Mrs. Lamparter's Class
January 30, 2015
SPECIALS for the Week of January 26th- 30th
Please return your library book on Monday so you can check out another one.
Audrey is our Star of the Week. We loved all of her pictures and learned a lot from her Penguin book. Happy Birthday to Sophia and Bria who turned 6 this week.
It's hard to believe that February is almost here! Please look in your child's folder for a letter about Valentine's day. Students can decorate their own container and make valentines for every child in our class. We will pass out valentines on Friday, February 13th.
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Building our sight word vocabulary- new words this week: had, this, on, when, your
- 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 How-To 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
CONGRATULATIONS TO LEONARDO PAZ FOR HIS GREAT JOB ON HIS SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT!
Craig Character Award
Pete's Shoe Tying Club!!
REMINDERS
- Scholastic Book orders are DUE TODAY January 30th. You can order online with our class code GQY3T or you can send in a paper order.
- Buck's Pizza Night is Tuesda, February 3d.
- The Sweetheart Luncheon for our class on Monday, February 9th from 10:45- 11:10 a.m. Please RSVP as soon s possible so we know how many to plan for!!
- Our valentine exchange and special centers will be on Friday, February 13th. Students are to bring in a container for their valentines AND their valentines on Friday the 13th.
- Parent/ Teacher conferences will be on February 25th & 26th. Please look for information to sign up online for your conference next week. I am SO excited to share your child's progress with you!
- Georgia Parent Survey :The Georgia Parent Survey can be completed using personal computers, smartphones or iPads. For parents that do not have access to the Internet, please come to Craig to complete the Georgia Parent Survey at school. All parents are encouraged to participate in the Georgia Parent Survey because the data will be used to calculate the School Climate Star Rating . Survey responses are anonymous and will be submitted directly to the Georgia Department of Education for analysis. The URL address for the Georgia Parent Survey is posted below.