Kinder News
Roanoke Elementary - January 15, 2016
Bus Stop Changes Beginning January 19
Recess - Baby, It's Cold Outside, But We Need to Run!!
Please be sure your child has an appropriate jacket and is wearing appropriate shoes for the weather.
Have You Signed Up for Remind Notifications?
Email your teacher if you missed the email/handout that was sent previously.
Illness
For the health of students and staff, ill students must be fever and vomit free for 24 hours before returning to school.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, January 19th - Crazy Tuesday Schedule - Lunch at 11:20
Wednesday, January 20th - LIBRARY CHECK OUT - Aleman, Allen, DiBenedetto, McLarty
Thursday, January 21st - LIBRARY CHECK OUT - Lawson
Thursday, January 21st - Report Card Day - Please sign and return your child's Report Card as soon as you can. Remember to make a copy as your original will not be returned.
What Did We Learn At School This Week?
Skills Block
Phonograms: -et
Here's what we learned about letters and words . . .
- Some words have patterns (parts) that are the same.
- You can look at the pattern (part) you know to help you read a word.
- You can use the pattern (part) you know to help you write a word.
New Sight Words: that
Poem: "Short e Song"
Want to Help Your Child With Letter Sounds?
Suggestion - don't always practice from A-Z - mix it up - go out of order. :)
Sight Word Practice Flashcards
Readers Workshop
- We continued our Author study on Eric Carle by "Writing Like the Author" and creating an innovation on the book, Little Cloud. An innovation is when you have a new idea based on someone else's idea.
- We learned to identify the main character, setting, problem and solution in several Eric Carle books.
- We read The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle and thought of questions that we would like to ask the spider.
Want to enjoy some Eric Carle stories or learn more about him at home? Check out the links below!
Writers Workshop
- Does my writing make sense?
- Does my writing look right? (spaces, capital letters, neat, etc.)
- Does my writing sound right? (Did I leave any words out? Did I write the correct word?)
Social Studies
Math
Module 6
This week we continued working in Module 6. Students learned to write two addends and then the total to make an addition sentence. They learned to read the operation word 'add' and wrote sentences such as 3 add 4 is 7 or 3 add 4 makes 7. Students practiced these new skills by playing math addition games. We also practiced addition using pennies to help us understand the idea that addition involves adding to a quantity.
Please refer to the Module 6 Parent Letter for ideas on how to strengthen and support these math skills at home.
Module 6 Parent Letter - English
Module 6 Parent Letter - Spanish
Please send a baggie of 25 pennies for your student to use during math next week.
Science
On our own, we reflected on and wrote about which Learner Action we used during this project and described how it helped us to be successful. We also reflected on how we could make our machines better.
You will be able to see all of our hard work on our upcoming Standards Boards in the Kindergarten hallways!
A Few More Kinder Announcements
Extra Clothes - Please send an extra change of clothes and underwear in your child's backpack - just in case of illness or an accident. Thank you!
Jackets - Please be sure to label your child's jackets and sweatshirts with his or her name so that misplaced items can be identified and hopefully returned quickly.
Roanoke Ranger Community Outreach Service Project
November 2015 - January 2016
Details were sent home in your child's Friday Folder Packet before the Thanksgiving Break. Be sure to fill out a cloud and a raindrop form when your family donates a bear for our donation to Denton County Advocacy Center.
Click here for an additional form
Six Flags Reading Log
Six Flags Reading Log and Information - English
Six Flags Reading Log and Information - Spanish
A copy of this was sent home in the Friday Folder packet on Friday, November 20th.
Labels For Education
Volunteer Background Check
Roanoke Elementary School University - Parent Information Night
RES-U Presentations
Please let your teacher know if you have any questions!
Roanoke Elementary Kindergarten Team
Mrs. Allen - aallen@nisdtx.org
Mrs. DiBenedetto - cdibenedetto@nisdtx.org
Mrs. Lawson - slawson@nisdtx.org
Ms. McLarty - kmclarty@nisdtx.org
Website: http://www.nisdtx.org/domain/1565
Location: 1401 Lancelot Drive, Roanoke, TX, United States
Phone: 817-215-0650
Twitter: @RoanokeRangers