Important Dates

12/16

• Christmas performance practice (school wide @ 8am-please have your child arrive to school on time)
• Emergency Drill @ l0:20

12/17

• Spark of Love- Fire Department to pick-up toys 9:00-10:30am (TK-1 Only)
• Cynthia Fraser Read & Grow Rich Engineering Project (ALL GRADE LEVELS)
• Our class time will be from 8:00-8:45
• Thank you to all those families that have signed up to bring in items!

12/18

• December awards assembly
• Christmas program-performances begin at 2:00 pm
• Everyone can wear red and green

12/19

• Pajama Day
• Polar Express party after lunch
• Vision and Hearing screenings
• After school program closed

December 1st Update

Upcoming REACH dates:

• 12/5 End of 1st Trimester
• 12/8 PTO meeting
• 12/10 Wacky Wednesday and Coding (more information to follow soon-Volunteers will be needed)
• Coffee with director @ 8:30 am
• 12/12 Family Friday Lunch
•  Trimester 1 report cards go home
• 12/18 Award Assembly
• Christmas/Holiday performance @ 2pm
• 12/19 Vision and Hearing test

Look into our week

Language Arts:

• Unit 2 week 5: "A bed for Winter"

• Weekly comprehension exam: Sequence

Math:

• Continue with Chapter 6: Numbers 0-20
• Students will be able to read and write from 10-12
• Students will be able to read and write from 13-16
• Students will be able to read and write from 17-20
• Students will be able to compare groups of up to 20 objects

Social Studies/ Leadership:

• Days of the week and months of the year.
• Students will be able to identify and put them in order. 

Disguise a Turkey

What's Going on This Week

REACH News:

* Our class will be having a small celebration following the festival.

Look at our week

Language arts:

• Unit 2-Week 2 "Nature Spy"




• Weekly test: Comprehension (setting)

Math:

• Finish up Chapter 4 (Count and order numbers 0-10)
• Students will understand and how the meaning of less
• Students will use more and less to compare number values
• Chapter 4 test: Wednesday
• Begin Chapter 5 (Size)
• Students will understand the concept of same-sized
• Students will explore the idea that only a few big objects fit into small spaces and many small objects fit into big spaces

Science:

• Objects and their composition

Social Studies:

• Halloween around the world

Leadership:

• Famous leaders

October 20th-24th

School News:

Look into our week

Language Arts:

• Unit 2-Week 1: "Flowers"

• Weekly comprehension exam: Compare and Contrast

Math:

• Continue with Chapter 4
• Students will be able to compose and decompose numbers to 5.
• Counting and ordering up to 10
• Students will order numbers 0-10
• Using fingers and toes to count on
• Same number and more
• Students will show and understand the meaning of same and more

Science:

• All about pumpkins!
• parts of a pumpkin
• life cycle of a pumpkin
• Foody Fun Friday- Pumpkin Pies!
• Thank you for all the donations! Fun learning activities like this can not be done with out you!

Leadership:

• Safety with products and medicine

Weekly Update

***LUNCH order forms for the month of October went home Friday. Be sure to fill it out and turn it in ASAP (especially if your child receives free or reduced lunch). Ms. Judi will be submitting the lunch requests prior to October starting.

OUR WEEK AT A GLANCE

Language Arts:

Math:

• Continue with chapter 2
• Students will be able to use 0 to 9 to tell the number of objects
• Students will be able to pair up sets of objects with other sets of the same quantity
• Students will pair up sets of objects one-to-one with other sets of the same quantity

Science:

• Chapter 2: Solve problems
• Students will be able to identify a problem and a design and materials for solving it.
• Students will note that one can draw and plan, create and test solution
• Students will explain that solutions can be shared in different ways
• Students will see different items sink or float and will make a prediction about apples and graph it
• Test: on Chapter 2

Social Studies:

• Unit 3: Lesson 1-What jobs do people do?
• Student will match simple descriptions of work that people do and the names of related jobs at the school, in the local community, and from historical accounts

Leadership:

• What is leadership? What do leaders do?

Weekly Update 9/22-26

• 9/22 REACH school board meeting at 7:00 pm
• 9/23 First emergency drill of the year
• Parents please talk to your children about following directions on events like this and how to behave. You may also talk to them about the duck and cover process and another other information you feel your child may need to stay calm on this date and future drills.Thank you.
• 9/25 Awards assemblies (*those students receiving an award will be notified)
• Tk/K 8:00-8:45 am
• 1st/2nd 8:45-9:30 am
• 3rd/4th 9:30-10:15 am
• Lunch
• Our school will now have children input their lunch numbers on a key pad when receiving breakfast or  hot lunch. Please practice with your child at home. I will be sending home a copy of the keypad with their lunch numbers in next week's homework packet. Please keep at home to practice daily (this will help lines go by faster). Thank you!
• PTO (more information  will be in student's homework this week)

Language Arts

• Unit 1-Week 3-"Plaidypus Lost"
• Content Knowledge: Families Living, Working, and Playing Together
• Phonemic Awareness: Initial Sounds
• Letter Recognition: Oo
• Comprehension Skill: Sequence
• Handwriting: O and o
• Listening and Speaking: Rhyme and Rhythm
• High Frequency Words: the, little
• Words to talk about (amazing words): platypus, around, lost, found, market and groceries
• Test: Weekly test-Comprehension-sequence also writing samples (student are given a prompt and asked to write and illustrate about it)

Math

• Chapter 2-Numbers 0-9
• Students will be able to count from 1 to 6.
• Students will be able to count from 1 to 7
• Students will be able to count from 1 to 8
• Students will be able to use 0 to 9 to tell the number of objects
• Students will be able to pair up sets of objects with other sets of the same quantity.

