Mrs. Lamparter's Class
February 13, 2015
SPECIALS for the Week of February 16th- 20th
Kaylye is our Star of the Week. We loved all of her pictures and her "Fancy Nancy" book.
There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 16th for students. We will have an eCLASS Practice day on Monday. I will post an assignment at 8:00 a.m. for students to do and I will have an opportunity to communicate with them throughout the day. Thank you for your cooperation as our school embraces eCLASS technology as an exciting learning tool.
Relay for Life is selling BEADS on Tuesday, February 17th & Wednesday, February 18th! Please help support this important cause; small beads 2/ $1.00, regular beads $1.00, and large beads $2.00. Thank you in advance for your support!!!
PLEASE sign up for conferences online if you haven't already done so. The link is: www.ptcfast.com/reg1. Your entry code is BUV119203. I am so excited to share your child's progress with you!! Students will have early release days on February 25th 26th.
We had SO much fun passing out valentines and enjoyed our Valentine centers. Thank you to our parents who helped out at our Valentine centers! Mrs. Hanagriff and I want to thank all of you for our sweet goodies and especially the special cards. We LOVE our kindergartners!!
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Building our sight word vocabulary- new words this week: ran, jump, went, give, take
- Retelling familiar stories and identifying characters, setting, and major events in a story
- Blending letters to make CVC words
- Changing the initial consonant to make new words
- Working on putting uppercase letters at the beginning of a sentence and naming end punctuation.
- Features of non-fiction text
- Finding information in non-fiction text about penguins
- Learning to write persuasive stories
- Fluently reading and understanding books ON grade level
- Working independently in Daily Five centers to become better readers, writers, and spellers
READ and RECORD so we can REWARD!!
Our class was the Kindergarten Mega Minute Winners for the 2nd Nine Weeks!!! We read 23,612 minutes. Congratulations to all my students that were recognized at our celebration!! I am so PROUD of you! 17 students in our class read and recorded their minutes online. YOU ROCK!!
White Horseshoe: 900+ minutes
Maroon Horseshoe: 1260 +minutes
Gold Horseshoe: 1350+ minutes
Bronco: 1890+ minutes
Math
- Counting objects one to one and telling how many
- Comparing if a group has greater than, less than, or equal to another group
- Comparing two written numerals
- Decomposing and composing numbers from 11-19
Using math tools- number line, rekenrek, and tens frame to build numbers
Daily calendar math
- Counting by tens, fives, and ones to 100
- Recognizing coins; penny, nickel, dime, and quarter and knowing their values
- Using "number talks" to explain our math thinking
- Using the "Notice and Wonder" strategy to help us with problem solving
SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES
We are working on:
- Learning about penguins.
- Learning about the attributes of rocks and soil
- We will begin learning about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington next week.
Craig Character Award
Pete's Shoe Tying Club!!
REMINDERS
- There will be no school for students on Monday, February 16th. We will have an eClass Practice activity for students on that day.
- Our Relay for Life team will be selling BEADS on Tuesday, February 17th & Wednesday, February 18th.
- Spring pictures will be on Wednesday, February 18th.
- Parent/ Teacher conferences will be on February 25th & 26th. I am SO excited to share your child's progress with you!
- Bingo Night is Friday, February 20th.
- Six Flags Reading forms are due on February 26th!
***Monday, February 16th is eclass challenge day for Craig Elementary. LOOK FOR A POST FROM ME ON MONDAY AT 8:00 a.m. ON MY ECLASS PAGE. STUDENTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT STARFALL FOR AN ACTIVITY AND TO POST A COMMENT IN THE DISCUSSION BOARD. YOU CAN JUST PUT THEIR NAME IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND THEN TYPE THEIR RESPONSE IN THE TEXT BOX. There are step by step directions for you to follow.