Monday!

Hi Parents, 

Students were ROCKSTARS today as we worked on our end of the year assessments.  Today students earned a movie party and a crazy hair day tomorrow.  The only rule with the crazy hair is that the hairstyle cannot be distracting to themselves or others!  

Thank you to those parents that have let me know what lunch choice your child has picked!  I still have a few I am missing.    

1.  ALL library books are due. We will not be checking out anymore this year. Please contact the library directly if you can't find a book, as I do not have access to your child's account.

2. Please let me know if your child wants hot or cold lunch by Tuesday.  The Kitchen has asked for our numbers and money by the end of Tuesday, so please let me know by Tuesday!  If your child chooses hot lunch, please send their money in a labeled envelope asap. 

3. Our End of Kindergarten Spring Concert will be June 13th at 6:30pm. Please feel free to invite all your family and friends! Please note that students need to arrive at 6:15pm. Please do not arrive earlier, as there will be no one to monitor them.  WE ASK THAT YOU DO NOT COME EARLY TO RESERVE SEATS.  After taking your child to the classroom at 6:15, you will have time to walk to the multi-purpose room and find your seating.  

4. PLEASE NOTE, OUR LAST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN IS THURSDAY, JUNE 16TH!  For grades 1st-6th, the last day is June 17th.  

5. We will be doing our "Snack-nic" on the last day from 11-11:30 and 2:30-3:00!  Followed by students running through the breezeway to get their ticket to first grade! 

Have a great evening!  

1.  ALL library books are due. We will not be checking out anymore this year. Please contact the library directly if you can't find a book, as I do not have access to your child's account.

2. Please let me know if your child wants hot or cold lunch by MONDAY.  The Kitchen has asked for our numbers, so please let me know by MONDAY.  If your child chooses hot lunch, please send their money in a labeled envelope asap. 

3. Our End of Kindergarten Spring Concert will be June 13th at 6:30pm. Please feel free to invite all your family and friends! Please note that students need to arrive at 6:15pm. Please do not arrive earlier, as there will be no one to monitor them.  WE ASK THAT YOU DO NOT COME EARLY TO RESERVE SEATS.  After taking your child to the classroom at 6:15, you will have time to walk to the multi-purpose room and find your seating.   

4. PLEASE NOTE, OUR LAST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN IS THURSDAY, JUNE 16TH! For grades 1st-6th, the last day is June 17th. 

Have a great weekend!

Happy Wednesday!

Today was another great day!  We have been working super hard on our math assessments!  I have been seriously SO IMPRESSED by students efforts during these assessments.  We have had a few breaks in between where we either have a recess, free choice or four corners.  

Tomorrow is our field trip to the park!  
1) Please make sure you child wears sunscreen, it is suppose to be overcast, but still in the 70's. 
2) Pack a water bottle!
3) Pack a peanut free snack!
4) Wear tennis shoes

1. In your child's homework folder yesterday, there was a green letter about our practice lunch day/time and about our end of year "snack-nic." Please read the letter and let me know if your child wants hot or cold lunch. If your child chooses hot lunch, please send their money in asap. 
2. Science Fest will be tomorrow night at PV on June 2nd from 6-7pm.
3. Our End of Kindergarten Spring Concert will be June 13th at 6:30pm. Please feel free to invite all your family and friends! Please note that students need to arrive at 6:15pm. Please do not arrive earlier, as there will be no one to monitor them. 
4. PLEASE NOTE, OUR LAST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN IS THURSDAY, JUNE 16TH! For grades 1st-6th, the last day is June 17th. 

Have a great evening!

~Love, 

Mrs. Wittwer

   

Monday Bug Day!

Today was a very special day!  The entomologists at WSU came and taught us all about insects!  We got to work hands on with some very special critters!

Honey Bees

Real Butterflies

Real Beetles

Real Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches

In addition to the bugs today, the AM class also held our snail races.  PM will have their snail races tomorrow!

