Kindergarten 2020-2021
Dear Parents:
River Oaks is currently registering students for the 2020-2021 school year for pre-school, kindergarten and young 5’s. We need your help and getting this information out to all parents. Please let us know the names of anyone that will be starting school this year at River Oaks.
Increase Your Vocabulary!
Increase your vocabulary! Listen to the read aloud and fill out the graphic organizer you can just use a piece of paper and create the headings yourself. Try to use the word when speaking or writing at least three times today.
10 AUTHORS THAT USE EXTRAORDINARY VOCABULARY WORDS
Here is a list of authors that use some fantastic vocabulary words. Included beside each author’s name are a couple of their books that are full of vocabulary words
- William Steig – Sylvester and the Magic Pebble & Dr. DeSoto
- Kevin Henkes– Chrysanthemum & Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
- Virginia Lee Burton– The Little House & Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
- Leon Lionni– Swimmy & An Extraordinary Egg
- E.B. White– Charlotte’s Web & The Trumpet of the Swan
- Tim Egan– Metropolitan Cow & Friday Night at Hodges’ Cafe
- Steven Kellogg– Paul Bunyan & Johnny Appleseed
- James Marshall– The 3 Little Pigs & Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Patricia Polacco– Thank You, Mr. Falker & The Keeping Quilt
- Cynthia Rylant– When I was Young in the Mountains & The Relatives Came
Prediction!
It is fun to predict what a text is going to be about before we read it! When we predict we take the information we already know and combine it with the text. Make a prediction using the sentence frame:
I think the story will be about____________because______________.
Now, look at the title: The Case of The Missing Carrot Cake and predict what it’s going to be about. Remember the word case means file.
Learning Materials Pick Up
We will be passing out learning materials for all students to help them with their at home learning for the remainder of the year.
Students will receive their math workbooks, common core books for ELA, and some school supplies.
Learning material pick up will be a drive up service, similar to our Chromebook pickup.
Please stay in your car and someone will come out to assist you.
Learning material pickup will be Tuesday, May 5th from 12:00 pm-3:00 pm and Wednesday, May 6th from 10:00 am-12:00 pm.
Invitations!
Your child has been invited to one or more of the following Reading Websites. https://lalilo.com, https://www.getepic.com (class code: igh7039), https://www.readworks.org
Please ask your child to log in with these familiar sites!
Spring Is Here!!!!
Have you ever wondered about the food you eat and how it grows?
This non-fiction text explains many details about the food we eat. One way you can read a non-fiction text is to:
*Just read parts instead of the whole book
* Read the whole thing
Wait… tomatoes are a fruit, not a vegetable? What is one thing you learned after listening to this book?
Availability
*Office hours : 8:30-3:30
*Email address: bruscoj@dearbornschools.org
*Please email me to request a google hangout with me.
*Assignments addressing your child’s IEP goals/objectives will be emailed to parents. If possible, email completed assignments to me so I may provide feedback to your child.
Reading Strategies
| What To Ask To Encourage Kids To Read |
| Research shows that children need to talk about there learning in order to understand it. Here are five opening discussion questions that you can use with almost any reading that will help turn kids’ brains on, get them thinking, and encourage them to read: What was this reading about? What was the title? Why do you think the author chose that title? How does what you read relate to you? What do you think the author wanted you to take away from this reading? Why? What strategies did you use while reading? How well did they work? Which ones will you use next time? It’s possible to encourage kids to read even more by using elaboration questions. These questions encourage them to go deeper with more details about the book. Here are some example question-stems that will work with almost any reading: Can you tell me more about that? What would you compare that with? Why do you think that? Have you thought about…? Where did you find that information? Resource: Nickelsen, L. (n.d.). Professional Development – Transformational Training & Coaching. https://maximizelearninginc.com/ |
The Day the Crayons Came Home
Another super cute story by the same author. How are the two stories the same? How are they different? Use evidence from the texts to support your ideas.