March is Reading Month!

Dear Families,

Happy March is Reading Month! I hope this message finds you all well and in a reading frenzy with your little scholars! We had SUCH a fun time on Friday kicking off reading month and our theme this year…”Reading is So Sweet!” at our kick off assembly! This month will be FILLED with fun and we are so excited for it. Last week, an “activity calendar” and “mystery reader” letter went home in your child’s homework folder. Please be sure to check it at the beginning of each week to make sure that your child is prepared and able to participate in all the fun dress up and activity days! Monday night your child (if they are the OLDEST in your household) will bring home our schoolwide book “The Chocolate Touch). We will read the first chapter together in school and the rest will be done at home with your help! Mr. Attee will announce periodic chapter questions that students will try to answer for fun and prizes all month! There are a few special events this week so they will be listed below. If you have ANY questions about reading month, don’t hesitate to email or ask me in person after school. Thank you in advance for your help making this a month to remember!

Here is everything you need to know for this week so far. If there are any modifications or new info I’ll update you as soon as possible. Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Ross 🙂

March is Reading Month: 

Literacy Night: Join us to celebrate the spirit of literacy for our Annual Literacy Night on Thursday, March 7th 2019 from 6:00pm-7:00pm. Students may come dressed up as their favorite book character!

Friday Spirit Dress Up: This Friday your child can come to school with a shirt that has WORDS on it to receive a penguin point!

Reading Logs: Tonight, your child will be bringing home a reading log to record daily reading minutes for March. If they complete the whole thing and have it signed by a parent they will earn the reward day of school-wide pajama and movie day March 29th!

“Mystery Readers“: It’s a secret though when you’ll be coming so shh… Please let me know as soon as possible if/when you’re free to read to us. Right after lunch at 11:50am and right before dismissal at 3:10pm is perfect for us! Here is what we have so far: Mrs. Hudgins: Scheduled for March 26th 11:50am 🙂

Book Fair: The Scholastic book fair run by the fabulous PTA will be from March 4th-March 8th in the library. They are even open until 4:30pm after school all week so families can either send in money for children to buy books or take them yourselves after school is over! After we visit as a class, I will only send students down in small groups with a parent if they have $5 or more each day in a marked envelope or ziplock with their name on it! (I worry that some students are trying to spend their lunch money lol!)

Dear Families,

I hope this message finds you all well and warm! We had a great week back from vacation last week. We have been enjoying our penguin research and working very hard. We have also begun individual assessments for the end of the second card marking period which is quickly approaching! Make sure your child is reading every night for 10-15 minutes. Reading books may slow down this week, so your child can access a large amount of electronic books on Raz-Kids! In addition, they can work on the zern website for additional math practice. We have been using zern in math stations and playing math games during math workshop. The class loves it! I will send any updates of school information as they come. Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Ross 🙂

Dear Families,

I can not believe it is already the last week before Christmas break! Time has truly flown by this year. We are going to have such a fun week, I am looking forward to it. I wanted to thank you once again for all your generosity and time you have given us to make this week so special. Here are a few reminders about this week and the break!

Spirit Week: 17th-21st:

12/ 17 Monday: DuVall Day- Wear DuVall spirit wear!
12/18 Tuesday: Ugly Sweater Day- Wear an ugly holiday sweater, or just a random sweater. To make it “ugly” you can put bows, candy canes, etc., on it!
12/19 Wednesday: Candy Cane Day (red and white)- Wear clothing with candy cane prints OR wear red and white, like a candy cane!
12/20 Thursday: PJ Day- Wear pajamas to help celebrate the PBIS whole school movie!
12/21 Friday: Holiday Day- Wear holiday gear! If you sell Christmas or not, you can dress up for your favorite holiday of the year! Hats/Headbands are welcome!

* Christmas break: class will resume on 1-7-19

*your child will receive a new homework packet this week with 10 pages to cover last weeks lessons and the lessons we will do this week. I will also give them two new games for their math game binder!

*Students will exchange books for a new on during library Check out this week so make sure library books are in their backpacks Monday night.

*Make sure your child is reading for 10 to 15 minutes each night over break to maintain reading foundational skills and fluency.

*On the 21st we cant wait to see you at the party in room 106 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm. If your child will be donating anything that is not food feel free to send it in before Friday! Please make sure to sign in at the office and get a visitors pass.

*There will be an all school Sing-along, directly following our classroom party, in the gym on Friday at 2:30 PM and We would love to share that with you as well.

*DuVall Spiritwear orders are in! We have been told that some items are on backorder. If you have any questions about your order please contact Katherine at (313) 598-8586.

Have a wonderful week!