The AM class actually had a winner and the students loved cheering on their favorite snail. :) 

Important Information:

1. Homework folders came home today!

2. Take Home Books were exchanged today.

3. PM Library checkout was today!

4. APEX collection envelopes are due Thursday, May 26th. 

5. Permission slips for our social studies field trip came home today. Please return them as soon as possible.

6. No school on Monday, May 30th (Memorial Day).

7. Science Fest will be held at PV on June 2nd from 6-7pm.

8. Our End of Kindergarten Spring Concert will be June 13th at 6:30pm. Please feel free to invite all your family and friends! Please note that students need to arrive at 6:15pm. Please do not arrive earlier, as there will be no one to monitor them. 

Tuesday!

Today was a great day!  We started our day with our May memory book page!  After that we did our math page focusing on ten ones and some ones = teen number.  For example, ten ones and eight ones = eighteen ones.  After math, our APEX team came and taught us our fifth and final lesson, "Make a Difference."  We learned that helping in little ways, we can make a difference.  After that we did our calendar and daily news routine.  After that we enjoyed recess outside!  Then we had reading groups focusing on the letter Y and /y/ sound.  Today, we read our decodable book, did our ABC yarn page, wrote the letter Y, and listened to a story.  After reading groups, we completed our art from Friday!

Reminders:
1) Fund Run pledges need to be input into the computer by Thursday!
2) Friday Fund Run on AM time is 9:30-10:15 and PM time is from 2:00-2:45!
3) Thursday, Take home book exchange is due!
4) Friday: Homework folders and Library books are due!
5) Field trip is on June 2nd during our normal kindergarten half day.  Parents are welcome to meet us at Sky Prairie Park.  More information and permission slip will come home in Monday Folders.
6) June 13th is our end of year kindergarten concert at 6:30pm in the cafeteria.
7) All School Science Fest is on June 2nd from 6-7 PM.  Come see a little piece of what every grade does at Prairie View in science.
8) Last day of kindergarten is Thursday, June 16th.  Parents please plan on attending for our last celebration and snack-nic!  This is a really fun kindergarten tradition!  More information to come home soon about the times!

Have a great evening!
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer

Thursday!

What a wonderful day we had today!  The APEX group came again and taught us our third leadership lesson.  The first lesson was to "Dive In," which means to work hard.  The second lesson was about being "Resourceful," when we have problems it helps us to solve them by identifying five steps to help us solve the problem:  Who, What, When, Why, How?  The third lesson was today on "Elevating Others," which is being positive, complimentary, and encouraging to others.

We also worked on Math, had reading groups (working on J and Q), and wrote our next narrative sentence, describing what we did once we found the magic carpet in our story.  The PM class won the Popsicle contest in the school for the most pledges in the last 24 hour period!  Way to go!

Friday: Homework Folders are due and AM Library books are due!
Monday: Take Home books are due and PM Library books are due!

Have a great evening!
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer    

Happy Tuesday!

We had a great day!

We actually started our day with the APEX Fun Run team coming in and teaching us all about how to "dive in!" The APEX Fund Run will raise money for technology in our school. Please take a look at the pass as soon as your student brings it home. All the information needed is in your child's pass. Please log in and get familiar with the website. It is easy to navigate and for others to give pledges or donations online. If you have any questions, please email me. 

We didn't have reading groups; however, we did do all our normal activities. The kiddos worked on reading, handwriting (Jj) and our ABC books.  We also did math, circling ten and writing the number sentence to match.  We also had the treat of walking through the first grade classroom and meeting all the teachers!  We are getting excited for first grade! 

Important Information:

1. Log in to the APEX webpage and make sure to enter your child's t-shirt size. Every kiddo gets a shirt, so please get their size in right away so the shirts can be ordered.

2. No School on Monday, 5/30 (Memorial Day).

3. Science Fest will be held at Prairie View on 6/2 starting at 6pm.

4. End of Kindergarten Spring Concert will be 6/13 at 6:30pm. Please invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. to join us for this special night. Students need to arrive at 6:15pm and the show starts at 6:30pm.

Have a great evening!

~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer

Monday!

