Last week we celebrated Dr. Seuss by reading many of his
books and participating in corresponding reading, writing, and art activities. This
was such a fun author study! This week we will continue our series of author
studies with Laura Numeroff.
Daily Five
We have added many reading strategies to our CAFÉ board.
While reading at home, ask your child to use the following strategies/tools:
1.Check for Understanding – think and discuss the story as
you read, if you don’t understand or remember, go back and reread
2. Look at the pictures – take a picture walk before reading
and preview the story
3. Check the picture – when you come to a tricky word, check
the picture to help you decide what makes sense
4. Get your mouth ready - look at the first letter and get your mouth ready to
read
5. Look at the cover and think about the story – helps to
understand and predict what you are going to read, also gets your brain focused!
6. Remember New Words – stop and discuss vocabulary meaning
while reading or any other time
7. Touch each word as you read – helps you become more
accurate and fluent
Letterland/Word Work
We have been learning about the five Vowel Men in
Letterland. The Vowel Men say their names in words (long vowel sounds).
This
week we will continue working with vowels, both long and short.
Writer’s Workshop
We continue to work on writing complete sentences related to
our topic using capitalization,
spacing,
and ending punctuation. We are also working on taking our stories from our
head, to our hand, to our paper. One way you can help your child become a
better writer is to encourage them to write the sounds they hear, even when it
results in a misspelled word!
The
important thing right now is for your child to recognize themselves as a writer
and use what they know to tell their story!
Sight
Words
I, see, like, my, the, can, am, we, will, go, to, play, he, she, and,
made, is, went, said, love, with, what
Math
We are still working on solving addition and subtraction
problems up to 10.
Our goal is for students to be able to fluently add and
subtract within five. Ex. “I had five cookies and then I ate three. How many
cookies do I have now?” or I had four pencils and then I found one more. How
many pencils do I have now?” These are the types of questions we want children
to be able to answer quickly, within 3 seconds.
IB Attitudes
empathy, appreciation, curiosity, commitment
Updates & Reminders
-Year Book Order Forms are due by March 26th - $16.00
-I have added new dates/times to sign up for Book and Bite and Mystery Reading
-There is a new link to a document that contains sight words. You can print these to keep at home and review with your child. These are words we want them to know by heart!
Kindergarten is going on a field trip to see Seussical, a musical of Dr.
Seuss’s most loved stories narrated by the Cat in the Hat himself! Adapted from
the Broadway version, this musical features twelve actors and enhanced
production values.
When:
Monday, March 11 at 9:45
(Buses leave campus around 9:00, the show is approximately one hour.)
Where:
Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh
Cost:
$12.00/student
Please use the “Online School Payment” link to pay for the field trip OR send
in a check made payable to Joyner, if you have not already.
Permission Slip:
A permission slip was sent home last week. Please make sure you have completely
filled out both sides and return it ASAP!
Lunch:
Please bring a bag lunch that day. We will be eating in our classroom once we
return.
This is going to be such a fun field trip!
