Newsletter 15

Happy New Year and Welcome Back! 

Upcoming Events

*January 24- Half Day of School.

* Dismiss at 12:06

*January 29- Late Start

Needed: Photos

We are in need of photos of our class for our page in the Lincoln School Yearbook. Below is a link to a Google Album that you can put your photos into to make it easy for our parents that are organizing this to get them. Please take a few minutes to add some pics of our fun activities!

Thank you!   

Mrs. Bartz's Photo Album

NWEA

Last week we went to the computer lab to take the NWEA test to show your child’s growth in Math and Reading. Each test was about 30 minutes. We will do these again at the end of the year. 

           

           

Sight Words

We will be starting something new to help us learn our sight words.  We have 6 lists of words, one for each color in the rainbow, going in order from red to purple.  When your child can read a whole list, he/she can color in that strip on a rainbow we have here at school.  When all the colors are colored in, on their rainbow, meaning that your child knows all of our Kindergarten sight words, they will bring home their rainbow and a pack of Skittles, and a special surprise to celebrate.  We are going to be checking how they are progressing from now until the end of the year.  When your child gets to a word he/she does not know, they will bring that list home with the word circled.  Please practice that word and the words after it on that list.  They can then have another chance to read the list correctly and color in the corresponding strip on their rainbow.  They will then move on to the next list. 

Math Bags

Math bags will come home every Tuesday. You have two nights to do the activity as many times as you want. Each bag has a math activity to help your child practice skills they need this year.  Do your best to help your child play the game/complete the activity.  The extra practice will be helpful.  Sign the yellow form, and send the bag back on Thursdays. We appreciate questions and feedback to make these learning experiences even better. I hope you’re having fun! Thank you!

  

This Cycle

In language arts we read “Katy’s First Day of School”.  We talked about what we remember about our first day of school as we made connections between the story and our lives. We also worked on using pictures and things we know to make inferences about what is going on in the story. There are so many things we can figure out about a story without the author actually telling us.

In math we are working on adding and subtracting by drawing pictures and using the plus and minus signs.    

In phonics we have been practicing the letter Bb will be working on the short Uu sound.  This sound can be difficult as a lot of children want to use the Yy sound.  Please practice this sound at home with your child and point it out when reading.

In science we began to learn about motion and forces.  We will learn that everything needs a force, a push or a pull, to get moving. In math we are learning about 3D shapes and how they are different from 2D shapes. We are also practicing using the + and = signs. In Writing, we are learning how to write informational text about an animal, a person, or an activity we know all about!

Homework Websites

Please remember that you have access to Lexia,  IXL math and Raz-Kids websites at home. These can be used on the computer or ipad and are an excellent way for your child to practice their skills at home! The links to these sites can be found on the Lincoln School Media Center Symbaloo.

Valentine Cards

Your child will be bringing home name labels for their valentines.  Please USE these.  Have your child cut out the squares and glue them on the envelopes so they are visible.  If the valentines do not have envelopes, glue them on the valentine so they are visible.  Your child will be doing a matching activity with these at the party.  Please send in your child’s valentines no earlier than Monday, February 13^th.  They will be decorating a bag to collect their valentines in so they will not need to bring in a Valentine box.

100^th Day

We will celebrate our 100^th day of school on Thursday, February 6^th.  A letter will come home explaining the project you and your child are to do and bring in on the Monday before the 100^th day.  We will display these for the week in the hallway and then return them home at the end of the week.  The projects can be a collection all together in a container, a collection displayed in a creative way, or items in groups of 5’s or 10’s.  Our 100^th day is coming soon so start planning now what your child would like to bring in for their project!