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May 21st Newsletter

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      Kindergarten Announcements Assessment We finished up our NWEA tests last week and this week I will be spending some time one on one with each student doing their end of the year assessments. We will also be doing some whole class assessments as we prepare to send them on to 1st grade! Only 14 days of Kindergarten left!!!! All of your children have grown and learned so much this year. It is exciting to see how far they have come! ELA Readers are learning to draw conclusions using clues in a text and what they already know to figure out what the author does not state directly.  Drawing conclusions helps readers make sense of a text. Our spelling words are: fox, zap, zip, quiz, buzz, fuzz Math Students are counting out a given number of objects and determining the new amount if one more is added or if one is taken away.  Students count the objects each time or use their knowledge of the count sequence to determine the new amount. ...
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May 14th Newsletter

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        Kindergarten Announcements Thank you for an amazing teacher appreciation week!  I definitely feel loved! Happy Mother's Day!!!! ELA We performed Reader’s Theater this week and used characters’ words and actions to determine what they like and how they feel. Then we read aloud using “expression” to show understanding of the text and the characters.  Our spelling words are: sip, did, mix, box, fox, wax Math   Students are building with a given number of solid shapes. They are also comparing how some 2D shapes and 3D shapes are alike and different. Additionally, we enjoyed estimating a group of items using clues to narrow down the possibilities.    Writing Our writing skills are growing so much as we write in our journals and tell about how we feel and things we have done.       Science:  Plant Needs: Water and Light This week, we learned that plants and animals are alive! ...
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April 29th Newsletter

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  Kindergarten News Thank you Thank you so much for all of the parents that were able to come to Sarett with us. We learned about different kinds of animals and what they do to get food and stay safe. We also took a walk and listened for birds, noticed plants, and looked for signs of animals. ELA This week students are identifying cause and effect in pictures and in text.  We learned that the words "if" and “so” are signal words to help us find “cause and effect”.  We also practiced making connections to deepen our understanding of the text.   Our spelling words are: yet, tip, vet, van, Val, hug Math   Students are identifying shapes as flat (2D) or solid (3D) as they build and sort shapes.  They are learning the names of common 3 dimensional shapes.  Students were also introduced to the language to compare weight and capacity. Writing We wrote some amazing stories this week.  I am sending them home as I read them outloud.    ...
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June Snack/Leader Calendar

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  June Snack/Leader Calendar
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May Snack/Leader Calendar

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  May Snack/Leader Calendar
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April 9th/16th Newsletter

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        Kindergarten Announcements **I apologize for not getting a post out last week.** Sarett Nature Center On Friday, April 21st, we will be leaving Lincoln at 9am and will arrive at Sarett shortly after.  Our program begins at 9:30.  You are welcome to meet us at the nature center if you were not assigned to this trip.   Remember that adults will have to pay the field trip fee of $3.  We have already paid for all students.  ELA Students learned to compare and contrast in photographs and text by determining important signal words such as too, also, both, and but.  This week we compared and contrasted how children lived in the past with how we live now. We made connections with the Magic Tree House book we read about Jack and Annie visiting a one-room school. We worked with the letter Jj, digraphs, and blends, and letter Kk, and s blends. We learned that most words that start with the /k/ sound have a C...
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April 2nd Newsletter

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                                           Kindergarten Announcements Welcome Back to School! We had a great week being back together after our spring break. It was fun to hear about everyone's vacations and relaxing time at home. Guest Readers Here is the link to our guest reader sign up. If you would like to come read, please sign up for a day that is open! Guest Reader Sign Up ELA The class worked on fluency by reading Farm Animals from the Reader’s Theater.  They practiced using effective phrasing by reading short word groups and sentences as complete phrases which made their reading sound more like talking.  We also worked with the letter Ll and our spelling words are: bag, dad, let, lap, lid, lip Math   The students are seeing 11-19 images displayed on fingers and ten frames. Students are beginning to understand that each of these numbers hav...
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