Science

• We will also be learning about apples all week long in honor of Johnny Appleseed celebration on Friday. We will be making apple sauce in our class on Thursday. I will refrigerate it and serve it on Friday. If you would like to donate green apples for the apple sauce, please drop off by Wednesday. Thank you

Social Studies

• Unit 1-Lesson 3: What can we learn from stories?
• Student will know beliefs and related behaviors of characters in stories from times past and understand the consequences of the characters' actions
• Leadership: Complete and turn in all of your work

Weekly Update

Language Arts-

• Story:"We are so proud"
• Content Knowledge: Working and Playing Together at School
• Phonological Awareness: Syllables
• Comprehension Skill: Setting
• HFW: I, am
• Amazing words: proud, preparation, cooperation, creation, float and guide
• Testing
• Comprehension skill: setting
• HFW and letters

Math-

• Continue with Chapter 1: Numbers 1-5
• Not the same but different: All about 3
• Why is this different? All about 4
• All about 5
• spotting small differences
• Testing: Numbers 1-5

Science-

• Continue with Chapter 1: The nature of science
• Students will tell how to use tools to and collect data
• Students will identify how using tools and following rules help children stay safe in science class
• Student will be able to follow directions to create correct mixture
• Testing: Chapter 1-Nature of Science

Social Studies-

• Unit 1: Lesson 2-Who are good citizens?
• Student will be bale to learn examples of honesty, courage, world history from stories and folklore.
• Testing: Who are good citizens?

Leadership-

• Respecting others

Weekly Update

Language Arts:

• Story of the week: The little school bus
• Phonological Awareness: Rhyming Words
• Letter Recognition:A-E
• Comprehension Skill: Character
• Beginning sounds of words
• High Frequency Words (HFW-aka "sight words"): I, am
• Amazing words: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth
• Students will be tested on Friday on Comprehension skill: Character

Math:

• Students this week will be able to:
• count groups of 1 and 2.
• write the numerals 1 and 2.
• match and sort.
• look for sameness.
• understand not the same

Science:

• Chapter 1: The Nature of Science
• Students will be able to:
• tell about working together to ask and answer questions.
• explain how we observe by using the senses.
• tell that children can learn together as they conduct fair tests.

Social Studies/Leadership:

• Unit 1-Lesson 1: Why do we follow the rules?
• Student will be bale to follow rules, such as sharing and taking turns and know the consequences of breaking them

Upcoming Events for this Week

• Monday 9/8 - PTO Meeting 3:30pm-4:30pm (PTO meets the 2nd Mon. of every month)
• Wednesday 9/10 - Coffee with the Director 8:30am in the MPR (meets the 2nd Wed. of every month)
• Wednesday 9/10 - 100 Mile Club Begins 1:15pm (every Wednesday)
• Thursday 9/11 - Back To School Night 6:00pm-7:00pm (Three 20 minute sessions)
• Friday 9/12 - Family Lunch 11:00pm-11:30pm (Don't forget to sign in)

Yearbooks/Summer

Yearbooks will be given to students who have paid this Monday. We will have a yearbook signing party Tuesday afternoon in our own classroom. We were going to do this on Wednesday, but it is jam packed with fun sports events. Please write your child's name in their yearbook before sending it back to school. Thanks

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, work with your child over the summer. It is soooo important. I would love for them to be reading and writing everyday! Also, you can purchase a summer workbook, which I have links posted in an earlier comment to get one online. OR you can go to CM School Supply store on Van Buren and buy a Summer Bridge workbook. This will be so beneficial for your student!

Class Party/ Kinder promotion

We will be having a class party on Wednesday June 25th. I will be providing pizza and juice for the students. I would suggest you send additional snacks for your student that day to go with the pizza, particular any healthy snacks (carrots, fruit, etc.). No student needs to bring a full lunch unless they do not want pizza.

Also, we will be doing a year book party that day. Please have your student bring their year books to be signed by their classmates. If you did not purchase a year book, send your student with a notebook they can have signed by their friends. PLEASE LABEL ALL YEARBOOKS with  your child's name. Thank you

Kindergarten Graduation is Thursday at 10:30am. It is a free dress day, I suggest they dress to impress. :)
We will be serving lunch to students who order from the school, please send a small lunch or snack if they do not receive lunch from the school.

