Look into our week 5/22-5/26

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!

-Gently used board games or card games
-Lysol disinfecting spray

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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:

-May/June Family Project: due by 6/6/17

-5/18: ABC countdown begins

-5/29: NO SCHOOL

Kindergarten Field Trip 6/13

If you would possibly like to be a chaperone please let me know and I will place your name in the raffle. Only 5 parents from each class will be chosen.

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 6-week 3: "Building Beavers"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter(s) of the week: Ee
• Letter E song-ABC mouse
• Letter E song-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter E song-StoryBots
• Home activities: Look for the letter(s) Ee (in all types of fonts)
• Say words that begin with Ee
• Draw pictures that begin with Ee
• Sound  out  blend CVC words (determine if real or silly)
•  bed, get, fed, men, pet, seb
• 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: the, was, to, like, from

Math: Unit 14-addition and subtraction

• Addition and subtraction (fact families)
• 4+6=10
• 6+4=10
• 10=4+6
• How many more to make 10
• 6+ _=10
• Songs:
• Subtract with a pirate
• Subtraction Action
• Subtraction Dog
• Add em' up
• Add like a pirate

Science: STEAM EXPO-fossils

• Students will be able to state facts about fossils

Social Studies: Unit 4-lesson 5 : what happens at school?

• Students will be able to describe what happens at schools

Writing: The Writing house

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