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Hi Parents,
I hope you all are having a great weekend and enjoying the beautiful weather! Here is what is going on this week:
Letters- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjc2zZH5Y4 -Don’t forget kids can login to kids a-z and read books at their level. Kids can listen to books but please make sure they are also reading the books on their own too. -Please make sure students are practicing sight words daily. The sight words we will go over this week are below. Feel free to move ahead of the class weekly sight words or follow along with us. If/when students master identifying sight words, they can practice spelling them. Sight words: red, yes, not Word family/Digraph/ Spelling pattern- oi and oy(review –am, -an, -ap, -ag,-ip, –ig, -ot, -og,-op, -et, -ub, -ug, er,-nk, –ck, qu, sh, th, wh, ch, ou, ow, oo, ee, ai, ay, and -ck) What you can do at home: Write sight words on flashcards and have students identify them or make a memory game. Give students words that end in the following word families or have the following word families in them and have them spell the words. -In math we will continue our unit on addition and subtraction. Tomorrow students will have a subtraction formative assessment to determine mastery of this standard. We will then move on and focus on mixed addition and subtraction word problems and equations. We will be working on paying attention to the addition and subtraction signs and making sure students are adding and subtracting appropriately. We will also review combinations of 10 and missing addends. Students will continue to use the strategies they have learned to solve these problems: draw a picture, use objects, use fingers, ten frames, count on, etc. What you can do at home: assist students in becoming fluent in combinations of 10 and fluent in adding and subtracting within 5. Example: 0+10=10,1+9=10,2+8=10 all the way back to 8+2=10, 9+1=10, and 10+0=10. When they have mastered that, they can work on all the combinations to 20. You can also create flashcards with addition and subtraction problems for students to become fluent in solving. Here are the standards for this unit: MGSEK.OA.1 Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations. MGSEK.OA.2 Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem. MGSEK.OA.3 Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation. (drawings need not include an equation). MGSEK.OA.4 For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation. MGSEK.OA.5 Fluently add and subtract within 5. The sorting, counting, and ordering groups standard is in this unit as well. What you can do at home: Have students sort silverware, coins, beads, etc. by color, shape or size. Students can then count how many are in each group and put the groups in order from least to greatest amount or greatest to least amount. Here is a fun website to practice this standard: http://www.abcya.com/counting_sorting_comparing.htm -In writer’s workshop students will continue persuasive/opinion writing to make the world a better place. We have been thinking of problems we are seeing in our school (not picking up trash, running in the hall, talking in line, etc.) and in the community (littering, cutting down trees, etc.) and writing to solve these problems. We have been discussing who we should write these for and how we can get the word out like hanging up signs and putting our books in the library. We will talk about writing letters this week by writing the date, an opening, stating what the problem is, giving an example, writing a solution, and a closing. What you can do at home: have students practice sounding out words and writing down the sounds they hear on paper and draw pictures with details and label their pictures. You can also remind students that when writing, the first letter in a sentence is uppercase and the rest is lower case, there are finger spaces between words, and periods at the end of sentences. We will continue to work on this in class. Here is an alphabet song that I like to have students listen to every day to help with letters and letter sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTeUONxZYAs. You can have students sing this on way to school in the morning, as students are getting ready for the evening, etc. -During reading, students were given a reading choice board they can work on during private reading time. They can take a picture of a page and circle their sight words, practice labeling pages, talk about why a page is their favorite, and talk about characters and setting. Our mini lessons will continue to focus on persistence and trying hard even when it’s tough. We will review pointing to each word as we read and identify “snap” (sight) words while reading with partners. We will continue re-reading, making the words match the pictures, and sharing labels and thoughts about books with our partners as well as asking our partners questions about what we are reading. We will continue to work in guided reading groups (pointing under each word as we read, making predictions (not right or wrong it’s just a guess based on the title and cover page), visualizing- having a picture in our minds about the topic we are reading about, making connections- what does this story remind you of?, and answering comprehension questions. Students will work on building their reading stamina independently, reading with their partner, and work on IRead. What you can do at home: Read every night like you are working with a partner (sit side by side, have a book in the middle, read back and forth, etc.) and ask your child questions about what she/he is reading about. For students who need to work on letters and letter sounds, you can have students find letters around the house and ask them what sounds they make. -For phonics we will continue to review long vowel words and review words ending in -ck. -In social studies this week, we will continue talking