In Our Class This Week...

I will be out Thursday and Friday for a Kindergarten Professional Development Conference. Please remind yo child to be on their best behavior for the substitute. 

Parent Teacher Conferences are almost here! I will be using an online sign up method for choosing your time slot for our 2016 Parent-Teacher Conferences. 

Please click on the link below and sign up for what would work best for you!

Mrs. Juarez's Parent Teacher Conferences Sign Up

Make sure to check out our Shutterfly page for class pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invitation.

If you have any question or concerns please feel free to email me, text back to the reminders I set or stop by the classroom.

School News:

Bring Your Own Device information

11/29: Parent Volunteer Guidelines Meeting @ 5pm Rustin

12/5-12/8: Parent Teacher Conferences

12/6: Last fall session of Science Club

 12/7: Hour of Code
Students may brig in their own devices this day.
Please download any coding apps prior to this. Here are some suggested apps:
Scratch
Tynker
Move The Turtle
Hopscotch
Daisy The Dinosaur
Cargo Bot

12/9: NO SCHOOL

12/14: Caroling and crafts @ Senior Center

12/16: Awards @ 8am

12/20: Vision and Hearing Test

Winter Performance @ 1pm

We would like Kinder to wear their Holiday best (Red, white and green)

12/21: Holiday Party (more information to come)

NO AFTER SCHOOL

12/22-1/6: Winter Break

Here is a look into our week

Language Arts: Unit 2-week 6: "Jack and the Beanstalk"

Unit Test Friday

          Beginning, middle and ending sounds in words

         CVC words

          Rhyming words

          Identify words with same beginning, middle or ending sounds

          HFW: have, is, we, my, like, he, for

          Reading comprehension

Letter of the week: I

Letter I song ABC Mouse

Letter I song Have Fun Teaching

Letter I song Storybots

Home activities: Look for the letter I (in all kinds of fonts)

Say words that begin with the /i/ sound

Draw pictures that begin with the /i/ sound

Sound middle Ii-CVC words

Big Pig Song

Pig, tip, pin, sit, him, 

Make a list words with these endings

-ig, -ip,-in, -it, -im

Weekly reading comprehension test: Every Friday (Based on the comprehension skill of the week)

Song we review in class:  Parts of a Story song

This week's focus:  REALISM VS FANTASY

High Frequency Words (HFW): Same set of words last for two weeks. These words are meant to be read just by seeing them.

This week's words: he, for

Math: Unit 4 Ordering Numbers 

Count to 10, even with missing numbers

Count items for each number up to 10

Minus one (one less)
TEST TUESDAY

Begin Unit 5: Shapes
Identify similar solid shapes
Name shapes

Science: Animals in Winter

Students will be able to state facts about animals in winter.

Social Studies: 

Students will be able to describe the meaning of a holiday.

Writing: The Handwriting House TEST FRIDAY

Write CVC words

Thank you,

Mrs. Juarez