will be doing some testing over letters, sounds, and sight words this week to determine possible NEW reading groups and levels.

***IF YOU HAVE FLUENCY DOWN, PARENTS PLEASE EXTEND the reading by asking questions such as:

Find the WORD “the” on this page.
What LETTER/SOUND do you see/hear at the beginning of the WORD?
What LETTER/SOUND do you see/hear at the middle of the WORD?
What LETTER/SOUND do you see/hear at the end of the WORD?
After reading, can you RETELL what happened?? What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?

4. Math Homework-MODULE 3 Lesson 25 AND 26 on page 297 AND 301 (homework helper is on page 296 and 299).

NEW library books were chosen on Tuesday for those who returned their books. Remember these are great books for listening to reading and working on comprehension.. asking and answer questions about the story, like many students are doing on their story maps!!***RETURN TOMORROW (TUESDAY FOR LIBRARY CHECK OUT!!***

*No Poem this week, instead work on CLEVER and/or links sent home in blog posts today!

Read, Read, Read…. and work on “rainbow e” on CLEVER!!!<— this is a good way to practice for NWEA testing!!! Testing will be THURSDAY, JANUARY. 23rd!!

NWEA READING will be on Thursday, Januray 23 at 9:00! The link below has some practice questions that students did last week with their 3rd grade buddies.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H43bV1ggzPPAopI_EumQehEKU03ld9K5/view?usp=sharing

**If link does not work, please copy and paste link into web browser. **

Thanks for all you do!

Love,

Mrs. Rawson

Reading NWEA Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByZ94vCge-60dTZ0WEE5ejVSOFZuVWR3YWVDb1ViX0lBSXk4/view?ts=5c18f996—