Mrs. Crooks's Kindergarten News
2018 - 2019
English Language Arts (ELA)
Unit 7 Week 3
Theme: Animal Habitats
Essential Question: Where do animals live?
Shared Reading
•Ask and answer questions.
•Story elements.
•Identify cause and effect.
•Make, confirm and revise predictions.
•Identify the sight words “said” and “want”.
Grammar/Writing
•Drawing and writing in order to respond to a text.
•Drawing and writing in order to inform.
•Identifying sounds in words, then writing the matching letters.
Math
Unit 6: How Many Do You Have? Addition, Subtraction, and the Number system
- analyzing visual images for quantities up to 10.
- using numbers, and/or addition notation to describe arrangements of objects.
- Decomposing numbers in different ways.
- developing and strategies for accurately counting and keeping track of quantities up to 20.
- Creating equivalent sets.
Specials
Monday - Art
Tuesday - Music
Wednesday - P.E.
Thursday - Library
Friday - Dance
Birthday Celebrations
Birthdays will be celebrated once a month in the classroom. Our designated birthday days are listed below. Children will celebrate with extra recess (3:00-3:30). Parents are invited to join us during this time. Please let me know if you will be attending.
April 26th
May 31st
July/June 7th
Volunteer Training
Miss Mellecker
Hello! My name is Courtney Mellecker and I am a senior at Towson University in the Early Childhood Education Program. As part of the program, I have two 8-week full-time internships. On Friday, March 22nd, I finished my first 8-week full-time internship in second grade at West Towson Elementary School. On Monday, March 25th, I started my second 8-week full-time internship in kindergarten in Mrs. Crooks’s class. During this internship, I will be observing and taking over teaching opportunities in the classroom. I cannot wait to get to know you and your children over the next few months. Thank you for this opportunity!
Send in your box tops.
Important Dates
- 4/2 - Crazy Sock Day
- 4/3 - Dress up as your favorite book character
- 4/4 - Wear something to represent a person, place, or thing from a nonfiction book
- 4/4 - Last day of reciting for Patriots and Defenders
- 4/5 - Wear a shirt with words on it.
- 4/5 – 3 hour early dismissal (end of 3rd quarter)
- 4/8 – Reading Night at West Towson (Book Fair will be open)
- 4/8 - Wear Pajama and bring a book for the official kick-off to the Westy Reading Race.
- 4/19 - 4/22 - Spring Break
- 4/26 - April Birthday Celebration (3:00-3:30)
- 5/6 - Kindergarten Conference Day (no school for kindergarten students)
Pet Rocks
Westy Sightings
Contact Information
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Here is my contact information:
Lynn Crooks: lcrooks@bcps.org
West Towson Phone: 410-887-3869
Assignment Book/ Take Home Folder: write a note in either
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