Look into our week 3/27-3/30

Good afternoon parents and guardians, 

SCHEDULE UPDATE for Wednesdays:
 Lunch will now be at 11 am for Kinder
Be sure to check our our Shutterfly page for our latest classroom pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invite. Also, don't forget all parents/guardians were given access to teachers grade books. I try to update my grades right away after the students take a test.

With a new year upon us, some of our classroom supplies have begun to run low. Donations of the following items would be greatly appreciated!

-glue sticks

-Gently used board games or card games

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 Please continue to reinforce the following hand signals and rules: 

Hand Signals: (show me the number of fingers in the air)

1 finger: restroom

Encourage your child to use the restroom before school, during recess, during lunch, during PE and after school.

2 fingers:water

Children may bring their own water bottle to keep in class, please LABEL it with their name

3 fingers: pencil

Student may replace their dull or broken pencil for a new one

4 fingers: tissue

when needed, please ask student to sit back down right away

5 fingers: question

question for me to give more information on

Classroom rules:

#1: Listen while the teacher is talking

#2: Follow directions quickly

#3: Respect others, respect yourself, respect your school

#4: Raise your hand to speak or stand

#5: Keep your hands to yourself

#6: Keep your dear teacher happy

If you have any question or concerns please feel free to email me, text back to the reminders I set or stop by the classroom.

School News:

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Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

Language Arts: Unit 5-week 2: "Mayday Mayday"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter(s) of the week: Xx
• Letter x song-ABC Mouse
• Letter X song-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter X song-StoryBots
• Home activities: Look for the letter Xx (in all types of fonts)
• Say words that begin/end with the letter Xx
• Draw pictures that begin/end with the letter Xx
• Sound  out  blend CVC words (determine if real or silly)
•  xab, xun, xop, fox, fix, wax
• Make a list words with these endings
• -ax, -ex, -ix, -ox, -ux
• Weekly reading comprehension test: Every Friday (Based on the comprehension skill of the week)
• Song we review in class:  Parts of a story song
• This week's focus:  cause and effect
• High Frequency Words (HFW-also known as Sight words : Same set of words last for two weeks. These words are meant to be read just by seeing them.
• This week's words: yellow, blue, green

Math: Unit 10-Numbers to 20

• Finish Unit 10: Numbers to 20
• Teen numbers
• Make groups of tens and say the number the "tens" way
• Have students build numbers to 20 and set aside a group of ten
• Count tens and ones to 20
• Songs: 
• Numbers in the TEENS start with 1
• Teen Number Rap
• Teen Number WORKOUT
• Teen Numbers in the AIR
• Number in the TEENS have a group of 10

Science: Oviparous animals

• Students will be able to describe oviparous animals.

Social Studies: Cesar Chavez

• Students will be able to state facts about Cesar Chavez

Writing: The Writing house

• Write sentences with a "WHO",  "WHAT" and "WHERE"
• Practice paper (print and use at home)











Please feel free to stop by with any questions or concerns. If you are unable to, you may always email me or text back via my reminders.

Have a great rest of the day. See you all tomorrow!

Mrs. Gil