Mrs. Schissler's Class

Sunday, April 26, 2015

April 27th

4/27-Spring pictures-FREE DRESS

4/29: Wacky Wednesday

4/30: Awards assembly for month of April

Future Dates:

5/5: Cinco de Mayo
-Performance and celebration right after

5/8: Muffins for moms @ 7:15 am

5/21: Spring performance

6/17: STEAM Expo

6/19: Donuts for dads

MobyMax

Continue to use Mobymax at home whenever your child gets a chance. Every child's learning is individualized! This is a great, fun program for the kids to use to reinforce math and language arts skills.

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 5-Week 4 "The little engine that could"

Writing:

Writing stories

Math:

Continue with Chapter 17: Subtraction stories

Students will be able to represent subtraction stories with subtraction sentences
Students will be able to compare two sets and show the number sentence to answer, how many more
Students will be able to subtract fluently to 5

Science:

Chapter 8: Motion
Clouds

3 cloud types (cirrus, cumulus and stratus)

Social Studies/Leadership:

Social studies: Unit 4-Lesson 3: What symbols do you know?

Students will be able to identify symbols and map symbols (e.g those for land, water, roads, cities)

Leadership: Service and responsibility

Sunday, April 12, 2015

April 13

4/17: Family Lunch Friday resumes (K lunch at 11:00)

4/21: Emergency Drill

School lottery @ Chamber of commerce @ 5:30

4/27-Spring pictures-FREE DRESS

4/29: Wacky Wednesday

4/30: Awards assembly for month of April

Future Dates:

5/5: Cinco de Mayo (more information will be available soon)

5/8: Muffins for moms

5/21: Spring performance

6/17: STEAM Expo

6/19: Donuts for dads

MobyMax

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 5-Week 2 "Mayday! Mayday!"

Math:

Chapter 16: classifying and sorting

Students will be able to classify objects using two attribute
Students will be able to classify and sort object

Chapter 17: Addition stories

Students will be able to use symbols and numerals to write number sentences

Science:

Chapter 8: Motion

Students will be able to use position words to tell where objects are located.
Students will be able to tell that a push or a pull can change how an object moves.
Students will be able to order objects by how fast they move.
Students will b able to identify objects a magnet attracts.

Social Studies/Leadership:

Social studies: Unit 4-Lesson 3: What symbols do you know?

Students will be able to identify symbols and map symbols (e.g those for land, water, roads, cities)

Sunday, April 5, 2015

April 6

4/6: Open enrollment ends

4/10: Family Lunch Friday resumes (K lunch at 11:00)

4/15: Coffee with director @ 8:30

4/21: Emergency Drill

School lottery @ Chamber of commerce @ 5:30

4/30: Awards assembly for month of April

Future Dates:

5/5: Cinco de Mayo (more information will be available soon)

5/8: Muffins for moms

5/21: Spring performance

6/17: STEAM Expo

6/19: Donuts for dads

NEW HOMEWORK:

The kindergarten team is doing their part to help save paper. As you may have seen, our homework packets have changed. Math has stayed the same (2 practice pages) but Language Arts has been scaled down to fit on one page and students are required to attach their proof of work to receive full credit. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me or stop by the classroom.

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 5-Week 1 "Max takes the train"

Writing:

Opinion

My favorite food is...

Math:

Chapter 15: Length and height

Students will be able to compare lengths
Students will be able to use nonstandard units to measure and compare lengths
Students will be able to understand tallest and shortest in terms of height
Test Friday-Key vocabulary: long, short, longer, shorter, longest, shortest

Science:

What are some kinds of weather?
What are the seasons?

Social Studies/Leadership:

Social studies: Position and location words
Leadership: Service

Sunday, March 22, 2015

March 23-27

LAST WEEK: PTO is currently hosting PIZZA*4*PAPER. More information can be found below. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Here is some important news from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

3/23-/3/27 Spring Scholastic Book Fair

3/25-Mismatch Day-Read Across America Day

-classroom readers from 8:30-9:30

3/26-March Awards Assembly-Tinker Fair

3/27-T2 report cards sent home

3/30-4/3 Spring Break

NEW HOMEWORK:

The kindergarten team is doing their part to help save paper and ink. As you may have seen, our homework packets have changed. Math has stayed the same (2 practice pages) but Language Arts has been scaled down to fit on one page and students are required to attach their proof of work to receive full credit. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me or stop by the classroom.

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 4-Week 6 "Abuela"

Unit 4 Final-Friday

Unit 4 HFW: are, that, do, one, two, three, four, five, here, go, from

Writing:

Opinion

My favorite animal is...

Math:

Finish Chapter 14: Number Facts

Students will be able to compose and decompose numbers to 10
Students will be able to combine sets to make 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
Students will be able to combine sets and say how many more are needed to make 10
Students will be able to compose and decompose numbers to 20
Students will be able to count on using a number line
Students will be able to combine two sets to find how many more for sums through 15
Key terms: number bond, part, and whole

Science:

Begin Chapter 5: Earth and Sky

Students will be able to tell about water and land covering earth
Students will be able to tell when the sun, clouds, and moon can be seen in the sky
Students will be able to tell where the sun seems to be in the sky at different times of day
Students will be able to tell when the moon, clouds, and stars can be seen in the sky

Social Studies/Leadership:

Cesar Chavez

Sunday, March 15, 2015

March 16-20

PTO is currently hosting PIZZA*4*PAPER. More information can be found below. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Here are is some important new from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

3/16-Emergency Practice Drill

3/17-Wear Green

-A few parents have asked if they can bring small treats for the kids, feel free to do so (exp: green colored snacks)

3/18-Legos Lesson

3/19-Art with Mr. Ruben

3/20-End of second trimester

3/25-Mismatch Day

3/23-/3/27 Spring Scholastic Book Fair

3/26-March Awards Assembly-Tinker Fair

3/27-T2 report cards sent home

3/30-4/3 Spring Break

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 4-Week 5 "If you could go to Antarctica"

Writing:

Opinion- My favorite animal is...

Math:

Continue with Chapter 14: Number Facts

Students will be able to decompose numbers to 10

Ways to make numbers 0-10

Ex: 7= 7+0, 6+1, 5+2, etc

Students will be able to combine sets to make 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
Students will be able to combine sets and say how many more are needed to make 10
Students will be able to compose numbers to 20
Key terms: number bond, part, and whole

Science:

Tinker project-Paper Roller Coaster

Social Studies/Leadership:

Unit 4-Lesson 2: Is it land or water?
Leadership: Lead by example

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Tinker Fair Supply List

March 16th-20th we will be working on a science Tinker Fair activity, which will be displayed at our next Awards Assembly. We will be building Paper Roller Coasters. We are in need of some general supplies. If you could donate any of the following, it would be greatly appreciated!

Card Stock- 1 or 2 reams should be enough
construction paper- we have some, but we are low on colors like red, brown, and light blue
glue sticks (Our class is running low)
masking tape- 5-6 rolls

Thank you!!!