Legoland Field Trip

Students must-
--Wear their REACH spirit shirt
--Apply sunblock, a hat is optional (please make sure name is on it)
--Bring a lunch and water, unless you have already per-ordered it through the school. 
--Bring a snack if your child gets easily hungry
--ALL students will ride the bus to Legoland and back. 
--Do not bring more than $10

Chaperones-
--Please meet us at campus the day we leave, we might have to important info to share about where we will be meeting once arrival, etc.
--A backpack to carry student's lunches.
--Extra water
--Check with me the morning of the trip to see if any student in your group has medication that must travel with them.
--Please bring a reliable cell phone
--Be nice and have fun! :)
--If any student gives you too much trouble, call me and I will keep the student with me


All of my students will be riding on bus 2. Some parents have signed up to ride the bus. However, space was limited on bus 2 and some might be on other buses (most likely with another child).
If you would like to ride the bus there is space still available, but mostly, not on bus 2.  Contact Brandi Williams if you would like to ride the bus. bwilliams@reachleadershipacademy.org

Summer Workbooks

If you would like to purchase something to work on over the summer for 15-30 minutes a day to keep your student on target for First grade, I found a site that sells them! I highly recommend that you make a specific plan to help keep your student from losing valuable information over the summer. And please plan on reading on a regular basis.

Even if you do not purchase these workbooks, please go online to find worksheets for Kindergarten or First grade to work on over the summer!! And please have them practice writing sentences, stories, and/or letters!!

 Also, you can find valuable workbooks at places like Costco and Sam's Club. Please do not let summer go by without working with your child!

http://www.summersolutions.net/english-grammar/?grade=0k

http://www.summersolutions.net/mathematics/?grade=0k

School Wide Photo

We will  be taking a school wide photo Friday May 23. Please have students wear their REACH t-shirts. Thank you

Spring Performance

Thursday, May 22- Spring Performance

Extreme Pita fundraiser & Silent Auction begins at 4:30 p.m.
Performance begins at 6:00 p.m. Performance should end by 7:30.
All students should arrive to my classrooms by 5:30 p.m.

We have good items for the silent auction. Please plan to support our school by inviting family and friends to participate in the Silent Auction and purchasing food that evening. All proceeds go to our school's general fund.

I would like all of my students to wear blue jeans WITH pockets and a cute shirt of choice.

Please let me know if your student will not be attending the performance.

Scholatic Books Online

Cinco De Mayo

We will be having a school wide Cinco De Mayo celebration/performance at 1:30-2:30 in the gym on Cinco De Mayo (Monday, May 5th). :) After the students will go back to their class for snacks and goodies. Hope to see you there!

Cinco De Mayo

Parents, can you please donate any of the following items for 5 de Mayo Celebration 

If you can donate any of these items, please let me or Liza Haynes know by email. Thank you!!!!

• plates
• napkins
• juices and or small water bottles
• salsa/guacamole
• chips
• taquitos
• sour cream (for taquitos) 

Language Arts: Question of the Week - What do we do when we want to know new places? Letter Focus - Uu HFW - was, said, what Comprehension - Compare and Contrast
Math: Understanding the relationship between addition and subtraction
Science: Observing Objects through our senses.
Leadership: What is service all about?

Valentine Gram's

End of January

Lots of things are going on at the end of the month. Please take note of these dates.

Monday 1/27: Jog A THON pledges are due. All monies will be collected following the Jog A THON on Thursday. All fundraiser money goes back to the students and will allow an opportunity for field trips.

Monday 1/27: Beginning of Spirit Week. Students will be encouraged to wear their school shirts all week to show school pride.

Monday 1/27: "Why I love my school" poster due. Winning students will win a prize TBD.

Monday 1/27- Wednesday 1/29: Shoe and clothing drive to support the Philippines Relief Campaign

Wednesday 1/29: Prospective Parent Info Meeting 5:30-6:30. Know anyone who may be interested in sending their child to REACH next year? Encourage them to come to the meeting for a chance to see all that we do.

Thursday 1/30: Jog A THON at approximately 12:50 for TK/K. Students will jog for a chance to raise money for our school.

Thursday 1/30: Singapore Math Training at 5:30 PM.  Come to a quick meeting on our math program to learn ways that you can help your child succeed using the Singapore Math model.

Friday 1/31: Awards Assembly 8 AM. Winners from the poster contest will be announced during assembly.

Technology Device Update

Welcome back, I hope everyone had a wonderful break!

Once you have read through and signed the technology release waiver, you are allowed to send a device with your student to school. Because readjusting to school after a break may take a few days for some students, we will not be introducing the use of the technology until Thursday of this week. Now for the apps...

There are a variety of apps for different academic areas that would be just fine for students to be using. I am more concerned with the skill being practiced than the app they are using to practice it. Therefore, this is not going to be a list of the specific apps to download but rather a list of skills to search and find apps based on. Simply type in what I have put in the bullets and select some of the more popular that look appropriate for this age group. 

Let me know if you have any questions.

Reading

• phonics 
• word building
• sight words
• word family
• rhyming
• BOB books

Writing

• tracing 
• sentence building

Math

• number sense
• skip counting
• number bonds
• basic addition

Schedule Change

Monday Jan. 20th is a Holiday, therefore, Brandon and Brooklyn will have their share day on Wednesday Jan. 22.

Show and Tell