Dear Families,

I hope this message finds you well and warm! I can’t believe next week is a two day week and Thanksgiving already! This year is flying by, but time flies when you have such a wonderful class to work with every day. I am one lucky teacher who is so thankful for her students. Have a wonderful week and I’ll update you if there are any changes or additions to our plans!

Next week, I would like to share a “Friendsgiving” meal with our class and the other kindergarten and first grade classes for Thanksgiving. we will be lining the hallway with tablecloths and having ONE LONG table to share this meal with the K/1st grade classes 🙂  I will be bringing in pumpkin bread to share with the kids and we will eat pizza and spend some time appreciating our friends in the class 🙂 We will line the long hallway with tablecloths and make one LONG dinner  table of friends 🙂 We also saved the juice boxes that Jack Bungee brought for the Halloween party and we are getting thirsty, so we will drink them 🙂 Thank you again Jack! Though this meal is not a “party”, If you would like to share this moment with us, I would LOVE to extend the invitation to parents in our classroom to join us. It’s so sweet watching the students relax and spend time enjoying each other and being grateful for our friendships. If you would like to help us with our meal, please check out our sign up genius to either send in paper goods, food items or a dollar towards pizza. We THANK you in advance for your support!

*I sent out the sign up genius tonight. Here is the sign up genius link though if you’d like to cut and paste this into your address line:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409094da8ac22a0fe3-friendsgiving

Important Dates and Information:

*Next week: We only have school for two days of school due to Thanksgiving break!

*Friendsgiving: Tuesday, November 20th 2:00pm

*Homework:. A new packet will be coming home tonight along with a new math game! This week in math we will be working on new lessons and we are almost done with module 1! I am so proud of all the progress our class has made working with numbers from 0-10.

*Conferences: Conferences are back to back so please be prompt 🙂 Make sure to check your child’s reminder slips and back of the folder for your highlighted date/time on the behavior sheets 🙂

*Popcorn: This Friday we have popcorn sales so bring those quarters! 

*Library check out: Your child will visit the library again on Tuesday morning. Please make sure that your child’s book is in their backpack Monday night ready to be returned this next morning. Any lost or damaged books front he DuVall library will need to be replace by the individual child’s family. Thank you for helping your child become a responsible penguin!

*Reading Packs: Thank you for sending them back every day and spending about 10-15 minutes a night on the letters/words you find in there. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night! Those students who had books sent home last week, make sure they are in there this week because they will be switched for one to two more this week! Woohoo these students rock!

Letter(s) of the week: This week we will be reviewing all previous letters

Words of the Week: This week we will be reviewing all sight words taught thus far

Review words: I, can, see, the, to, like, look, at, come, and,a,we, go, in, he, my, is, has, for, are

*Science: Unit on Climate and Weather

*Social Studies: Begin New Unit on Needs and Wants. THANK YOU to Cameran James for bringing in pictures from magazines that were examples of “needs and wants.” We enjoyed discussing the difference between the two and sorting them on a t-chart! If your child has more pictures for us to sort and discuss we’d LOVE to work with them this week as well. THANK YOU in advance for your hard work and support!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I hope this message finds you all well and dry and enjoying this weekend with your families! My weekend has been filled with soccer and family 🙂 Here is what you need to know for this week in kindergarten. If there are any changes to be made or additional information added, I’ll add the news as the week progresses. Have a wonderful week!

*Please join us on Halloween for our parade and classroom activities at 2:00 pm 🙂 Please sign into the office and get a visitors pass and join us on our walk around the block if you wish! After the parade we will go directly to room 106 and enjoy some activities and treats! If you are donating anything to the party feel free to send it in tomorrow, Monday 10-29-2018. If you have food items, please send in the day of the party on Wednesday! Remember to send your child to school in regular clothes and have them bring their costume to school in a bag with their name on it! Students can change into costumes after lunch right before the parade at 1:30 ish. Your child may also bring a small piece of candy or small candy bag for each child if they want but please make sure all items are individually wrapped and not baked goods. They will be placed into paper bags and then into backpacks and could get really messy! THANK YOU in advance to all the families and students for helping donate items for this party and for your amazing generosity and support. We are so lucky and I am the most lucky teacher around 🙂

Mrs. Ross 🙂

*Important Reminders:

*Homework: The homework packet from last week is due on Monday the 29th. A new packet will be coming home tonight along with a new math game! This week in math we will be working on regular lessons and I will also be assessing again for updated math skills for the report cards.

*Conferences are quickly approaching! Please make sure you have signed up for one spot on one of the days provided. I will assign any family who has not yet signed up to make sure we meet and send home reminders at the end of the week on Friday.  🙂

*Popcorn: This Friday we have a half day of school so there will be NO popcorn sales!

