Week 22

I am so happy and pleased to announce that our DIBELS assessment was a huge success for EVERYONE!  The progress that each child made was a big pay-out for me as a teacher!  I hope when you see your child’s progress report (a copy will be given to you at Parent Teacher Conference) you will also give yourself a pat on the back and smother you child with hugs and kisses!

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Congratulations to our 3 top fabulous Raz Kid readers this last week!  

They are...

          Payton Norman ~ 2 hours and 31 minutes

          Eli Mendoza ~ 2 hours and 23 minutes

           Zairah Jolly ~ 1 hour and 50 minutes

 They will get to pick a prize from our special Treasure Box on Monday.

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LAST WEEK…

SCIENCE – We began studying about Living vs Nonliving Things.  We observed the difference between a rock and meal worms.  A living thing can: move on its own, breathe, eat & drink water, reproduce, grow & change. 

MATH – We are learning how to compare sets (a group of objects) and numbers.  We are using the vocabulary: fewer than & more than.  We are also learning how to calculate how many fewer and how many more there are in each set. 

WRITING – Our eagle writing is really coming along!  I can’t wait for you to see the book they are each writing!  I think you will be impressed!  We have written about what eagles look like, where they live, and this week we will write about eagle babies.  Next week we will finish them by writing about interesting eagle facts.  Then we will submit them to the Love Your Library Contest.

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THIS WEEK…

High Frequency Word Cards (orange) – The next set is in your child’s homework folder.  Please cut them out and begin working on them every night.

HOMEWORK this week is all about getting prepared to celebrate 100 DAYS of KINDERGARTEN!  Please read it carefully.  Your child’s job is to put together a collection of 100 of the same item.  Then put it in the bag (provided) and bring to school along with 3 clues about their collection.  Examples are: 100 Legos, 100 pieces of ribbon, 100 pennies, 100 Cheerios.  Then write 3 clues about your item.  For example if your child brought 100 buttons they could say –

1.      They are on clothes.
2.      They are a circle.
3.      You use them to hold things together.

You may help your child spell words but, please have them do ALL of the writing. 

100 Day is this Thursday but, because that is the day of our field trip to the Treehouse Museum we will celebrate 100 day the following Monday.

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DONATION NEEDED…

     

2 boxes of Fruit Loops or

1 large bag of Fruit Loops type cereal

Please contact me if you would like to donate this.  And speaking of donations, THANK YOU for all of the Treasure Box donations!  The children are loving them and are such a great motivator for our Clip-Up Chart.

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Field Trip ~ Thursday, January 26^th.  We have room for 1 more parent to join us.  If you would like to go please contact me asap.  You will need to complete the school background check.  We will be leaving the school at 12:00 and returning just before regular dismissal.

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Parent Teacher Conferences are just around the corner on February 16^th & 17^th

 I will NOT be holding conferences on Friday the 17^th because I will be out of town.  

Here are your conferencing options:
Sign up for Thursday,  Feb. 16^th
Meet with me before school – any day of your choosing
Meet with me after school – any day except Wednesdays

Last but not least...

Just a reminder that the Penny Wars begin tomorrow, Monday the 23rd.  We want to fill our class can with pennies before anyone can put nickels, dimes, quarters, or dollar bills in it (they are negative amounts to our class total).  

You can also easily make donations online by clicking on the following class link.  All online donations go towards our class total. Our class goal is to get at least $68.00.

http://events.lls.org/pages/ut/Ogden-Preparatory-Academy-2017/MsScalise

IF YOUR CHILD IS ONE OF THE TOP 10 KIDS IN OUR SCHOOL TO GET THE MOST ONLINE DONATION AMOUNT THEY WILL WIN A WRISTBAND FOR FREE OLIVE GARDEN KIDS MEALS FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.!!!

Thank you for your support.