Good afternoon parents and guardians,
THANK YOU for coming to this year's STEAM expo! We worked we hard to get ready for all of you! Also, HUGE THANKS for supporting our book fair!
FIELD TRIP
If you were not chosen as an official chaperones, you may still join us on the trip!
1) you will need to drive yourself on your own to the location
2) pay for your entrance at the door
3) MUST come alone, no siblings are allowed to attend
4) Sign contract with school (stating above)
If you have any questions, please let me know!
Please be sure to check your child's backpack everyday to clean it out and look at important papers.
Scholastic Book Orders
As soon as you place an order, let me know so I can approve it. The system is no longer notifying teachers when there is a new order.
Scholastic Books-not only do they have monthly books for $1, but you help the class earn point to purchase books. Feel free to place an order using the link below and use our classroom identification code. Book orders are usually delivered in a week and a half.
Classroom code: M9M7P
Be sure to check out the new school calendar
Be sure to check out our Shutterfly page for our latest classroom pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invite.
Don't forget to use SMARTYPANTS at home. This new, fun reading program can be accessed at home. All students received their log in information last month. If you have any question, let me know.
Don't forget to use SMARTYPANTS at home. This new, fun reading program can be accessed at home. All students received their log in information last month. If you have any question, let me know.
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Please help me 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 both recesses, lunch 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:
Be sure to check out the parent HUB
Parent HUB link
Be sure to check out the parent HUB
Parent HUB link
ABC Count Down
M-has been changed to Magic Trick Day
Kinder try outs are 5/29
Please bring in signed form
Here is a look into our week
Songs to practice at home:
Language Arts: Unit 6-week 5
- END OF YEAR-FINAL
- 5/29-5/30
- Review of all items covered this year
- Matching rhyming words
- Matching words with the same beginning sound
- Matching words with the same ending sound
- Match letters to sounds
- CVC words
- High Frequency Words
- Reading Comprehension
- Theme: camping
- Story of the week: "Berenstain bears go to camp"
- 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: setting
Math: Unit 15-numbers to 100
Have a great rest of the day!
- END OF YEAR FINAL (5/31-6/1)
- Sizes (bigger/smaller)
- Number order (to 10)
- Count and write numbers
- Adding
- Subtracting
- Shapes (flat and 3D)
- Number bonds
- Count by: 5's and 10's
- Tens and ones
- Teen numbers
- Students will be able to state basic facts about camping
Writing: The Writing house
- END OF YEAR WRITING TEST (6/1)
- Write a sentence with a: WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHERE, WHEN, WHY and draw a sentence to match
- Review writing house and lines
- Practice writing a sentence that contains a "who", "what", "where", "when" "why" and "how"
- The cat is running quickly to the tree in the morning because he wanted to chase a bird.
- My dog will sit nicely at the carpet at 5 o'clock because he wants to earn his treat.
- Practice pages to use at home
- Give students "WHO"-red
- Give students "WHAT"-orange
- Give students "HOW"-purple
- Give students "WHERE"-yellow
- Give students "WHEN"-green
- Give students word: because
- use with WHY
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.
Be sure to check grades online. Parents were given access to teacher grade books. I try to update my grade book every weekend.
Have a great rest of the day!
Mrs. Gil
