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Mrs. Spears and Mrs. Metz-Nicholson
Kindergarten
Week of May 3-7, 2021
April showers bring May flowers!!!!!!
Thank you for your continued support and cooperation in your scholars’
academic success. We are preparing for the End of Year Assessment. (EOY)
Upcoming Events
• May 3-8 Teacher Appreciation Week
• May 3 Progress Reports will be electronically sent home
• May 7- Teacher Workday - No School
• May 8- Teacher Appreciation Drive By (10:00-11:30am)
Academics
• ELA- Phonemic Segmentation- CVC words, Main idea, Comprehension, Nonsense
Words, Blends, Digraphs and Vowels
• Story-The Tiny Seed
• Sight Words: All introduced sight words should be written in the ABC book.
• Math-Describe and Compare Measurable Attributes
• STEM-Insects
• Penmanship-We will continue practicing lowercase and uppercase letters
• Scholars should read 20 minutes nightly and record on the Reading Log
• Mrs Spears - cell number (980) 428-3158/ work email
• Mrs. Metz-Nicholson - cell number (980) 254-8377/ work email
• If you have an emergency, question or concern during instructional time, please text
Mrs. Metz-Nicholson.
Weekday Schedule (Monday-Friday)
Academics for the Week
Week of May 3-7, 2021
9:30-9:40am Morning Meeting
9:40-10:10am ELA Block
10:10-11:00am ELA Small Group & Learning Lab
11:00-11:30am Math Block
11:30-12:00pm
Math Small Group & Learning Lab
12:00-12:30pm Science/Social Studies
12:30-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-2:00pm Creative Arts
2:00pm Dismissal
Creative Arts Schedule:
Monday-Art-1:00-2:00pm
Tuesday-Spanish-9:30am Violin 1:00pm
Wednesday-P.E.-1:00-2:00pm
Thursday-Mindfulness-1:30-2:00pm
• Scholars must not use the chat or additional screens during instructional time. If a
scholar continues to chat and/or use other sites, the scholar will be removed from the
session and will not be able to return to the Zoom meeting until the next learning
session. Thank you for your support with this matter!
Thank you for all your support!
First Grade Newsletter: May3-7, 2021
Greeti
ELA Scholars will complete work with the informational supporting text, “How an Apple Seed Grows”. They will continue to use the text to write in response to the reading and answer questions using text evidence. Scholars will also work on letter writing this week. Phonic pattern of the week: oo Spelling Words None Please continue to read daily for at least 20 minutes.
STEM Scholars continue to work with topics surrounding our planet. Scholars continue to understand the concepts Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Scholars have been assigned an end of year project related to Earth Day. Projects are due no later than May 7th. Scholars will need to be prepared to present their project on Monday, May 10th. Please see the assignment for details and rubric. Social Sciences
Scholars continue to explore the 50 United States. They are learning how to identify each state’s shape (territory), name and spelling, as well as fun facts. Last week we traveled to South Carolina, South Dakota and Tenesee. with Google. Maps.
Important Information, Dates and Events:
Teacher Appreciation Week May 3-6th
Teacher Workday- May 7th. No classes for scholars.
Earth Day Projects Due- May 7th
. Projects should be submitted for grading.
Earth Day Projects Presentations- Scholars should be prepared to
present their projects Monday, May 10.
MATH
We will complete our study of Topic 7- Extend the Counting Sequence. Scholars will be assessed on counting forward by 1’s to 120, decade numbers, and counting and place value pattern seen on a number chart. Key Vocabulary Hundred chart, tens digit, row, ones digit, column *Reminder- The Savvas app has great enrichment and practice available to each scholar. Key Vocabulary
Doubles Fact, Near Double Fact, Number Line, Ten Frame
Most Wonderful Monday First Grade Families! We hope you enjoyed this beautiful weekend. We’ve been long overdue for an entire weekend of sunshine! With a teacher workday on Friday, we have a short week ahead. Today starts FDS’s Teacher Appreciation Week. Please see Class Dojo for the week’s events. Last week, I sent out the Sign-Up Genius for the End of Year assessment scheduling. Please be sure to choose a time that works best for you and your scholar. Scholars will have both an ELA and Math assessment. Friendly reminder, scholars were assigned their last project of the year. Their Earth Day project was assigned last Thursday and is due by Friday, May 7th. Parents are asked to take pictures of the posters, send to Mrs. Ivory or Mr. Cunningham, and have scholars ready to present. The projects will be turned in during the EOY assessments. The assignment was posted on Class Dojo and handed out at the International Festival. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for your continued partnership and support! Please continue to contact us with any questions and or concerns. Have a great week! ~Mrs. Ivory and Mr. Cunningham
Creative Arts
Reader’s Theatre- Due to the shortened week, we will not have this creative
art.
Creative Arts teachers assign grades for each class. P= participates and N=
needs to participate. Be sure to talk with your scholar about participation.
Their cameras need to be on, and they need to be engaged in the lesson.
Please review the Creative Arts newsletter shared on Class Dojo.
2nd Grade Weekly Post
Teacher: Mrs. Cureton
Cell Number – 704-369-3276
Instructional Assistant: Mrs. Bostick
Week of May 3, 2021
Important Information and Dates May 3rd – May 8th – Teacher Appreciation Week (See Attachment)
May 3, 2021 - Progress Reports will be electronically sent home.