What a great rainy day!  Today was also a very busy day!  We started our day by introducing our new letter of the week, Jj and reading our Alpha Tales book.  Then we did our picture guess and read our class pal "book" (Clifford or Tigger)!  Then we labeled the parts of a worm in our science journal and wrote some facts that we learned about them.  Students got to see an earth worm and a red worm and learned the differences between the two.  After that, AM students learned a new math card game, called "Hide the Zero" (PM will do this tomorrow).   In both classes, Mrs. Pittz came and taught us a social skills lesson on how to calm ourselves if we feel we are getting worked up.  In the morning class, we celebrated Gwyneth's birthday with her Royal Reader.  In the PM class we had our APEX Fund Run kick off, and PM students brought home their APEX Pass.  The AM class will get their passes tomorrow morning along with a mini kick off in our room!  PM kinders also had a short check out time this afternoon.  

Important Info:

1) Parents, today is the start of our APEX Fund Run to raise money for technology for our school. Please take a look at the pass as soon as your student brings it home.  All the information needed is in your child's pass.   Please log in and get familiar with the website.  It is easy to navigate and for others to give pledges or donations online.  If you have any questions, please email me.

2) FYI.  Starting today, I am coaching track right after school, so I will be posting blog posts later than usual.

3) Homework Folders went home today!

4) Take Home books were exchanged today!

Have a great evening!          

Thursday!

Moms of Magnificent Marvelous Prairie View Artists! 

Please join us tonight with your favorite PV student artist(s) for our 4th Annual MoMMA Art Show Open House from 6-8 PM! 

Learn about the Elements and Principles of Art while enjoying dessert and strolling through our art gallery (in the PV gym). There will be fun Mom & Me activities – a great night to spend together celebrating the arts! You can even “purchase” your artist’s masterpiece with a suggested $1 donation (all proceeds will benefit the Art Program at Prairie View for 2016-17)!

Can’t make it tonight, but would still like to support the arts at Prairie View? You can make a donation here through PayPal and we’ll add a SOLD sticker to your student’s artwork.

Thank you to all of our parent volunteers who make art possible each and every month at Prairie View, and to our MoMMA Art Show Committee! We are proud of each and every Prairie View artist, and look forward to showing you their amazing work at tonight’s show! See you tonight!

Important Information:

1. Homework folders are due tomorrow.

2. Our first grade walk through will be 5/10 at 9:30am and 2:00pm. The kinders will meet the first grade teachers and have a chance to ask the current first graders some questions.

3. No School on Monday, 5-30 (Memorial Day).

4. Science Fest will be held at Prairie View on 6-2 starting at 6pm.

5. End of Kindergarten Spring Concert will be 6-13 at 6:30pm. Please invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. to join us for this special night. Students need to arrive at 6:15pm and the show starts at 6:30pm. 

Wonderful Wednesday!

Today we started with writing some of the facts that we have learned about our fish in our science journal.  Then we drew what the guppy and goldfish each look like.  After science, we did our calendar and daily news routine, then we went outside for a wonderful warm recess.  After recess, we had reading groups focusing today on: reading the leveled readers, the number 12 on the rekenrek, writing the decodable and listening to "Cows To The Rescue."  After reading groups, we worked on teen numbers in math.  We are working on 10 ones and ____ ones together make ___.  After math both classes had about five minutes of free choice time.

Reminders:
Tomorrow: Homework folders are due!  MoMMa and Me event (replaces Muffins with Mom) from 6-8 in the gym.
Friday: Homework folders are due and any scholastic book orders are due.

Happy Tuesday!

What a beautiful day!  Today we started with making our Mother's Day gift.  Students did a really nice job taking their time with this!  After that, we worked on writing narrative sentences on white boards.  Students wrote and created their own sentence using the narrative chant as their checklist (to make sure they have each part in their sentence).  Then we enjoyed a nice recess outside!  After recess, we had reading groups working on: reading our decodable, play-doh, writing and saying the /w/ sound and listened to "Goatilocks and the Three Bears."  After reading groups, we did one more surprise for our moms!  This afternoon, we celebrated Hollyn's birthday!  

Important Information:

1. MoMMA Night (replaces Muffins with Mom) will be held on 5-5 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Prairie View. 

2. No School on Monday, 5-30 (Memorial Day).

3. Science Fest will be held at Prairie View on 6-2 starting at 6pm.

4. End of Kindergarten Spring Concert will be 6-13 at 6:30pm. Please invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. to join us for this special night. Students need to arrive at 6:15pm and the show starts at 6:30pm.

Wednesday!

