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Your students will have access to a variety of digital content this summer. Students enrolled in Grades K-3 during the 2017-2018 school year will have access to iRead and i-Ready Math. You will also have access to MyOn, a resource that provides free access to thousands of digital texts, and the Fulton County Schools Summer Reading lists This information will also be posted on the Fulton County website. If you have any questions regarding iRead access, please contact either Kelley Webb, Director of Humanities, [email protected] or Michelle Easley, Instructional Technology Program Specialist, [email protected].
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Hi Parents!
I can’t believe this is our last week of school! I have truly enjoyed having each and every one of your children in my class this year and will miss them a great deal! If I don’t see you this week, I hope you all have a fantastic summer! Here is what is going on this week:
Please let me know if you have any questions! Alexis Frank Hi Parents,
I hope you all are having a great weekend! I can’t believe this is the second to last weekly update for the year! Here is what is going on this week:
-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: Review all Word family/Digraph/ Spelling pattern- 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, ee, ai, ay, -ck, oi, and oy) 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 to work with money and review different math topics from throughout the year. -In writer’s workshop we will continue our informational/how to unit in which we are experts and teach others things we know about. Students will continue to brainstorm places, people, things, and topics that they know well and could teach others about (karate class, the grocery store, a Barbie collection, stuffed animals, helicopters, etc.) and work with their partners about 5 possible topics they can teach someone about. Students will then choose one topic they want to write about and begin writing/illustrating. We will review planning our books and telling them across our fingers, writing across pages, using transition words, and revising our pieces as we go along. -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. -For phonics we will review digraphs and l blends. -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! In preparation for market day, students will tie writing into social studies and create signs advertising our products. We will come up with a store name and how much our items will cost. -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 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: Review all Word family/Digraph/ Spelling pattern- 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, ee, ai, ay, -ck, oi, and oy) 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 finish up our unit on addition and subtraction. This week, students will have a summative addition and subtraction assessment. We are continuing to work on mixed addition and subtraction and making sure students watch the signs. We will also begin to work more with money and coins in math. We will review how much each coin is worth and how we can count and make different amounts. We will also do a math review and review different math topics from throughout the year. 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 we will finish up our persuasive/opinion writing to make the world a better place. We will move on to reviewing informational books in which we are experts and teach others things we know about. Students will brainstorm places, people, things, and topics that they know well and could teach others about (karate class, the grocery store, a Barbie collection, stuffed animals, helicopters, etc.) and work with their partners about 5 possible topics they can teach someone about. Students will then choose one topic they want to write about and begin writing/illustrating. We will review planning our books and telling them across our fingers, writing across pages, using transition words, and revising our pieces as we go along. 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 work on s blends. -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! In preparation for market day, students will tie writing into social studies and create signs advertising our products. We will come up with a store name and how much our items will cost. -Students will finalize their international day presentations and begin practicing 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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