Q and U

 

Q and U will be married on Friday. We discussed today that words that begin with q are followed by u (quiet, queen, quarter, quail). On Friday at 10:40, Mrs. Janet will be officiating a wedding for the two letters to help us remember they go together. Students are encouraged to dress in wedding attire. Ms. Lear will be teaching us wedding dances during PE. Please remember students will still be running during PE so tennis shoes are needed. Since we are unable to invite parents to attend we plan to share our wedding on Facebook at 10:40. Just go to the school Facebook page ‘Fancy Farm Elementary’ and you should be able to see the live video. If for some reason that does not work, we will record for you to watch and I will post that to my class blog. It should only last 5-10 minutes J

10-12-20

 

Weekly Update

10-12-20

 

New Letters/sounds: /Ww/ /Qq/

Letters and sounds to review: Pp, Aa, Nn, Mm,

Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Ii, Ss, Ff, Rr, Kk, Bb, Uu, Zz, Cc, Ee, Yy, Dd, Vv, Jj, Xx,

Math-numbers 0-20

Reading- Apples

Science- Animal and Plants needs for survival

I hope everyone had a wonderful Fall Break. The Students were all excited to share things they did last week.

*This week, we will be reviewing the alphabet and moving into blending words next week. I can tell students worked on letters and sounds over the break and a few even earned their galaxy slime today!

*On Wednesday, students will be bringing home a graphic organizer of an animal they would like to create a habitat for. They do not have to do the animal they chose at school, this was just a way to get them thinking about what animals need to survive. These will be due Oct. 21^st. The instructions will be on the Wednesday note.

*Friday report cards will be ready. Please know this is a shorter quarter (27 days). A typical quarter is 40 days, so usually there would be more standards assessed. If you see things on the report card that concern you, please let me know.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me:

Mallery.fowler@graves.kyschools.us

9-28-20

 

Weekly Update

9-28-20

 

New Letters/sounds: /Yy/ /Dd/ /Vv/ /Jj/ /Xx/

Letters and sounds to review: Pp, Aa, Nn, Mm,

Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Ii, Ss, Ff, Rr, Kk, Bb, Uu, Zz, Cc, Ee,

Math-numbers 0-10

Reading- Community Helpers

Attached to your child’s folder is their counting goal and any letter names or sounds they need to work on. Please work on these nightly. If you child has finished letter names and sounds and counted to 200, they will not have anything to work on. After fall break, we will begin blending to read.  

·       Our first book order is coming home today. If you want to order online, the code is on the note. Please wait for Oct. 1^st to place an online order for the free book promotion. If you send the order to school, please note the company only accepts checks.

·       We are learning about community helpers this week, Friday, students are encourage to dress up as a career that they would like to do in the future. For example: Doctor, nurse, lawyer, store clerk, teacher, farmer, post master, etc.

o   This doesn’t have to be a store bought costume, things you have at home will work. The kids always love this day.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me:

Mallery.fowler@graves.kyschools.us

Update

Weekly Update

9-21-20

 

New Letters/sounds: /Bb/ /Uu/ /Zz/ /Cc/ /Ee/

Letters and sounds to review: Pp, Aa, Nn, Mm,

Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Ii, Ss, Ff, Rr, Kk

Math-numbers 0-10

Reading- Symbols of America

 

In your child’s folder is an assessment of letters and sounds I have covered. Please review the note and let me know if you have questions or concerns.

·       Water bottles- If you send a refillable bottle, we can refill each morning. You don’t have to send a bottle of water to replace it with, unless you just want to.

·       Please only send water in the water bottle. If it is for the lunch box I don’t mind, but the water bottles for their desk need to be only water. We have had a few spills and the colored drinks make a big sticky mess and stain their desk. Thank you.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me:

Mallery.fowler@graves.kyschools.us

CLUBS

 

100 club

Counting to 100 is an important standard in Kindergarten. Once students reach this goal they get to be in the 100 club. At the end of the nine weeks, I will give these students a special treat! Some students are near reaching this goal. On the bottom of your child’s behavior chart you will see a counting goal. I have found that sometimes students have trouble with knowing which ten comes next. Making them stop at the number they are forgetting is a great way to help them focus on that number. For example, if your child gets to 69 but doesn’t know what comes next, their goal is 70. They will stop at 70. Once your child reaches that counting goal I will give them a new goal.

 

Counting wizards

For students who have met the standard of counting to 100, they have a new goal. I want students to realize that numbers go on forever. I created the counting wizards club a few years ago and had great success with it.  These students will get counting goals above 100. Once we reach 200 and I am confident that students get the trend, they will become counting wizards.

 

Out of this world Alphabet Kings and Queens

 

Once students master the letter names and sounds of both capital and lowercase letters, they will join the Alphabet Kings and Queens club. Since knowing all the letter names and sounds makes them out of this world smart, they will earn galaxy slime!

 

Most importantly, we are learning one letter a day; students should be able to tell me those letters by both name and sound. If your child is struggling with the letter names or sounds, start with the ones we have covered in class first and work towards the rest. You can find the letters we have covered on the Monday note.

9-14-20

 

Weekly Updat

9-14-20

 

New Letters/sounds: /Ii/ /Ss/ /Ff/ /Rr/

Letters and sounds to review: Pp, Aa, Nn, Mm,

Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt

Math-numbers 0-10

Reading- Alphabet books and Family

 

At the end of this week, we will have covered 13 letters and sounds. Please make sure you child knows the letter name and sound they make. Reviewing these every night is their homework for right now. If your child has these nine, then feel free to introduce other letters from the alphabet.

 

Attached to this note, you will find information about counting to 100 and alphabet club. I talked to the kids about this today to encourage them to learn the letters and sounds. I will be checking progress for each student throughout the week.  

·       Water bottles- If you send a refillable bottle, we can refill each morning. You don’t have to send a bottle of water to replace it with, unless you just want to.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me:

Mallery.fowler@graves.kyschools.us

9-8-20

Weekly Update

9-8-20

 

New Letters/sounds: /Pp/ /Aa/ /Nn/ /Mm

Letters and sounds to review: Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt

Math-numbers 0-5

Reading- Alphabet books

 

At the end of this week, we will have covered 9 letters and sounds. Please make sure you child knows the letter name and sound they make. Reviewing these every night is their homework for right now. If your child has these nine, then feel free to introduce other letters from the alphabet.

 

We are also working hard to make sure that we are using correct letter formation. Any time your child is writing their name, please remind them to use lower case letters and that only the first letter in their name is capital.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me:

Mallery.fowler@graves.kyschools.us