about goods and services, needs, and wants, and how we have to make choices because we can’t have everything we want. Students will discuss how people have different needs and wants at home and in other communities and how we can help others with their needs and wants when donating our time, canned goods, toys and clothes we have grown out of, etc. We will review that people earn income by working and continue to identify U.S. bills and coins. You can practice identifying these at home too and how much each is worth. During this unit, students will be earning pretend money for market day which is our cumulative activity in which each kindergarten class will be making different goods. Our class will be upcycling old crayons into new ones. On market day, students will get to spend their money they have earned on these different items! -Students will continue researching different information about France for international day like important people, monuments, symbols, government, and foods and turning the research into their presentations. -We will continue our 6th IB unit. Transdisciplinary theme: How We Organize Ourselves Central Idea: Mindful choices can lead to responsible citizens. Lines of Inquiry: *Choices impact others(causation) *Seeking and considering other's perspectives(perspective) *Identify and assuming responsibility and taking positive action(responsibility) Key Concepts: Causation, Perspective, Responsibility Related Concepts: Impact, Empathy, citizenship Learner Profile: Principled, Balanced Attitudes: Independence, Confidence Transdisciplinary Skills: * Thinking: acquisition of knowledge, analysis, dialectical thought * Social: accepting responsibility, respecting others, adopting a variety of group roles * Communication: all * Self-Management: healthy lifestyle, informed choices, organization * Research: formulating questions, planning, organizing data April Cookies for Character: Learner Profile word: Knowledgeable Attitude: curiosity Discuss with students how they can be knowledgeable and curious about the world around them. It is important that students use these IB words around home and school. As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Alexis Frank
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Hi Parents,
I hope you all are having a great weekend! Here is what is going on this week:
Numbers- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsc3qLMaCu8 Letters- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjc2zZH5Y4 -Don’t forget kids can login to kids a-z and read books at their level. Kids can listen to books but please make sure they are also reading the books on their own too. -Please make sure students are practicing sight words daily. The sight words we will go over this week are below. Feel free to move ahead of the class weekly sight words or follow along with us. If/when students master identifying sight words, they can practice spelling them. Sight words: who, saw, brown Word ending-ck (review –am, -an, -ap, -ag,-ip, –ig, -ot, -og,-op, -et, -ub, -ug, er,-nk, –ck, qu, sh, th, wh, ch, ou, ow, oo, ee, ai, and ay) What you can do at home: Write sight words on flashcards and have students identify them or make a memory game. Give students words that end in the following word families or have the following word families in them and have them spell the words. -In math we will continue our new unit on addition and subtraction and continue to focus on just subtraction this week. We will be discussing words that tell us something is subtraction such as difference, minus, take away, left, etc. Students will also be working on missing addend number sentences and learning about different strategies we can use to solve subtraction problems- some of which are the same as addition. Draw a picture, use objects, use ten frames, count back, part part whole, etc. Next week, we will be working on mixed addition and subtraction word problems and number sentences. What you can do at home: assist students in becoming fluent in combinations of 10 and fluent in adding and subtracting within 5. Example: 0+10=10,1+9=10,2+8=10 all the way back to 8+2=10, 9+1=10, and 10+0=10. When they have mastered that, they can work on all the combinations to 20. You can also create flashcards with addition and subtraction problems for students to become fluent in solving. Here are the standards for this unit: MGSEK.OA.1 Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations. MGSEK.OA.2 Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem. MGSEK.OA.3 Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation. (drawings need not include an equation). MGSEK.OA.4 For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation. MGSEK.OA.5 Fluently add and subtract within 5. The sorting, counting, and ordering groups standard is in this unit as well. What you can do at home: Have students sort silverware, coins, beads, etc. by color, shape or size. Students can then count how many are in each group and put the groups in order from least to greatest amount or greatest to least amount. Here is a fun website to practice this standard: http://www.abcya.com/counting_sorting_comparing.htm -In writer’s workshop students will continue persuasive/opinion writing to make the world a better place. We have been thinking of problems we are seeing in our school (not picking up trash, running in the hall, talking in line, etc.) and in the community (littering, cutting down trees, etc.) and writing to solve these problems. We have been discussing who we should write these for and how we can get the word out like hanging up signs and putting our books in the library. We will talk about writing letters this week by writing the date, an opening, stating what the problem is, give an example, writing a solution, and a closing. What you can do at home: have students practice sounding out words and writing down the sounds they hear on paper and draw pictures with details