Weekly News & Homework: January 13th-17th

Weekly News: January 13-17


Electives and Success Academy begin again this week. 

Students have been doing such a wonderful job on writing last names! If your child is still struggling with this, please practice at home! You can make it a part of your writing homework.

Our "wallets" have been a big hit in the classroom! Students are excited to "earn money" for making good use of classroom time and for good behavior and hard work throughout the day. On Friday, we had our first visit to the classroom store. Students have the opportunity to trade out their money for larger coins (5 pennies for a nickel, etc) and choose to spend money on a prize or save it for a larger prize later.  If you are able, we'd love more prizes/small trinkets for our "class store"!!! Thank you for your continued support!

A LOOK AHEAD: Our next kindergarten field trip is scheduled for Wednesday, January 29th. We will be going to the San Bernardino Children's Museum in Redlands. It is sure to be an exciting “hands on” experience.  We will be leaving school by bus at 8:30 SHARP and returning by dismissal. Permission slips for our field trip will be coming home as the field trip gets closer. If you are interested in being a chaperone please email me or ParentSquare message me (bbobrink@inlandleaders.com) and let me know BY FRIDAY JANUARY 17TH, as we need to give our final head count to the museum. Chaperones are welcome to follow us or ride the bus if there is room, and will need to pay a chaperone fee at the door ($5.00) Please remember that school policy states NO SIBLINGS. Thanks! We are looking forward to a wonderful field trip! 


Last week, we began taking Math Fact Fluency Tests on Addition and Subtraction. These tests will come home oncer a week as your child progresses through each level. Please take some time to review these tests, and reinforce and practice these skills at home. Thank you for your support!

Upcoming Events:  
Monday, January 20: NO SCHOOL
Friday, January 24: 100th DAY OF SCHOOL CELEBRATION (more info coming soon)
Wednesday, January 29: Field Trip to the Children's Museum (more info coming soon)


What Are We Learning This Week?:

Sight Words: WOULD, COULD, SHOULD, WALK, TALK.

Letter Team:  ANG (like in HANG, SANG) and ANK (like in TANK, BANK). 

Reading: This week we are studying and reading about Martin Luther King Jr. and equality for all people. 

Writing: This week we are writing about what our "dream" is and all about Martin Luther King.  We will also continue to practice our narrative writing. We will also continue to work on proper penmanship and writing conventions such as periods and correct capitalization.  


Math: We are beginning our unit on addition and subtraction. Each week, we will focus on a different math strategy - this week, we are learning how to draw pictures or use pictures to help us solve addition and subtraction math problems. Your child came home with a checklist of everything we are learning in this unit, as well as a Pre-Test they took in class. Please go over this pre-test and reinforce these skills at home. We have also begun taking Math Fact Fluency Tests. The end of the year standard is that students will be able to fluently (quickly, without fingers) add and subtract within 5 by the END of the school year. The kids have two minutes (pencil-the rest in crayon after 2 minutes) to complete as much as they can on every math fluency page, with the goal being that if not passed, they get a little farther the next week. There are many levels of math fluency pages that the students will be progressing through. The levels are as following: adding numbers to 0, adding 1 more, taking 1 away, adding and subtracting fluently through 5, adding and subtracting fluently through 10, missing addends, doubles facts through 5, doubles through 10, doubles +1, then double digit addition and number bonds. Students will have a chance to pass his/her level every Friday, will be given daily opportunities to practice during math center time, and should be practicing their level at home. If passed, the following Friday, he/she will move on to the next level. 


Leadership: As always, we will continue to ROAR.

Homework: January 13-17

Flashcards: Make flashcards for our new sight words (WOULD, COULD, SHOULD, WALK, TALK), and letter teams (ANG and ANK). Study flashcards every day.

Phonemic Awareness: Please work with your child on: rhyming, blending, segmenting, syllables, and beginning/middle/ending sounds. 
Reading: We will continue our A-Z Leveled Reading Books this week and fluency passages! Make sure that you are reading your book bag every night! This probably seems like a lot, but I just want to give each student the opportunity to read, read, read! We are learning that readers get better at reading by.. READING! 

Continue to log onto Smarty Ants for 10-15 at least a few times a week. 


Writing: Write in your at-home journal every day.


Math: We have started our unit on addition and subtraction. Please review your child's pre-test that came home to see what skills they need to work on. Please also review your child's Math Facts Tests that come home weekly to reinforce addition and subtraction at home! You can also find these pages uploaded on ParentSquare! 


QR Codes: Download and print the QR Code practice pages on ParentSquare. Work on these pages together. 

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