camp: Monday

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Please do not hesitate to contact me! :)

angie.wittwer@mead354.org

509-465-7830

AM Specialist (all on Friday): PM Specialist:

Music: 10:30-10:55 P.E.: 1:10-1:35 (Fri)

Library: 9:20-9:50 Music: 2:00-2:25 (Fri)

P.E.: 11:20-11:45 Library: 2:50-3:10 (Mon)

Homework:

Part A) Every night students should read their take home book and practice their sight words. Take home books are exchanged only on Mondays and Thursdays.

**If your child is ready for a new book, a sticky note needs to be attached saying "new book."

Part B) Homework Page goes home on Monday and is returned on Friday in their homework folder. Each night students should:

1) Write their name in their best handwriting.

2) Write their daily sentence sounding out their words

3) Complete the math challenge, it follows along with our math program so every student should be able to do this.

Library Books are due on Thursdays so students can check out on Fridays.

Monday, January 11, 2016

Monday

We had a wonderful Monday! We are reviewing the letters Nn and Cc and the sight words "to" and "have." Today, we started our day sharing what we did over the weekend with our table mates and then everyone wrote a sentence about it. We are working super hard on our giraffe, chicken and monkey letters, making sure the letters are sitting on the line and that we end our sentence with punctuation! We read our Message of the Day, worked on subitizing (quickly counting in our brain) dot cards of 5, 6 and 7. We then did Calendar and our Daily News. Mrs. Pittz came into our class and taught us social and learning skills. Today, we learned what to do if someone is distracting us while we are learning. In math, we worked on the vocabulary of "equal," "fewer," "enough" and "the same as." The students did a great job counting and figuring out how many more or less we would need to have the same number.

It's very fitting that we're talking about the word "equal" because after math, we read a VERY good non-ficition book about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Our dialogue about Dr. King was so rich and I am truly proud of your kiddos. We learned that Dr. King wanted laws to be fair and equal for everyone. We had a great discussion about what that means. Lastly, our AM class was able to do a short free choice and our PM class had library.

Important Information:

1. Please read the personal safety letter (either the one that was sent home last week or attached to the email I sent this afternoon).

2. Take Home Books were sent home today.

3. Homework Folders came home today!

4. Kindergarten will be starting RAZ-Kids (an on-line reading program) and IXL (an on-line math program) this week. In your child's homework folder, on the left side are both user name and passwords for these programs. Both these programs are meant to be used as tools to practice and challenge your child. They do not replace the current homework.

5. Grandparent's Day will be March 18, 2016 from 8:15am-9:00am.

Have a great evening!

~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer