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1/22/2019 0 Comments Australia and How-to WritingThis week we are going “down under” as we learn about Australia. If you have any souvenirs or artifacts that are not fragile, we would love for your child to share them in class. Send them in!
In writing this week we are starting out unit on “How To” books. If you have had a second grader, you know that this is a genre in writing that the students will revisit. In kindergarten, we do not do the big presentation that second grade does. However, your child has the assignment of thinking, just brainstorming, of a simple task that they can teach a peer how to do. We talked about “How to Build a House” is too complicated. However, "How to make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich" is perfect. Most students want to write “How to Draw an Emoji.” Please try to encourage something different, but at the end of the day, they can write anything they would like. We have had an illness (or two) going around the classroom since Christmas. Please remember to keep your child home for 24 hours when they have a fever, contagious infection, throw-up or diarrhea. Here is the district policy: https://zac.psdschools.org/webfm/1204 Lots of great ROAR behavior in our classs! We filled the jewel jar and students voted to celebrate with a fort day. Students may bring a blanket or sheet and stuffed animal to school on Friday to celebrate.
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1/14/2019 0 Comments Asia and counting on our fingers!This week we will study the largest continent, Asia!. I invited the students to share our continent units at home, and many students mentioned that they have family members that have traveled to China, Japan, India, and/or Korea. If you have any souvenirs to share from Asia that your child can share safely (nothing expensive or very special) please send it in. Genuine artifacts help our studies come alive! Also, if you would be comfortable coming in to share and explain anything about places you are from or have visited we would love to hear from you! The kids are all doing very well with their new reading levels, but the increased difficulty can sometimes cause frustration. To help your child, please have them do a picture walk before reading. This will help with predictions, decoding, and comprehension. Fluency increases the more practice your child gets. It is OK to read the same book to a few different people. It is fun to read when it gets easier and easier every time! Sometimes, your child has memorized the book. That is ok. However, please be sure your child is pointing to the words he or she is reading! Thank you for your support teaching your child to read! Don’t forget to sign-up to volunteer for workstations. I love when students can read with an adult every day, practice sight words, and get help with writing. Just click the link below. In math, we are working on addition. I encourage the student to use and count on fingers as a powerful strategy. If you have time, watch this whole video on a new way of thinking about math. To see the part on finger counting, skip ahead to 7:24! 1/6/2019 0 Comments Welcome Back!Happy New Year and welcome back! I hope everyone had a fun break filled with family time and laughter. It is always a bit tough to get back in the swing of school. Sticking to routines (bed time, homework, reading time, etc) will help your child readjust this week.
We will be welcoming Ms. Maddie Munio, from CSU, as a student teacher in our class this week. She met the class before winter break and is very excited to be at Zach and in our Kindergarten classroom. This will be a wonderful opportunity for her to learn, but it will also provide an opportunity for more team-teaching and small ratio instruction. That means more instructional attention for the kinders! That is great news because January is an exciting time in Kindergarten. Maybe the students feel energized after the break or maybe they are just developmentally ready, but I see many students really take off this time of year. Let’s capitalize on that!
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Specials ScheduleMonday: Media
Tuesday: Technology Wednesday: PE Thursday: Music Friday: Art Sight Wordsred, the, like, can, orange yellow, a, I, green, blue, purple, black, we, see, pink, white, gray
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February 2020
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