and label their pictures. You can also remind students that when writing, the first letter in a sentence is uppercase and the rest is lower case, there are finger spaces between words, and periods at the end of sentences. We will continue to work on this in class. Here is an alphabet song that I like to have students listen to every day to help with letters and letter sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTeUONxZYAs. You can have students sing this on way to school in the morning, as students are getting ready for the evening, etc. -During reading, students were given a reading choice board they can work on during private reading time. They can take a picture of a page and circle their sight words, practice labeling pages, talk about why a page is their favorite, and talk about characters and setting. Our mini lessons will continue to focus on persistence and trying hard even when it’s tough. We will review pointing to each word as we read and identify “snap” (sight) words while reading with partners. We will continue re-reading, making the words match the pictures, and sharing labels and thoughts about books with our partners as well as asking our partners questions about what we are reading. We will continue to work in guided reading groups (pointing under each word as we read, making predictions (not right or wrong it’s just a guess based on the title and cover page), visualizing- having a picture in our minds about the topic we are reading about, making connections- what does this story remind you of?, and answering comprehension questions. Students will work on building their reading stamina independently, reading with their partner, and work on IRead. What you can do at home: Read every night like you are working with a partner (sit side by side, have a book in the middle, read back and forth, etc.) and ask your child questions about what she/he is reading about. For students who need to work on letters and letter sounds, you can have students find letters around the house and ask them what sounds they make. -For phonics we will review all long vowel/silent e words and play a fun jeopardy game! -In social studies this week, we will continue talking about goods and services, needs, and wants, and how we have to make choices because we can’t have everything we want. We will be discussing that people earn income by working and we will identify U.S. bills and coins. You can practice identifying these at home too and how much each is worth. During this unit, students will be earning pretend money for market day which is our cumulative activity in which each kindergarten class will be making different goods. Our class will be upcycling old crayons into new ones. On market day, students will get to spend their money they have earned on these different items! -Students will continue researching different information about France for international day like important people, monuments, symbols, government, and foods and turning the research into their presentations. -We will continue our 6th IB unit. Transdisciplinary theme: How We Organize Ourselves Central Idea: Mindful choices can lead to responsible citizens. Lines of Inquiry: *Choices impact others(causation) *Seeking and considering other's perspectives(perspective) *Identify and assuming responsibility and taking positive action(responsibility) Key Concepts: Causation, Perspective, Responsibility Related Concepts: Impact, Empathy, citizenship Learner Profile: Principled, Balanced Attitudes: Independence, Confidence Transdisciplinary Skills: * Thinking: acquisition of knowledge, analysis, dialectical thought * Social: accepting responsibility, respecting others, adopting a variety of group roles * Communication: all * Self-Management: healthy lifestyle, informed choices, organization * Research: formulating questions, planning, organizing data April Cookies for Character: Learner Profile word: Knowledgeable Attitude: curiosity Discuss with students how they can be knowledgeable and curious about the world around them. It is important that students use these IB words around home and school. As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Alexis Frank Hi Parents,
I hope you all are having a great weekend! Here is what is going on this week:
Numbers- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsc3qLMaCu8 Letters- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjc2zZH5Y4 -I updated the settings/levels on kids a-z so students should be able to read books at their levels. Please let me know if something needs updating on your child’s account. Don’t forget kids can login to kids a-z and read books at their level. Kids can listen to books but please make sure they are also reading the books on their own too. -Please make sure students are practicing sight words daily. The sight words we will go over this week are below. Feel free to move ahead of the class weekly sight words or follow along with us. If/when students master identifying sight words, they can practice spelling them. Sight words: new, say, that Ai/Ay (review –am, -an, -ap, -ag,-ip, –ig, -ot, -og,-op, -et, -ub, -ug, er,-nk, –ck, qu, sh, th, wh, ch, ou, ow, oo, and ee) What you can do at home: Write sight words on flashcards and have students identify them or make a memory game. Give students words that end in the following word families or have the following word families in them and have them spell the words. -In math we will continue our new unit on addition and subtraction. Students will have an addition formative assessment on Monday and then our focus will be on subtraction.We will be discussing words that tell us something is subtraction such as difference, minus, take away, left, etc. Students will also be working on missing addend number sentences and learning about different strategies we can use to solve subtraction problems- some of which are the same as addition. Draw a picture, use objects, use ten frames, count back, part