News of the Week
February 1-5
Dear Parents,
- Mrs. Williams
Important Reminders!
- Our picture day is Wednesday, February 3rd at 10am. This will be for individual pictures as well as our class photo.
- In folders is a pink heart with decorating instructions- if you can, please send it back in on Monday or one day early next week.
- Our new February calendar is in folders today, please look it over. If you'd like an extra copy for your fridge, I have posted it on our eClass page under "Content-Folder Monthly Calendars"
- Don't forget to log-on to My Payments Plus to pay for our March 21st field trip, the cost is $14 and the online payment option will end on March 10th. If you need a paper copy instead, please e-mail me.
- We will exchange Valentines and we will make a container here at school. If you like to plan ahead, we have 19 students in our class... I will send a name list early next week!
- Our eClass page now contains Homework Ideas for the Week... please visit our page to see the information! Scroll down for directions on how to log-on!
How to Log-on to eClass
2) Type in your child's student number (200....)
3) Their password is their initials, the month of their birthday, and the day of their birthday (i.e. mine would be lw1224)
** If content on our page is not loading, but sure to look in your address bar for the security shield and click 'load unsafe scripts' or whatever your wording may be! **
Reading & Writing Skills of the Week
- Check your reading- does it make sense?
- Using consonants and blends to help sound out words
- Using ends of words to help you figure them out
- Preview the page to find words you already know before you start reading
- Sight words: you of
- Letter: J
- Similarities and difference between books on the same topic
- How does an author support their points?
- What are the key details in the book?
Writing:
- Persuasive/opinion writing: State an opinion on something and tell reasons why you think that/believe that.
Ongoing...
- Beginning a sentence with a capital
- Capitalizing the pronoun "I"
- Ending punctuation
Math Skills of the Week
- Counting to 100 by ones and tens
Numbers
- Compose and decompose numbers less than or equal to 10. Compose (put together) and decompose (take apart) numbers between 11-19 into tens and ones.
Categories
- Sort objects into categories/groups and and count amount in each group.
Science & Social Studies Skills of the Week
- The moon
- Nocturnal animals
Social Studies
- President's Day:
Learn about and discuss the contributions and traits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and the current president.
Links to Try...
More or Less?
http://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_word_problems_more_less.htm
Count to 100!
http://www.abcya.com/number_bubble_counting.htm
Sight Word Bingo (choose Pre-Primer level to start)
http://www.abcya.com/dolch_sight_word_bingo.htm
Sight Word Song