*Library check out: Your child will visit the library again on Tuesday morning. Please make sure that your child’s book is in their backpack Monday night ready to be returned this next morning. Any lost or damaged books front he DuVall library will need to be replace by the individual child’s family. Thank you for helping your child become a responsible penguin!

*Reading Packs: Thank you for sending them back every day and spending about 10-15 minutes a night on the letters/words you find in there. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night! Those students who had books sent home last week, make sure they are in there this week because they will be switched for one to two more this week! Woohoo these students rock!

Letter(s) of the week: V, Z

Review letters: S,M,R,T,N,B,a, A, D, O, I, C,G, H, F, P, E

Words of the Week: is, has

Review words: I, can, see, the, to, like, look, at, come, and,a,we, go, in, he, my

*Counting syllables in a word

*Which two words rhyme?

*This week in language arts, I will be assessing students on their letter ID (revisiting to see what else they have picked up out of 52 letters), recognizing rhyming, beginning sounds, syllables and the sight words we have covered so far. 🙂

Dear Families,

I hope this message finds you all well and warm and enjoying this BEAUTIFUL weekend with your families! My weekend has been filled with soccer as usual and a block party 🙂 Here is what you need to know for this week in kindergarten. If there are any changes to be made or additional information added, I’ll add them as the week progresses. Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Ross 🙂

*Important Reminders:

*Homework packet: Lesson 16 homework assignment is due tomorrow. In order to keep your homework packets one week behind instruction, this week your child will receive two new games to add to their homework “Game Binders” and a membership to “Zern.org” a game website linked to our kindergarten curriculum with fun games yay! Look in your child’s folder for the letter and login information stapled to it 🙂 Enjoy, and please let me know if you need any help setting your child up.

*Apple Orchard: We are all set! Looking forward to the field trip this week! Remember to send your child with a warm outfit and the proper coat and shoes to stay warm and dry all day! In addition, a bag lunch that can easily be thrown away after eating. No money please we will not be visiting the orchard store.

*Conferences are quickly approaching! Please make sure you have signed up for one spot on one of the days provided. I will assign any family who has not yet signed up to make sure we meet 🙂

*Popcorn fundraiser sales are almost every Friday so bring those quarters (no limit per child) first thing at 8:35 am. This Friday popcorn sales will be back on!

*Library check out: Your child will visit the library again on Tuesday morning. Please make sure that your child’s book is in their backpack Monday night ready to be returned this next morning. Any lost or damaged books front he DuVall library will need to be replace by the individual child’s family. Thank you for helping your child become a responsible penguin! Last week we had 19/20 return their books. Wow! We are really learning to be responsible with our school materials.

*Reading Packs:Thank you for sending them back every day and spending about 10-15 minutes a night on the letters/words you find in there. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night!

Letter(s) of the week: H,F

Review letters: S,M,R,T,N,B,a, A, D, O, I, C,G

Words of the Week: go, in

Review words: I, can, see, the, to, like, look, at, come, and,a,we

*Counting syllables in a word

*Which two words rhyme?

*This week in math I will be returning to regular instruction and continuing with lesson 17. Please have your child play the games from their homework game binder each night to review all skills and log onto zern.org to register themselves on the site. This is an additional way to fulfill homework skill practice a night and as your child completes assignments and games it will naturally move them up (like Razkids does)! Have fun.

*This week the kindergarten teachers will be setting up a “sign up genius” for our Halloween party which will take place from 2:30pm (or directly following the 2:00pm parade) to 3:30pm on Wednesday October 31st, 2018. Please take a minute to view the supplies needed for the party and sign up to donate items if that is possible for your family. NO PRESSURE 🙂 Parents are welcome join us for the party and we will also need parents to help run stations and manage crowd control lol! The class and I thank you in advance for your generosity and assistance to make our Halloween at school successful and most importantly FUN! 

Dear Families,

I hope this message finds you enjoying this lovely day! Here is what you need to know for this week in kindergarten. If there are any changes to be made or additional information added, I’ll add them as the week progresses. Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Ross 🙂

Important Reminders:

*Homework packet #2 is due tomorrow on Monday (the roll and cover game is yours to keep though) and your child will be bringing home packet #3 in their homework folder! Our class is doing such an amazing job with completing and turning back in these packets 🙂 I have had such positive feedback from the students about feeling confident with the assignments and that the games have been really fun 🙂 Way to go boys and girls! I am so proud of you!!! Thank you again to Johnny’s mom for stapling and organizing our math homework each week. You’re such a tremendous help!

