A New Year, 2016!

READING-Unit 5  Our 3 week Theme is ANIMALS.

Week 1 is ANIMALS WE KNOW. What animal do you like best?  Why?  Would it make a good pet?  How does that animal move?

READING STRATEGY- Recognizing Story Structure

READING SKILL-Make and Confirm Predictions

We’ll read a story titled Mama Cat and Her Kittens.

WORDS-(Note: 3 words this week.  We will use these words in our writing this week.)

Is  is    because   animal

LETTER-O  o

MATH-Calculators

SCIENCE-Comparing and Contrasting Animals

How they look    What they eat     How they move

WRITING-Our district Writing Prompt will be in 3 weeks and the students will need to write an Opinion Piece.  To help prepare for this, I will be asking for their opinions on a multitude of topics.  They will then write a few of their opinions in sentences.  You can help with this at home.  Ask them questions, like “What’s your favorite cereal?   WHY?”  WHY is the opinion part of their answer.  They need give a reason (opinion) for their favorite cereal choice.

P.S.  “because” is not a reason!

Mrs. Smith

We had a wonderful party yesterday!  Many, many thanks to my parents who gave of their time and hands…Mrs. Eberwein (Jonah)  Mrs. Saad (Lily) Mrs. Dwyer (Adriana) Mrs. Mosallam (Khalil) Mr. and Mrs. Fracassa (Alina)  Here are pictures of the 3 stations.

   Pin the Nose on Rudolph

     Decorating Gingerbread Cookies

         Making Ornaments

They had such fun…just how the day should be in Kindergarten!

Parents,

Please enjoy your child’s December Book that they are bringing home today.  It has taken 2 weeks to create.  If pages are missing pictures, your child was absent on those days.  They can fill in the pictures to go with the sentence that I wrote for them.  Lots of work and they enjoyed reading the final book this morning.

I found these in the closet and no one is claiming them.  I know they came in on one of my students but they don’t recognize them.  Help Moms!

Last week of school for December–Yikes!!

READING-We will finish our unit about FOOD. Unit 4, Week 3 is about FOOD TRADITIONS.

STRATEGY-SUMMARIZE

SKILL-MAKING INFERENCES

WRITING-A List (A Menu)

LETTERS-C  c  N  n   (Review week)

WORDS-Have  have  To  to  (Review week)

OPPOSITES-We’ll explore Opposites (also known as ANTONYMS)

During the break, you might want to go back through my blogs and find the letters and words on which we have focused since September.  Remember that as we add new letters, we can make new words with letters we already know.  For example, in September, the first letter we learned was m.  The next week we learned a.  Put them together and you have the little word am.  Lots of possibilities exist.

Students should know all of the letters and words that we have had each week.  Since I write with them EVERY day since the first day of school, they have been writing many, many more words too, which serves to increase their writing selection of words.

PROJECTS-I hope you are enjoying the projects that are coming home.  Lots of math, problem solving, following directions, and opportunities to use those fine motor skills are involved.  More to come to help you with house decorations!

HEALTH NEWS-I have a case of Strep Throat in here.  If your child is complaining of a sore throat or seems “under the weather,” you might want to check it out.

REMINDERS…

*Please help your child remember to bring in their Book Bag on their appointed day.  The extra time spent reading at home sure is a boost for young readers.  Thanks for your help on the home front.

*GYM  days are Wednesdays and Fridays.  Gym Shoes are required for them to participate in gym class.

*LIBRARY DAYS are Wednesdays.  Library Books due on Wednesdays.

I think that’s all for now. 🙂

Enjoy this unseasonally warm weather.  My husband golfed yesterday and thinks he’ll be out again tomorrow. WOW!

Enjoy YOUR weekend.

Mrs. Smith

We had a little visitor stop by our room this afternoon and made a little mess!  We discovered the mischief when we returned from Music.  (Tomorrow we’ll watch the video.)

Check it out!

We also have 2 new 6 year olds!

Keelan -Nov. 28                                                        Lana-Dec. 8

‘Tis the season and here we go!!

READING-Unit 4  FOOD     Week 2  WHAT’S FOR DINNER?

We’ll be discussing food-favorite foods, what they would like to eat for a special dinner, etc.

We’ll create a Class Menu and work off of that during the week.

We’ll read a story about making “Sweet Potato Pie.”

STRATEGY-Summarize

SKILL-Making Inferences

WRITING-Their writing this week will be creating their own menu for a special dinner.

LETTER-C  c  

WORD-Have  have

MATH-2-D and 3-D shapes

SCIENCE-Push and Pull

SOCIAL STUDIES-I will be assessing them on Needs/Wants   Goods/ Services

Another busy week!  I hope to work in some fun projects too.  Yesterday we made ELVES with our 3rd Grade Buddies.  They are so cute!  They’ll be coming home next week to decorate your front door. 🙂

Enjoy your weekend.

Mrs. Smith

Parents,

Please remind your child to put their Book Bag in their backpack so they can get a new book each week.  The more a child reads, the better they become at reading, writing, spelling, and vocabulary expansion.

BOOK BAG SCHEDULE

MONDAY-Sarah   Eman  Mahdi  Noor   Lana

TUESDAY-Adriana  Jonah  Ameer  Alina  Mia

WEDNESDAY-Juliette  Kareem  Jordan  Derek  Emily

THURSDAY-Khalil  Keelan  Joelle  Lily  Nabil

FRIDAY-Zahra  Avalina  Jacob  Hussein  Zachary  Hassen