Ms.

Glidewells Expectations for this nine weeks

assessments:
Help your child sound out words and write about a topic
of interest using details in a story and drawing pictures
to go with the words.
Use capitalization
Use punctuation
Use spacing between words
Class

Decoding VC, CVC, CCVC,CVCC words
Spelling CVC words

March 27th 2017- March 31st, 2017 We will have assessments on the
following skills this nine weeks:
Dear Parents,

This week in Readers Workshop, we will read, Seed Taking a survey

Secrets To increase reading comprehension we will look Addition
at these TEKS: Subtraction
Recognize Text Structure (Point out that the words in Measurement
many stories follow a certain pattern. Paying attention to
how a book is organized can help them to understand it.) Wish List
Retell (A good way to understand a story is to remind We need a few fine motor practice items for centers!
ourselves of what is happening in the story as we listen and *Homemade playdough
read. This will help you retell the story.) Literary Element:
*6 small empty plastic throw away water bottles (no lids
Rhyme (words that sounds the same at the end) and needed)
Repetition (when the same word or phrase is said more than
once)
Kindergarten Round Up
This week in Writers Workshop, we are writing Poetry. In Tuesday, April 4th will be the district kinder
Math, we are learning to solve addition and subtraction round up for new Kindergarteners. I need
word problems. In Social Studies, we will begin our study one parent volunteer from 8:30-10:00
of maps and models. In Science, we will continue our study to help in our classroom with new
of plants. visiting students while their parents are
completing registration forms in the
Ways you can support your childs learning at cafeteria.
home:
Have your child read to someone each night for Important Dates:
10-15 min. th
March 28 - Northwest Park Field Trip-We will walk to
Have your child practice writing simple sentences the park around 8:00 and return around 12:00. Check with
Use capitalization at the beginning of the room parents to volunteer! (We need four parents to run
sentence. some stations)
Use punctuation at the end of a sentence April 4th- Kinder Music Program: The Adventure of
Using spacing between words Mother Goose
To pass the word wall assessment this nine weeks 6:00 pm Classroom Open House (come to the classroom with
your child must read 40 words and this would earn a your child and see what we have been learning)
grade of 2 on the report card 6:30 pm Performance in cafeteria (drop off in music room
List of word wall words for the year: at 6:20 pm)
I, the, we, like, a, see, go, to, have, is, play, are, for,
Students will perform for the student body at school this
this, do, and, what, you ,little, said, here, was, she, he,
same day
has ,look, with, my, me, where, when, who, at, how, up, can
, it, fun, as, did, will, am, in, boy, girl, yes, no ,if, mom, Wear blue class t-shirt
dad, love, or, but, went, get, had, want, not, on, us, that, April 7th-Zilker Botanical Garden-Tour 10:00-12:00 (A
him, her, they, could, some, one, two, three ,four, five, parent volunteer or two is needed)
six, seven, eight, nine, ten, red, yellow, blue ,green, May 9th- Camp Mabry- Tour 10:00-11:00 A parent volunteer
orange, purple, black, white, brown or two is needed)

Looking forward to a great week!

Sincerely, Sherry Glidewell
Email: sherry.glidewell@austinisd.org (512) 841-0326