Today was another great day!  We started by introducing our second letter of the week, Vv!  We read Vera Viper's Valentine and did our picture guess for V.  Then we worked in our new science journals.  Since our science unit is on animals, we started by discussing our favorite animals and drawing it.   Right now we have fish in our classroom (not many because a lot have died), so we labeled all the parts of the fish in our science journals.  Then we did our Calendar and Daily News routine.  Luckily the weather held out for us during our recess times!  After recess, we read our leveled decoders in each group.  Each book was a non-fiction book about animals in the sea.  We also worked on our sight word "look" page, writing, and listening.  After reading groups, we did a fun adding and subtracting dice activity with our new elbow partners.  

Reminders:

1. Our school is hosting the first May Day Celebration on 4-29 at 2:00 pm at Prairie View. Parents are welcome to attend.  AM kiddos and parents are welcome to attend too! 

2. MoMMA Night (replaces Muffins with Mom) will be held on 5-5 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Prairie View. 

3. No School on Monday, 5-30 (Memorial Day).

4. Science Fest will be held at Prairie View on 6-2 starting at 6pm.

5. End of Kindergarten Spring Concert will be 6-13 at 6:30pm. Please invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. to join us for this special night. Students need to arrive at 6:15pm and the show starts at 6:30pm.

6. Take Home Book Exchange is tomorrow!  :)

7. Homework Folders due on Friday!  

Have a great evening!

~Love, 

Mrs. Wittwer 

Tuesday

Today was a great day!  We started out with subtraction fluency from 5!  Students are doing a great job using their fingers to show their thinking!  After the fluency page, we continued with our narrative writing.  Figuring out what the When, Where, Who and the Hint of the Plot!  This is the beginning of our story, so tomorrow we will go on to the middle of our story...what happens next in our fictional story.  After that we had a wonderful outdoor recess.  Then we had our reading groups, focusing on our letter Xx and our sight words "has" and "look."  Today we blended words with the /x/ sound and read our decodable book.  We also practiced writing Xx, did our ABC page for X and listened to a story.  Then we did our math lesson focusing on all the ways to make 10!

Reminders:

1. Our school is hosting the first May Day Celebration on 4-29 at 2:00 pm at Prairie View. Parents are welcome to attend.  AM kiddos and parents are welcome to attend too! 

2. MoMMA Night (replaces Muffins with Mom) will be held on 5-5 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Prairie View. 

3. No School on Monday, 5-30 (Memorial Day).

4. Science Fest will be held at Prairie View on 6-2 starting at 6pm.

5. End of Kindergarten Spring Concert will be 6-13 at 6:30pm. Please invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. to join us for this special night. Students need to arrive at 6:15pm and the show starts at 6:30pm. 

Have a great evening!

~Love, 

Mrs. Wittwer 

Monday!

What a great day! 

We started our day with the letter Gg handwriting page. We introduced our new letter of the week Xx and our new sight words: has and look.  After Calendar and Daily News, we read our Alpha Tales book and did our picture guess for words that start with X, or have an /x/ sound in the word.  We then welcomed Mrs. Pittz in for another awesome social skills lesson, focusing on feelings. After a sunny recess outside, we worked on math lesson 39 (making number bonds in different ways up to ten). 

The am class had free choice and the pm class had library.

Important Information:

1. Homework folders came home today (4-25).

2. Take Home Books were exchanged and
sent back home today (4-25).

3. Our school is hosting the first May Day Celebration on 4-29 at 2:00pm at Prairie View. Parents are welcome to attend.  AM parents and students are welcome to attend as well! 

4. MoMMA Night (replaces Muffins with Mom) will be held on
5-5 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Prairie View. 

5. No School on Monday, 5-30 (Memorial Day).

6. End of Kindergarten Spring Concert will be 6-13 at 6:30pm. Please invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. to join us for this special night. Students need to arrive at 6:15pm and the show starts at 6:30pm. 

Wednesday!

