Week of January 20-24, 2014

Kindergarten News

·      There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 20^th for students due to a scheduled teacher in-service day.  Enjoy your long weekend and be sure to prepare for your upcoming United States’ report.

·      This week in Phonics we will begin learning the consonant letter Zz as in zebra and zoo.   Students will be learning their Zip codes.  On Friday, Mrs. Potts will ask students to say their zip codes and treats will be given! Students will be showing and telling some information about an assigned state as part of an oral report and research project for the vowel letter Uu.  Please follow your child’s Show & Tell schedule!   **Word List 11 will be tested on Friday, January 24^th (Please note List 10 was accidently skipped and will be tested on 1/31).  Please practice daily!

·      We will be starting the next story farfallina and marcel for Reading.  In this book we will talk about the comprehension strategy “plot” and how friendships are formed and can change.  We will also review the letter Ff.   Watch for your new Family Times news!

·      In Math we will be finishing Topic 6; Numbers to 100.  Practice counting by 1s and 10s to 100 and talk about the patterns on a 100 chart, like counting by 2s; odd and even numbers.   Take some time to review daily practice pages!

·      The 3^rd marking period begins this week and report cards are scheduled to go home on Friday, January 24^th.   Please keep in mind that this is a standards based report card and it is not your typical report card with “grades”.  The scoring rubric is designed with the standards that are expected to be met by the end of Kindergarten.  Your child’s goal is to score a 3, or mastery of the standard, and if he/she has scored a 1 or 2 in any areas, then these are the areas that your child needs to strengthen and improve by the end of Kindergarten.  Only some of the standards are scored during the 2^nd marking period, so if you see an N/A or XX on the report card then these standards will be scored in the 3^rd and/or 4^th periods.  **Be sure to SIGN and RETURN the report card, rubrics, and testing pages sent home.   **After all report cards have been reviewed, signed and returned to the teacher they will be sent home again for you to keep.  (If you have any questions or concerns, then please contact the teacher.)

Happy Birthday to Carson Wetzel!  His 6^th birthday was Thursday, January 16^th.  We also celebrated Aaron Brayford’s June 15^th and Hunter Davidson’s June 17^th birthdays on Wednesday, 1/15 and Friday, 1/17.  Best Wishes boys!!!

Tuesday, January 21^st will be Day 5.  Students will need gym attire and sneakers on Tuesday, 1/21, and library books on Friday, 1/24.