A huge thank you to the Hamama company!!!! They sell micro green kits. I saw an ad for them and wrote a letter to their company. I asked them for a simple starter kit to use with my students. Last week, we grew broccoli micro greens. Today they were big enough to eat! The class loved them! The process was super fun too!!!
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Burr District Elementary Feb 21, 2020
Mrs. Aithal’s Room 15 News Reading Workshop This week, students continued reading nonfiction text. Students have learned to think about the text and ask questions as they read. At the end of reading, it is important to think about how all the pages fit together with the title and think about what the book is really teaching. Students also worked to collect expert words to help them teach and explain their book topics to others. Students have learned to use the following superpowers to help them read:
Things to do at home: Read books coming home in folders and return folders and books daily! Retell stories from the beginning to the end. Sight Words All kindergarten words have been added to sight word rings. You can review and teach new words as you please. To be a sight word, your child must be able to read the word within 2 seconds. Suggested things to do with sight words:
Students continue to write How -To books. We will be finishing up our how to books next week and moving into All About Books. This week, we looked at mentor texts to copy some of the features that they have. We worked on adding a page that lists all the things you need to complete the project as well as learning about bolding and capitalizing important words. Please help your student think about the things they can do on their own and what steps they complete to do the task. For example: make cereal, get dressed, make cocoa etc. Things to do at home: Drawing objects Labeling the parts Add a sentence or two to tell Word Work and Phonemic Awareness Skills This week students learned when to use the letter c or k when spelling words that have the /c/ sound. If the /c/ sound is followed by the letters a, o, or u, then the first letter must be a c. For example cat, cap, cot, cob, or cup, cub. If the /c/ sound is followed by the letters i or e, then the first letter must be a K. For example kit, kid, kelp. Students have been taught how to correctly form each upper and lowercase letters. Please remember that NO letters start from the bottom and go up. Students continue to learn to blend sounds together to make words. Examples: Any CVC word Lip, sip, nip, lap, sap, map, sat, mat, rat, Things to do at home: Practice letter recognition, sound, and handwriting formation Match ending sounds in words (kit and nut = /t/) Segment the final sound (fill = /l/) Blend onset and rime (s . . . at = sat) Blend sounds (/b/ /a/ /t/ = bat Phoneme segmentation ( cat = /c/ /a/ /t/ Math Workshop Students have finished up the math unit on 2D and 3D shapes. We will be moving on to our fourth unit on place value of numbers 10-20. We already been working on learing how to write teen numbers. Things to do at home: Write numbers 1-10 You can rote count to 100 Count a group of objects to 30 Count backward from 30 Science and Social Studies Students talked about and read about why we celebrate President’s Day. Students began an experiment with plants to see what needs they have to live. Important Dates 2/24- PTO Fun Run Pep Rally- 2:30pm 2/28- Town Meeting- 2:30pm What do 2 cookies and a pretzel give you? A great 100 day treat! Working to find 100 words that rhyme! Counting out 100 fruit loops to make a necklace. Look what we can make out of 100 popsicle sticks, 100 pattern blocks, 100 cups, and 100 blocks! 100 day snack made with 100 pieces of food! What a fun and fabulous day we had!!!!! Thank you to all the families who sent in items to make our day great!!!!