Today was such a great day!  We started by finishing our Lorax mustaches from yesterday and Play Doh.  Then we did our math focusing on subtraction with numbers up to 10.  The students are doing a really nice job with this!  We are working on showing "subtraction" (our word of the week), with number sentences, pictures and number bonds.  After math, we introduced our second letter of the week, Ww!  We read our Alpha Tales book, Worm's Wagon and did our picture guess for things that start with the /w/ sound.  After that we did our Calendar and Daily News routine.  Then we enjoyed a nice recess outside.  After recess, we had reading groups working with the letter w.  We also read our leveled readers, did our sight word "she" page, read our decodable and listened to the story "Dinorella."  After reading groups, we worked on our Narrative writing some more from yesterday.  We learned our Narrative chant that helps us to remember what we need at the beginning of our story.  "When? Where? Who? And a Hint of the Plot (HOP)!"  You might have heard your little one chanting it yesterday!  These are elements you can ask your child while you are reading at home.  Students understanding of these elements will help us with writing our own stories.

You might ask these types of questions:
1) When did the story take place?
2) Where did the story take place?
3) Who was in the story?  Who is the main character?
4) What is a hint of the plot or hint of what might happen in the story?

These story elements are normally found at the beginning of the book and sometimes we might need to get these answers from pictures in the book.

Here is an example of the beginning of one story we looked at today.

After writing, AM students had Free Choice Time and PM students chose to play Four Corners!

Reminders:
1) Tomorrow is the Take Home Book Exchange!
2) Friday, the Homework Folder is due.
3) Friday, Library books are due.
4) We have our Fourth Grade Buddies this Friday!
5) Art-A-Baloo is next Friday, April 29th!

Have a great evening!
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer

Happy Monday!

Today was such a beautiful day!  We started our day by reading The Lorax by Dr. Seuss.  Earth Day is this Friday, so all week, we will be talking about ways to keep our earth clean and healthy.  After that we had a social skills lesson with Mrs. Pittz.  Today's lesson was about how to be an encouraging and helpful friend.  After that we had a nice recess outside in the beautiful sunshine.  Then each student wrote a promise to help the earth.  After that we painted our own earth.  Then we introduced our new letter of the week, Gg and our new sight words: she and he.  We read our Alpha Tales book, Be Good, Gorilla!  Then we guessed what things start with the /g/ sound in our Question Can and Alphabet Can.  The AM class finished the day by starting our new math unit on subtraction and PM finished the day with Library.  PM will get the math lesson tomorrow.

Reminders:
1) Today, all Homework Folders and Take Home Books were exchanged.  
2) MoMMA Art Show is May 5th from 6-8 pm  

Have a great evening!  
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer

Fun Friday!

Today was so much fun! We worked on our number bond math, enjoyed music and P.E. with Mrs. Mulder, and had library checkout (am) / free choice (pm). 

Important Information:

1. Homework folders will come home Monday (4-18).

2. Take Home Books are due Monday (4-18).

3. WSU is hosting an Insect Expo on Saturday (4-23) from 10am - 2pm on the Pullman campus. I've posted the flyer below, for more information.

4. Eye 4 Art, an annual exhibition of Mead School District elementary, middle and high school student art, will take place at Mead High School on Saturday, April 16, from noon - 5 p.m. There will be live music, including a performance by the Evergreen Elementary Marimba Band. Cost:  Grades K-6 FREE, Grades 7-12 $2.00, Adults $7, Families $15, Mead School District Employees FREE (w/ staff ID badge)

5. June 13th at 6:30 PM will be our End of Year Kindergarten Concert.  Parents, siblings, grandparents are all welcome to attend.  Students arrive at 6:15, show starts at 6:30!

Tuesday!

Today was such a great day!  We started our day with drawing our April Self Portrait.  Students are getting really good at the process of drawing ourselves.  Then we did our Calendar and Daily News routine.  After that, we enjoyed our recess outside.  After recess, we had reading groups.  Today in reading groups we focused on the sounds each letter makes, sounding our three and four letter words, breaking the words up into each individual sound, reading our decodable book, finding sight words, writing numbers the correct way (without reversals), and we listened to "I wanna Go Home" by Orloff and Catrow.  Then we worked on Slicing Apple Number Bonds, but today our focus was to start with the total (sum) and find two numbers that are our "parts" (addends).  Then we practiced one of our songs for our Kindergarten Concert.

