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Scarlet and Gray Newsletter
April 4th to 8th, 2016
Volume 19, Issue 30
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Monday
We wrote our ‘weekend news’. We greeted classmates, said
the pledge of allegiance, said our class promise and did
calendar. We sang our ‘Days’ and ‘Months’ songs,
subitized to 1-12 dots, read our popcorn words, did our
ABC chart, sang our vowel song and reviewed our habits of
thinkers. We practiced for our upcoming program. Our
kindergartner of the week shared his/her poster and we
wrote a sentence about him/her using interactive writing.
We learned our new popcorn word ‘am’ and did rainbow
writing of it. We used our word wall to locate and record all
of the one-letter words. We were introduced to our new
poem ‘Traffic Lights’, and found the popcorn words in it. We
did shared reading. We watched the third of five brief
videos about a growth mindset. We read The Sun is My
Favorite Star. We did literacy workshop.
Wednesday
We did rainbow writing of the numerals 11-15. We
greeted one another, sang ‘Grand Old Flag’, said our
class promise and did calendar. We counted to 100 by
fives and tens and read our popcorn words. We did
‘Action Alphabet’ and practiced for our program. We
reviewed the habits of thinkers. Our kindergartner of
the week brought in something for us to estimate and
we wrote a sentence about him/her using interactive
writing. We wrote the three-letter words from the
popcorn word wall. We watched the fourth video on
growth mindset. We read Shortcut by our new April
author, Donald Crews. We wrote as many words as we
could in ten minutes in a word spree. We did shared
reading and read and Kinds of Weather, Measuring
Weather and Check the Weather. We did a Time for
Kids – Celebrate Spring. We had recess. We had
literacy workshop.
We identified daytime and nighttime activities and
drew a picture of day and night. We visited the art
room and did a creativity tour with Mrs. Cowan.
We greeted friends, sang My Country ‘Tis of
Thee, said our class promise and did calendar.
We counted to 100 by ones and read our popcorn
words. We did our ABC charts with digraphs and
reviewed the habits of thinkers. We practiced for
our program. Our kindergartner of the week
shared a science image and we wrote a sentence
about him/her using interactive writing. We did
speedwriting of our popcorn word. We used our
word wall to write all of the two-letter words we
know. We read Above Me, Look Up! and What’s
In the Sky? We had recess. We did shared
reading and read Sunshine Makes the Season.
We practiced writing numerals 1-20.
Thursday
We did rainbow writing of the numerals 16-20,
greeted classmates, sang ‘America the Beautiful’, said
our class promise and did calendar. We counted
backwards from 20, subitized ten frames and read our
popcorn words. We did our blend cards and reviewed
habits of thinkers. We practiced for our program. Our
kindergartner of the week shared something for social
studies and we wrote a sentence about him/her using
interactive writing. Then we each wrote our own
sentence about him/her. We did shared reading and
read Weather. We read, highlighted the popcorn
words in and illustrated our poem. We read Getting
Around and Using Tools. We did a Time for Kids –
Coolest New Inventions. We wrote the four-letter
words from the popcorn word wall. We had recess.
The AM class had library. We did Literacy
Workshop.
Friday
We practiced writing our first and last name in D’Nealian handwriting. We greeted each other, said the
pledge of allegiance and our class pledge and did calendar. We counted on from three different numbers,
read our popcorn words, reviewed our habits of thinkers and practiced for our program. We had Family
Friday. We highlighted the popcorn words in and read ‘We Are’. We read Rain by Donald Crews. We did shared
reading and read It’s Raining and A Walk in the Rain and determined which was fiction and non-fiction. We
did a science experiment where we ‘made’ rain and we wrote either a fiction or non-fiction piece about
rain. The morning class had recess.The afternoon class had library. We read Push or Pull? and Bear on a
Bike. We did a Time for Kids – The Coolest Inventions. We did addition using a number line.
Dear Parents,
Contact Info:
Upcoming Dates:
April 12th – Spring Picture Orders are due.
Voicemail:
760-6298
April 13th – April Book Orders are due. Flyers went home earlier this week.
E-MAIL:
April 16th – OSU Spring Game – optional field trip – pink papers went home
with details earlier this week, please sent them back whether your response
is yes or no.
letostak_vianne@
dublinschools.net
April 28th – Transportation Parade – assignments to come home next week
REMINDERS:
MONDAY:
Homework Due
A DAY: Library Books
Due
FRIDAY:
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Wear Tennis
shoes for
Fitness
Book Pockets
Due
(beginning in
November)
PLEASE REMEMBER
TO STORE LIBRARY
BOOKS AND BOOK
POCKETS IN
BOOKBAGS TO
PREVENT LOSS OR
DAMAGE.
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
www.dublinschools.
net/oldesawmill
May 11th – Kindergarten Program 7 p.m.- Feel free to invite friends and
relatives.
Thanks to our volunteers this week: Mrs. Harden, Mrs. Smialek, Mrs.
Jackson and Mrs. Harden
Have a fantastic weekend!
Vianne