I hope you enjoyed last Friday and managed to stay warm!  Teachers were participating in Professional Development.  Howard teachers worked with Literacy and Math.  We were busy and productive!

This week is …SPIRIT WEEK!!

To celebrate Howard School Spirit, our Student Council has planned some fun activities.  Here we go…

Monday-MOVIE/POPCORN DAY  Student Council will provide the popcorn for us to enjoy while we watch a movie.  Thanks Student Council!

Tuesday-HIPPIE DAY  You can come to school dressed like a hippie!

Wednesday-CLASS COLOR DAY-We will choose a color and let you know our choice.  Wear a shirt, jersey, sweatshirt in that color.

Thursday-SPORTS DAY-Wear a hat, jersey, sweatshirt of a favorite sports team

Friday-PAJAMA/CRAZY HAIR DAY and BIRTHDAY PARTY -Wear your pjs,  fix your hair in a crazy way, and we’ll celebrate everyone’s birthday.

A fun, exciting, and Howard  School Spirit-filled week!

Here are some other things we’ll be doing this week.  🙂

READING-Keep on reading every night at home.  I can always tell those who read (or are read to) every night.  Make reading a daily priority.  Discuss the stories with your child.  Ask questions.  This week we will be working with identifying main ideas and details in stories.  Fluency in their reading is improving.  So is their Accuracy with words.  On Friday we will compare 3 texts that I will read to them this week.  I will ask them about the main idea of each book and some  details.  You can do the same with books that you read with them.  Have them read with expression too!

WRITING-We will be writing dialogue.  WOW!

SPELLING-Dearborn Schools is implementing a new Spelling Curriculum.  Kindergarten starts with second semester (1/27/14).  This week we will focus on the “at” chunk.  Our word for our Treasures Reading Curriculum is “ Are  are.”  Letter is “H  h.”  Since my class has been writing since the first day of school,  I expect them to do very well with the Spelling Curriculum. I will also be adding some words from a Dolch Sight Word List.   Keep up with the weekly reading unit words too, though.

MATH-We will continue with Subtraction Story Problems, since, with days missed with snow days,  we haven’t really worked enough with them.  We also will play an Attributes game.

SCIENCE-We will work with cars rolling down on a ramp and then measuring distances.  How will we measure?  Stay tuned!

Have a great week and STAY WARM!!

Mrs. Smith