May 7, 2021 – Teacher Workday / No School
May 8, 2021 – Teacher Appreciation Drive By from 10 – 11:30 (See Attachment)
Homework Penmanship (Cursive) – Please allow your scholar to place his/her writing packet at their workstation. We
will continue using cursive penmanship sheets daily.
Math- XtraMath is an online math fact fluency program that helps students develop quick recall and
automaticity of their basic math facts. Your scholar was provided a PIN and Username for the
XtraMath site. Please allow your scholar to use this Math site to practice the math facts.
Spelling List – Parents, Offspring, Traits, Survive, Similarities, Differences, Vary, Penny, Nickel, Dime,
Quarter, Half Dollar, Tally Marks, Cent
There will be a spelling test Monday, May 10, 2021.
Reading – Read at least 30 mins. daily. Complete your reading log daily. Please use Raz Kids as your
main reading resource. I would like for all scholars to read a Raz Kid’s book daily and complete at
least 2 reading comprehension tests per week. I will be monitoring their progress weekly. Your
scholar may continue to enjoy all the wonderful books in Epic after completing the Raz Kids
assignment.
Writing – Complete a journal entry on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. Please practice ELA narrative
writing skills while completing your journals. Include a beginning, middle and end with at least two events.
Do not forget to use words such as first, next, then, and finally to tell the order of events.
Check Daily – Reading Log, Journal (Tuesday and Thursday), Practice Addition and Subtraction
Facts on XtraMath site. Practice your cursive writing on a separate sheet of lined paper. Please do
not use the cursive writing sheets from school.
Current Topics of Study ELA MATH STEMScopes SOCIAL STUDIES Unit 4
Text Collection – Poem: “I Am
Boom”, “The Fool on the Hill”,
Mother of the Mountain”
High Frequency Words
City, Way, Too, store
Subject Pronouns, Object
pronouns, Comparative
Endings,
Benchmark Vocabulary
Precious, Shiver, Vanish,
Faint, Dialect, Precious
Reading Analysis
Character Responses,
Cursive Writing
Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx,, Yy
Topic 8
Time and Money
Solve Problems with Coins,
Solve Problems with Dollar
Bills, Reasoning
Vocabulary
Dime, Nickel, Penny,
Quarter, Half-Dollar, Cents,
Greatest Value, Least Value,
Dollar, Dollar Bills, Tally
Mark
Introduction to Traits Generation Genius
Vocabulary
• Parents • Offspring • Traits • Survive • Similarities • Differences • Vary
Geography
180 Days of Social
Studies
Pages 105 – 109
Concept of Regions,
Physical and Human
Characteristics of Regions
Mrs. Dixon and Mrs. Gordon
Third Grade
Week of May 3, 2021
Important Information, Dates, and
Upcoming Events
• Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week 2021- Thank you Families! Please check your daily
schedule for each day’s scheduled events! Attached will be another schedule.
• Thank You! – We have completed our Iowa Standardized Tests! As soon as we receive the
scores, I will communicate the information to you. Thank you again for all your support!
• mClass Testing - Our last test for this school year will be the End of Year (EOY) mClass.
This test will be individualized like our BOY and MOY. The test is scheduled for Monday,
May 17th – Monday, May 24th. I will send a Sign-Up Genius the week of May 10th for
families to sign- up for a time slot.
• Parent Conferences- OPTIONAL if you have any concerns about your scholar’s 4th quarter
progress, please feel to contact me.
Academics in May
• ELA- We will continue to study how characters’ traits and feelings explain how characters’
actions contribute to events in the stories.
• Sight Words & Bonus Word- Vowel Patterns “ie” and “eigh”: leisure, receive, weigh,
ceiling, & sleigh & Bonus Word- neighbor
• Math- We will review, fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies!
• Penmanship- Practice cursive writing (m) words!
• STEM/Science- We will use Generation Genius to explore “Earth’s Orbit and Rotation!
Homework & More Information
• Scholars are expected to read Monday-Thursday nights for at least 30 minutes and at
least once over the weekend. Scholars must complete his/her reading log with a reading
response previously taught. Also, scholars need to practice math strategies for at least
30 minutes.
• Mrs. Dixon- cell number (704) 877-4311 work email [email protected]
• Mrs. Gordon- cell number (980) 417-9482 work email [email protected]
• If you have an emergency, questions, or concerns during instructional time, please text
Mrs. Gordon.
Weekday Schedule (Monday-Friday)
Week of May 3,2021
9:30-9:40 am Morning Meeting
9:40-10:10 am ELA Block
10:10-11:00 am ELA Small Group & Learning Lab
11:00-11:30 am Math Block
11:30 am-12:20 pm
Math Small Group & Learning Lab
12:20-1:00 pm Lunch
1:00-2:00 pm Creative Arts
2:00-3:00 pm STEM/Social Science
3:00-3:30 pm Storytime/Daily Wrap-up/Show-N-Tell
3:30 pm
Dismissal
1:00-2:00 pm
Creative Arts Schedule:
Monday-Spanish- 9:30-10:00am &
Violin- 1:00- 2:00 pm
Tuesday- P.E. &
Scholar TV- 9:30- 9:40 am (Small Groups)
Wednesday- Scholar TV Morning Minutes 9:45-
10:00 & Mindfulness
Thursday- Scholar TV Morning Minutes 9:45-
10:00 & Art
Friday- Scholar TV Morning Minutes 9:45-10:00
&
Violin- 1:00-2:00 pm & 3:00 – 3:30 PM
Thank you for all
your support!