part whole, etc. What you can do at home: assist students in becoming fluent in combinations of 10. Example: 0+10=10,1+9=10,2+8=10 all the way back to 8+2=10, 9+1=10, and 10+0=10. When they have mastered that, they can work on all the combinations to 20. You can also create flashcards with addition and subtraction problems for students to become fluent in solving. Here are the new standards for this unit: MGSEK.OA.1 Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations. MGSEK.OA.2 Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem. MGSEK.OA.3 Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation. (drawings need not include an equation). MGSEK.OA.4 For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation. MGSEK.OA.5 Fluently add and subtract within 5. The sorting, counting, and ordering groups standard is in this unit as well. What you can do at home: Have students sort silverware, coins, beads, etc. by color, shape or size. Students can then count how many are in each group and put the groups in order from least to greatest amount or greatest to least amount. Here is a fun website to practice this standard: http://www.abcya.com/counting_sorting_comparing.htm -In writer’s workshop students will continue our persuasive/opinion writing to make the world a better place. We have been thinking of problems we are seeing in our school (not picking up trash, running in the hall, talking in line, etc.) and in the community (littering, cutting down trees, etc.) and writing to solve these problems. We have been discussing who we should write these for and how we can get the word out like hanging up signs and putting our books in the library. We will talk about writing letters this week by writing the date, an opening, stating what the problem is, give an example, writing a solution, and a closing. What you can do at home: have students practice sounding out words and writing down the sounds they hear on paper and draw pictures with details and label their pictures. You can also remind students that when writing, the first letter in a sentence is uppercase and the rest is lower case, there are finger spaces between words, and periods at the end of sentences. We will continue to work on this in class. Here is an alphabet song that I like to have students listen to every day to help with letters and letter sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTeUONxZYAs. You can have students sing this on way to school in the morning, as students are getting ready for the evening, etc. -During reading, students were given a reading choice board they can work on during private reading time. They can take a picture of a page and circle their sight words, practice labeling pages, talk about why a page is their favorite, and talk about characters and setting. Our mini lessons will continue to focus on persistence and trying hard even when it’s tough. We will review pointing to each word as we read and identify “snap” (sight) words while reading with partners. We will continue re-reading, making the words match the pictures, and sharing labels and thoughts about books with our partners as well as asking our partners questions about what we are reading. We will continue to work in guided reading groups (pointing under each word as we read, making predictions (not right or wrong it’s just a guess based on the title and cover page), visualizing- having a picture in our minds about the topic we are reading about, making connections- what does this story remind you of?, and answering comprehension questions. Students will work on building their reading stamina independently, reading with their partner, and work on IRead. What you can do at home: Read every night like you are working with a partner (sit side by side, have a book in the middle, read back and forth, etc.) and ask your child questions about what she/he is reading about. For students who need to work on letters and letter sounds, you can have students find letters around the house and ask them what sounds they make. -For phonics we will continue working on long vowel/silent e words. This week we will focus on the long vowel u/silent e words such as flute, cube, and juke. -In social studies this week, we will begin talking about goods and services, needs, and wants, and how we have to make choices because we can’t have everything we want. We will be discussing that people earn income by working and we will identify U.S. bills and coins. You can practice identifying these at home too and how much each is worth. -Students will begin researching different information about France for international day like important people, monuments, symbols, government, and foods. -We will begin our 6th IB unit. Transdisciplinary theme: How We Organize Ourselves Central Idea: Mindful choices can lead to responsible citizens. Lines of Inquiry: *Choices impact others(causation) *Seeking and considering other's perspectives(perspective) *Identify and assuming responsibility and taking positive action(responsibility) Key Concepts: Causation, Perspective, Responsibility Related Concepts: Impact, Empathy, citizenship Learner Profile: Principled, Balanced Attitudes: Independence, Confidence Transdisciplinary Skills: * Thinking: acquisition of knowledge, analysis, dialectical thought * Social: accepting responsibility, respecting others, adopting a variety of group roles * Communication: all * Self-Management: healthy lifestyle, informed choices, organization * Research: formulating questions, planning, organizing data April Cookies for Character: Learner Profile word: Knowledgeable Attitude: curiosity Discuss with students how they can be knowledgeable and curious about the world around them. It is important that students start using these IB words around home and school. As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Alexis Frank Hi Parents,
I hope you all had a wonderful spring break! I can’t wait to see the kids tomorrow!