*Permission Slips and money for the Apple Orchard field trip are due tomorrow, October 1st! If you still need to turn in the permission slip or still need to send in the $10 please do so tomorrow. All money must be sent to the office to pay for the trip. We will be putting in the parents name in to a bowl this week. I will post the 6 chaperones pulled from the bowl on the blog as well as send home a paper letter. If you receive this chaperone letter, please send in your $10.00 the next school day in an envelope with your name on it marked Apple Orchard Chaperone $  Thank you ALL once again for volunteering your time to help us make this a special day.

*Conferences are quickly approaching! Please make sure you have signed up for one spot on one of the days provided. I will assign any family who has not yet signed up to make sure we meet 🙂

*Popcorn fundraiser sales are almost every Friday so bring those quarters (no limit per child) first thing at 8:35 am. This Friday kdg will be back at school and will resume participating in popcorn sales

*Library check out: Your child will visit the library again on Tuesday morning and bring home a new book. Please make sure that your child’s book is in their backpack Monday night ready to be returned this next morning. Any lost or damaged books front he DuVall library will need to be replace by the individual child’s family. Thank you for helping your child become a responsible penguin!

*Reading Packs: Last week I began sending home “reading packs”. We will discuss these reading packs at the kdg meeting on Tuesday morning. At first, your child will just have language arts letters and/or sight words in them. We will get to the books in the future. Thank you for sending them back every day and spending about 10-15 minutes a night on the letters/words you find in there. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night!

*Tuesdays Parent Meeting: Tuesday morning at 8:45am the kindergarten teachers, the kdg ECS and Mr. Attee will be holding an informational meeting about Language Arts in the library. If you are able to come please sign in at the office and receive a visitors pass before coming down to the library. I look forward to seeing you there, however do not stress about sending both parents! One is great if you’re able to make it. 🙂

Letter(s) of the week: A,D,O,I

Review letters: S,M,R,T,N,B,a

Words of the Week: come, and

Review words: I, can, see, the, to, like, look, at

*RK.K.2c Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words

*Initial sounds: RK.K.2d Be able to identify the first sound heard when a word in spoken

*separate words into sentences RF.K.2b How many words do I hear when a sentence (of up to approximately 5-9 words) is orally presented

*hearing rhymes RF.K.2a

*This week in daily 5 we will be launching “Listen to Reading”. Students will use the ipad to listen to books electronically on the ipad.

Dear Families,

I hope this message finds you well and enjoying this beautiful weather! Here are some important things to know for this week. If there are there any more changes to the week or important announcements, I will write them as the week progresses. Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Ross 🙂

Important Reminders:

*KDG only has NO SCHOOL this Friday the 28th (kdg teachers have a district meeting) All other students will be in school that day

*Permission Slips and money for the Apple Orchard field trip are due by October 1st! If you need another slip or need to send in the $10 please do so this week 🙂 Chaperones will be picked when all slips are returned!

*Conferences are quickly approaching! Please make sure you have signed up for one spot on one of the days provided. I will assign any family who has not yet signed up to make sure we meet 🙂

*Popcorn fundraiser sales are almost every Friday so bring those quarters (no limit per child) first thing at 8:35 am. This Friday kdg will not be at school so next week we will resume participating in popcorn sales

*Library check out: This week we will begin library check out! Your child will visit the library on Tuesday morning and bring home one book per week. Please make sure that your child’s book is in their backpack Monday nights ready to be returned this next morning. Any lost or damaged books front he DuVall library will need to be replace by the individual child’s family. Thank you for helping your child become a responsible penguin!

*Homework packets are due Mondays. I will look for them once a week to help me save time and be organized about collecting completed assignments. If your child is finished early, kindly hold on to them until Mondays or due date if the schedule is changed for a snow day or holiday (maybe in a homework tray or refrigerator) until they are due. I recommend one page a day. However, if your child is finished early it is important for their foundational skills to do some math every day. Please play the math games I give your child each week (you are creating a binder with) so that your child keeps thinking about math and practicing their counting and cardinality/number recognition skills throughout the week.

Tomorrow your child will be bringing home packet 2 I Thank you again to Johnny’s mom for stapling and organizing our math homework each week. You’re such a tremendous help!

Letter(s) of the week: a

Review letters: S,M,R,T,N,B

Words of the Week: look, at

Review words: I, can, see, the, to, like

*short a sound: RK.K.2c Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words

*Initial sounds: RK.K.2d Be able to identify the first sound heard when a word in spoken

*separate words into sentences RF.K.2b How many words do I hear when a sentence (of up to approximately 5-9 words) is orally presented

*hearing rhymes RF.K.2a