DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Monday, Jan. 16th—Delayed Start
-Thursday, Jan. 19th—1/2 Day—Dismissal @ 11:55
-Friday, Jan. 20th—1/2 Day & Sledding Party
-Friday, January 27th—Report Cards Home & Homecoming Game
CURRICULUM:
Due to our snow days last week, and our two half days this week, we’ll be playing ‘catch up’ this week, so I don’t have much to share as far as curriculum updates. But here are a few things that I wanted to make you aware of.
SLEDDING PARTY:
We are planning our annual sledding party for this Friday, January 20th. We will go outside around 10:45, sled for a half hour with the other Kindergarten classes, and then come back inside for hot chocolate before going home @ 11:55. So far I have Kruz’s Mom, Dane’s Mom, & Dane’s Grandma coming in to help out at 10:30. Please let me know if you’d like to help out and join in the fun!
READING FOLDERS:
This week students will begin shopping for their own ‘good-fit books’ to add to their book boxes. They will learn what a ‘good-fit book’ is, as well as how to shop for/select ‘good-fit books.’ Students will then practice building their stamina and using their accuracy strategies while reading during Read-to-Self time. Next week, we’ll begin Take Home Reading Folders! Students will bring home their reading folder with a ‘good-fit book’ to read at home. There will be an informational letter that explains how to make the best reading routines at home, as well as other materials for your child to practice building their skills at home—sightwords, abc chart, numbers, Nonsense Words, Raz-Kids login card, etc. Please be sure to complete their Reading Log and return it to school, so that they can select a new book to bring home. Students will bring their reading folders home 2-3 times a week.
RAZ-KIDS:
This week we will learn how to use Raz-Kids on our ipads—Mrs. Freeland’s third grade class will be coming down to help us log-in and navigate the site on Thursday. I’ll also be sending home a letter that gives you the information that you need to help your child log-in and read digital books at home. Raz-Kids is a fabulous resource for students to practice reading ‘good-fit’ books. It can be done on a computer, ipad, or tablet, and since the school generously pays for the subscription, it is free to our families. I’ve completed running records with each student to identify their independent and instructional reading levels and have selected their beginning level on Raz-Kids accordingly. As they read books on Raz-Kids they will move up levels. An important rule that I’ll teach the students is that they have to listen to the book twice, then read it independently twice, and finally take the quiz—listen, listen, read, read, quiz. Also, as incentive, they earn stars to build their rocket ship. I don’t let them spend their stars and build their rockets at school, but this is something they CAN do at home with the stars they have earned. Please let me know IF you have any issues logging in or navigating the site/app at home.
VALENTINES LIST:
I know Valentine’s Day is a month away, but for Kindergartners, it can take some time to get all of their valentines filled out:) Filling out valentines is a great opportunity to practice handwriting and also a good ‘snow day’ activity:) I’m attaching a class list for you to use. Also, please send in an empty cereal box, which we will be decorating to collect our valentines.
MISS MOLLIE:
Miss Mollie is a High School student, enrolled in the Teacher Academy program, and has been helping out in our classroom this semester. This will be her final week with us, as the semester draws to a close. She has been a blessing, and the students have become quite attached to her. I’m anticipating some sadness this week as we send her off! We wish her the best and look forward to seeing her around school!
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