News of the Week
October 3-7
Important Reminders!
Here are a few reminders for next week:
- No School on MONDAY!!! Have fun!
Bag Books
- Bag books will be coming home on Tuesday; they will have books on your child's current reading level
- There are directions and ideas on the bag for you to read
- Please return the bag books every Friday
- Please try really hard not to lose any books! The kids can choose which books they want to put in their bag books, so often some of our very best/favorite books are coming home.
- I so appreciate your help with keeping our classroom books safe!!
INK, STEM, Measurement!
Wow, what a BUSY week!! See below for some images from our INK Field Trip, our measurement unit in math, and our STEM Day of creating cardboard animals!
...Skills We Will Work On Next Week...
Reading & Writing
Reading:
- Super Readers
- Sight Words: with little
Writing:
- Writing readable stories
Math
Measurement
Science & Social Studies
Science
- Force & Motion
Social Studies
- Christopher Columbus
- Columbus Day
Links to Try
Here are some fun links you can try at home for practice on the skills we've been working on in class!
Shapes
- Sammy’s Shapes: http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/sammy/start.htm
- Illuminations Shape Tool: http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3587
- Illuminations Patch Tool: http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3577
- Illuminations Tangram Puzzles: http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=6626
- Cat in the Hat Great Shape Race: http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/games/great-shape-race.html
- Sid the Science Kid Shadow Show: http://pbskids.org/sid/shadowshow.html
- ABCYa Tangrams: http://www.abcya.com/tangrams.htm
- Purpy’s Shapes: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/ngames/shapes.htm
- Shape Shoot: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/shapes_shoot.htm
Patterns
- IXL Shape Patterns: https://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/shape-patterns
- PBS Pattern Matcher: http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/math/games/preschool-kindergarten/pattern-matcher/
Sight Words
- “To” Heidi Song: http://safeshare.tv/v/ss57990f6aebb8a
- “Can” Mr. Clown Video: http://safeshare.tv/v/ss57990ff464ce3
- “Like” Heidi Song: http://safeshare.tv/v/ss57991046d9acc
- “Me” Heidi Song: http://safeshare.tv/v/ss57991096d629d
- “We” Miss Molly Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoo0GNoHUic
- “Go” Heidi Song: http://safeshare.tv/v/cp7i9Yv1TRs
- “My” Mr. Clown Video: http://safeshare.tv/v/ss579911295ec8b
- “See” Miss Molly Song: http://safeshare.tv/v/ss57991299f101f
- “Here” Video: http://safeshare.tv/v/ss579913071767c
How-to Access Our eClass Page
1) Visit: https://publish.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/gcps/home/gcpslogin
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)
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