Newsletter for Friday, January, 27 2011

Hello again Kindergarten families,

 

Great job supporting your kindergartner’s transition into spelling! In the coming week we will continue to review how to set up HW pages and tests. We will keep working on encoding, decoding, and recoding.  See below in the Riggs section for next week to read more details on this. Everyone really is doing great.

 

HOMEWORK for January 30th to February 2nd

Monday:

  • RIGGS: On Riggs paper practice missed phonograms 4 times. Please focus on correct HW set up:
  • MATH: Saxon worksheet 72B (2-sided).
  • Read aloud with your kindergartner for at least 15 minutes.
    • Name/date on first baseline (use numbered date so it fits).
    • Skip a baseline after name/date.
    • Paper is folded into 4 sections to create 3 vertical lines (In half and in half again).
    • Skip a baseline between words.
    • Missed words HW: writing words 4 times: 1 time to the R of the red margin line and 3 times to the R of each fold line.
    • Missed Phonograms on HW: not using fold lines – begin to R of L margin line and leave finger space between multiple letter phonograms. Alternate phonograms.
    • When a line is FULL from L margin all the way to R margin, skip a baseline and continue.
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Tuesday:

  • RIGGS: On Riggs paper recite and write 3 times: a.Practice missed 4 times.
  • MATH: Saxon worksheet 73B (2-sided).
  • Read aloud with your kindergartner for at least 15 minutes.

 

Wednesday:

  • NO HOMEWORK

 

Thursday:

  • RIGGS:

1.      On Riggs paper recite and write 3 times: it.Practice missed 4 times.

2.      On Riggs paper recite and write spelling words that use spelling rule 13 (vowels say their name at the end of a syllable).

 

Coming the week of January 30th  to February 2nd in Kindergarten: 

Riggs: Below are some things we will be working on in class. It’s great if you can support this at home so I will describe in detail so you can support at home. The attachments and descriptions in last week’s newsletter will continue to be helpful. Refer to as necessary.

1.Spelling Dictation: Spelling dictation happens in class daily for each new word. It is great if you practice this at home during HW. You may use the sample dialogue I sent last week. This info is just to help you and keep you in the loop of what goes on in class. This is just to support and add information to last weeks newsletter and forms.

    • Encode: Convert the sounds (phonemes/phonograms) we hear into letter form (graphemes) on the paper. This is the time that teacher is saying word and asking students what sounds they hear and having them write. Questions to guide: How many syllables in the word_________? How about a sample sentence for the word _________? (Have them tell you a sentence for the word so that they understand the meaning and appropriate use of the word. You can give a sample one first.) What is the 1st/next/last sound you hear? From what phonogram? Are there any markings – why/why not?
    • Recode: Students look at letters (graphemes) on paper and read back the phonograms (phonemes) to the teacher. During this time the teacher is asking students what they heard/wrote.  Questions to guide: What was the 1st/next/last sound you heard? From what phonogram? Were there any markings – why/why not?
    • Decode: Students read back the written word. Guiding statement: Let’s read the word we wrote.

 

2.      Setting up Riggs Paper: We do this in class but wanted you to be able to follow along from home.

    • New Word(s) in class: Writing word on the left of left margin line (only in class during HW page set up).
    • New words HW: writing words for HW on the R of each of the 3 fold lines as margin lines (write 3 times).
    • Missed words HW: writing words on the R of the red margin line and 3 fold lines (write 4 times).
    • Words on tests: skip baselines and write on the R or the L margin line.
    • Phonograms on HW and on tests: not using fold lines – begin to R of L margin line and leave finger space between multiple letter phonograms. Skip baselines.

 

New Spelling Words this week: (See phonogram/spelling list for sample markings)

    • a: spelling rule 13
    • it
    • is: mnemonic marking 4
    • she: mnemonic marking 2, spelling rule 13
    • can
    • see: mnemonic marking 2

 

Saxon: Review pairs, counting by 2’s on the odd numbers, rules to draw line segments; Lesson 72: Sorting Objects; Lesson 73 and 74: Tally and add 2-digit numbers with regrouping using dimes and pennies; Lesson 75-1: Estimating measurements and measuring using non-standard units; Lesson 75-2: Mid-Unit assessment.

 

Social Studies: American Presidents: George Washington

 

Character Education: Orderliness: Arranging myself and my surroundings for the greatest efficiency.

 

Great Body Shop: The Family Team

 

CK Literature: Chosen stories from Aesop's Fables

 

CK Poetry: There Was an Old Woman; Old Mother Hubbard 

 

Saying and Phrases: Where there’s a will there’s a way.

 

Upcoming Field Trips and Events:

  • February 1st: ALL school spelling bee @ 8am. Kinder is invited to participate. We will hold a spelling bee in our room, using list 1 of Riggs spelling. The 2 students who spell the most words correctly will be invited to participate. The 3rd student who spells the most correctly will be an alternate.

 

  • Feb 17th:Oregon Children's Theatre: Magi School Bus The Climate Challenge. We will take a bus there and back.

 

  • March 23rd: Oregon Zoo visits the classroom

 

  • April 12th: Kinder CK Event: Poetry Open Mic (We will being to work on this in March)

 

  • April 18th: METRO Earth Day Puppet Show: Compost City. At MITCH.

 

  • April 26th: K – 8 Spring Concert.