Reading Workshop
Students have begun books shopping for books. Students will shop for 10 new books once a week. They will keep their books in a special bucket in the room. During reading workshop, students will get their buckets and set up for reading. This week, students learned to make a plan for their reading. Choosing which books to read first and knowing to reread books makes workshop run smoothly. During private and partner reading, I am pulling students to read books in a group. Mrs, King will pull kids to preview new books and pull students to reinforce skills. Students have learned they have:
Things to do at home: Read books coming home in folders and return folders and books daily! Writing Workshop Things to do at home: Drawing objects Labeling the parts Add a sentence to tell Word Work and Phonemic Awareness Skills Snap words: I, a, see, the, at, like, look, like, it, in, is, my Things to do at home: Practice letter recognition, sound, and handwriting formation Rhyme - identify and generate Listen for first sounds in words and identify multiple words that start with the same sound Syllables in words Math Workshop Students have completed the second math unit. Students were assessed this week and will begin next week with numbers 6-10. Things to do at home: Write numbers 1-5 Introduce 6-10 You can rote count to 30 Count a group of objects to ten Social Studies We will celebrate Thanksgiving just as a class on Wednesday, Nov. 27. A Sign UP Genius will be coming around for a few things we need. Please help students to learn how to zip coats as the weather gets colder and practice tying shoes! Important Dates 11/20- PTO Meeting- 5:30pm 11/27- Early Dismissal- Thanksgiving Break 11/28- Thanksgiving Holiday- no school 11/29- Thanksgiving Break- no school I hope you all have a wonderful restful break. Your kindergarteners have worked hard for the last few months. During the break, you can review letter sounds, sight words, and counting forward and backward. I hope you get to read lots of great books and maybe even write a story. Enjoy the holiday and Happy New Year!
Reading Workshop This week, students learned to strengthen their sound power. When looking at a new word, students need to get their mouths ready to make the first sound and look at the picture. They may need to move their eyes through the whole word to read it. Students have learned to use the following superpowers to help them read:
Things to do at home: Read books coming home in folders and return folders and books daily! Sight Words Sight word rings will soon be found in student book folders. Only the words that have been introduced will be on the cards. As new words are learned, they will be added. Please read each word before you begin reading books. To be a sight word, your child must be able to read the word within 2 seconds. Suggested things to do with sight words:
Writing Workshop Students are working to add a sentence to tell about what they did first, next, and last. Students are encouraged to move away from pattern sentences to tell about what they did. Things to do at home: Drawing objects Labeling the parts Add a sentence to tell Word Work and Phonemic Awareness Skills All lowercase letters have been taught. You can continue to work on sounds and letter formation. This week, students learned how to use their fingers to tap sounds found in words. One tap for one sound. Examples: Any CVC word Lip, sip, nip, lap, sap, map, sat, mat, rat, Things to do at home: Practice letter recognition, sound, and handwriting formation Rhyme - identify and generate Listen for first sounds in words and identify multiple words that start with the same sound Syllables in words Math Workshop This week students worked on counting groups of objects to find out which group had more. Students lined up the objects making sure each object had a partner. Then they could easily see which had more and count easily. Example X x x x x vs. x x x 0 o o 0 0 Things to do at home: Write numbers 1-10 You can rote count to 30 or higher Count a group of objects to ten Important Dates 12/23-1/1- Holiday Break Reading Workshop
In our latest unit, Bigger Books, Bigger Reading Muscles, students will be learning how to tackle the tricky parts in their books. Students learned that their books will be getting harder, more words, more lines, new words, longer words, and surprise endings. By knowing how books get harder, students will be able to choose the correct superpower to help them read the tricky parts.Students have learned they have:
Things to do at home: Read books coming home in folders and return folders and books daily! Sight Words Sight word rings will soon be found in student book folders. Only the words that have been introduced will be on the cards. As new words are learned, they will be added. Please read each word before you begin reading books. To be a sight word, your child must be able to read the word within 2 seconds. Suggested things to do with sight words:
Writing Workshop Students are back to writing narrative stories about the things they did or things that happened to them. We are working to add sentences to tell more of the story. In this unit, students will learn how to write words with more sounds and make their writing easy to read by being near, forming letters correctly, writing in the correct places, spaces between words etc. Things to do at home: Drawing objects Labeling the parts Add a sentence to tell Word Work and Phonemic Awareness Skills All lowercase letters have been taught. You can continue to work on sounds and letter formation. This week, students learned how to use their fingers to tap sounds found in words. One tap for one sound. Things to do at home: Practice letter recognition, sound, and handwriting formation Rhyme - identify and generate Listen for first sounds in words and identify multiple words that start with the same sound Syllables in words Math Workshop Students have been working on using ten frames to show numbers 6-10. We have been working on number formation and counting with one to one correspondence knowing that the last number I said tells how many are in that group. Things to do at home: Write numbers 1-10 You can rote count to 30 or higher Count a group of objects to ten Social Studies We have studied the difference between needs and wants. Important Dates 12/13- Report cards go home 12/20- BES Sing-Along- 2:00/2:15pm 12/20 - 2:15 - 3:00 - class celebration 12/23-1/1- Holiday Break Reading Workshop
Students have begun books shopping for books. Students will shop for 10 new books once a week. They will keep their books in a special bucket in the room. During reading workshop, students will get their buckets and set up for reading. This week, students learned to make a plan for their reading. Choosing which books to read first and knowing to reread books makes workshop run smoothly. During private and partner reading, I am pulling students to read books in a group. Mrs, King will pull kids to preview new books and pull students to reinforce skills. Students have learned they have:
Things to do at home: Read books coming home in folders and return folders and books daily! Writing Workshop Students are working on showing and telling things that cannot fit into ziploc bags like places they have gone. Students are working on adding more labels. Labels can help tell how something feels, smells, tastes, looks like, or sounds like. Things to do at home: Drawing objects Labeling the parts Add a sentence to tell Word Work and Phonemic Awareness Skills This week, students learned 2 new letters. V - van /v/ w - wind /w/ Taught letters: t, b, f, n, m, i, u, c, o, a, g, d, s, e, r, p, j, l, h, k, v ,w Snap words: I, a, see, the, at, like, look, like, it, in, is, my Things to do at home: Practice letter recognition, sound, and handwriting formation Rhyme - identify and generate Listen for first sounds in words and identify multiple words that start with the same sound Syllables in words Math Workshop Students have completed the second math unit. Students were assessed this week and will begin next week with numbers 6-10. Things to do at home: Write numbers 1-5 Introduce 6-10 You can rote count to 30 Count a group of objects to ten Social Studies We will celebrate Thanksgiving just as a class on Wednesday, Nov. 27. A Sign UP Genius will be coming around for a few things we need. Please help students to learn how to zip coats as the weather gets colder and practice tying shoes! Important Dates 11/20- PTO Meeting- 5:30pm 11/27- Early Dismissal- Thanksgiving Break 11/28- Thanksgiving Holiday- no school 11/29- Thanksgiving Break- no school Reading Workshop
Students continue to use their newfound superpowers to read books. This week students focused on the pattern of their books. They noticed the words that were the same on every page and then used picture and sound power to figure out the new word on the page. Students have learned they have:
Things to do at home: Read books coming home in folders and return folders and books daily! Writing Workshop Students began a new writing unit called Show and Tell. They used their show and tell to think carefully about how to draw and what to write to describe what they brought in. If things come home over the weekend, please be sure new things come back on Monday. Things to do at home: Drawing objects Labeling the parts Word Work and Phonemic Awareness Skills This week, students learned 2 new letters. P - pan /p/ j - jug /j/ Taught letters: t, b, f, n, m, i, u, c, o, a, g, d, s, e, r, p, j Snap words: I, a, see, the, at, like, look, like, it, in, Things to do at home: Practice letter recognition, sound, and handwriting formation Rhyme - identify and generate Listen for first sounds in words and identify multiple words that start with the same sound Syllables in words Math Workshop Students worked on drawing a picture to solve a number story. In addition number stories it is important to show the separation between the two parts with a space, or line, or circling groups. In subtraction, it is important to cross things out to make them go away. Addition - X x x x x x x Subtraction - * * * * * * Things to do at home: Write numbers 1-5 You can rote count to ten or beyond Count a group of objects to ten Social Studies Students made Halloween and Veteran’s Day cards for soldiers who are deployed around the world. The character Trait chosen for the month of November is effort. We will set a class goal centered around effort and work towards achieving that goal. Important Dates 11/1- Town Meeting 2:30pm 11/5- No School – Teachers PD 11/6- PTO Cultural Arts: Rachna Agarwal- 9:00-10:00am 11/7- PBIS EFFORT earning week starts 11/8- Veterans Day Assembly- 2:00-3:00pm 11/11- Veterans Day Holiday- no school 11/20- PTO Meeting- 5:30pm 11/27- Early Dismissal- Thanksgiving Break 11/28- Thanksgiving Holiday- no school 11/29- Thanksgiving Break- no school |
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