Miss Jones's Newsletter
May 2016
What we have going on in Room 150...
Claxton's "Bee" Day
Aiden showing us where the honey combs are forming
The delicious honey produced by our very own bees!
Very happy to be trying the yummy honey from our busy working honeybees!
What we are working on...
Nightly Reading Logs and Weekly Sight Words
Please continue to read every night with students in their reading logs. After every 10 books, students receive a free pizza pass!!! Please also make sure to review sight words every night! These words are so important for students to know and to be able to recognize to build reading fluency!
This month we are working on...
Math
Place Value/Number in Base Ten -
*Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and further ones (e.g., using objects or drawings), and record compositions and decompositions using a drawing or equation
*Find the number that makes 10 when added to any number from one to 10 and record the answer with a drawing or equation.
Addition and Subtraction -
*Solve addition and subtraction word problems within 10 (e.g. using objects or drawing to represent problems)
Counting (Orally) –
* Count forward beginning from any given number within the known sequence (Count up to 120)
Representation of Numbers –
* Represent a number of objects between 0 and 20 with a numeral
*Count groups of objects up to 20
*Given a number from one to 20, count out that many objects
Shapes –
* Analyze and compare a variety of 2D and 3D shapes using informal language to describe similarities, differences, component parts (number of sides, vertices's) (K.G.B.4)
*Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes (joining two triangles to make a rectangle or square (K.G.B.6)
*Model shapes in the real world by building shapes from components and drawing shapes (K.G.B.5)
Literacy
*Using Print Concepts when reading stories (Author, Title, Illustrator, where to start reading, direction to read, what a period is, and retelling the story - beginning, middle, end, characters, and setting.)
Themes and Central Ideas -
*With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
*With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details
Research Skills –
*With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experience or gather information from provided sources to answer a question
Writing
*Writes beginning, middles, and final sounds. Writes words phonetically. Vowels begin to appear and begin to write complete sentences.
*Writes words phonetically; most words are readable. All syllables are represented. Spells many sight words correctly. Writes multiple, simple sentences.
*Writes many words, including sight words, correctly. Writes longer, more complex sentences.
Informational Writing –
*Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic and supply information about it.
Narrative Writing -
*Narrate a single event or several loosely linked events
*Tell about events in the order in which they occurred
*Provide a reaction to what happened
*Understand how to choose an event to focus on (zoom in)
*Understand basic story structures: beginning, middle, end
*Understand how to connect what happens in the story to their own thoughts/feelings about it
Phonological Awareness –
*Blend and Segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
*Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words.
*Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.
Phonics & Word Analysis –
*Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings for the five major vowels.
Science/Social Studies
Science
Structures and Functions of Living Organisms:
Compare characteristics of animals that make them alike and different from other animals and nonliving things. (K.L.1)
Social Studies
Geography and Environmental Literacy –
Use geographic representations and terms to describe surroundings. (K.G.1)
Pictures from our Field Trip to the Fish Hatchery
Having a wonderful time at the fish Hatchery
Feeding the Fish and watching them eat!
Wow, look at all the fish!
Announcing.... Our Walking Field Trip to Weaver Park...May 23rd
Our next field trip will be in three weeks (May 23rd) to Weaver Park. We will be walking there and practicing our mapping skills, which is one of our major standards for social studies this quarter! We would love to have any volunteers that are free that day to join us! This field trip is free of charge, since we are walking to a neighborhood park, so it's a great opportunity to join us for a fun day on our Field Trip! After mapping the park out we will enjoy playing games with the other Kindergarten Classes as well as a picnic lunch! Please make sure to put sunscreen on your students before they arrive to school in the morning now that the weather is warm and sunny! It's going to be a great day!
Virtual Field Trip to The Sea Turtle Hospital in Key West Florida
Watching one of the Green Sea Turtles in a Holding Tank
Everyone LOVED our virtual field trip!
This little guy is about to be released in a week or so!
Our Latest Bulletin Board - "All About Fish" from our research on fish before visiting the Fish Hatchery last month!
Labeling the Parts of a Fish
Graphic Organizer of Fish Facts
Using the graphic organizer to write two sentences about fish
Upcoming Events and Dates for March
Monday, May 2 through Friday, May 6 - Teacher Appreciation Week
Tuesday, May 3 - PTO Meeting 6:00pm - 7:00pm at Claxton
Wednesday, May 4 - Progress Reports Go Home
Thursday, May 5 - Field Trip to see Henry and Mudge
Thursday, May 19th - Kindergarten Spring Concert and Celebration of Learning Pot Luck Dinner (5:30 - 8:00)
Friday, May 20th - Wed, May 25th - Spring Book Fair
Monday, May 23rd - Walking Mapping Field Trip to Weaver Park
Monday, May 30th - No School, Holiday
100 Books Club
Students who have read at least 100 books for their nightly reading logs get to add their names on the 100 Books Club Poster in our room! Congratulations!!!
We have a couple of students who are very close to joining the 100 Books Club, and we can't wait for you to join!
Holden Jones
Sally Fender
Oscar Harvey
Aiden Ye
Layla Hunter
Corinne Russell
Nicholas Steffen
Sight Word Club
Congratulations to these students who have learned all 72 sight words!!! We are so proud of you! We have a couple of students who are very close to joining the sight word club, and we can’t wait for you to join! Knowing all of these words will help tremendously when it comes to reading and reading comprehension!
Sally Fender
Oscar Harvey
Nicholas Steffen
Holden Jones
Krysta Martin
Wilson Love
Corinne Russell
Layla Hunter
Tyana Shannon