Reminders:
1) Homework Folders came home today for the AM class.
2) Thursday: Take Home Book Exchange due
3) Friday: Homework Folders Due
4) MoMMA Art Show is May 5th from 6-8 pm
5) Eye 4 Art exhibit is this Saturday, April 16th from 12-5 pm at Mead High School

Have a great evening!
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer  

Welcome Back!

The kiddos and I had a wonderful day together! It was so fun to share everything that we did over break, give hugs, and get back into our routine. 

Today we welcomed Mrs. Pittz into our classroom for another social skills lesson. We focused on accidents and when accidents happen, we need to say that we are sorry and that it was an accident. We did a few practice scenarios, too. We then transitioned to math, where we reviewed number bonds and the equation that goes along with them. After math, we went outside for a wonderful recess in the sun. Once recess was over, we did our normal calendar and Daily News routine. Lastly, we read the book Sunflower House by Eve Bunting. 

 We focused on what happened first, middle, and last; as well as new vocabulary words and rhyming words. 

Both classes practiced our new songs for the spring concert and our pm class had library checkout. 

Important Information:

1. PTO meeting tonight 6:30pm in the library.

2. MoMMA art show (replaces Muffins with Mom) is May 5th from 6-8pm at Prairie View.

3. PM Homework folders went home today, AM will be sent home tomorrow.

4. PM Take Home Books were exchanged/checked in today, AM will be sent home tomorrow.

5.  June 13th at 6:30 PM will be our End of Year Kindergarten Concert.  Parents, siblings, grandparents are all welcome to attend.  Students arrive at 6:15, show starts at 6:30!

6. Eye 4 Art, an annual exhibition of Mead School District elementary, middle and high school student art, will take place at Mead High School on Saturday, April 16, from noon - 5 p.m. There will be live music, including a performance by the Evergreen Elementary Marimba Band.

Cost:  Grades K-6 FREE

Grades 7-12 $2.00
Adults $7
Families $15
Mead School District Employees FREE (w/ staff ID badge)

Happy Thursday!

The students did an amazing job today!  We started by reviewing The Invisible Boy and Chester's Way, two books about friendship that we read over the last two days.  Then each student picked which one they liked better and wrote their opinion about it.  They did a great job drawing their picture to match their opinion.  After that we enjoyed recess. Then we had reading groups focusing on reading our leveled readers, which were all about how to plant trees.  Seeds needs sunlight, soil and water to grow.  Then we worked on our "said" sight word page, making the number 10 and listening to "How Martha Saved Her Parents From Green Beans."  After reading groups, we worked on finding different ways (without repeating numbers) to make 9 using dots, number bonds and number sentences.  In the PM group, we ran out of time with this, so please help finish this at home tonight if you can.  Thank you!

Reminders:
Tomorrow:  Homework folders are due.
Tomorrow:  AM library books are due.
Take Home Books were exchanged today!
Conference week is next week!  I can't wait to see you next week and share all the wonderful things your little one has been up to!

Have a great evening!
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer

Wednesday

Today was a great day!  We started our day with decorating our conference folders for our parents.  Then we worked some more on number bonds and writing number sentences to match.  Today we worked specifically on subtracting with number bonds and number sentences.  After math, we did our Calendar and Daily News routine.   After that, we enjoyed an indoor recess, followed by reading groups.  During reading groups, we worked on the /k/ sound at the end of the word made by the letters ck, as in pack, etc.  We also worked on our sight word "little," reading the decodable book and writing a few sentences.  We also listened to the story "Betty Bunny Loves Easter."

    We finished up the day by reading the story "The Invisible Boy."  This story is about friendship and what makes a good friend.  The main character in the book, Brian, feels invisible until he makes a friend.  We talked about ways to include people so that they don't feel invisible.

 Reminders:
1) Tomorrow: Take Home books are due with sticky notes.
2) Friday: Homework Folders are due.
3) Friday: Library books are due for the AM class.
4) Monday: Library books are due for the PM class.
5) Next week is conference week!  Our schedule does not change for our AM and PM classes.  The rest of the school has early release, but our schedule doesn't change!
6) Please check to make sure the conference time I emailed you works, if it doesn't please email me or call the office at 465-7800 to reschedule.
7) Spring Break is April 4-8, school resumes as normal on April 11th!

