Look into our week 4/24-4/28

Good afternoon parents and guardians, 

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!

-disinfecting wipes/Clorox wipes
-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:
-April Family Project: due by 4/48

-4/26: Wacky Wednesday: 

SAVE YOUR WATER BOTTLES

-We will also need: 

potting soil

seeds

twine

-4/28: Awards at 8:45 and Family Friday lunch @11

-5/5 Cinco de Mayo Celebration

-sign up list outside classroom

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 5: "On the move"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter(s) of the week: Vv and Zz
• Letter V-ABC mouse
• Letter V- Have Fun Teaching
• Letter V-StoryBots
• Letter Z-ABC mouse
• Letter Z-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter Z-StoryBots
• Home activities: Look for the letter(s) Vv and Zz (in all types of fonts)
• Say words that begin with Vv and Zz
• Draw pictures that begin with Vv and Zz
• Sound  out  blend CVC words (determine if real or silly)
•  vap, vet, vig, vod, vub
• zap, zet, zip, zof, zuz
• 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:  main idea
• 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: where, come

Math: Unit 12-addition to 10

• Unit 12-addition to ten
• use pictures to add to 10
• Key words: additions sign, add, equal sign
• Songs: 
• Number bonds to 10
• Add 'em up (+1)
• Add like a pirate

Science: Ch 8: Motion

• Students will be able to use position words to tell where objects are located.
• Tuesday: bring toy car for competition
• Test: Thursday

Social Studies: Earth Day

• Students will be able to state facts about earth day

Writing: The Writing house

• Write sentences with a "WHO",  "WHAT", "WHERE", "WHEN" and "WHY"
• Exp: The dog ran into the house  at noon because he was hot.
• who: dog     what: ran    where: house    when: noon   why:hot
• 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