Week of January 20

We're back for another week of Kindergarten! Our resources this week are Art, P.E., and Music. Our Fun Friday Activity is Backwards Day! That means wearing clothes, hats, and accessories backwards! We still need volunteers for our Fun Friday snacks this week. 

Picture Day is Tuesday 1/21!

SKILLS

Our students will have another week of their leveled Reading Mastery programs. We will also be working on this week's sight words:

READING

This week we will be reading "What's It Like to Be a Fish?"and "Fish is Fish" (found below). We will be comparing and contrasting these two texts that are on the same topic but are different kinds of text (non-fiction vs. fiction). Students will also be introduced to important vocabulary words from the text

WRITING

We will be working on informational writing based on our week's story. We will focus on writing facts about fish based on what we learned from "What's It Like to Be a Fish?".

MATH

We will be finishing up on our unit of Teen Numbers. We'll be working on decomposing and composing teen numbers into a group of ten and some ones. Students will be taking an assessment this week on the entire unit. Please be sure to review teen numbers and how to build them with your child at home. We will also continue to work on counting to 100 by 1's and counting to 100 by 10s'.

SCIENCE
We will continue working on our Sound unit and how it is made and how it is a form of energy that can cause movement as it travels.

Roaring 20s Day!

Roaring 20s Day was so much fun! Even our Assistant Principal Ms. Seibert and Bookeeper Ms. Cone joined in on the fun! All of our students thought everyone that participated was dressed so elegantly and loved it!

Play Day T-Shirts

Later this week we will be sending home the order forms for CLE's Play Day T-Shirts! They are only $10.00 and can be paid in cash or checks (payable to Chimney Lakes Elementary). Online orders are also accepted at https://pswear.com/ChimneyLakes. The final day to turn in orders and payments to us is Tuesday 2/18. 

Sunglasses Day 1/10

Enjoy the cool pictures of everyone that participated in Sunglasses Day on 1/10. 

Don't forget this Friday 1/17 is Roaring 20s Day (wear clothes inspired by the 1920s, ex: flapper dresses, suits, feathers, etc)

Week of January 13

Welcome to another week of Kindergarten! We are so glad to have our students back and settled into our class routines and procedures after a long break. This week our resources will be Spanish, Media, Music, and P.E. Our Fun Friday activity is Roaring 20s Day! We want to celebrate the new 2020 year with our students by reminiscing about the past with 1920s inspired clothing. Kenza will be bringing in Fun Friday snacks for everyone! Report cards will also be going home this week.

SKILLS
Students are attending this Reading Mastery classes to help with their sounds and reading skills.Our sight words for this week are below:

You can also find last week's Sight Words below:

READING
We will be reading "What Lives in a Shell", which can be found below. We will be working on identifying the text features that indicate that this is a non fiction text, reviewing main idea and key details, and learning some new vocabulary from the text. 

WRITING
We will continue working on writing an informational piece.

MATH
We will be continuing our Teen Numbers unit, focusing on composing and decomposing numbers 11-19. We will keep practicing the new skill we were introduced to last week: Counting by 10s to 100. Please use the video below to practice at home.

SCIENCE

We will continue to learn about sound and what it is.We will also discuss how it is made.

January Calendar

Below you will find our January Calendar. Please note there has been one change: 

Class Pictures will be on 1/21/20.

Week of January 6

Welcome back! We hope you all had a healthy and happy holiday season! We are excited to continue with a strong year together! Our resources this week are Art, P.E., and Music. Our Fun Friday Activity will be Sunglasses Day! We need volunteers to bring our class Fun Friday snacks this Friday or any other Friday this school year. If you are interested in bringing in snacks for our whole class (40 students) please email Ms. Bellot.
We are excited to begin Quarter 3 with our students! Report Cards will be going home next Monday 1/13. We will provide more information about the report cards, 3rd quarter expectations, and parent teacher conferences next week.

SKILLS
Students will be beginning their new Reading Mastery groups this week. A letter was sent home before the break describing the new program and set up.

READING
Students will be working on answering questions about a text, identifying the basic plot of a text, and retelling a story. We will be reading Otis by Loren Long.

WRITING
Students will be working on writing about facts vs. opinions on various topics.

MATH
We will be starting a new unit about TEEN NUMBERS! This week we will be introducing teen numbers, practice writing teen numbers, and learn to recognize and count groups of 10 and higher. We will also be learning a new skill: counting to 100 by 10s. Please continue practicing rote counting at home with your child. You can use the following videos to practice all these skills.


SCIENCE
In science, we will be introducing sound and what it is. We will also learn about what makes sound.