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