Week of October 17

This week is going to be great!! We have resources, a field trip to the Webb Wesconnet Library and the students are off on Friday. :) Please know Quarter 1 ends this Thursday. Monday, Oct.24 we begin Quarter 2.

Our Resources for the week are: Tuesday~ COMPUTER LAB, Wednesday~ ART and Thursday~ P.E. (P.E. was not listed on the Calendar due to our Field Trip, but First Grade Teachers graciously switched their resource time with us.) This week we have Delmonie joining the Six Year Old Club!! Make sure to wish her a Happy Birthday on Wednesday, Oct.19.

Field Trip News: Please make sure your child wears a closed toe shoe, so they can safely load and unload on the school bus. Also, discuss bus safety with your child. The students are to stay seated with their seat belts buckled at all times. Hands and other objects are not to go outside the windows and MOST IMPORTANT every time the bus stops, the students need to go to a Voice Level 0.  **Chaperones are not able to ride the bus. The Chaperones for this field trip are Ms. Lockwood, Ms. Sutherland and Mrs. Edmond.

Math

The students did great adding 1 more to a group and drawing a group of one more. Now we will work on 1 less. This can be a little tricky for Kindergarteners, but we will be working on it by playing fluency games= Sunrise/ Sunset (when the sunsets we count down from a given number to 0), building a staircase that shows the stairs going down, and counting down while clapping our hands from a given number (5 -clap-, 4 -clap-, 3 -clap-, 2 -clap-, 1 -clap, 0 -clap).
On Wednesday we will begin our End of the Module Assessment. It encompasses everything we've worked on this model. Counting, writing, drawing! As long as you have been reviewing the Problem Sets and completing the Home Learning, your child should do great!!

Science

We will discuss two important Science Tools. The balance scale and the thermometer. We will use a balance scale to distinguish whether two objects are equal weight, or if one is heavier or lighter than the other. To keep the students engaged, They will have their arms stretched out and model how the scale looks. When we discuss the thermometer, we will visit a district approved site to hear about temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit.

 Reading

We are finishing up this Module by reading the stories Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Tug of War. (Click on the titles to read the stories to your child.) We will be using the graphic organizer below to show the characters, settings and events of the story.  

Finally we will complete the Standard and Content Tests. The Standard Test focuses primarily on Chicken Little and The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids. If your child is not able to tell you the events in order for either of the stories, PLEASE review it with them. (You can check past weekly posts to find the stories.) The Content test asks questions from every story in Module 3.

We will not be learning any new information from Saxon. I got behind due to End of the Quarter testing and the students have two Oral Assessments to complete with me. The Oral Assessments are all done 1-1. The only item on the assessments I think the students could have trouble with is coding and reading the words.

Sight words for the week are: have, make, be & up.

Writing

This week the students will be using the characters and settings from the stories we read during Reading Time to illustrate something they enjoyed. The students will complete one on Goldilocks and the Three Bears & one on Tug of War. The students will get to choose the one they turn in for a writing grade. Some students will be writing a sentence to match their picture, but the grade solely focuses on Characters and Settings.