March 27-31, 2017

Specials

Monday - 3

Tuesday - 4

Wednesday -5

Thursday - 6

Friday - 1

Upcoming Events & Reminders
April 3-7 - SPRING BREAK!
April 19 - All Pro Dad's Breakfast
April 24-28 Book Fair
April 27 - 1st grade to Cincinnati Zoo!
If you are interested in chaperoning, please make sure your background check and volunteer forms are complete! 
April 27 - Celebrate the Arts Night
April 29 - PTA Carnival 2-7pm
May 2-19 - K-PREP Testing Window. This means our schedule will be different during this time.

Spelling List

LIST A

my
try
fly
shy
baby
lady
mommy
sleepy

LIST B

buy
why
sly
reply
crazy
navy
lazy
daddy

Sight Words
Beginning this week, I will begin identifying five sight words for you to practice reading and writing at home each week. I will be choosing 2 of these words to put on our spelling test.

number
what
could
said
here

Kid-Friendly Objectives
I can read, write, and identify words with y as a vowel.
I can write to tell a fictional story.
I can partition shapes into halves and fourths.
I can use illustrations in a text to talk about characters, settings, and events.
I can read and correctly use prepositions in a sentence.

Classroom Donations
-Do you have any gently used books at home (any level) that you are no longer using?
We would LOVE to add some more to our library. We are always looking for more chapter books and picture books :)
-Dry Erase markers
-Stickers
-Post-its

Week in Review
We're starting out with math this week!
This week was all about attributes. To begin, we talked about the attributes of BUTTONS! We read a Frog and Toad book called The Lost Button.

 We sorted my buttons by their attributes.

 Then we wrote about it (I LOVE incorporating writing into mathematics).

 The next day, we sorted our pattern blocks by THEIR attributes.

 We had fun playing "Guess my Attribute." The kids selected 3 shapes and we had to use logic to figure out the attribute used to group those shapes together. Can you guess Apollo's attribute?

 This game creates such great conversation!

When we were finished, we got to compose shapes with our pattern blocks. One sneaky friend helped me make a person...then she insisted they dab. Oh dear.

 We composed shapes by playing Fill My Shape.

 We also problem solved to figure out how many triangles it takes to make a rhombus, trapezoid, hexagon, etc.

Check out that concentration!

 At the end of the week, we wrote about attributes again. This time, we were creating riddles!

 Friday, we used those riddles to help us construct shapes with popsicle sticks and velcro!

 Check out that hexagon!

 These kiddos got a kick out of their circles...if you couldn't tell.

We had great conversations about our comprehension skill: using the illustrations to give us details.

 We had a blast with compound construction this week. We constructed compound words by collaborating to complete puzzles, cup stacks, and matching Easter eggs. The kids had so much fun!

There are 239487 million more pictures that I am keeping in my pocket for our end of the year video. :)

I hope you have a great week!