Letters- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjc2zZH5Y4 6. I updated the settings/levels on kids a-z so students should be able to read books at their levels. Please let me know if something needs updating on your child’s account. Don’t forget kids can login to kids a-z and read books at their level. Kids can listen to books but please make sure they are also reading the books on their own too. 7. Please make sure students are practicing sight words daily. The sight words we will go over this week are below. Feel free to move ahead of the class weekly sight words or follow along with us. If/when students master identifying sight words, they can practice spelling them.Sight words: Review all Review all (review –am, -an, -ap, -ag,-ip, –ig, -ot, -og,-op, -et, -ub, -ug, er,-nk, –ck, qu, sh, th, wh, ch, ou, ow, oo, and ee) What you can do at home: Write sight words on flashcards and have students identify them or make a memory game. Give students words that end in the following word families or have the following word families in them and have them spell the words. -In math we will continue our new unit on addition and subtraction and our focus will be solely on only addition at this point. At the beginning of the week, we will review addition number sentences. Students will be working on creating their own addition word problems using animals and their habitats to tie into what we are talking about in science. We will continue talking about key words that help us solve addition problems such as in all, total, sum, etc. and continue talking about some addition strategies to help us find the sum:draw a picture, use objects, and use your fingers, use a ten frame, part part whole, etc.. What you can do at home: assist students in becoming fluent in combinations of 10. Example: 0+10=10,1+9=10,2+8=10 all the way back to 8+2=10, 9+1=10, and 10+0=10. When they have mastered that, they can work on all the combinations to 20. Here are the new standards for this unit: MGSEK.OA.1 Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations. MGSEK.OA.2 Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem. MGSEK.OA.3 Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation. (drawings need not include an equation). MGSEK.OA.4 For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation. MGSEK.OA.5 Fluently add and subtract within 5. The sorting, counting, and ordering groups standard is in this unit as well. What you can do at home: Have students sort silverware, coins, beads, etc. by color, shape or size. Students can then count how many are in each group and put the groups in order from least to greatest amount or greatest to least amount. Here is a fun website to practice this standard: http://www.abcya.com/counting_sorting_comparing.htm -In writer’s workshop students will continue our persuasive/opinion writing. Students will begin writing to make the world a better place. Students will think of a problem they see in their school or community, write a whole lot, and then decide who their audience will be. We will be learning about different ways we can write a persuasive piece- a sign, song, petition, book, and letter. What you can do at home: have students practice sounding out words and writing down the sounds they hear on paper and draw pictures with details and label their pictures. You can also remind students that when writing, the first letter in a sentence is uppercase and the rest is lower case, there are finger spaces between words, and periods at the end of sentences. We will continue to work on this in class. Here is an alphabet song that I like to have students listen to every day to help with letters and letter sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTeUONxZYAs. You can have students sing this on way to school in the morning, as students are getting ready for the evening, etc. -During reading, students were given a reading choice board they can work on during private reading time. They can take a picture of a page and circle their sight words, practice labeling pages, talk about why a page is their favorite, and talk about characters and setting. Our mini lessons will continue to focus on persistence and trying hard even when it’s tough. We will review pointing to each word as we read and identify “snap” (sight) words while reading with partners. We will continue re-reading, making the words match the pictures, and sharing labels and thoughts about books with our partners as well as asking our partners questions about what we are reading. We will continue to work in guided reading groups (pointing under each word as we read, making predictions (not right or wrong it’s just a guess based on the title and cover page), visualizing- having a picture in our minds about the topic we are reading about, making connections- what does this story remind you of?, and answering comprehension questions. Students will work on building their reading stamina independently, reading with their partner, and work on IRead. What you can do at home: Read every night like you are working with a partner (sit side by side, have a book in the middle, read back and forth, etc.) and ask your child questions about what she/he is reading about. For students who need to work on letters and letter sounds, you can have students find letters around the house and ask them what sounds they make. -For phonics we will continue working on long vowel/silent e words. This week we will focus on the long vowel o/silent e words such as home, joke, shore, etc. We will also review previously taught long vowel/silent e words. -In science this week we will begin talking about plants and what they need to grow. We will discuss how plants grow and change over time just like animals do. We will also tie this in to habitats and the different places plants can live and how we can protect plants and their habitats just like animals and their habitats. -Students will be working on their upcycling project this week. Discuss with them what they might want to make out of their materials. Past projects have included, a vase for flowers using water bottles, musical instruments out of toilet paper rolls, rocket ships, cars, etc. -We will finish up our 5th IB unit. Transdisciplinary theme: Sharing the Planet Central Idea: Actions affect our environment. Lines of Inquiry: *Recycling and replenishing (perspective) *Actions have consequences (causation) *All living things change and grow over time (Change) Key Concepts: Perspective, Causation, Change Related Concepts: opinion, impact, cycles/growth Learner Profile: Reflective, Thinker, Caring Attitudes: appreciation, respect, commitment Transdisciplinary Skills: Social- Students are given opportunities to talk about their social responsibility to the environment. Commitment - The students begin to have a commitment to taking care of the Earth. Self-Management – the students make informed choices Thinking – making judgments or decisions based on conditions Communication – students will communicate info and ideas through their summative assessment April Cookies for Character: Learner Profile word: Knowledgeable Attitude: curiosity Discuss with students how they can be knowledgeable and curious about the world around them. It is important that students start using these IB words around home and school. As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Alexis Frank |
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