Have a great evening!
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer

Monday

We had a wonderful Monday!  Our new letter of the week is Kk and our new sight words are "said" and "little."  We started our day by reading our AlphaTales book, Kangaroo Kazoo.  Then we guessed what was in our Alphabet Can and did our Picture Guess for things that start with K.  After that, we had a social lesson with Mrs. Pittz on feelings.  We learned how people can feel differently about the same thing and how that is ok.  Everybody has feelings, sometimes we feel them in our bodies, show them on our faces and say them with our voices.  We enjoyed an outdoor recess!  Then we did our last math assessment with number bonds and number sentences.  We finished up with our March Self Portrait.  Students are getting really good at drawing themselves!  

Reminders:

1) Today, Homework Folders and Take Home Books came home.

2) Next week is conference week.  If your time doesn't work please email me or call the office.  Thank you!

Have a great evening!

~Love, 

Mrs. Wittwer

Fun Friday!

Today was such a great day!  We started off with an AMAZING turnout at Grandparents Day!  Thank you to all the grandparents who showed up for their kiddos!  

Today we had Art-A-Baloo with our amazing art parents.  It is so cool the different projects that we get to do, and this one was just as amazing!  Cherry Blossoms are a sign of spring and soon the Cherry Blossom Festival will happen in Washington D.C.  Students did a great job following directions and putting their blooms on the trees.  Cherry blossoms only last from 4 to 10 days once they bloom, depending on the weather.  Today we also had PE and Music.  The AM class had Library and the PM class had Free Choice and played a short game of 4 Corners.  

Reminders:

1) Keep practicing the Magic 5!  

I can real all my letters (Capital and Lowercase). 

I can say all my letter sounds.

I can read all my sight words.

I can read all my numbers (0-31)

I can count to 100 without any errors.

 Our goal is to get all students to master them by the end April! 

2) Homework Folders will come home on Monday.

3) Take Home Book Exchange is Monday, please do not forget the sticky note!

4) If the conference time that I emailed you does not work, please email me and let me know so we can find a time that does work. Thank you!

Have a great weekend!

~Love, 

Mrs. Wittwer 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We had such a great day today!  We started out with looking at all the tricks Silly McGilly, the leprechaun did to our classroom.  Students walked around with clipboards and tallied up all the silly tricks he played on us.  There were quite a few!  Then we colored the coloring page he left us.  After that we worked on pot of gold number bonds, up to ten.  After that we enjoyed a nice recess outside.  Then we had reading groups focusing on the /L/ sound and blending with that sound.  It is a tricky little sly sound sometimes that blends easily into other sounds.  Then we wrote words that have the /l/ sound.  At the other rotations we listened to the story "Peanut Butter and Cupcake," Jacks Rainbow Beans (focusing on shapes), and read and wrote sentences from our decodable book.  We finished our day with cutting and making our shamrock glasses.  

Reminders:
1) Today the books were exchanged.
2) Students have received their Magic 5 Certificates if they have met all five targets.  If your child has not met the Magic 5 yet, please keep practicing them at home.  Email me when your child is ready to test in a one of the areas.  Please keep practicing the magic five even after your child has met them, so they do not forget.  I want them to be super solid on them when they go to first grade.
3) Homework folders are due tomorrow.
4) AM Library books are due tomorrow.
5) The book fair is going on now, it started today and goes through next Wednesday!
6) Grandparents day is tomorrow at 8:15 am!  
7) Silverwood Reading Logs are due tomorrow!!  

Have a great night!
~Love, 
Mrs. Wittwer 
   

Friday!

We love our Fridays together!

Both classes had P.E. and music today with Mrs. Mulder. They played games, used rhythm sticks, and listened to a story. Our am class also had library today. Pm kiddos will have library on Monday (3-14-16). During our class time, we talked a lot about being yourself. We then read a book called Elmer. 

It's all about an elephant who isn't gray like the others, he is patchwork. It's such a wonderful book about being yourself, but also friendship. After discussing the book, the students made their very own Elmer. 

Next week, I will be finishing all my spring assessments with kiddos and giving out their certificates if they met a Magic 5 target!  All the kinders did such a wonderful job!  If your child met a Magic 5 Target it will come home next week!  Just a loving reminder to please continue to practice all the Magic 5 Targets! If the kinders don't keep reviewing their letters, sounds, numbers, counting, and sight words, they forget. If you need any supplies (e.g. flashcards, 100 chart, etc.) please let me know! I want the kiddos to go into first grade feeling SUPER confident in their skills! 

