"W"ow what a week!
This
week we focused on the letter W. Where the Wild Things Are,
Mrs. Wishy Washy, and Wacky Wednesday are some of the
great books we read during the week. Students worked on predicting and
retelling stories as they picked out details from the beginning, middle, and end
of our stories. It is important for your child to be able to identify the
characters, setting, and details from each story we read. It would be beneficial
to ask them about these things while reading to them at home. We want to
eventually have the kindergarten students able to write their own stories with a
beginning, middle, and end. Having conversations with your child DURING reading
will help them to "notice" important details and become better at comprehending
what they read. You can ask them if the story reminds them of any experiences
they have had, or any other book they have read. Making connections while they
read is an important skill.
In writer's workshop we will continue to focus spacing and conventions (capital letters where needed and punctuation at the end). I will also talk to them about revisiting stories and adding details to make them longer. When your child brings home books or papers they have written during writer's workshop, please ask them to read them to you. It gives you a great opportunity to celebrate their writing and encourage them to take more writing risks. At this time in the year we expect to see more writing, than drawing. If your child's work seems to be more drawing, try to encourage them to add details to their writing at home.
In math this week we will begin to learn about measurement. Students will compare objects. We will discuss which items are longer, shorter, or about the same length. Students will get a chance to explore height, weight, area, and capacity over the course of this unit. Report cards are right around the corner...we will spend some time assessing math skills this week and next as well.
In writer's workshop we will continue to focus spacing and conventions (capital letters where needed and punctuation at the end). I will also talk to them about revisiting stories and adding details to make them longer. When your child brings home books or papers they have written during writer's workshop, please ask them to read them to you. It gives you a great opportunity to celebrate their writing and encourage them to take more writing risks. At this time in the year we expect to see more writing, than drawing. If your child's work seems to be more drawing, try to encourage them to add details to their writing at home.
In math this week we will begin to learn about measurement. Students will compare objects. We will discuss which items are longer, shorter, or about the same length. Students will get a chance to explore height, weight, area, and capacity over the course of this unit. Report cards are right around the corner...we will spend some time assessing math skills this week and next as well.
Please read following about Fun Fair, March 16th:
The Fun Fair is the PTA's biggest fund raising event of the year and it cannot happen without volunteers to work the various attractions. We need over 85 volunteers on the day and with only 2 weeks to go, we are still short over 15 people.
Think how much your child would enjoy seeing
you being involved in the Fun Fair. There are 2 shifts: the first from 11-1 and
the second from 1-3 so there will be time for you to help and still enjoy going
round the Fun Fair with your family.
We will struggle to run the Fair with such a deficit of help on the day.
Please, consider giving just 2 hours of your time to help the PTA bring in
thousands for the school.
If you have any questions, please contact Debs McDonagh (deborah.e.mcdonagh@gmail.com), Volunteer Coordinator.
The Book Fair will also be held on March 16th. Today you received a flyer that shows a sample of some of the great books available. I will not be ordering online through Scholastic this month. The Book Fair is a great opportunity to help our school. See a fun book that you would like to donate to the class? Not only will you be adding to your child's classroom library, part of the money spent on books will be given back to the May Watts LMC. Thank you, in advance for participating.
Thank you to Mrs. Sajja, Mrs. Kalota, Mrs. Ashish, and Mrs. Cowan for helping with Literacy Centers this week. It's always a fun time! Finally, we welcome new student Eshal to our classroom. Glad to have you at May Watts!
Have a great weekend!
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