Week of January 27th-31st

Upcoming Events:
1/30- 100th Day of School!!

Special Schedule:
1/27- Day 5- Music
1/28- Day 6- Art
1/29- Day 7- Computers
1/30- Day 8- Gym
1/31- Day 1- Music

Reminders:

Book logs are due on January 31st. New PBIS calendars will be in folders on Monday, February 3rd. 

What we are learning:

Reading- We are beginning Unit 4, week 1. The story of the week is Rooster’s Off to See the World. The question of the week is: What can we learn from our adventures? The phonics skill is /h/ spelled Hh. The comprehension skill is sequence. The amazing words for this story are: world, lonely, trip, horizon, journey, homesick. The high-frequency words: are, that, do

Math- We are on Unit 3: Comparing Numbers. The essential question of the week is: how can numbers from 0 to 20 be ordered and compared? You can help your child by working with them on comparing numbers 0-20 (identifying  the number that is greater or smaller) and writing/arranging numbers 0-20 in order.

In Spring Math, students are working on counting circles and circling the corresponding number using numbers 1-20

Just a note:

Report Cards were sent home on Friday. Please sign and return Report Card envelopes!

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at ksomers@northschuylkill.net , or by phone (570) 874-3661 ext. 3245

Week of January 20th-24th

Just a note:

DIBELS Math and Reading scores have been sent home if your child was present both days of DIBELS testing. I am so proud to see the progress my students are making! Great work!!

Upcoming Events:
1/20- NO School- Teacher In-Service Day
1/24- Report Cards sent home


Special Schedule:
1/20- NO School
1/21- Day 1- Music
1/22- Day 2- Art
1/23- Day 3- Library
1/24- Day 4- Gym

Reminders:

• Please continue to work on identifying letters and letter sounds, rhyming words and counting from 0 to 100 with your child.
• Please continue to read a book each night with your child and document it in their reading log! If your child reads 15 books per month, they will receive a Pizza Hut certificate.
• Ice cream day in cafeteria is now on Wednesday’s.

What we are learning:

Reading- We are on Unit 3, week 6. The story of the week is The Lion and the Mouse. The question of the week is: What causes us to change the way we feel? The phonics skill is /o/ spelled Oo. The comprehension skill is main idea. The amazing words for this story are: jungle, beast, nibbling, snarled, trembling, entangled. The high-frequency words are: they, you, of .

Math- We are on Unit 3: Comparing Numbers. The essential question of the week is: how can numbers from 0 to 20 be ordered and compared? You can help your child by working with them on comparing numbers 0-20 (identifying  the number that is greater or smaller) and writing/arranging numbers 0-20 in order.

Writing- We are on Unit 5 of writing. We are working on writing lowercase letters, as well as writing sentences and whole words. We are practicing beginning sentences with a capital letter, ending with a period, and leaving spaces between words.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at ksomers@northschuylkill.net , or by phone (570) 874-3661 ext. 3245

Week of January 13th-17th

Upcoming Events:
1/16- 3rd Marking Period begins
1/17- Spartan Dress Down Day- $1 donation
1/20- Teacher In-Service day
1/24- Report cards sent home
1/13-1/17- Reading DIBELS testing- Middle of Year Testing

Special Schedule:

1/13- Day 4- Gym

1/14- Day 5- Music

1/15- Day 6- Art

1/16- Day 7- Computers

1/17- Day 8- Gym

Reminders:

• Ice cream day in the cafeteria for Kindergarten has been changed to Wednesday’s starting January 15th.
• Please continue to practice sight words. I will be testing this week.
• You can also work on identifying letters and letter sounds, rhyming words and counting from 0 to 100.
• Please continue to read a book each night with your child and document it in their reading log!

What we are learning:

Reading- We are on Unit 3, week 5. The story of the week is Then and Now. The question of the week is: How are things we use today different from things used long ago? The phonics skill is /o/ spelled Oo. The comprehension skill is draw conclusions. The amazing words for this story are: gears, headphones, webcams, handwritten, phonographs, newspapers. The high-frequency words are: they, you, of .

Math- We are on Unit 3: Comparing Numbers. The essential question of the week is: how can numbers from 0 to 10 be ordered and compared? You can help your child by working with them on comparing numbers 0-10 (identifying  the number that is greater or smaller) and writing numbers that are one fewer or one more than a given number. 

In Spring Math, we are still working on finding the missing number up to 10. You can help by working with your child on identifying and writing numbers up to 10, and counting forward and backward up to 10.

Writing- We are on Unit 4 of writing. We are still working on writing lowercase letters, as well as writing sentences and whole words. We are practicing beginning sentences with a capital letter, ending with a period, and leaving spaces between words.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at ksomers@northschuylkill.net , or by phone (570) 874-3661 ext. 3245

Week of January 6th-10th

Happy New Year!!

Upcoming Events:

1/10- DIBELS Math testing for Kindergarten

1/16- 3rd Marking Period begins

1/17- Spartan Dress Down Day- $1 donation

1/20- Teacher In-Service day

1/24- Report cards sent home

Special Schedule:

1/06- Day 7- Computers

1/07- Day 8- Gym

1/08- Day 1- Music

1/09- Day 2- Art

1/10- Day 3- Library

Reminders:

•Please continue to practice sight words.

•You can also work on identifying letters and letter sounds, rhyming words and counting from 0 to 100.

What we are learning:

Reading- We are on Unit 3, week 4. The story of the week is Farfallina and Marcel. The question of the week is: What happens when animals change? The phonics skill is /f/ spelled Ff. The comprehension skill is plot. The amazing words for this story are: goose, gosling, caterpillar, butterfly, reflection, cocoon. The high-frequency words are: see, look.

Math- We ware beginning Unit 3: Comparing Numbers. The essential question of the week is: how can numbers from 0 to 10 be ordered and compared? Please continue to work with your child on counting, identifying, representing, and writing numbers 0-20.

In Spring Math, we are still working on finding the missing number up to 10. You can help by working with your child on identifying and writing numbers up to 10, and counting forward and backward up to 10.

Writing- We are on Unit 4 of writing. We are still working on writing lowercase letters, but we are continuing working on writing sentences and whole words. We are beginning sentences with a capital letter, ending with a period, and leaving spaces between words.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at ksomers@northschuylkill.net , or by phone (570) 874-3661 ext. 3245