 

Important Information:

1. Homework folders will be coming home on Monday (3-14-16).

2. Take Home books are due on Monday (3-14-16).

3. Grandparents Day is Friday, March 18th from 8:15-9:00am for both AM and PM kinders!

4. With the spring weather, please make sure your child has layers so that we can go outside. We still need coats and hoods, so we can go outside to play. Thanks! 

Have a great weekend!

~Love, 

Mrs. Wittwer

Wednesday!

Today we started our day with a math fluency activity.  There have been more of these coming home recently.  These fluency activities are to help students figure out strategies to count and find how many more are needed to make a specific number up to 10.  The more they practice these strategies, the more fluent they will become.

After our fluency activity, we transferred our informational Fox writing from our graphic organizer to lined paper.  I was SO impressed with students writing skills today!  I cannot wait to show you at conference time!  After writing, we had recess (indoor in the am, and outdoor in the pm).  After recess, we had reading groups working on reading our leveled readers, sight word practice, the "and" sight word page, and we listened to "Froggy's Worst Playdate."  After reading groups, we finished strong with our math lesson of the day.  We are working on "Part" + "Part" = "Whole/Total."  We are working on writing our number sentence/equation both ways.  Our focus is to keep the total by the = sign and the two "parts" on both sides of the + sign.  The more you can help your child individually at home with this, the more comfortable they will become.

Students know that it doesn't matter which "part" comes first, just that both parts need to be by the plus sign.  The equation can start or end with the total!  Equations can be written both ways:

8=2+6

6+2=8 or
2+6=8  

Reminders:
1) Tomorrow the Take Home Book Exchange is due.  Please be sure your child has a sticky note!  :)
2) If you haven't returned the Kindergarten Conference pamphlet, please do so! :)   I need it returned for every student, if you have other students that attend Prairie View, please notice the kindergarten pamphlet is different from the rest of the school.  Thank you for your help and patience as we pilot this new conference system!
3) Grandparents Day is March 18th from 8:15-9:00am for both AM and PM kinders! 

Have a great night!
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer

Monday!

We had a great day back!

We started our day with introducing our new letter of the week, Bb!  We then welcomed Mrs. Pittz into our classroom for another social skills lesson. The lesson focused on how feelings can be expressed with facial expressions, but also voice, and body posture. Once the lesson was over, we did our calendar and Daily News routine, as well as our picture guess. We guessed different pictures that started with the /b/ sound and read a story called "Bubble Bear". Recess was once again outside, which felt great...even though it was a bit chilly. :) We transitioned to math after recess, where the kiddos again identified/wrote what the two parts were, as well as the whole (e.g. 2 + 6 = 8). Lastly, we started our first independent informational writing task today. 

The students listened to different facts about foxes, looked at pictures, and also got to see a short clip about how foxes use their incredible hearing to catch their prey. I've included the video link below, as it is quite amazing to see. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yUwM5mHBD8#action=share

Important Information:

1. Homework folders came home today (3-7-16).

2. Take Home Books were exchanged/checked in today (3-7-16).

3. Grandparents Day is March 18th from 8:15-9:00am for both AM and PM kinders!

4. If you haven't turned in your child's Conference Form, please do so as soon as you can (or by Friday).  Thank you!  :)  Every kindergartener should have a form filled out, even if they have other siblings, this is a different pamphlet with different times.  Thank you for your patience as we navigate this new conference scheduling process!

Have a great evening!

~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer   

Friday Info!

Today, in your child's backpack, there is a Prairie View Spring Conference Scheduling Pamphlet. 

This spring there will be a new scheduling process. Please read the entire pamphlet, fill it out completely, and return it on or before March 11, 2016.

Important Information:

1. Homework folders will be coming home on Monday (3-7-16).

2. Take Home books are due on Monday (3-7-16).

3. Grandparents Day is March 18th from 8:15-9:00am for both AM and PM kinders!

4. With the spring weather, please make sure your child has layers so that we can go outside. We still need coats and hoods, so we can go outside to play. Thanks!