Week 20

Goes out to several of our kiddos!  Eli, Karlee, and Oaklyn earned an extra special surprise stuffed animal for being our 3 Top Raz Kid Readers over the Winter Break!

Then, Ellis, Avery, and Oaklyn passed off a level in Raz Kids over the Winter Break!  They got to clip-up on our class chart and earned a free Pizza Hut Coupon! 

RAZ KID REMINDER… your child should be on or close to finishing
level A to be on track for 1^st grade.  All children should be ready to begin level D by the end of kindergarten.  

That means they will have completed the following levels: aa, A, B, and C.  ALL children should be working on Raz Kids at least 3 days each week.

We also had a really fun Hot Chocolate Party on Friday for those children that turned in their completed Hot Chocolate Challenge form.  We ate lunch together in the classroom and had hot chocolate with marshmallows!  

REPORT CARDS will be coming home on Friday the 13^th.  Talk with your child and  celebrate all of the wonderful things they have accomplished and learned!  
Then sign the envelope (keep the report card) and return it to school.

Eek! Our Treasure Box is getting very low on prizes.  Small treasures from Walmart, The Dollar Store, or Zurchers are great.  Thank you for your continued support!

Thursday, January 26^th

12:00 – 3:00 pm

We can take 3-5 parents.  I only have Mrs. Norman signed up so far.  Remember that if you would like to volunteer you will need to come into the school and complete a back ground check with the secretaries.  It is not hard to do and the secretaries will walk you through it.  To do that you will need a photo ID and social security or ID number.  It takes 48 hours for the check to be completed and OPA will pay for the back ground fee.

THIS WEEK…

We will finish up our math unit on Weight by Wednesday and move onto Capacity. 

We will resume Words Their Way Spelling Sorts.  Several of the children have advanced into new groups!  Make sure you look closely at the sort your child brings home this week.  If your child was in Letter Sorts and moving up to Short Vowels they will now be writing consonant, vowel, consonant words instead of just beginning sounds. 

Our DIBELS Assessment will begin next week.  Part of the homework is a practice page to help prepare them for this assessment.  Please read it carefully and notify me if you have any questions.  There are 4  parts to the timed test:

1.    Letter names

2.    Identifying beginning sounds

3.    Segmenting cvc words

4.    Reading nonsense words

Last week we started our expository writing unit on EAGLES.  This is huge!  In the next 3 weeks we will be learning about eagles and writing about them to create a book.  This book will then be submitted to the Love Your Library Contest that the library is hosting.  This is always a wonderful book.  I can't wait to see what the children write about this year!

Have a fabulous week!

Mrs. Scalise